The students of Room 204 worked hard during this short four-day week!
The children started a new language activity each day called "Fun With Words". The children played the game "How to Turn a Hen into a Fox" (ask your child to show you how it's done). They also solved word searches using our word wall words. At the end of the week, we began to talk about the English tradition of giving odd names to collective names of animals. Did you know that a group of caterpillars is called an "army", a group of butterflies is a "kaleidoscope" and a group of worms is a "clew"?
In math, the students learned about the artist/mathematician, from Holland, M. C. Escher (1898-1972). He studied and created tiling or tessellations, where a repeating shape covers the area of a surface without overlapping or leaving gaps between the shapes. The students coloured one of Escher's designs and then created original tessellation designs of their own.
The children learned about the phenomenon of the Aurora borealis, or northern lights. A character in the book, Mary of Mile 18, thought seeing the Aurora Borealis was good luck. Did you know it's best seen at night, in winter near the North Pole?
Our miniature Pioneer Village is now finished and the groups are currently doing research on their buildings. The students are writing their research facts on cards and practicing for their video presentations.
The students have rehearsed for the concert each day this week, reciting our poem and learning the dance routine and getting ready for their performance in next weekend's concert. The concert is on Wednesday, June 15th at 6:30 at Hodgson Senior a Public School. They are only on stage for five minutes but the students have a great performance prepared! Don't miss it!
The children also had some time to rehearse our class play!
Books read aloud this week:
Mary of Mile 18 by Ann Blades
The Onion's Great Escape by Sarah Fanelli
The Crackle of Crickets: A Collection of Insect Collective Nouns by Patrick George
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