News for February 3

News for February 3

This week the students did the second interview for "The Room 204 Interview Show". On Monday, the class learned more about Mrs. Farrelly, the principal at our school.

In math, the students continued the measurement unit by learning to measure with metres and understanding the concept of the kilometre. Then the students used what they learned about linear measurement to help them measure the perimeter, or the distance around objects.

We also started to plan a "Guess the Perimeter of the Gym" contest for the school.

The children continued to work on their glovetopus chapter books. The books will be three chapters long and the children are working on their editing and revising skills. These books will be typed.

The students learned about the "author biography" found on most books. Then the children wrote their own author biographies to include on their chapter books. Each child also had an author photo taken with a Fuji instant camera. It was fun for the students to see the photos develop in front of their eyes!

Our class country research projects are now all finished and on display in the hallway outside of our classroom.

We even had time to read and discuss the story of potato chips. Did you know that the invention of potato chips was an accident? They were first made in a restaurant in New York 169 years ago.

In social studies the class learned about the history of Canada's flag and Canada's Flag Day (Feb. 15). They also had an opportunity to create their own Canadian flags. These are on display in our hallway outside of our classroom. Did you know that "vexillology" is the study of flags?

The students had some extra practice time for the Kiwanis Festival this week. Students from several classes gathered in the gym to sing altogether for the first time.

The class read the ancient poem "Salutation to the Dawn" by the Sanskrit poet Kalidasa. It is a poem that reminds us to live each day the best way possible. The students were challenged to memorize the poem and to help them do that each child began to create a poster with some of the words of the poem on it. We will use the words on these posters to read the poem everyday as part of our morning routine.

The class learned the cursive letters, "w, t, j, r". 

Books read aloud this week:

Our Flag: The Story of Canada's Maple Leaf by Ann-Maureen Owens

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren (chapter book)