It was our last full week together in Room 222 and the students were busy with some big projects. The class finished their sock creatures and made structures for them, they began to plan and rehearse movies starring their sock creatures, learned beginning division concepts and made their own word search puzzles!
In writing, the students created their own word search puzzles using Term 2 word wall words. Later in the week, each child solved another student's puzzle and wrote them a letter thanking them for doing a good job and making suggestions on how to improve her/his puzzle. The children also continued to work on their graphic novels/comic stories.
In math, the class focused on using "multiplicative thinking" to help them solve word problems. One questions was, "Ms. R threaded 5 sewing needles for each student to sew his/her sock creature. The class made 18 sock creatures. How many sewing needles did Ms. R have to thread for the class to finished the sock creature projects?" (The answer was that she threaded 90 sewing needles!)
The class also did some math with gum. (This week the usual "no gum chewing at school" rule was lifted temporarily.) They used multiplication to figure out how many pieces of bubble gum that I bought for the class and completed a class survey as to their favourite of the three flavours. (Blueberry/raspberry was the most popular.) The class did some introductory division activities, by learning how to equally divide a given number of objects. (Sorting or "dealing" playing cards is a great way to illustrate this math concept.)
In reading, the class finished hearing the read aloud chapter book, The Iron Man. They used the comprehension strategy of drawing on paper what pictures the words were making in their minds to follow the details of the story. The class also learned about the invention of bubble gum.
In art, the children finished making their soft sculpture sock creatures. They are all so cute! The students are now working in small groups to create movies starring their creations. At the end of the week, the children selected a number of empty cardboard boxes to make structures for their sock creatures.
Finally...
* The class went for a dental screening with a dental hygienist. Dental reports were sent home with the children on Monday.
* They continued to practice Speed Stacking to prepare for our class contest next week.
* Each child made a knitting "corker" to do "corking" also known as "French knitting". This device will help the children learn how to knit. We will begin knitting next week!
Books read aloud this week:
The Iron Man by Ted Hughes (chapter book - now finished)
Pop! The Invention of Bubble Gum by Meghan McCarthy
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