This week the children learned about the water cycle, how to tell a story with paper and scissors and celebrated Diwali!
In writing, the children finally finished their "How to Make a Pillow" books by finishing the good copies of their writing. After taping a instant author photo to the front cover, they learned how to bind the front and back covers and the pages together with a decorated popsicle stick! These books are now on display on the bulletin board in the classroom.
In reading, the class finished listening to the chapter book, My Father's Dragon. The children did a reading response activity writing about, for example, their favourite parts of the book. Throughout the week in our guided reading groups, the children practised how to read aloud with expression by paying attention to punctuation and text features when reading the first half of Moira's Birthday by Robert Munsch.
In oral communication, the students learned now to tell a story aloud using paper and scissors. Have your child tell you the story and demonstrate how to make a paper Halloween jack-o-lantern.
In math, the children practised adding 3 numbers together. Then they reviewed strategies for subtraction and how to determine if the operation is addition or subtraction in a word problem. Also, many children finished creating their math board games this week and had a chance to try playing their games with a friend.
In science, the class learned about the processes of evaporation, condensation and precipitation and where these happen in the water cycle, as water is recycled around the world. The students also applied what they know about the three states of water (solid, liquid, gas) to identify different forms of water (e.g., frost).
Finally, the students attended the book fair to browse on Tuesday and to buy on Wednesday. On Thursday, the class went to celebrate Diwali by seeing dances and a skit in the auditorium and making crafts in the lunch room.
Books read aloud this week:
My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett (chapter book - now finished)
Moira's Birthday by Robert Munsch (guided reading book)
In writing, the children finally finished their "How to Make a Pillow" books by finishing the good copies of their writing. After taping a instant author photo to the front cover, they learned how to bind the front and back covers and the pages together with a decorated popsicle stick! These books are now on display on the bulletin board in the classroom.
In reading, the class finished listening to the chapter book, My Father's Dragon. The children did a reading response activity writing about, for example, their favourite parts of the book. Throughout the week in our guided reading groups, the children practised how to read aloud with expression by paying attention to punctuation and text features when reading the first half of Moira's Birthday by Robert Munsch.
In oral communication, the students learned now to tell a story aloud using paper and scissors. Have your child tell you the story and demonstrate how to make a paper Halloween jack-o-lantern.
In math, the children practised adding 3 numbers together. Then they reviewed strategies for subtraction and how to determine if the operation is addition or subtraction in a word problem. Also, many children finished creating their math board games this week and had a chance to try playing their games with a friend.
In science, the class learned about the processes of evaporation, condensation and precipitation and where these happen in the water cycle, as water is recycled around the world. The students also applied what they know about the three states of water (solid, liquid, gas) to identify different forms of water (e.g., frost).
Finally, the students attended the book fair to browse on Tuesday and to buy on Wednesday. On Thursday, the class went to celebrate Diwali by seeing dances and a skit in the auditorium and making crafts in the lunch room.
Books read aloud this week:
My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett (chapter book - now finished)
Moira's Birthday by Robert Munsch (guided reading book)
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