This three-day week the children continued to learn about probability, began to learn the lowercase cursive alphabet and the whole class finally finished writing their chapter books based on their glovetopuses!
Math The children practised the use of the probability words certain, likely, equally likely, unlikely and impossible. They learned about how to use spinners and why some spinners are fair and some are unfair. At the end of the week the whole class participated in a "probability experiment". I sealed ten (red and yellow) coloured blocks inside a box with a small hole in the corner. The goal of the experiment was to look at the colour of one block at a time and predict the number of red and the number of yellow blocks in the box. The children took turns shaking the box and "peeking" at the corner to see the colour of the block. The student used tally marks on personal charts to record what happened. The students realized that if they saw a red block more times than a yellow block then it was more likely to see a red block than a yellow block. Therefore there must be more red blocks inside the box.
The class started a large tracking sheet, on our classroom door, to track the students' correct oral usage of the probability words, using tally marks. So far, the most popular probability word is "impossible"...
Writing The class is now learning how to write in cursive! It is important to learn cursive writing so that you can read cursive, you can have a nice signature and you can write faster. All lowercase cursive letters begin at the writing line and the pencil does not leave the paper until a whole word is written. In grade 2, we will learn only the lowercase letters and use printed letters for capitals. So far, the children have learned the cursive forms of a, d, c and g.
After at lot of hard work, the students have finished their chapter books about their glovetopuses. Each child has now planned, written, edited and revised their writing and created illustrations and front and back covers. My job is to type these stories so the children can assemble and bind their books next week.
Reading The children have finished listening to the adventures of Pippi Longstocking. The class loved the adventures of this independent, funny, and incredibly strong little girl. Our next project is to read all the books about Martha the dog by author Susan Medaugh. Martha can speak because when she eats alphabet soup, the letters go up to her brain, instead of her stomach!
Science Each student now has chosen the animal that he/she wishes to research for their science research projects.
Art The class had an art challenge this week using the small plastic "door" found on a package of wet wipes. The challenge was to think of what this door could be, attach it to a piece of cardboard and draw around it to create a finished design.
Media Literacy This week on The Room 222 Interview Show, our guest was Mme Galimberti, she is a French teacher at our school (and teaches in the classroom across the hall from us). This video can be seen in a separate posting.
Books read aloud this week:
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren (chapter book - now finished)
Martha Speaks by Susan Medaugh
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