It's so hard to believe that the first week of March has come and gone. Time is flying by way too fast!
Drum Roll Please..........and the VIP this week was:
Thank you Mr. E for bringing your guinea pigs for the class to see. We couldn't believe how big they are!
Curriculum Update
Language Arts:
During our Read Aloud time this week one of the books I read was "The Wolf Who Cried Boy" by Bob Hartman. I chose this book to reinforce the idea of a "motive" in story writing. Motive is what the character wants/doesn't want or needs. Story problems are created when the character's motive (need/want) is blocked by an obstacle. In the "Wolf Who Cried Boy" a young wolf is tired of his food and wants food made from human boys. Several times he tricks his parents into thinking there is a boy nearby. After this, his parents don't believe anything he says. The wolf eventually stops crying "Boy" after his parents stop believing him and he acquires a taste for liking apple pie instead.
During writer's workshop this week we focused on using Sensory Imagery to write several settings. Effective settings establish the tone of a story and engage the reader's curiosity and imagination. Taking the time to build a verb-based sensory imagery language, modelling and using varied sentence starters helps to the students to achieve writing success.
Math
This week our math focus was subtraction of multi-digit subtraction using an open number line. We learned about the strategy of "counting on" when using an opening number to subtract.
Science
The students complete challenge #3 of our "Survivor" Testing and Building Unit. Here is a summary of the challenge:
Hooray! The beams for the foot bridge are strong enough for us to cross the fast moving river. We are finally able to enjoy a few bananas. Now that we have full bellies, we can concentrate on building some shelter. The fierce storm is still heading our way and we need somewhere to keep dry and get some rest for the night. Linkoln has a brilliant idea and takes us back to our aircraft. We see that a few pieces of tin have come off the side of the plane during our emergency landing. Keira and Kaylee decide to haul the tin to a small clearing in the trees. Ethan decides to bend the tin to make an arch for our shelter. The clouds look dark and heavy with rain. We need to make sure our arch is strong enough to hold the downpour. Does a wider gap cause the arched shelter to be stronger or weaker than a shorter gap? We need to test this so that we can stay dry for the night!
Discovery: Through this challenge, the students learned that a wider gap causes an arch to be weaker than one with a shorter gap.
Social Studies
On Thursday we celebrated Tunisia Day! The students had a wonderful time being immersed in the Tunisia culture!
They enjoyed weaving bookmarks using straws and yarn.
The students played an African board game called "Mancala" using marbles and egg cartons.
They loved creating "mosaic" art pieces out of different types/colours of beans and lentils.
A celebration wouldn't be complete without food. We sampled couscous salad, dates, pomegranates, chickpea stew and flatbread!
Have a fabulous long weekend!
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