It was another busy week. In Language, we continued with our Daily 5 centres. The students also completed a short reading and writing assessment, completing each short section over 4 days in between centres. The class also read "Le loup qui cherchait une amoureuse".
Playing a reading comprehension game
In Math, we continued centres on 3-D solids, focusing on accurately naming solids, and counting faces, edges, and vertices. (les faces, les arètes et les sommets) We also spent some time reviewing coordinates and how to use grids to complete drawings symmetrically.
Building 3-D solids
In Social Studies, we finished an activity on identifying important cities in Ontario. Some students began to research why those cities are important.
Researching a city
More research
In Science, we began our unit on Forces by looking at images and trying to identify the type of force. The students then completed an activity to identify whether a force was a push or a pull.
On Thursday, Mark Ryan joined our class to help me teach the class how to use "Explain Everything" on the iPads. This is part of a Collaborative Inquiry that I'm doing with Mme Deloughery and Mme McKenzie, who also joined our class for the lesson. The students were very enthusiastic and learned many aspects of the application quickly as we did math activities on 2-D shapes and 3-D solids. They were given opportunities to try everything out themselves and we will use it some more over the next few weeks for various math activities.
We also celebrated Valentines Day on Thursday because of our trip on Friday. Thank you to all the families who sent in treats for the class!
On Friday, we went to Gould Lake. It was beautiful and sunny in the morning when we went on our hike. It clouded over and the wind picked up when we stopped for lunch. The students really enjoyed learning about making fires and collecting their own wood. We had four small fires going for the class on which they cooked their hotdogs and s'mores. With the windchill picking up and the snow starting, we came back to school a bit early. It was a good thing though, the roads became snow packed quickly and the students were glad to get inside and warm up.
Going over the rules at Gould Lake
Ready to start our hike
Explaining about frost cracks
A close-up of the frost crack
Explaining about "burls", growths that trees create to protect themselves from injury or infection
A dead tree with chainsaw slices in the side to encourage insects to move in
A porcupine den where they sleep on their own scat in winter to keep warm
Explaining how porcupine quills work
Going over how to make a fire step-by-step and safety rules for around fires
Starting the fire
Cooking hotdogs
More cooking
I hope everyone has a wonderful Family Day weekend and Valentine's Day!
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