Secret Juice...

This week, in Language Arts, the kids created their own Secret Juice as a project to conclude our Freckle Juice novel study. We discussed words used for measurement and then the students came up with six ingredients for their own creation. Then we talked about different verbs to use in the directions and the students worked on making well written sentences to describe in detail how to make their secret juice. The students also had the opportunity to work in groups and google recipes on the ipads to look at the format and see various direction wording. They complied a list of "recipe words" and those were added to the list.

We also started reading the second book of the Collections series together. This book is comprised of short fairy tale stories. This week we read, "The Enchanted Pitcher".

The students also continued working on creating more complex sentences, using a step-by-step assignment to guide them.

In Math, we continued working on making numbers using base ten blocks. We also compared numbers using greater than, less than and ordered numbers from greatest to least. The students learned about number lines and how to use them to order numbers.

 

This week, we prepared the class for our trip to India. First, we made passports and explained the importance of them. The students added all of the important information and even had a "grumpy" photograph taken, which most of them found very hard to pose for! :)

As a class, we brainstormed a list of questions that we would need to know before travelling over to India. For example, "What is the weather like?" "What kind of food do they eat" "How much does a loaf of bread cost" What kind of clothing to they wear?". The students used their Chrome books to research the answers. At the end of the week, they shared with the class what they found out in their research.

We started a new unit in Phys. Ed. The students are learning basketball skills for the next couple of weeks. This week we worked on proper dribbling techniques. The students enjoyed a game called "Musical Hoops" to practice their dribbling skills.

We learned that the national tree of India is the banyan tree. We looked at different photos of this tree and then drew pictures and painted them black. To add colour, we used oil pastels. The students were taught about warm and cool colours and how to match colours up to fill in their tree. They also used the pastels to add a landscape. They were encouraged to try a blending technique.

We had another student finish a research project on his own time. He wanted to teach us a little more about rocks and minerals. 

Here are a few more of our frequent flyers for this week!

Congratulations to our new Student of the Week!