In math, we learned to use a number line. Gianluca remembers that we ALWAYS start with the bigger number (even when we’re not using a number line)! The class practiced on the Smartboard using the fancy markers. After that, everyone went off to practice by themselves. A few children stayed on the rug if they felt like they needed some help.
During Reader’s Workshop we read a story called Where are You Going Manyoni? We learned that readers infer what the author does not tell. Together, we inferred what words like baobab, mopani, Limpopo, and bushpig are using the pictures, rereading, our schema, and a lot of thinking!
In art, we worked on scratch art. We used a wooden tool to make scratches on special paper. It shows a rainbow underneath! Kevin and the other children made a checker board. Kaitlyn thought it looked really cool. We also did optical illusion art. It’s also called Op Art. We started off making a vase. The vase could also look like two faces looking at each other.
We continued our Mem Fox study by reading Whoever You Are. Mem taught us that readers write for an audience and also that books have a message. This one was to show us that people all around the world are different on the outside but the same on the inside. We made a list of traits and virtues that are important to use and to the world.
Today we had our first day of mealworm observations. We could pick them up and touch them. Sophia didn’t want to touch them because she just doesn’t like stuff like that. Michael picked up a whole bunch and held them in his hands. They felt dry. Zoe thought the top felt smooth. One mealworm curled up on Darren’s finger. Daniel is wondering why they were eating popcorn. Some other children are thinking that they are eating vitamins or oats.
Mia has a crooked super duper loose tooth that doesn’t seem to want to come out! Ms. Stern is really looking forward to it coming out!!!!!!!
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