End of the week Sept 3-6th

Room 8 September 3rd - 6th

This week in Math we continued to develop our measurement skills. We learned about using cm and mm to measure around 2D shapes. Later in the week we discovered how we can use mm, cm and m to estimate length and height.

During Language Arts we started our reading groups. We were split into five different groups and we rotate stations. We rotate between guided reading, reading games, partner reading, silent reading and computer literacy activities.

In gym, we were working on passing during basketball. We learned how to do bounce passes and chest passes. We learned that chest passes were the fastest passes and bounce passes were to get past a defender.

For Science, we learned how to take sketch notes. Sketch notes are when we use words, pictures and diagrams to help us remember information. We used our sketch notes to take notes from a Magic School Bus episode about the needs of a plant. Later we used sketch notes to remember important information from a news story about a fire in the Amazon Rainforest. At the end of the week we planted our own bean seeds which we will take care of in class.

OnTuesday we had, It's a Crime Not to Read. Constable Mike came to our school and read us stories and answered some of our questions. After that we had two wonderful ladies from the Saddletown Library bring in some books which we were allowed to borrow for one month.