It's been another week on measurement and this time it was all about using our measuring sticks. We went searching on Tuesday for sticks in Spirit Square and Madame presented us with the ultimate challenge: find a stick that was just as long as her metre stick. Unfortunately none of us were successful, but we did find lots of inspiring sticks, anyway. We labelled our sticks and measured them with unifix cubes to see how long/short they were in comparison with others. In the process, we made an important realization - bent sticks don't work well for measurement. Later in the week, we used our sticks to measure different things around the playground. Apart from measurement skills (learning where to start our measurements from, and how to use a short item to measure a long surface), the process also drew out some unplanned skills - counting, number recognition, problem solving, and teamwork. The spider-web required some extra determination to measure! We have also continued practicing our French counting to 100 in class and our favourite part is when Madame allows some "controlled chaos" and has us jump in the air for every multiple of 10. We've managed to soften her and she now even lets us jump off chairs, as long as we're actually counting and are being good listeners. Shhh!... we've started a super secret project for our moms. This one was tough. It involved working with clay that was super spongy and difficult to mold. But we persevered and were quite pleased with our creations in the end. But... you'll have to wait another week before you find out what it is!! No picture clues! Our tadpoles continue to grow bigger by the day, as do the bean plants that we planted last week! We enjoyed learning about the tadpole's lifecycle and about the parts of a plant. We are always excited when it's our turn to water the plants! We also had not one, but TWO assemblies this week! ...on "Body Science" and on "Earth Day". We love getting a chance to see the other classes over Zoom and to participate with our school community! In the forest, we are noticing signs of Spring everywhere as the forest floor becomes so much more lush and full with greenery and even wildflowers. We were also excited to find all kinds of bugs and creatures when we rolled over some logs. Some of those creatures even made it back into the classroom with us, soon to be released back into the wild. In order to qualify for the esteemed position of "banker" for the day, we have to be able to answer a variety of questions from Madame... "How many nickels are in a quarter? How many quarters in a loonie? How many loonies in a toonie?" If we can answer them fast and well, we can earn the rotating, voluntary job. Until this week, we only had Grade 1s interested in trying it but hats-off to Ryan who is in Kindergarten and did a masterful job as one of our daily bankers! There is a group of boys who enjoy spending most of their play time trading their coins... from nickels to quarters, then to dimes, then back to nickels again, just because they can. They don't even realize that they're learning in the process and shhh!... Madame isn't going to tell them. ;-) And a bonus pic of Allie, just because she's awesome and we have enjoyed her musical renditions this week...
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