Our butterflies emerged from their chrysalises over the weekend and, since this particular variety of butterfly (called "painted ladies") only lives for 2 weeks, we needed to set them free right away! We loved how they tickled as they landed on us and sometimes flew away, only to circle back and land on us again. We watched a movie called "Flight of the Butterflies" and learned all about the migration patterns of monarch butterflies. We also talked about the concept of symmetry... What if we divide Callum in half?... Will he look relatively the same on both sides? We had fun using a mirror to look at various axes of symmetry, and then worked with a partner to create symmetrical designs outdoors. After learning about the butterfly's life cycle, Madame let us pick out some 3D-printed caterpillars generously given to us by Mme Cameron. We had so much fun making little habitats for them! One of the Math themes this week has been measurement! We started out by learning about non-standard units. What does it look like to measure the classroom with bodies? Why are bodies not a great unit of measurement? (Would our measurements be the same if we measured with babies? What about full-grown adults? Or NBA basketball players?) We decided that we needed some units that were consistent and tried out measuring items with paperclips and unifix cubes. From there, we were able to transition to the necessity of having a universally accepted system of measurement. We noticed that our rulers had two different types of measurement listed on them - centimetres and inches. Madame explained that centimetres are typically what we use in Canada. (Although most Canadian adults will agree that we're pretty confused in general about whether we prefer the metric or imperial systems!... a topic for when we get a little older.) We enjoyed working through the measurement of various objects on paper, and then some of us put our measurement skills to the test on this week's forest walk! For adult entertainment purposes... In French, we have begun learning about the elements of a story - beginning/middle/end, a problem/solution, characters and setting. Madame had us draw up a storyboard plan and then begin to bring our story ideas to life by coding them on Scratch Jr! Extra photos...
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