This week in writing we read the story "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle and retold the story in our own words. We have really been enjoying reading Eric Carle's books. We also continued to work on our writing with free writes during literacy centers.
In math this week we learned about 2D and 3D shapes. We reviewed the 2D shapes that we knew and discussed how when we put 2D shapes together they make 3D shapes. We were given time to explore with plastic shape nets that can be connected together to make different 3D shapes. We also learned that 3D shapes have properties called faces, edges, and vertices. We built 4 different 3D shapes with our plastic shape nets: cube, rectangular prism, square based pyramid and triangular based pyramid. After building the shapes we worked with our groups and then as a class to count the number of faces, edges and vertices in these shapes. We also did this with the sphere, cylinder and cone. We couldn't build these shapes but we were able to use blocks to help us find their properties. Lastly, we discussed how shapes are all around us in our world. We went on a hunt around our classroom and school to find examples of real life items that are these shapes.
We continued to work on our words of the week through literacy centers and word work.
In science this week we went out and drew our Spring tree. We made predictions about how we thought it might have changed since winter and then we went outside to sketch our tree and see how it had actually changed.
We also finished our animal research this week with a fun facts page about our animals. Then every group had an opportunity to come to the front of the class and share some of the things they had learned about their animal.
We had our last two in-line skating sessions this week. We really enjoyed in-line skating and everyone showed so much improvement in their in-line skating skills! It really was amazing to see how much they grew in 4 sessions!
In art this week we started our new animal art project. We will be learning to draw, with the help of Art Hub for kids, all the animals that we have been researching in Science . This week we started with the Red Panda.
We also finished our read aloud of "Zac Power: Thrill Ride". Next week we will be starting our last read aloud story of the school year.
Reminders:
Our leadership club has decided to help the environment by teaming up with Crayola. Crayola has a recycling program for their markers so that they do not end up in the garbage but are recycled instead. If you have any dried up Crayola markers at home feel free to bring them in, We will be boxing up all the Crayola markers we collect and sending them to Crayola to be recycled. We are planning to count how many we have collected on Tuesday June 4th. So if you have any at home please send them in by Tuesday.
The students in Save the Ocean Club are holding a bottle drive to raise money and awareness to support ocean health. Proceeds will be donated to the Ocean Legacy Foundation, a Canadian organization that supports ocean health initiatives. A trailer will be parked in the parking lot for bottle drop-off from Monday June 10 until Friday June 14. In lieu of bottles, cash donations can be dropped off at the office. We would appreciate any donations that you have!
Wednesday June 5th is Fun Lunch
Thursday June 6th is Cranston Day. Students are encouraged to wear Cranston School colours of blue and white or wear their Cranston gear.
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