Today with read the morning message, did our spelling corrections and completed our temperature graphs.
We went to see a puppet performance called " O if for Ogre". The puppets were interesting and the students had some great questions for the puppeteers.
After recess we did some work with centimetres. We estimated and measured lines and objects. Everyone has a good understanding of how to measure things with a ruler, but we need to practice being accurate in placing the ruler at 0.
After lunch we read two chapters from Matilda. Matilda is getting revenge on her mean parents in variety of ways. She hid a parrot in the fireplace to make them think they had ghosts, and she amazed her father with her arithmetic ability so much that her father got angry.
We then worked really hard in trying to complete our expository paragraphs. Most students completed their work, and only a couple are left to be completed.
After recess we did some science. Gr. 2's did some experiments with moving air. We need air to breath, but we discussed how we use air for other things. We then explored how we can use our own air to move things. Students had to predict many breaths it would take to move five different objects about 4m. We moved ping pong balls, marbles, crumpled paper, flat paper and a linking cube. We then tested whether our predictions matched what we expected. We recorded our observations in a table. Later we will explain why some things were harder to move than others, and why some students could move objects easier than others. What are the variables? the Gr. 3's did detailed lablelled diagrams of the soil samples they created. Now that the soil and water mixture has settled, there are definate layers in our jars. We will explain why the layers contain the types of soil they do.
HOMEWORK: Spelling Lesson 12 Sentences. Alpha order/syllables if not complete
Read 20 min.
( good copy of expository paragraph: certain students)
