Tuesday February 9 Day 4

Today we read the morning message and practiced giving answers in full sentences.  We then worked hard to edit and complete the procedure writing about making our boxes that we made from construction paper. Everyone made a box, found the dimensions of the box, explained how to make it and then think of something that you might buy in a box that size.
    
                          
 We then went to Gym with Mr. Costa.   When we came back to after recess, we did our Math activities.

After lunch we worked on completing our community maps.  The maps were to include different areas of a city; industrial, commercial, residential, and recreational.   The students were asked to create a legend to show what the symbols mean on their maps.   They had to think about where it made sense to put each part of the community.  e.g.) Would you put a school in the middle of an industrial area?  When completed the students used what they remembered about cardinal directions to explain where things were located in their imaginary communities.  See some examples below.

Hannah and Samantha worked to create a map of Webkinworld.

Jack and James mapped out New Mouse City

Kryal worked industriously to map out Kyraltown

More examples are in the hall outside the class.   Just before recess  Ms. Jean helped the students write valentine messages to their penpals.  It will be a nice surprise since they don't celebrate Valentine's Day in Korea.    We had a nice talk about "love" as well.   We talked about the different kinds of love, because whenever the word was mentioned  a collective "eeeeew"  rang through the class.   We talked how romantic love is for older people, where family love, or botherly/sisterly love or friendship is also love.   

After recess we wrote about our maps.  I sent  note home with a list of names if students wish to make valentines for their classmates.  Ella's name was omitted and Kyral's name was on twice.  I tried to write it on all the forms while students were lining. up.

SKATING TOMORROW AFTERNOON!

HOMEWORK: Spelling due tomorrow.
                         Math: subtraction (2)