Our Week April 11 - 15

We are learning how to retell the stories we read together and have been thinking and wondering about different characters and settings in the books we read. We read a book called 'Each Peach Pear Plum' and wondered where did this story take place? We decided the setting of this story is the land of Fairy Tales. 

This week we have started to build 'Character Land' in our construction area and we are thinking about the characters we like and where their stories take place.

Each different area in Character land has a background.   We use the backgrounds because it tells us which movie, video game, or book the characters come from.
Here are some student stories about places in Character Land.

The Jungle Book
This book is about a Tiger who gets a boy and all the other animals from the jungle protect him. 

Pride Rock
This area has Simba, Nala, and Rafiki. Pride Rock is from the Lion King. It is a favourite movie in our class. 

Superhero Land
The superhero land is very big. It has triangles and squares and arches for Batma's secret hideout and a tall yellow building for Superman's house. Ironman and Aquaman live here too!
Adventure Bay
Paw Patrol takes place in Adventure Bay. It is our favourite TV show. The pups lives there in front of the lookout. 


Arendelle
Arendelle is the land in Frozen. Elsa lives in her gigantic castle and her friends Anna, Olaf, and Sven live there too.



And in other news...

Listening Centre
Our listening centre has music and books and CDs that we can listen to. We put the CD in the machine, press the green button, and put on the headphones to listen.

String Measurement

We each made a string by measuring how tall we were. Then, we used that string to measure our friends and things in the classroom that are taller, smaller, or the same as us. This week, we took our strings to the forest for our nature walk to measure outdoors.

Curriculum Expectations:

Reading            2.9

retell stories, in proper sequence, that have been read by and with the EL–K team

Reading            2.2

identify personal preferences in reading materials in different contexts 

Geometry          G3.4

build three-dimensional structures using a variety of materials and begin to recognize the three-dimensional figures their structure contains

Data Management DM5.1

sort, classify, and compare objects and describe the attributes used

Measurement      M2.1

compare and order two or more objects according to an appropriate and use measurement

Measurement       M2.2

demonstrate, through investigation,

an awareness of non-standard measuring devices and standard measuring devices and strategies for using them 

Measurement       M2.3

demonstrate, through investigation, a beginning understanding of non-standard units that are the same type but not always the same size