Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate on Monday and and we had to postpone our trip to Studio Bell. Although we did not make it out of the school this week, we managed to keep very busy.
We made several trips down to the school's learning commons to observe our rainbow trout eggs. The eggs transitioned from eyed eggs to alevin this week which was super exciting. Some of the students observed what appeared to be a conjoined twin - four eyes emerging from one egg. Sadly, many of our eggs were either unfertilized or has a fungus which required them to be removed from the tank. Please visit out FInS page on this Weebly site to read more and see photos of the eggs and alevin. We talked about how to select a "just right" book from the learning commons. It's important to select a book that is not too difficult (the five finger rule) or too easy. It's also important to select a book with age-appropriate content that's written about subjects we are interested in. We shared a lot of laughs writing Wacky Web Tales. Google Wacky Web Tales to try and write a silly story yourself. It's excellent review of parts of speech. We have continued to review spelling and grammar conventions and practice this regularly by correcting all the errors in Mrs. Keet's morning message. Students are also spending time proofreading and revising their own written pieces. During writing time, students do not have access to erasers but are encouraged to make their editing marks directly on the page. Not taking the time to search for an eraser and then erase has increased the amount of writing most students are able to produce. The students in Room 301 have many creative ideas and are proud to read their written compositions to their classmates. Students have worked through several problems in math as a large group, with partners and alone. Most recently, students worked with a money set to come up with as many ways to "build" one dollar as possible. They also worked with number lines to solve addition and subtraction sentences. The students have been exploring and investigating materials and how sound travels by working to construct a device that dampens sound. So far, their most successful devices have been able to reduce an amplitude by 20 dB (decibels). In a knowledge building discussion, students came to the conclusion that materials like foam and cork dampen sound, that the container needs to surround the noise-producer entirely, and that a lot of layers are all important. Students will have time to modify their devices and test them again next week. The Langevin Science Olympics are almost here! Students know their team colours and have been hard at work constructing our class flag. We are all excited for Wednesday, February 14, to put our science skills to work solving challenges!
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