What a busy week! Starting the week with Halloween was certainly interesting. We had a rain-free, but cold parade on the blacktop and around the whole school. Everyone was sure showing their Halloween spirit.
Zombie, Captain America, Taco, Chef
Zombie Cheerleader, Pink Sparkle Witch, Cheshire Cat
Vampiress, pirate fairy, rock star, corpse bride
Shopkins
Ghostbuster
corpse bride, Halo
Mrs. Crook's Spooks in the parade
The whole class in costume
Just the boys
Just the girls
Halloween day was pretty fun and exciting. We had a class candy exchange where the students each brought their favorite candy to share with their classmates. The students wrote about their favorite candy and why they chose to bring that one to share.
We also had a mummy wrapping contest. One person from each group was the mummy and was wrapped in crepe paper. The groups got very creative with wrapping their mummies.
Some Mummy Wrapping Fun!
Our marvelous mummies!
Mummy #1
Mummy #2
Mummy #3
Mummy #4
And of course... the unwrapping of the mummies!
We finished the Halloween day off with a party of popcorn and goodies while watching "Hotel Transylvania." Thank you to all of the families who brought food for our party!
The rest of this week, we got back to some academics in the classroom and started our math unit on measurement. Our focus right now is measuring using inches and centimeters. On Tuesday, the class was able to measure some fluffy friends that I brought in to share for the day. The class each got a stuffed animal and they measured it using inches. They wrote the measurement on a card and then had to line the animals up based on the height.
All of the stuffed animals lined up from shortest to tallest (as measured in inches).
Working hard to get the measurements
Deciding which stuffed animal comes first in the measurement line up.
On Wednesday the students had a chance to measure "spaghetti." Students used their rulers to measure the yarn (aka spaghetti) and started by placing the "meatball" on the zero line to get an accurate measurement. The class seemed to have fun with this and many went home saying they wanted to measure real spaghetti. Parents, you might want to hold off on serving spaghetti for dinner, at least for a little bit. :) When they had measured all 9 pieces of spaghetti, we had a time of open exploration where the students were allowed to measure other objects in the room. It was really exciting seeing the kids use their rulers and enjoying measuring objects so much. I was also able to contribute to the list of items measured ---- some measured my feet, my arm, my fingers, and even the back of my head!
Within our measurement unit, we have also spent a brief amount of time on non-standard measurements. Each group had a 12-inch long strip of paper and were asked to measure it using different objects. The discovery was made that the measurements were not the same. One group used playing cards and determined it was 3 1/4 playing cards long. Another group had paper clips and found the strip to be 9 paper clips long. The group with the foam circles found it to be 11 foam circles long. The groups with the linking cubes and the foam cylinders both found their measurements to be 14 objects long. Our discussion consisted of why each group came up with a different number for their measurements and how they could get different measurements if they were to turn their non-standard objects the other direction.
For the last few weeks we have been working on our jump rope unit in P.E. This last week the class had a chance to try a new way to use their jumping skills. The class was introduced to Chinese jump ropes. They learned the "American" style of Chinese Jump rope. Some students managed to get through all 3 levels (ankle, mid-calf, and knee). With the weather being a little bit colder, this was a perfect activity that we could do inside, as well.
Just a reminder -- Friday, November 11th is a holiday and there will not be school that day.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
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