Fractions, Music, and Art

This week seems to have gone by very quickly.  In math this week, we started our unit on Fractions.  We talked about how fractions are part of a whole.  The students made their own fraction booklets that show 1 whole, two halves, three-thirds, and four-fourths.

The class has also been having fun with singing our fraction song, "Fractions Down on the Farm."

We have also begun the process of making fraction kites where the students have colored in a 5x5 grid in different colors.  Then they had to write a math sentence about their kite by telling which fraction of their kites were which colors.  (Pictures to follow next week when they are complete.)

Our story for this week in Language Arts was, "Ah, Music" by Aliki.     I personally, had a really fun time teaching this story.  It was a great review of what our class did for the Second Grade Christmas Performance.  We talked about performances, volume, and tempo of music.  This non-fiction piece of writing was a great way to spiral back to some events that our class actually participated in.

To take our story even further this week, we did a little bit of painting.  I showed the students some pictures of the Northern Lights and we talked about how they are formed.  Then I put on some music and the students painted their own Northern Lights based on how the music made them feel.  It was very interesting to see how different the Northern Lights could look from different perspectives.  

Have a fun and safe three-day weekend!