This morning we learned how to make comics! It is going to be a new center during Daily 5 time. During math, we started working on a new problem. We had to figure out how many polar bears, snow owls, and penguins there could be in a zoo if there were 64 legs in total.
This afternoon we did a science experiment. We poured hot water, room temperature water, and ice water into glasses, and had to read the temperature on the thermometer on each. While we were doing that, we noticed that the metal around the thermometer in the hot water got very hot, and the metal around the thermometer in the cold water got very cold. That got us talking about the difference between materials that are insulators, and materials that are conductors. Ask your son what a conductor is, and what an insulator is to see what he learned.
Today we also started looking at the difference between Non-Fiction and Fiction books. We got into small groups, and Ms. Coutts gave us one fiction book, and one story book to look at. We had to try to find the differences between them. We discovered that fiction books are made up stories, and non-fiction books are information books. We then started looking at how Non-Fiction books are organized. We are going to be making a non-fiction book about the Arctic! Each student in our class is going to get to make one page of it.
This afternoon we did a science experiment. We poured hot water, room temperature water, and ice water into glasses, and had to read the temperature on the thermometer on each. While we were doing that, we noticed that the metal around the thermometer in the hot water got very hot, and the metal around the thermometer in the cold water got very cold. That got us talking about the difference between materials that are insulators, and materials that are conductors. Ask your son what a conductor is, and what an insulator is to see what he learned.
Today we also started looking at the difference between Non-Fiction and Fiction books. We got into small groups, and Ms. Coutts gave us one fiction book, and one story book to look at. We had to try to find the differences between them. We discovered that fiction books are made up stories, and non-fiction books are information books. We then started looking at how Non-Fiction books are organized. We are going to be making a non-fiction book about the Arctic! Each student in our class is going to get to make one page of it.
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