Back at last!

Well its a long time since the blog was updated!
So here's a round up of just some of the activities the children have been involved in lately. There are many more photos here

MATH

 Playing math games that help learn the addition and subtraction facts.

READING AND WRITING

Aedan and Ethan were involved in Reader's Theater. We were an excellent audience for them.

We have been learning to read and write non-fiction. These "How-To" books teach how to do something like "How to make a Friend" or "How to play soccer."

After writing little "How To" books we wrote longer books on a subject we knew a lot about. These books include the features of real non-fiction books e.g. table of contents, diagrams, captions, labels, factual information. Now, we are researching a topic that we don't know a lot about. We went to the library three times this week to read and make notes on our topic of choice. Every time we went, the librarians gave us compliments on how quietly we worked. Mrs Woody was so proud of us that she gave us a traffic light popsicle on Friday afternoon to thank us.

SOCIAL STUDIES

We are also learning about Singapore in social studies. We learned that it is part of the continent of Asia. We also learned some mapping skills when constructing maps of Singapore.

Today we made beautiful cards for children in Christchurch, to make them feel a little better when their homes and schools are ruined. 

SCIENCE

Discovering how air behaves in water

Balloon rockets - we learned that air is compressed in balloons and it will propel a plastic bag along a string when the air is expelled from the balloon.