Hi Everyone,
Here is what we did this week:
Reading - We talked about some reading comprehension strategies:
1. Visualizing
2. Making Connections
3. Make a Prediction
4. Prior Knowledge
Writing - We talked about similes and had fun with them. We learned the using similes is another tool to help us add details to our stories and to create a picture in our readers head. Here is an example of a simile:
Ms. Stephenson's class is as bright as a shooting star.
Math - We practiced doing another word problem. To solve the problem we know we need to do 4 things:
1. Draw a picture to show our work
2. Draw another picture to double check our work
3. Write a number sentence
4. Write a word sentence
Science - We did our own research on the bee. Ask me what I learned or know about the bee!
Social Studies - We learning a lot more about the Acadian culture. We learned about their:
1. Traditional Clothing - woolen caps, vests, jackets, sabots, striped skirts, bonnets
2. Traditional Stories - Evangeline and Gabrielle, The Pancake Thief, and The Bell that Cries
3. Food - rappie pie, fricots, seafood
4. Important People - Father Signone, Prudent Robicheau
5. Celebrations - The lobster festival, The first snow in May, Acadian National Day
6. Music - Grand Derangement, fiddle, violin, accordian
7. Artists - Nora Robicheau, Maud Lewis
8. Dancing - La Baie en Joie
Have a great weekend!