This morning we finished our final roadblocks for Amazing Race Peru. The winners of the race will be announced later in the week. We will be starting to look at Ukraine this week.
In math today we started talking about fractions. Fractions are the parts of something that has been divided into equal parts. We learned that the top number in a fraction is called the numerator and tells us how many pieces of the whole we are looking at or focusing on. The bottom number is called the denominator and tells us the total amount of pieces we have. We represented fractions today as parts of a set. We drew objects and shaded in different amounts. We then wrote fractions for the shaded and non-shaded parts of the set. We will be continuing to work on fractions in the upcoming week.
In science today we started our animal research. Every student has now chosen an animal that lives in either Peru (or the Amazon), Ukraine, Tunisia and India. We started looking at websites to help us find information on the animal's:
- habitat
- appearance
- diet
- adaptations
- life cycle
- communication
- status (endangered, at risk, safe)
Here are some websites that you can look at to help you:
National Geographic
Animal Fact Guide
Kids Biology
Kids Planet
A notice was sent home today letting parents know that lunch will be eaten by all students at the same time tomorrow and Thursday due to the concert set up in the gym. Weather permitting, all students will eat outside and be out for the entire hour of lunch. Please make sure you are dressed appropriately.
Our Spring Concert is tomorrow! Doors to the school open at 6pm and the concert begins at 6:30pm. Students can come to the classroom, which is where they will stay until parents pick them up after the concert. We ask out of respect to all performers, that parents stay for the duration of the concert.
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