Today we: learned that a centimeter is called that because there are 100 of them in a meter - cent means 100, just like in century. A millimeter is called that because there 1000 of them in a meter - milli means 1000, just like in millennium. We went around the room measuring various items and seeing how many centimeters and millimeters everything was, and then comparing them to notice the similarities in the numbers. The class realized that the millimeter measurement was just the centimeter multiplied by 10, and the decimal point moves over one place to the right, so it would add a 0 to a whole number.
We are making progress on our newspaper articles - some are onto drawing their pictures! It has been wonderful doing teacher edits and getting to see what creative ideas everyone has. It also gives the chance for a one-on-one mini lesson with each student.
After lunch, we read City of Ember and recorded main events in our visual journals before heading to the Learning Commons for a book exchange.
The day ended with a science experiment of separating solids. The students were given a tray, 3 different sizes of sieves and solid particle mixtures with 3 different solids in them. They were tasked with sorting the items using the sieves and it was a lot of fun! We had white rocks, sugar, and red lentils, and it was great to see them explore these different items and try to separate them.
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