Weekly Blog Post #14

February 28, 2014

Written by:  Ed & Elena

Announcements

On Monday, we are going to Homestead Flooring in Yarmouth to learn more about perimeter and area. We'll get to apply our knowledge of measuring in a real life work setting.  We'll leave YES at 8:30 and will return around 10:00.  If you haven't returned your permission slip, please do so on Monday.

Math

You wouldn't believe what happened on Monday!  First you need to meet Tom & Jerry, our classroom bears.

Tom & Jerry

Our class received a letter telling us that Tom & Jerry were in danger of being "bear-napped"!  So, we decided to bring them outside and set up a perimeter to keep them safe.  Mrs. Parkin placed cones in each corner of the perimeter.  Then we measured the perimeter in different ways.  We used meters, centimeters, inches, feet, yards and even Ari cartwheels!  Once the bears were secure we brought them back to the safety of the classroom.  We recorded our total perimeter results on a chart.

Measuring in meters!

Measuring more meters!

Chart of perimeter results.

Big news - Mrs. Parkin is moving to Yarmouth!!  Mrs. Parkin needed some expert advice on figuring out the area of each of the rooms in her new house.  So, we divided into 4 groups:  Team Family Room, Team Bathroom, Team Laundry Room and Team Bedroom.  We each got a floor plan and proceeded to measure the area in feet.  Each 1" = 4'.  Now that we've figured out the area, we need to pick her flooring, which we will do at Homestead Flooring on Monday.  What would Mrs. Parkin do without us?

Parkinville Economy

Our job applications are due today for next month.  Our bloggers have applied for Table Captain, Banker, Librarian, Materials Manager and Custodian.  We find out on Monday what we'll be doing for the next month.  Very exciting!

Reading & Writing Non-Fiction

We are incorporating our social studies unit and our non-fiction studies, by studying the great state of Maine.  We read a book about Maine's geography, famous people, climate and jobs.  We made maps of Maine and included towns, cities and rivers.  Then we made posters detailing big Maine ideas. The poster below details Maine's climate.

Here's the book we read.

A poster of the Maine climate

Map of Maine

It was a very full week in Parkinville!  Come back next week for more news.