The research phase was a great opportunity to search the Internet as well as the various reference books in the class. Fiction stories with animal characters were also written and published this month. Math has been devoted to measurement with the main focus on area and perimeter. Students measured objects in the classroom comparing a centimeter measurement vs. an inch measurement. Estimation is a skill we continue to work on.
Most students are determined to find the exact answer to a problem rather than estimating.
Students were very creative in designing their own puppets and really enjoyed putting the show together. Students have been asked to return their puppets to school, on loan, so that we may have a display of puppets in the window at the Sharon Arts Center in Peterborough for the Children and the Arts Day, May 19.