We had lots of fun today, though I have no pictures to show for it. :(
In the morning we brainstormed lots of ideas for characters that could be in our stories. We thought of people (e.g., normal people, princes & princesses), animals (e.g., elephants, rabbits), fictional animals (dragons, unicorns), monsters (e.g., trolls), super-heroes and even blobs (les touts)! Each writer decided on the two characters that will star in their stories and started describing them and thinking about how they will look. Ask your writer who their characters are!
We will keep working on our plans the rest of this week, thinking about where our stories take place, what kind of problem comes up in the middle, and how it is resolved at the end. Everyone has homework tonight, and that is to talk to someone about potential story ideas. Thinking of one good idea is usually the hardest part. We will do some group brainstorming here too! Remember, in a story anything can happen! It could be something that could really happen, or not.
Utilisez vos imaginations!
Before lunch, we had a special surprise! Mme Mitchell was in town and brought Sadie over to meet the class! The kids had a chance to pet her, if they wanted to, and Sadie (though very distracted), did manage to sit and dance for them. Sadie's not sure whether children are really people and still finds them a bit frightening. Haha! Maybe she can visit again at Festival!
In the afternoon I assembled lots of objects from home and school that are 3-D shapes, for instance, a soccer ball, traffic cone, storage box, hexagonal pillow, Toblerone package, J-Cloth box, Pringles can and dice! Together, we managed to name them all! Then, each mathematician created their own Qui suis-je game. With a shape in mind, they came up with 3 clues and then hid them behind some little clue doors! We had a chance to play everyone's guessing game. They're great! The kids are dying to quiz YOU as well, but first we're going to let the grade 2s in our hallway play our games. Ask your mathematicians if they remember what their clues are, or if they can make up new hints so that you can play tonight!
A reminder that Scholastic and field trip forms are due by tomorrow and Friday, respectively. Please scroll down for some Festival requests!
Tamara