Week 10: Peace

Books We Read
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
A Poppy is to Remember
The Peace Book
Playing War
Can You Say Peace

Song of the Week


See The Poppies (Sung to the tune & cadence of "Frere Jacques")
See the poppies
Oh so red!
Growing on the hillside
For the dead.

We remember
On this day
Soldiers on the hillside
Far away.

Centres This Week
Due to our seed count on Monday and a big art project on Friday, we adjusted centres slightly.  Here's what we did.

How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin!
After Mr. McCullough opened up the pumpkin for us, we started counting all the seeds, placing them on a hundreds grid to see if any of us predicted the right amount.  We didn't even come close, because our pumpkin had 503 seeds!

The Letter N
We kept adding to our printing skills this week, learning a new letter with the letter "N"

Pattern Lines
Once we had learned that patterns are something that repeats over and over and over and over and over and over and over, we tried creating our own patterns.  At one station, we used things we could lay flat on a table, side by side, like bears, buttons and various shapes.

Pattern Structures
For our other pattern station, we got a little fancy, using items we could build with to make "3D" patterns.  Some of us did quite well, creating different building and items that followed pattern rules.

What Peace Means to Us
After talking about Remembrance Day, peace, and what peace means to us, we created our own red and black tissue paper poppies with the help of some parents who came into the classroom!  After we crumpled up the tissue paper and stuck it on the poppy, we gave them to Mr. McCullough, who wrote down what peace means to each and every one of us!  Our poppy poster will be on display during the school Remembrance Day assembly!

Other Things We Did
We kept things light on Monday by reading "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!"  The discussion got so interesting that we might end up doing something with it during our centres next week!

We talked a lot about peace, why it is important to remember people on Remembrance day, why war is never a good idea, and what we can do to be better people and not get into fights that cause wars.