Thursday, February 4, 2010.

HANDWRITING
We brainstormed "oi" words such as coin and noise. Write three "oi" words three times and the date once.

MATH
We spent the whole class working on page 112. Be careful to read the instructions as some questions need estimates and some just need to be solved. Show your startegies as often as possible.

SCIENCE
We watched another BrainPop on the moon. One fact that was reinforced about the moon is that it doesn't make its own light but instead reflects the sun's light. We did a 5 question quick quiz.
Then we watched a BrainPop on eclipses. We learned that there are two main types of eclipses.
A SOLAR eclipse happens when the moon is between the sun and the Earth and the sun's light is blocked. A solar eclipse can make a bright sunny day as dark as night. Solar eclipses are rare. This is a picture of a solar eclipse that occurred in France in 1999. The picture is from Flick and was taken by Luc Viatour.


A LUNAR eclipse happens when the Earth is between the sun and the moon and the Earth's shadow makes the moon a dark red colour. Lunar eclipses are more common than solar eclipses. The following a picture of the sequence of a lunar eclipse that occurred in England in 2007. The picture is Flickr and was taken by Keith Marshall.


SHOW & SHARE
Our new theme is Valentine's Day or something red. Today we saw a red maple leaf picture, a red Swiss ballcap, and were told about a red hockey jersey, and that red was someone's third favourite colour. We also heard about a book called "Arthur's Valentine" by Marc Brown.