#HClassBlog - "Kendo means The Way of the Sword" - Mr. Song explains his favourite sport. - November 1, 2024

Introduction:

My name is Viroshin. My favourite holidays are Christmas and Halloween. My favourite TV show is The Loud House. I wrote this blog with the help of Mr. Hodgkinson, I hope you enjoy it.

The Rose:

The rose this week is easy. Halloween was on Thursday and I dressed up as a clown and got lots of candy. I am even saving a sour lollipop for later. We got to wear our costumes at school and we tried the Pumpkin Time Bomb challenge.

The Thorn:

Mr. Song, our teacher candidate from Nipissing University, left us on Friday. However, he is coming back in February – so it was “see you later” not “goodbye”. 

We also had our immunization shots. I had to get three. They hurt a little bit, but not too much.

Mr. Song with our class on Halloween.

The Bud:


We are starting some work in Geography and I am looking forward to learning more about it.

Literacy Leanings:


We nearly finished reading Roald Dahl’ s The Witches and watched the 1990 movie version on Friday. It was made before CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) effects. But, they were still really good. I think they looked better. CGI can really look not real. 

Science:


In Science, we are studying ecosystems and biology. We are making interactive Frayer Models using WeVideo. Here is an example that Mr. Hodgkinson and I made for the class to see what to do.

Math Mentions:


Coding using a program called Scratch. The challenge was to make a code that could determine the area for a polygon or circle given a few measurements. This one from Yaksh is really good.


As part of our study of circumference and area of circles, we did Pumpkin Time Bombs. We measured the circumference and predicted the diameter using the formula d = C/pi. We also tried to predict how many elastics it would take to make the pumpkin explode.

Next Week: Cal will write the blog.


All photos used with permission.


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