May 15 - 19

 What a strange week!  We started off with some beautiful weather and the chance to move our classroom learning outside to being stuck inside for three days due to the smoke.  

I Can Compare the Length or Capacity of Two Objects By Directly Using a Third Object:

This week we took our measuring outside.  We used the measuring tapes of "hands" that we created after reading a story about non-standard units of measure and looked for things that were ten hands or smaller.

We also went to the top of the hill with Ms. Rowlands class to explore and learn more about capacity.  Students were split up into small groups, given three different cups, and tasked with figuring out and proving which cup had the biggest capacity.   After lots of group conversation and experimenting, some groups came up with the idea of using smaller cups to fill up each cup and compare to determine which was biggest.

 

Literacy:

This week we learned about some of the rule breakers for  VCe words.  First we learned that in English, written words can't end in V and that's why an E is added at the end.  The Es at the end don't make the vowel say it's own name (long vowel sound).  We also learned about the 'scribble o' .  A long time ago people had to copy books by hand and sometimes they made mistakes and instead of writing a 'u' they scribbled an 'o'.  Words like 'love', 'some', and 'done' have Os that sound more like U.

We also learned about words that end in -es instead of -s when there is more than one.  

Our High Frequency Words for the Week are:  them, then, these, so, some, her

Several weeks ago we started reading the novel, "Bear in the Family" by Eric Walters.  The story is centred around a family whose community has been affected by a wild fire and so with our smokey days, we have made some connections to feelings and emotions that the family in the story and that families in Alberta might have.  We have had very honest conversations around the fact that there are people in Alberta right now who have had to leave their homes and may not have a home to go back to and what impact the fires might have on wild life and other animals.  This may end up being a conversation that they might want to talk to parents in more detail.

Reminders:

Monday, May 22 - Victoria Day, No School 

Tuesday, May 23 - Little Red Reading Van

Wednesday, May 24 - 

• Library Book Exchange
• 
  Ramsay School Dance

Monday, May 29 - Non-Instructional Day, No School for Students

Monday, June 5 - Weaslehead Field Trip