April 22 to 25

This week we enjoyed a community walk to go out and look for signs of spring. We really enjoyed to warm spring weather and seeing the changes in our natural environment.  We saw robins, woodpeckers, new leaves, green grass, free flowing river, and small flowers.

I Can Use My Senses to Explore the World Around Me

In science this week, we used our senses to to make observations about the world around us.  We carefully observed tulips with our hands, eyes, and nose.

Literacy:

This week we learned about open and closed syllables and how they affect the vowel sound.  Closed syllables have short vowels (ex. cat, bed, etc.) and open syllables have long vowels (ex. go, be, my, etc.).  We also learned about compound words and how we can look at the parts to help us read really long words.

Math:

This week in math we wrapped up our measurement unit.  We've explored length, weight, height, area, and capacity.

Reminders

Wednesday, April 30

        - Library Book Exchange

Thursday, May 1

        - Celebration of Learning - 5:30 to 7:00pm

Friday, May 2

        - Clubs

April 14 - 17

 

This week we worked with Ms. Heather for an artist residency to create water colour crocus pictures.  These pictures will be part of our Celebration of Learning on May 1st.  

Literacy

This week we worked with the word ending patterns of -ed and -ing.  

Our new heart words are: any, many, into

Reminders

Friday, April 18

- Good Friday - NO SCHOOL (closed)

Monday, April 21

- Non-Instructional Day - NO SCHOOL for Students

Tuesday, April 22

- Earth Day Assembly

Wednesday, April 23

- Library Book Exchange

- Fun Lunch - pre-orders only on Healthy Hunger

Thursday, April 24

- Ms. Lange's (our student teacher) last day

- Community Walk

April 7 - 10

 

This week, thanks to a grant from the Dairy Farmers of Canada, we had a chance to sample different kinds of apples.  We tried Gala, Cosmic Crisp, Granny Smith, and Red Delicious apples.

I Can Explore How Actions Can Physically Change the Properties of Various Objects

In math and science we have been learning about measuring the length and weight of objects.  We have also been comparing objects based on area and capacity.  

As a culminating project, Ms. Lange had students create a shape-shifter with clay and different craft materials.  Students used what they learned about measuring weight and length to analyze their creation.  Shape-shifting their creation into another creation does not change the properties of the materials they used for their creation.

Literacy

This week we worked on the letter pattern: _ge /j/ and the ending -es.

We also learned about english words ending in v (needs an 'e' at the end) and about scribal o.  When manuscripts were copied by hand, the spelling of some words was changed from a 'u' to an 'o' because of the scribes liked the way the 'o' looked next to letters that were similar in appearance to 'u'.  Examples - come, some, none

Our new heart words are: two, does

Reminders

Wednesday, April 16

- Library Book Exchange

Thursday, April 17

- Fun Snack - pre-orders only on Healthy Hunger 

Friday, April 18

- Good Friday - NO SCHOOL (closed)

Monday, April 21

- Non-Instructional Day - NO SCHOOL for Students

Wednesday, April 23

- Fun Lunch - pre-orders only on Healthy Hunger

March 31 - April 4

 

This week we started learning about the story of Pasqueflower (crocus) told through a Blackfoot lens.  In the coming weeks, students will be preparing a display around the pasqueflower for our celebration of learning in May.

I Can Compare Objects Using Weight

Ms. Lange, our pre-service teacher, has been teaching us how to use balances to compare the weight of two objects.  This is a combined unit of study for math and science.  (Sorry - I forgot to take pictures)

Literacy

This week's letter patterns were: u_e /ū/ & /yū/, _ce /s/

Our new heart words were: one, once