I went into the school this morning and moved this sweet little chick to it's enclosure (after a cuddle of course!).
Friday, May 5 -
This morning I came into the classroom and could hear sweet little chirps.
After looking really closely I could see a small crack at the top. I went to join the other teachers for a meeting and came back during a break and could see some pieces of shell on the cloth.
When all my meetings were finished I came back and saw the chick had been hard at work.
The chick was hard at work breaking the shell in a line around the egg.
Finally, the little chick made it's way out!
Here are some videos that show the hatching - turn up the volume to hear the sweet peeps.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12N8aKWY1jslMcVLncg1Ps5uILxXbRu1R/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CI8BSFB1Et-pBJJ7F3X-SpL0QP0E30_Z/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fyIoG-KhUrRXtFdnbyicx6gIjeoNK7JP/view?usp=sharing
The chick will stay nice and warm in the incubator until tomorrow when I will come back to the school and move him into his enclosure. Hopefully, we will have some new babies from the other eggs soon!
What a wonderful week! The weather has finally changed and we were able to move our classroom outdoors for some learning. We enjoyed our community walk to the Elbow River to make some observations of the Osprey and their nest. We also were able to take a mindful moment to sit by the river and listen to the sounds of nature.
This week students were given the challenge to determine which bench by the playground was longer - the blue one or the wooden one. Students worked in small groups to figure out how they could measure and prove which one was longer.
First they wanted to measure by using the number of kids who could sit on the bench.
One group saw I had a roll of tape and asked to use that. I worked fairly well until the wind blew the tape into a sticky knot.
Literacy
This week we worked on the /er/ sound.
Reminders
Wednesday, May 10 -
This week we said, "goodbye", to Ms. Kehoe. Ms. Kehoe was a student teacher from St. Mary's University that was working with our class for the past ten weeks. She will be deeply missed by all and we wish her all the luck as she starts her career as a teacher.
Calgary Zoo Field Trip
On Monday we had our field trip to the Calgary Zoo to learn more about butterflies and their life cycle. It was an amazing day! We also had an opportunity to explore the zoo with our wonderful volunteers. Thank you so much for making the day a success. I'd also like to thank the School Council and the Parent Association for funding our trip.
Earth Day Clean Up
On Thursday we went out with Ms. Rowland's class to clean up the park around the community garden. We managed to fill an entire garbage bag with everything we picked up!
Literacy
This week we reviewed the spelling patterns ar, or, are. Here is some practice that you can do at home.
Math
This week we worked on showing what we know about representing addition and subtraction with concrete materials, pictures, and with abstract number sentences.
Reminders
Wednesday, May 3 - Library Book Exchange
Thursday, May 4 - Tentative Community Walk
Friday, May 5 - Non-Instructional Day - No School for students
Monday May 22 - Victoria Day - No School for students
Monday, May 29 - Non-Instructional Day - No School for students
This week we had a special addition to our classroom! For the next four weeks our tiny new additions will we spending time between our classroom and Ms. Rowland's classroom. Everyone was very excited and curious to see what might hatch from our eggs.
This week Ms. Kehoe led us through some mindfulness activities and guided us through some self-reflection around what makes our brains happy. Students were asked to identify three things that make our brain happy and share it through writing and/or pictures.
Finally!!! We are finally moving into warmer weather. It feels like it has been a long time coming! As the weather warms up I would like to remind families that we often go outside for learning opportunities and in order for students feel and be successful they need to be prepared. Having them pack things like hats, water bottles, sunscreen, and weather-appropriate clothing will help them be more comfortable.
I Can Learn on the Land / I Can Find Signs of Spring / I Can Observe the Living Things Around Me
This week we went on a community walk and found signs of spring. We noticed things like early magpie nests, buds on trees, grass turning green, and we observed changes in the river (melting ice, cloudy water, etc.). It was a great chance for us to get out and learn on the land. We also took some time to sketch and journal the living and non-living things we observed
Last week students worked on the long u sounds that are made by adding e to the end of a word. They have also been practicing the with the other bossy e sounds (long a, i, and o).
The high frequency words they worked on were: by, only, my, very, them
Math:
Students have been working on developing an understanding of math strategies for adding (doubles, near doubles, using ten) and subtracting within 20. As these strategies become fluent, they will form the foundation for mental math skills in adding and subtracting much larger numbers.
Reminders:
Monday, April 10 - No School for Students
Wednesday, April 12 - Library Book Exchange Day
Monday, April 24 - Calgary Zoo Field Trip - please return permission forms as soon as possible.
It's been a busy couple of weeks! Here's a few highlights: Making Smoothies with Ms. Boone's Class Three of eggs hatched. We ...
