April 28 to May 2

I Can Identify What Makes Something One-Half

This week we worked on building our understanding of basic fractions and what makes something 1/2.  We started off by cutting sticky notes up and sorting them as a class into half and not half.  Next students were given the chance to do this independently and created a visual journal page of shapes cut into half and not half.  Finally, we looked at dividing a quantity of objects into two equal halves.  We will wrap up our look at fractions next week.

Literacy:

In literacy this week we spent some time looking at the syllables of words and how knowing some rules can help us read longer words.  We learned that vowels in open syllables make long songs.  We also learned that vowels in the stressed syllable make the schwa sound.

Reminders

Wednesday, May 7

- Library Book Exchange

- Hats on for Mental Health

Friday, May 16

        - Non-instructional Day - NO SCHOOL for students

Monday, May 18

        - Victoria Day - NO SCHOOL

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

March 17 - 21

 Thank you to all who joined me for Student Learning conferences.  I really enjoyed sharing all the progress your child has made since the January report cards.

Thank you to the School Council for funding our field trip to the Calgary Zoo.  A big thank you to all of the volunteers who came with us.  The students and I really appreciate it.

Here are a few pictures from our day:

March 3 - 7

I Can Create Create Instructions for a Robot to Achieve a Desired Outcome

This week we have been working with Tale-Bot Pro robots to learn about coding.  Students program the movement of robots using forward, back, left, right, and repeat.  So far we have been working on creating virtual community walks, trips to the zoo, and have started creating mazes for the robots to navigate.  Some students this week even got a chance to experiment with having the robots draw pictures.  We have been learning about this basic coding as part of our unit on Computer Science.  

The Tale-Bot Pro Robots have been lent to us from the ATA (Alberta Teachers' Association) library.

Litearacy:

This week we reviewed digraphs and started working with the long vowels 'a' and 'i' with the pattern a_e and i_e.

Our new heart words is: who

Reminders:

Wednesday, March 12

- Library

March 17 - 20

- School Book Fair (whole class viewing on March 17 and opportunities for in-class purchase March 19)

Tuesday, March 18

- Calgary Zoo Field Trip - Please let me know if you're interested in volunteering!

March 20 and 21

- ONLINE Student Learning Conferences

- NO SCHOOL for students on March 21

March 22 - 30

- Spring Break - NO SCHOOL

Monday, March 31

- First day back from Spring Break