June 7-11

Hello families, 

This week, we have been working hard at our community project! Students finished up creating their communities and are working on brochures to share more information about their communities and convince people to visit their community. 








This week we also continued to learn about bees! We watched a few videos, took some notes as a class, and had some great discussions! 




For our math facts this week, we reviewed Fact Families and students did a great job! We also revisited measurement with non-standard units. Students chose three or more things to measure in the classroom and used either a paperclip, snap cube, square or playing card to measure. They then turned one of the items into a riddle (ie. I measured the shelf and it was 13 units long, what measurement tool did I use?). We had fun guessing the measurement tools of every student! 




We have finished "Junie B. Jones is a Graduation Girl." It was suggested that we have our own graduation from grade 1 and 2. So for our end of the year celebration, I was thinking students could make and decorate their own graduation caps, and I will make them all "diplomas." We are now reading "Junie B. Jones First Grader At Last." We have read 20 Junie B. books this year... can you believe it?!

This week we also talked about the past and what life was like for pioneers. We watched a few videos and did our own "virtual field trip" to Pioneer Acres on the iPads (seems contradictory, doesn't it?) The students really enjoyed this activity and asked me to share the link on our blog so they could use it at home! 

Pioneer Acres Virtual Tour 




Does this spoon belong to anyone?



Hermit Crabs
I am wondering if any families would be interested in taking care of our hermit crabs over the summer. They are very easy to care for! If you would like to take them for the whole summer, or part of the summer, please send me an email. If no one is interested I can take them home!


Upcoming Dates

  • Every Friday until the end of the year - School T-Shirt Day
  • Monday, June 21st - National Indigenous Peoples Day
  • Friday, June 25th - Last Day of School
  • Monday, June 28th - Appeals Day
  • Tuesday, June 29th - PD Day
  • Wednesday, June 30th - PD Day

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