Ms. Midgley's Blog

Hello families,  Last week we reviewed the letter I. Vowels typically tend to be the trickiest letters for students so we only did one letter for the week. This week we will be reviewing the letters W and V.  We have been busy working on some literacy and numeracy assessments that were provided by the government in order to determine gaps in students learning with the pandemic. The students have been quite receptive and seem to actually be enjoying them a bit. Last week we also learned about addition and began discussing some addition strategies. We will be continuing with this work after the break. We are continuing to explore different 2D shapes and where we find them in our environment.  In science, we have been exploring the question: How do animals survive winter? We discussed the needs of humans, animals and plants and how our human needs change in the winter time. We then began learning about some of the animals that hibernate in the winter. I'm hoping to talk more...

Hello families,  I hope you're all doing well! It was definitely a bit of a crazy week around here. As I'm sure you heard, I was away sick on Tuesday and Wednesday and with no substitute teachers available the students had the opportunity to work with Ms. Durnford, Ms. Rooke and Ms. Brown! So, my update will be a bit short this week! Can you believe there are only 10 days of school left before the winter break?  In literacy, we have been reviewing the letters L and N. We only have a couple of letters left! We also started making a 12 Days of Christmas book and each day students are adding a page. They will bring them home before the break.  In math we have continued to work with numbers to 20 and 2D shapes. This week students worked on some shape artwork and learned about pentagons.  In gym, we have been having "Fitness Fridays" and the students have enjoyed starting our PE class with a Tabata workout (20 seconds of exercise, and 10 seconds of rest). We have also bee...