This week we have been enjoying spending extra time outside! We are challenging ourselves to spend at least 30 minutes outside each day! Here's what we did this week!
On Monday, we enjoyed mindful colouring and reading our Junie B. Jones story in the garden.
On Tuesday, we brought some of our work period outside! Students worked on a fraction and "er" activity. They did awesome and the weather was beautiful!
On Wednesday, we had a snack picnic outside and talked about mental health. We read a story called The Boy with Big, Big Feelings.
On Thursday we enjoyed having PE outdoors with some of our big buddy class! Students enjoyed using some different equipment and playing soccer! We will likely enjoy a little more time with some of our grade 3 buddies in the upcoming weeks while the grade 4s participate in special health lessons!
The grade 1/2 team is documenting all of our outdoor time in the hallway! If you do something fun outdoors on the weekend, please send me a photo and we can add it to our display! :)
This week in math, we continued working with addition and subtraction word problems in our morning tasks. We also continued working on fractions. Students are working on a fraction pizza project!
In science, we have been enjoying designing, building and testing boats! Thanks for your help with sending in materials!
We also started our learning about small crawling and flying animals and the needs of animals! We reviewed what we learned last year about bees and what we learned at the kindergarten sharing assembly about bees! We watched a video and students did some sketch-noting to record what they learned.
In social studies, we began learning about the Inuit communities of Canada. We will be continuing with this learning next week!
We also continued learning about money and finances! We learned about the difference between needs and wants and learned that we need money for both. To responsibly use our money, we should buy our needs before our wants. We also learned about ways to purchase goods (cash, debit and credit). Students enjoyed learning about the different coins as well. I enjoyed sharing "Canada in my Pocket" with them as it's a song I remember from elementary school!
Grade 1/2 Singing Club
Grade 1/2 students have the opportunity to join singing club. This club will run on Wednesdays during lunch recess. If your child is interested in joining, they are committing to attending every Wednesday from May 3rd– June 7th. Students will be preparing a song to sing for our LBS Volunteer Tea.
If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Kawchuk or Ms. Midgley.
Thank you!
Netball
Our class will be participating in netball on Tuesday, May 9th, Thursday, May 11th and Tuesday, May 16th from 10:20-11:00am.
Upcoming Dates
Every Monday - Card Club & Drama Club (for those who have signed up)
Friday, May 5th - PD Day - No School
Thursday, May 18th - Subway Fun Lunch
Thursday, May 18th - Honey Merchant In-Class Field Trip (8:15-9:45am) 1 or 2 volunteers needed - please email!
Our first two days of school in room 11 were great! We enjoyed reading some stories together, getting to know each other and our classroom space, and students enjoyed exploring different work choices together in the classroom. We've also already celebrated two birthdays in the classroom! We had gym outside on Thursday and Friday and are looking forward to joining Ms. Zimmer's class for gym next week! We talked a lot about different expectations at school and why it's important to follow the classroom expectations. I always use my cat, Eli, to show listening expectations on the carpet. A notice from School Council came home today! (At least one was found on the ground so I just wanted to make sure everyone saw) Soft Entry We will be starting "Soft Entry" on Wednesday, September 4th. This means that students can arrive between 8:00-8:10 am, come through the garden doors and walk down to their classrooms. The teachers will be on supervision at the door, in the ...
Hello families, My apologies again about not making a blog post last week! Here's what we got up to this week: We enjoyed spending lots of time with Elder Shirley on Wednesday morning. She walked students through a smudge and talked about some of the sacred medicines. She taught us how to hoop dance and how we can tell a story using our bodies and the hoops. We also enjoyed spending time outside with the hoops and some stuffed animal friends. We performed some hoop dancing for Ms. Zimmer's class and then enjoyed watching Elder Shirley perform some hoop dancing. We also met her mischievous bear friend, Lemon! We're continuing to learn about the Indigenous Seven Sacred Teachings. This week we learned about the teaching of honesty which is represented by the Sabe. Students wrote about a time when they showed honesty. We also read a story called Finn's Little Fibs by Tom Percival and students used loose parts to create a time when they fibbed....
Hello families, Here's our weekly update! In science we have returned to our focus on Earth Systems. We learned a little bit about environmentalism and caring for the Earth. We also learned a bit about extreme weather and the impact it can have on the environment, and looked at different types of landforms! In social studies, we continued our learning about The Seven Sacred Teachings. We learned about the eagle and how it represents love. One comment that resonated with me from Elder Hazel's video is that we are never too busy to be kind, caring and patient. We started working on some scratch art - students will be scratching an eagle feather into the black paint next week! In math, students completed a bit of a summative assessment in measurement to see if we are ready to move on to the next concept. We also started a fun zoo design project that students have been really excited about. We will finish this up next week! In literacy we started ...
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