Here's our weekly update! We had to switch up our plans for this week with so many absences - there were lots of activities I didn't want so many students to miss!
Science
We had a great time at Fish Creek on Thursday! We were on the hunt for signs of animals and signs of positive and negative human interaction with the park. The students were excited to see lots of red squirrels and black-capped chickadees.
Checking out the creek!
Animal Evidence (Dogs?)
Negative human interaction - bird feed
Animal evidence - Red squirrel drey (nest)
More Red Squirrel dreys- in the same tree which is unusual!
Fungus on a Choke Cherry Tree
Animal Evidence - Beetles!
Animal Evidence - Red Squirrels (shells from pinecones)
Animal Scat - we thought deer or hare
Animal Evidence - Woodpeckers!
I'm going to share my Google Slides about animal adaptations so if you're child missed an animal and they'd like to learn about them at home, they can!
We learned about the long o sound with a bossy e (o_e).We also reviewed "a_e" "i_e" and "o_e." We did a poem called "Joe's Bone." We also started looking at the "e_e" sound on Friday. We will review this again on Monday!
Students practiced this skill independently when working on a "fix that sentence" activity.
Words for next week:
Math
We practiced representing addition with tally marks (gr 1) and open number lines (gr 2) as these appeared to be the most difficult for students.
During math groups a few students started learning about greater than and less than symbols! We also did our March calendar.
Health & Wellness
In gym, we had fun incorporating science by learning about life cycles and predator and prey!
We had a lot of absences this week so we decided to focus in on germs and how we can help protect ourselves from getting sick! "We watched The Magic School Bus: Inside Ralphie" where Ralphie gets sick and they get to see how his body fights the bacteria. We learned about white blood cells, the bloodstream, antibodies and infections! We brainstormed ways to practice personal hygiene and students drew and wrote four examples of how to do this in their sketch books.
Art
On Friday we learned about Pablo Picasso and did a first attempt at a cubism self-portrait! We talked about how Picasso does not use a lot of symmetry in his art.
Upcoming Dates
Tuesday, March 5th - LBS Goes to the Opera (virtually) 9:00am
Thursday, March 7th - Opa Fun Lunch
March 18-22 - Book Fair
March 21st (PM) & March 22nd (AM) - Student-Led Conferences
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