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
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, Here's our weekly update! This week students were working hard on a summative assessment for our patterns unit! Students had fun creating pattern art and used a checklist to make sure they were using specific types of patterns in their art. They also had a peer check their work to make sure they were including the correct patterns. On Monday, students planned their art, and on Tuesday they completed their art using crayons and watercolour paint. They look awesome!! We worked on some skip counting a bit this week as well, including counting by 5s and 10s. This was pretty tricky for a lot of students and might be something we come back to after solidifying our understanding of place value. Here are the skip counting expectations for each grade: Grade 1 1s to 100 starting at any number Backwards from 20 to 0 by 1s 5s to 100 starting at 0 10s to 100 starting at 0 2s to 20 starting at 0 Grade 2 1s to 1000, forwards and backwards starting at any number ...
Hello families, Here's our weekly update! Our MRU student teacher, Ms. Yip, has begun teaching students about cycles and patterns in math. Students started by learning what a cycle is, and explored the season cycle, the day and night cycle, and life cycles. Students were also introduced to repeating patterns. They had to identify the core of patterns and enjoyed creating their own patterns with different building materials. We will be continuing to learn about patterns after the fall break! In literacy, we learned a bit about plural and singular nouns. We learned that when we add an -s to the end of a word it sometimes makes the /s/ sound (cats) and sometimes makes the /z/ sound (bags). We also reviewed the letter K with our character Kimmy Kangaroo. During Daily LA, students on the word work station are working with Ms. Yip and students at the teacher table are continuing to work with me. We started learning how to practice our high-frequency...
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