Skating Week...

The students went back out on the ice for another week of skating for gym class. Thank you to all of the parents who came to help us tie skates and a SPECIAL thank you to our three parent volunteers who went on the ice with our students!

Ringette

Jump Rope for Heart came to perform a kick off assembly for the school on Tuesday!

In Language Arts, the students worked on finishing their "Miss Smith" adventure stories. They are quite a creative bunch! We have been working on using "juicy" words in our writing to describe nouns. These stories will be published into a class book for them to enjoy during Read to Self. We also read "The Extraordinary Cat" from the Collections series. The students thought this story was hilarious and even joined together for a round of applause at the end. We talked about double vowels in words after reading a passage called "Double Trouble". We then worked as a class to sort words into "ea" as in neat, "ea" as in head, and "ea" as in tree.

In Math, we have been working on applying different math strategies for adding two digit numerals. Students worked on addition problems to demonstrate their understanding of regrouping

In Social, we finished researching all of the questions we had about Tunisia. We shared our findings and are ready to learn more about the culture.

This week in Science, we learned the different parts of the ear and how it senses vibrations. We also learned about measuring the loudness of sounds and talked about sounds that are a danger to the ear. 

We will be wrapping up our "Hearing and Sound" unit next week by comparing the range of hearing in humans to other animals. 

NEXT WEEK... We will have yoga on Wednesday for Phys Ed. We will also be going to Library on Wednesday so that the students have a good book for their long weekend. 

Inventing Instruments...

What an exciting project for our Hearing and Sound unit! Our little inventors did a fabulous job creating wind, percussion and string instruments.

We also continued learning about pitch, volume, vibration and sound waves through a series of seven sound centers... Paper Cup Telephones, Tuning a Glass, Good Vibrations, Sound Traveler, Rubber Band Music, Sounds Good and Ruler Guitar.

We finished reading the 3rd and 4th Miss Smith books.

The students were so excited to see what new adventure she would take us on! To continue the "Incredible Storybook", the students have now begun writing their own story map for a new adventure! We are so excited to see what they come up with!

We also read and discussed three more stories in our Collections series. The Name of the Tree, Cinderella Around the World and The Hare and the Tortoise.

In math, we used estimation strategies to predict sums (like a number line to find the closest ten) and used personal strategies to add 2-digit numbers and to estimate. The students were also creating and solving problems involving the addition of 2-digit numbers.

For art this week, the students experimented with warm and cool colours.

In social, We began the study of our new country, Tunisia. The students came up with a list of 48 different things they wanted to know about Tunisia. They were divided into groups of 2 and 3 and given a set of questions and the chrome books to research for the answers.

DRUM FIT!!

WE WON...Golden Garbage can!!
Awarded for a neat and tidy classroom!

Congratulations to our new Student of the Week!

Flashback to the 80's

This week, we read "Princess and the Pea" from the Collections series. Students then participated in a readers theater called, Reading Like Royalty.

We have also been studying the elements of a story. We have begun reading the series of Miss Smith's books. We will be mapping each of the four stories and then student's will have the opportunity to create own "Miss Smith" adventure story next week.

In Math, we learned another mental math strategy of how to use addition for subtraction for basic math facts to 18. Students used triangle cards to come up with different related math facts.

Students also learned how to find a "Mystery Number" in an equation. They were given an equation which included a symbol that represented a number. They had to find the unknown numbers in both addition and subtraction equations. For example... 6+ ___ = 14.

Students who finished their Math early, were able to play a card game called "Soldier Solute". Three players are needed for this game and a deck of cards. Students use their knowledge of the basic math facts to figure out the missing number in an addition question. Please have your child teach you this game on the weekend!









We continued our Hearing and Sound unit in Science by classifying different instruments into percussion, string and wind. We also spent some time classifying the volume and pitch of certain sounds. Students were give a list of items to drop onto their desk. They were to then put these items on a scale, demonstrating their understanding of different volumes and pitches. Student's watched a video, summarizing what we have learned so far. We have included the link so that you can watch it at home with your child.  http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/energy-light-sound/sound.htm

 Just a reminder that their instrument is due on Tuesday. We look forward to seeing what your child has invented!!!

We finished our study on India by completing a "Show What You Know" poster. Students were asked to draw and provide a brief description for five different topics of their choice. They all did a fantastic job showing us what they learned about India. We will be packing and flying to Tunisia early next week.

In Gym, we had a special guest who taught us "DRUM FIT". Students listened to a variety of music and played the drums while being active. The kids came back to class with red cheeks and beads of sweat on their faces. It must have been a fun workout!

For Art this week, students, learned about the bird species, cardinal. They read a book called "Backyard Birds" by Robert Bateman to introduce this type of bird. Then they did a directed drawing and finished the project using tempera paint.

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Congratulations to our new "Student of the Week"!