After a two week holiday, Christmas and New Years, the students had a lot to write about in their Journals!
We talked about our favourite memories from 2015. After the students had some time to reflect, they completed a project for their portfolios.
We then read a book titled, "Squirrel's New Year's Resolution" and the students came up with some goals for the New Year. They put their ideas in a graphic organizer and then compiled them into a paragraph.
For spelling this week, the kids had an opportunity to explore some different options with "word work". Some chose to stamp out their words, some created their own "scrabble spelling" and some made a "word search". These are all fun and effective ways to review the words of the week.
We completed another Star reading test. This is one of the methods we use to test the students on their reading and comprehension. It gives us information about what level they are reading at and strategies to use in each individual circumstance.
In Math this week, we started off by playing an addition game. Students were given questions and had to colour in the answer. A hidden picture was revealed after they had completed all of the addition problems!
We also continued working on our "Mathletic" review booklets. This week, the students were working together to count coins. This was a great review for all of them! 
Congratulations to our new Student of the Week!
They were also taught some basic multiplication strategies to complete a crossword in their booklets.
In Science, we talked about the different instrument families and how they make sounds. We then watched a video and the students completed a worksheet sorting the different instruments.
The students had a blast rotating through some sound centers. They experimented with tuning a glass, paper cup telephones, creating vibration with a ruler and elastic bands, rubber band music, sound travelling through solids/liquids/gas and creating sound waves.
The students concluded that:
Sound waves are caused by vibrations.
The faster the vibrations, the higher the pitch.
The slower the vibrations, the lower the pitch.
Sound waves travel through solids, liquids and gas. They travel quickest through solids.
For art this week, we made snowmen as seen from an aerial view. The students used pastels to blend the edges, to give dimension to each snowball layer. They finished them off with a patterned scarf, carrot nose, twig arms and eyes. They turned out great!
Congratulations to a few of our students who reached their goals over the holidays!
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