Pink Shirt Day!

On February 25th, students in our class and throughout the school supported PINK SHIRT DAY, an anti-bullying campaign. Our class started the day by reading a few stories about bullying. 

We learned how to braid Think Pink bracelets! A few students made extra bracelets to pass out around the school. 

The students also worked on an Instagram template to create their own message about Pink Shirt Day. They were asked to take photos of eachother showing kindness and to search for special kindness quotes to add to their Instagram picture. 

In Language Arts this week, the students wrote summaries and biographies for the back of their published stories. They are so excited to publish a book and can't wait to share these stories with students around the school. 

We have also been working on writing our second paragraph of their "All About Me" projects. The good copies will be complied into a booklet, which will make a great keepsake. 

The students worked on some extra handwriting and spelling practice this week! 

They also reviewed lines and loops. 

They enjoy using time to quiz eachother on their spelling words. 

In Math, we continued to work on two digit subtraction. As an assessment, students worked on a math review of subtracting two digit numbers. 

We worked through a variety of mental math strategies for subtracting double digits. We talked about finding a friendly number. For example, if they are trying to answer 76-48 in their head, they may want to think about 76-50. We also discussed how to start at the smaller number and count up. They might start at 48 and add 2 to get to 50. Then they can add another 26 to get to 76. Some of the kids prefer to stack the numbers in their head to figure out the answer. After working through a number of questions using their preferred mental math strategy, they played a new math game. 

Next week, we will work on three digit subtraction. 

The class was given their third Survivor challenge. There is a storm heading our way and we need to build a shelter so that we have somewhere dry for the night. We see that a few pieces of tin have came off of our aircraft during our emergency landing. We decide to hall the tin to a small clearing and make an arch out of the tin for our shelter. We need to make sure it is strong enough for the downpour of rain. We will have to figure out if a wider or smaller gap will be stronger for the arch. Students were given poster paper to make their arches. They were asked to check the strength of the arch by changing the width of the gap. 

For Art this week, the class made animal trading cards of their favourite African animals! They used directed drawing booklets to illustrate the front of their cards. 

In Gym, we practiced some basketball skills such as passing, dribbling and shooting. 

We have been spoiled with beautiful weather so we enjoyed a game outside during Healthy Hearts called, Spy Tag. 

Congratulations! Our students are so eager to complete their individual goals! Some of our students are flying quickly around the Amazing Race! 

Some of them are already working on their second lap! 

Congratulations to our new Student of the Week!