Mon. March 20- Welcome Back! reading buddies, physed
Tues. March 21- computers, music
Wed. March 22- Spring Party: check signupgenius, physed
Fri. March 24- health, reading with a parent
News- I hope everyone had a fanstastic March Break :)
- Our clay pots are ready to go home- please bring in an empty tissue box with your child's name on it
- We are still looking for two more volunteers for our Spring Party. If you are interested, please sign up on signupgenius. Thank you!
- We have been building quite a lot in the classroom. We are kindly asking for donations for our upcoming science inquiry project. Please feel free to donate any recycled/unwanted materials. We are looking for:
* masking tape (we need a lot of it)
* cardboard
* foam trays
* popsicle sticks
* coffee stir sticks
* paper towel rolls
* boxes
* tinfoil
* anything else that we can build with :) THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!
Social Studies
We continue to build our community out of recycled materials. The students have been brainstorming important buildings and services that are needed in our community. They agreed that education is very important so they decided to build our school. We also have a movie theatre for entertainment, a grocery store for food and a candy store for tasty treats (haha). The children added grass and made several trees so that we can have clean air.
- Students describe some aspects of the interrelationship between people and the natural and built features of their community, with a focus on how the features of and services in the community meet people's needs (The Ontario Curriculum Document).
A couple of students decided to make downtown Toronto. So far we have a skyscraper, CN Tower and the Rogers Centre. Everyone has been so engaged and excited about our new project. They are working together, problem solving and learning so much about our local community.
Mathematics
- We have started our mini unit on "time". For the next couple of weeks, we will be learning how to tell time to the hour and half hour. Before the March Break, students wrote and drew what they know about a clock. We discussed parts of a clock such as the face, minute hand and hour hand.
- We continue to work on addition and subtraction during our morning arrival.
Science
- We continue to learn about everyday materials, objects and structures through hands on challenges and activities. Our STEM challenges have been a great hit! The students are getting so much better at sharing their ideas, problem solving and working together as a group. I cannot wait to share your child's learning during our Inquiry Symposium in April !!!
Writing
- We will be focusing on Narrative Writing for the next couple of weeks. The students will review the elements of a story, use graphic organizers and anchor charts to write their own stories. They will continue to write about small moments in their life and learn how to edit their own work more effectively. While I was away, Mrs. Champagne had all the students write a short story (she is such an amazing teacher!) They had a mini lesson, wrote independently for 20 minutes and were reminded to include a problem and a solution. I will photocopy and send your child's story so that you are able to note their strengths and needs. Several students had the opportunity to read their stories out loud to the class. They were so excited to share their writing! We have been finding the problem and the solution in everyone's story. We will read many excellent books to help us with narrative writing. It will an exciting journey!
Spelling
- Your child will continue to write down our spelling words in their agenda every Monday. We will continue to have our spelling tests on Friday (these are not graded). No spelling words on a 4 day week. Please keep your child's spelling journal at home and do not send it back to school. I will be posting our weekly words on SpellingCity.com where your child can practise their spelling words through interactive games. There are only a couple of free ones available but they seem pretty fun. Please continue to practise writing with paper and pencil.
Step 1) https://www.spellingcity.com/furczona/
Step 2) Click the appropriate spelling list date: March 20-24th
Step 3) Your child may click the words for spelling, write the words down on paper, play some of the free games/activities or complete the online spelling test
Reading
- We are building our reading stamina by reading silently several times a week
- We have been reading in small groups and using various reading strategies to help us with unfamiliar words
- We love reading with our reading buddies :)
- Thank you to our parent volunteers and Mr. Chochrane (volunteer) for reading with us weekly!
We painted our clay pots and they are ready to go home! Please bring in an empty tissue box.
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