Hello Families!
Some important dates:
Tuesday March 19 - Telus Spark field trip with Mrs. Day's class.
Thursday March 21 - First round of conferences from 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm.
Friday March 22 - Second round of conferences from 8:30 am - 12:00 pm.
A friendly reminder that Mrs. Day's class will be heading to Telus Spark on Tuesday March 19th. The bus will depart at 8:35am so parent volunteers, please be sure to be here before then! Make sure your child has appropriate foot wear, a nut-free snack, and a water bottle.
Another reminder that you may book for conferences next week. The conference manager will open tomorrow March 16 at 8am.
Also, here is a message from our librarian Ms. Carde regarding our book fair happening next week!
Our learning:
Literacy:
- During our literacy groups, we are continuing to practice reading with more fluency and expression.
- We also had chance to read more about the characters in our novels and described the character's personality traits in our journals.
- We also have been doing some word work to strengthen our spelling by understanding how to add inflected endings such as an "ing" to words.
- In writing, we learned how to revise and edit our "How To Be" writing on our favourite arctic animal using a 3-2-1 checklist. We used a variety of strategies to improve our writing by fixing spelling, punctuation, using more descriptive words and writing interesting sentences. Most of us even began and completed our good copy!
- We also picked at least one writing goal that we will work on to improve our writing skills.
Math:
- In grade 1, we introduced symmetry and discussed how 2 halves make a whole. We used real world examples such pizza and cake to better understand how we would equally share with others.
- Next week, we will dive back to into practicing more addition and subtraction to make our math skills even stronger.
- We also did some fun Esti-Mystery games to strengthen our understanding of estimating numbers by observing items in a jar.
- In grade 2, we continued to practice subtraction through addition strategies, estimating, and problem solving.
- This week we also learned what Pi Day is all about!
Inquiry:
- After a lot of research on our favourite arctic animal, this week we began to create our art piece for the animal we chose to write about. We watched guided videos to help us draw our animal and painted a background that matches to wear the arctic animal lives. Next week, we will complete our art piece!
- On Friday, we had the opportunity to go on a Coulee Walk to inquire about and connect with nature. We became investigators and searched for and observed any bodies of water we saw and used our senses to hear the animals that live near us, feel the fresh air, and see what lives around us (see pictures below of us on the walk).
