February 24th - February 28th

This week I started reading The One And Only Ivan to the class.  The story is written from the point of view of the gorilla who lives in a cage at the mall. Ask your child to tell you about the story so far!  Read aloud time is a special part of our day where the lights are turned off and everyone curls up, listens, and visualizes what is happening in the story. 

As you probably know, we have had many indoor recesses this winter.  On Monday I brought in some new games from home.  I also brought in our school speed stack sets for our class.  We watched a "How To" video and our class was busy stacking during recess!  Your child is welcome to bring a game or activity from home to work on during indoor recess time.  Hopefully we won't be having many more!

When engaging in class discussions I find that kids often respond "Google it" when I ask them a question to get them to thinking.  This week we learned all about the Tree Octopus.  Ask your child to share what we learned in this lesson! The Internet can be a great place but we still have to use our common sense.  I will post the link to this website next week once we have discussed it with the students who have been away.

We were very fortunate to be able to attend a performance by Sask Express on Thursday.  They put on a wonderful show.

In Language Arts we are discussing fiction and non-fiction text.  We are working on our own reading goals.

In Math we are working on our Addition and Subtraction to 18 unit.  We came up with individualized math goals this week.  Ask your child what he/she is working on. We also learned about doubles this week.  Ask your child to name the double facts or sing you our Double It Up song!

In Science we are discussing what we think we know about snow.  We will be doing some snow experiments over the next couple of weeks to learn more!  Snow is a great material to use when learning about liquids and solids.  

Thank you all for your support with the Telemiracle fundraiser.  Our school total should be posted soon!

Upcoming Dates: 

Thursday March 6th: No School (PD Day)

Friday March 7th: No School (Convention Day)

Friday March 14th: Outdoor Field Trip to Boggy Creek

Friday March 21st: Report Card Day

Friday March 28th: Three Way Conferences 

Please write the word cupcake in your child's agenda when you have read the blog!