April 26th - 30th.

This week we wrapped up our Nutrition unit. We made a vegetable salad on Wednesday. Some of the kids weren't to sure about it. Everyone tried the salad and the majority ate it all. Most enjoyed the fruit salad from last week over the vegetable salad. Thank you to those of you who sent your recipes in by April 30th.

The kids were busy working this week. Some started to make posters about their nutrition questions while others continued to work on writing their paragraphs. Many of the kids have started to read The Weird School series during read to self time.

On Friday we had PJ and wacky hair day. The kids all looked so cozy with their PJ's, blankets, and stuffed animals! Since it was rainy and wet outside and the kids were in their PJ's, I decided to have a movie afternoon. We watched a Magic School Bus movie about water, had popcorn and of course indoor recess.

In math we are working on adding and subtracting numbers to 100. I am still doing Homework Club during the noon hour on Tuesday for those students that need to catch up on some work or that require some extra one on one assistance.

This week we revealed our new PWIM picture. It was taken at the Sandra Schmirler swimming pool. We will be doing an Under the Sea unit for the month of May.

We will be starting swimming on Wednesday May 5th. We welcome all parent volunteers to help out in the change rooms!

April 2010.

I hope that you all had an enjoyable Easter holiday with your families.

We have been busy getting back into the swing of things this month.

This week we had a Ducks Unlimited presentation. We learned all about the wetlands and had fun doing some experiments about water, air, shelter, and food. I'm sure your child has told you all about looking though the animal poop!

Thank you all for sending some fruit on Wednesday with your child. We made a FANTASTIC fruit salad and the kids loved it! Next week we will be making a vegetable salad.

On Thursday we had beautiful weather for Earth Day. We did a playground clean up and collected lots of garbage. Our playground looks much better without the garbage.

On Friday I attended the South Saskatchewan Reading Conference and I had the pleasure of meeting the two sisters. These are the ladies wrote the book The Daily 5.

Don't forget:
- Recipes are due on April 30th
- Swimming starts on May 5th

March 29th - March 31st

Thank you to everyone for coming to the conferences on Friday to discuss your child and his/her goals. It was nice to meet with you all again! All of the kids are very proud of themselves and the growth they have shown.

This week we had Superhero day and a Skipping for Cambodia afternoon. The kids enjoyed both of these events. We have some great skippers in our classroom!

We had 3 guest teachers come visit our classroom on March 31st. We got to show them how our classroom works with the Daily 5 and PWIM. We love having guest teachers come to our room!!

Thank you to those who have returned their swimming forms. Our first day will be on May 5th. We can always use volunteers to help with swimming!

I hope that you have a happy and safe holiday with your family! Perhaps I will see some of you out and about at the library, museum, or Science Centre!

See you on the 12th!
Mrs. Sanchuck

March 15th - March 19th

Report cards came home on Friday!!! There is a letter that has your conference time on it. Please fill out the bottom part of the sheet and send it back as soon as you can! I look forward to meeting with you all next week to discuss your child and his/her progress.

On Friday everyone wore orange and we had an Anti-Racism assembly. The gym looked great with all of the different colours. The kids heard many important messages about racism from some of the senior students.

We also had a Subway special lunch day. Thank you to the wonderful parent volunteers!

Next week we will be starting an inquiry based unit on Nutrition. The kids are going to come up with some questions and we are going to research the answers. You may hear your child coming home and telling you a thing or two that you may not have known. We may also be doing some cooking for this unit. Please let me know if you are available to volunteer to help us out!

See you all next week!
Mrs. Sanchuck

March 3-March 11

This week we learned about Internet safety. We learned that you should not believe everything you read on the Internet. I taught the kids all about the tree octopus and showed them this website: http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
They were amazed that a tree octopus existed. I then told them that this was a fake website and they were shocked. Many have asked me to post the link so that they can share this information with you!

Next week in math we will be starting our Addition and Subtraction to 100 unit. We will be finishing up or Friendship unit and moving onto our Nutrition unit.

Friday:
- Report cards and conference times will be coming home.

- We will be having an anti racism assembly. Our class has been asked to wear the colour orange.

-Special lunch!

Have a great weekend!

March 1- March 4

This week we had Clown Day and we watched the Clowns musical. It was a fantastic afternoon!

We have been working on our Friendship unit this week. We are learning a lot of things about our friends. In math, we have been collecting data about our friends using tallies. We have also been graphing this information.

Last week we got tables in our room! We have more room to work and it is easier to move around when we get into different groups. Everyone seems to be enjoying the tables.

I have been busy benchmarking the kids to see how their reading has improved since last term. They have all shown a tremendous amount of growth and I am excited to share this with you on the report cards. I am sure your child has already told you how they are doing! Report cards will be coming out on March 19th. We will be having three-way conferences on March 26th!

February 16- February 19, 2010.

I hope that everyone had a relaxing long weekend and you got to spend some quality time with your families!

This week started out with our Winter Olympic Afternoon on Tuesday. The kids participated in many different stations including snow soccer, curling, snowshoeing, and bobsledding. Ask your child what their favourite station was!!

We have started a new unit in math called Data Analysis. We have been sorting, comparing and graphing information. The kids seem to enjoy this unit, especially when we use jellybeans!

We are wrapping up our Winter Unit and we have started our Friendship unit. Our new friendship PWIM picture will be ready soon.

Thank you to Jaden, Sarah, and Meika for the Valentine treats! We appreciated it!

**Please note that special lunch and book orders are due on Monday February 22.