This Week in Room 21...

Hello Families! We have had an interesting week! The cold weather was an unwelcome surprise but we got through it! Take a peek to see what we have been up to this week.

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In Language Arts, we continued to work on our Small Moment writing. We also learned about Groundhog Day and its origins in Europe. Students then wrote facts in their journals explaining the significance of this holiday. 

We also checked in with a couple of these furry prognosticators (a.k.a. groundhogs : ) to see what they are predicting this year. It appears we have a 50/50 chance of either an early spring (according to Balzac Billy) or six more weeks of winter (according to Punxsutawney Phil)! About as accurate as the actual weather report! 

We also had fun completing a Making Words Mystery Word sheet. The students are given the letters to a word but they are all scrambled up. They use the letters to create as many words as they can and try to figure out what word uses all the letters (i.e. the Mystery Word). Today's mystery word was 'shadow'. Do you know why?

In math, we learned how to use number lines and counting on as strategies to solve addition problems. Students continued to play a variety of games to practice their basic facts as well. As it was the end of the month, the students also completed their February calendar and used it to do some calendar math.

In social studies, we began to learn about the ways in which the First Nations people used the bison. Students created a page in their Visual Journal that outlined examples of how every part of the bison was used for a multitude of purposes. 

We were unfortunately not able to go outside for our Winter Walk due to the inclement weather. We will hopefully try again next week. 

Important Information & Reminders:

• Continue with Home Reading. If you are finding the books to easy or to hard please let me know so that we can adjust the level. 

• Please have your child return their Spelling Booklet each Monday. This week's spelling words were: my, by, day, you, with, have.

• Please ensure your child has proper clothing for the weather. While we may not be going out for recess and lunch on really cold days there is always the possibility of an unexpected fire alarm, late busses or other events in which warm clothing is necessary. 

•  Winter Walk reschedule - TBA

• Field trip forms will be coming home next week. Please sign and return asap.

• Our Google Classroom is up and running! Last week we had a chance to go into our Google Classroom with our Buddies. This is a resource for students to use at home to support learning here at school. You can log into your child's classroom by following the steps below:

1. Go to Google. com.
2. Click the blue "Sign In" icon near the top right of screen.
3. Click on the "waffle" icon and select the chalkboard icon from the drop down menu.
4. Enter your child's email address. (this can be found in your MyCBE parent account or you can ask me and I can email it to you.)
5. Enter your child's password. (All students have the same password. It is: 12345678 )
6. Click on "Mrs. V's Classroom")
7. Go to "Classwork" tab for links to games and activities.

*Note: If you have any trouble logging in let me know.

 

Upcoming Events & Dates to Remember:

Jan. 30 - Report Cards go live in Powerschool

Feb 2 - Winter Walk/Groundog Day

Feb. 3 - No School

Feb. 14 - Valentine's Day

Feb. 16-17 - Teachers Convention/No School

Feb. 20 - Family Day/No School

Feb. 22 - Pink Shirt Day

Feb. 22 & 23 - Lacrosse residency

Feb. 28 - Telus Spark field trip