This Week in Room 21....

 Hello Parents! Happy Friday : )  I'm hoping that this cold weather moves off soon especially before our field trip! This is a reminder that if your child has not handed in their field trip forms yet they will need to do so by Monday. Students without signed forms will not be able to attend the field trip. 

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This week in reading we have been reviewing consonant blends (sn, cr, pl etc.). The students have been building words and identifying the blends in various words. They also created some fun Flower Blends which we will be putting up in the classroom.

In writing, the students began working on a new Small Moment about a time they played in the snow. They could write about a time they went sledding, skating, made a snowman etc. The students did a 5 Finger Touch & Tell with a partner outlining their small moment. Then they drew pictures to represent each part of their small moment and began writing a short sentence to go with each part. Today they added some dialogue to add interest to their stories. They are using our Success Criteria to make sure that they don't miss any important elements in their writing. 

In math, we continued to look at math strategies for addition. The students learned how to look for pairs of numbers that add to 5 or 10 and also how to Make 10 when adding two numbers.  These are important mental math strategies that will help students with solving more challenging math problems. 

In Science, we began a new STEM project. STEM stands for: Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics.  In a STEM project, students learn about the steps builders go through when designing and creating structures-- identify the problem, ask questions, imagine, create and improve. The students began creating a log cabin. They first had to answer the question: What is a log cabin? Then they designed-- drew a picture of what their log cabin would look like. Next they began to build their log cabins. This is a lead up to our field trip on Tuesday where students will engage in more building activities. 

This week was also Pink Shirt Day. We learned the history of Pink Shirt Day and why it is important. The students listened to several stories about kindness, friendhship and bullying. We will continue to learn about bullying-- what it is and what is ins't-- and how we can stand up for ourselves and others. Students listened to the story "The Kindness Quilt" and then created their own "quilt square" depicting a way we can show kindness to others. 

In gym,  the students participated in our Lacrosse Residency. They learned what Lacrosse is, how to hold a lacrosse stick and performed a number of different tricks. They also got to compete in a couple fun relay races as teams! They learned a lot and had fun.

• Continue with Home Reading. If you are finding the books too easy or too 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: come, into, from, old, who, what

• 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. 

• FIELD TRIP forms are due Monday!!!

• Our Google Classroom is up and running! 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:

Feb. 28 - Telus Spark field trip

Mar. 1 - Vaccination

Mar. 9 - Parent-Teacher conferences (4-8pm)

Mar. 10 - Parent-Teacher conferences (8-1pm)

Mar. 17-23 - Spring Showcase

Mar. 27 - Spring Break begins

Apr. 3 - School resumes

Apr. 3 - Gymnastics unit begins

Apr. 7 - Good Friday/No School

Apr. 10 - PD Day/No school

Apr. 26 - Last day with our Student Teacher

May 5 - No School