Happy Thursday! Just a reminder that there is No School today, Friday, May 5. Keep reading for a sneak peak at our week!
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This week's featured author was, Arnold Lobel. Arnold Lobel is knows for his Frog and Toad series. These books follow the adventures and misadventures of two friends named, Frog and Toad. Toad is always getting himself into scapes or having a bad day and Frog helps him to solve them. They are heartwarming and funny stories that kids can relate to. They are also great for early readers as the text is simpler and more repetitive. A great choice for your budding reader!
This week the students focused on learning a new spelling pattern for the long u sound-- /ue/. They worked on making words and listening for the long /u/ sound in words.
In writing, the students began working on writing their good copy of their stories. We looked at what makes our story a 2, 3 or a 4 and ways we can improve our writing, such as, changing an ordinary word for a juicy word. Their stories will soon be ready to share!
In math, students continued learning about various types of measurement and ways to measure objects. They focused on area and a review of length, height and mass. Students engaged in a scavenger hunt to find objects that were longer/short or lighter/heavier or the same as a given unit of measurement. For example, they had to find objects that were 5 paperclips long or heavier than 10 cubes etc. They had a great time moving and learning!
In science, students worked on sorting pictures of plants into groups with partners. They were given a poster with five catergories and some pictures of various plants. They had to work together to put each picture into the correct group.
This week we planted some potatoes for our school garden. We also went outside to work in the garden tilling the soil and removing dead leaves, grass etc.
On Thursday, we went for a Community Walk to look for Signs of Spring and listen to a story. The students found lots of buds, bugs and birds. Then we went back to the school to do a directed drawing of a sunflower.
Important Reminders & Updates:
- RAZ-KIDS: EMJ has purchased a membership to the Raz-Kids website. This is an online reading program with levelled books that your child can practice reading with at home as another option to the Home Reading books that they bring home. Your child had a chance to practice using this site with their Buddies. They have brought home their login information so that they can access the site from home. Please keep this information in a safe place. You will be able to access the site from our Google Classroom or by searching Raz-kids online.
- Please have your child return their Spelling Booklet each 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:
- Go to Google. com.
- Click the blue "Sign In" icon near the top right of screen.
- Click on the "waffle" icon and select the chalkboard icon from the drop down menu.
- 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.)
- Enter your child's password. (All students have the same password. It is: 12345678 )
- Click on "Mrs. V's Classroom")
- Go to "Classwork" tab for links to games and activities.
*Note: If you have any trouble logging in let me know.
IMPORTANT: EMJ Spirit Days!!! Mark your calendars so you don't forget : )
May 5 - No School
May 12 - Mother's Day
May 22 - Victoria Day
May 29 - No School
June 1 - Zoo Field Trip!!!!!!!
June 9 - No School
June 18 - Father's Day
June 21 - National Indigenous People's Day
June 29 - Last Day of School
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