Ms. Vanderwel's Room

  Here's a sneak peek at our week.... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In writing, we are nearly done the good copies of our fractured/twisted fairy tales.  The students are excited to share these with you at Parent-Teacher Conferences next week. (pic to come) In reading, the Gr. 1's learned about the y (/long i/)vowel sound and the Gr. 2's learned about the /ow/ and /oe/ sounds. Students made words using these letters using our moveable alphabet.  In math, we played some math games, finished up some math centres and completed our unit on subtraction strategies. Then we began working a new unit working on problem solving strategies.      In science, we have been learning about light and its characteristics. Students played a game in which they had to describe an object or concept related to light and have others guess what it was. They loved this activity and had fun doing it in partners and with the whol...

Hello Everyone! I hope you had a lovely week. We are all enjoying the warmer weather! Here's a peek at our week! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In writing, students have finished writing the plan for their story. Next week they will work on writing their good copies and creating illustrations to go with them.  We have been learning about a new author this week, Bill Peet. Bill Peet is known for his funny and inventive characters. He also worked closely with Walt Disney on stories and animation. In reading, we have continued to look at long vowels and making words using the different long vowel combinations. Students worked on word ladders using picture clues to figure out each new word and then decide if a letter was changing or being added to create the new word. Students also discuss the meaning of each word and use them in a sentence to help build vocabulary. In science, students worked on creating a musical instrument using what they have...

Happy Friday! It was an exciting and successful week of swimming in Room 21! The kids had a great time participating in their swim lessons and developed their skill and confidence as swimmers : )  I want to thank all the parent volunteers as well for their help and support getting kids in and out of the pool and onto the bus on time without losing any belongings! No easy feat so thank you! As you all know, I was away for most of the week sick, but was lucky to get to see the kids swim one day. As such, I do not have many pictures to show of the kids learning so it will be mostly text this time around.  --------------------------------------------------------------- In math, students in Gr. 2 worked on learning the traditional method for sovlving two-digit subtraction problems with and without regrouping. Students in Gr. 1 applied their skills in solving subtraction problems (using numbers to 20) to a variety of math challenges. They also completed the February calendar and ans...