Thursday, March 31, 2016

PICS FROM WEEK OF 3-31-16

Sharing non-fiction books.



Inside recess teamwork!


Making space mobiles.
Checking books to make sure planets looked exact :)!




One of our mobiles.



Reading space shuttle books.




 


Making rockets.





Getting ready for blast off!



10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1...BLAST OFF!


The Middle School Play was AWESOME!!!!
We especially loved seeing Granny...we couldn't believe how much she looked like Mr. Cyr ;)!



We are reading Iza Trapani books!
Many of her books are set to familiar tunes.
We had a couple of our pianists play as we looked at her beautiful illustrations.





Sharing stories written this week during Work on Writing.





And that's a wrap...
until tomorrow anyway :)!



NEWSLETTER 4-1

Hi! We finished up our space unit with an awesome trip to the Emera Astronomy Center. We saw two shows at the planetarium. Make sure to ask your child about them!
Our next unit will be on keeping our environment healthy. We will do this until vacation and then work our way into the rainforest to learn about the animals and plants that live there.


READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS


We had lots of writing and sharing going on this week. It’s fun to watch!  After they share they get to ask for comments and questions from their classmates. It makes their writing meaningful, gives everyone new ideas and is just sweet to watch!
We started reading books by Iza Trapani. She takes children songs and makes stories that fit to the tune. She is also an incredible artist! We love her books!


MATH


We just finished assessing Unit 7. Our next unit will focus on Geometry. We will also keep working on addition and subtraction skills.


ITEMS OF INTEREST


  • Our SWIM dates have changed. Our first swim date will now be Friday, April 29 and the second one will be Friday, May 6. I will remind you when we get close.


  • We made rockets that can actually fly! It was great to see the kids testing them out to see what made them fly at different speeds and lengths.


WE COULD USE…

  • Glue sticks
  • Pre-sharpened pencils
  • Markers
THANK YOU!

Friday, March 25, 2016

Friday, March 25...

What an exciting day...first a two hour delay.
Second, we found treats in our bunny baskets!
Third, we made space stations!!!!
Needless to say, today rocked in Grade One!!









Writing about if we were a bunny.






Engineering!









Our finished space stations. 
Ask your child what the name of his/her space station is and where it orbits.



Have a great weekend!!