Riddle of the week: What can you catch but not throw?
Monday December 5th: Pro-D day, no school for students
Friday December 9th: Gladstone Dance Show 10:00am-12:00pm, please bring $2!
Shared Snack Reminder: Please remember to check the snack schedule posted on the blog and also outside the classroom to ensure that you do not forget to pack a snack for the class on your snack day!
Food Bank Donations: This week we will start collecting food bank donations in the classroom. We will be discussing the reason for collecting non-perishable food items and why it is important to help those in need. Our goal as a class will be to fill 3-4 boxes.
Work charts:
Grade 1: december6-9_grade1workchart
Grade 2: december6-9_grade2workchart
Grade 3: december6-9_grade3workchart
Math
The grade 1 and 2 students are both working on their polygon projects this week.
A grade 1 student works hard on their polygon project.
Math Facts (+, x): all three grades are still practicing their addition with the various Montessori materials. The grade 3 students are practicing their multiplication.
Grade 2 students use the bead frame to practice addition.
Language
After our field trip to the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, the students wrote about the experience. This week we will be editing our work using the Criteria For Success and peer conferencing to write a final copy of our work.
Literature circles: the grade 2s and 3s are still diligently working on their Literature circle tasks. Each week the groups seem to be improving their ability to discuss their respective books!
Classification cards
A student was inspired by her work with plurals that she decided to write a story using the words!
Culture
Thank you to all the parents who volunteered to help out with the field trip last week! We had an amazing time learning even more about space.
A piece of the moon!!
Space Logbooks: all three grades are working on finishing their space logbooks using the planet envelopes
A grade 3 student working with the planet envelopes.
Over the next 2 weeks the students are creating their own planets. Students are designing planets based on their prior knowledge and all the work they have put into their space logbooks.
Students will create their planet using paper mache, plasticene, do a detailed drawing or painting.
Grade 1 students designing their planets.
Classroom Community
On Thursday December 15th Tyee is having an assembly for Mrs. Marlow. We have been singing and practicing songs about Mr.s Marlow to the tune of well-known Christmas songs. We will continue practicing these songs this week and into next.
Pyjama day will be on our last day of class before our Christmas break, Friday December 16th.