“A seven letter word containing thousands of letters.”
“What is as big as an elephant, but lighter than a feather?”
Reminders
Monday February 13th: BC Family Day – no school for students or teachers
Tuesday February 14th: Valentine’s Day – we will be doing a Valentine exchange in the classroom. If your child chooses to make Valentine cards to give out, they must make one for every student in the class. I have sent your child home with a class list and there is a digital copy posted here: ClassList-Division5
Work Charts
Grade 1: February13-17_grade1workchart
Grade 2: February13-17_Grade2workchart
Grade 3: February13-17_grade3workchart
Math
Grade 1:grade 1 students have been learning about 3-D solids from their older classmates and will continue practicing the names and parts of these solids. Students will continue using the golden bead material to practice large number addition. We will begin learning multiplication this week using the golden bead material.
Grade 2: the grade 2 students will be practicing their multiplication facts using the decanomial beads. They will be illustrating their knowledge by creating the decanomial bead layout using large graph paper.
Grade 3:grade 3 students have been teaching their younger students 3-D solids. They have also been practicing their multiplication using the checkerboard and will be learning how to use the flat bead frame.
Language
Grade 1: the grade 1 students will be practicing their orthographic knowledge with our group visualization lessons and we will be explicitly learning the “th” and “wh” using our sound charts.
Grade 2: the grade 2 students will be practicing the adverb grammar box, journaling about the bee lesson they received early last week, finishing up their sound charts and preparing for our Lit O discussion on Friday.
Grade 3:the grade 3 students will be practicing the conjunction grammar box, journaling about the bee lesson they received early last week, finishing up their sound charts and preparing for our Lit O discussion on Friday.
Culture
This week we will continue our mapping project. The grade 1 students will begin learning about the world and our 7 continents. The grade 2 students will be learning about North America. The grade 3 students have a great understanding of Canada and have chosen a continent to study. Each student (depending on grade) will re-create their map according to a set of criteria.
Science with Ingrid – Friday February 17th
On Friday, Ingrid will be joining us in the classroom to do some science! It is always exciting to have her join us for the morning.
Social Responsibility/Classroom Culture
Peace Circle– During our Peace circle on Friday, each student spoke about a challenging moment that they faced this week. We discussed how learning and moving through this world presents us with many struggles and how we feel when we succeed. The students are recognizing that failing and struggling is part of the learning process!