Riddle of the week: What is at the end of a rainbow?

Reminders

Report Card Envelopes: Please remember to bring back your brown report card envelopes so that I can reuse them for the term 3 report cards.

Work Charts

Grade 1: May 29-June2_grade1workchart

Grade 2: May 29-June 2_Grade2workchart.docx (1)

Grade 3: May 29- June 2 grade3workchart

Math

Grade 1: grade 1 students are practicing their  fractions in preparation for our unit on time this week.

Grade 2: grade 2 students have been learning about division using the division board.  They have also been busy practicing their fraction work leading up to our unit on time.

Grade 3: the grade 3 students have been practicing their division facts and using the division board in preparation for the division test tubes.  They have also been working hard on their faction concepts before our unit on  time.

Language

Now that we have finished our Learning Fair we will start our poetry lessons once again.  The students have been writing poetry on their own, but we had to put some poetry on hold while we finished up our research projects.  We are focusing on the second pillar of poetry this week: imagery.  Ask your child about the power of creating images in our mind to go along with our writing and reading.

Culture

What a successful learning fair! Thank you for all coming out to celebrate all the learning last week.

We are going to step away from the plant kingdom and start studying simple machines and forces of motion.

Please send your child to school with a $2 donation for the Gladstone Dance Show field trip we are going on Friday morning.

Work Charts

Grade 1: May 23-26_grade1workchart.docx (1)

Grade 2: May 23-26_Grade2workchart.docx (1)

Grade 3: May 23-26_grade3workchart.docx (1)

The Learning Fair!

Wednesday May 24 from 6:00-7:30pm in Division 5

You are invited to Tyee, Division 5 for our learning fair. Please arrive ready to learn about plants and the plant kingdom.

I have taken so many wonderful photos of the projects and the poster boards, but I’m not posting them because I don’t want to spoil the fun! It will be great to see everyone on Wednesday evening.

Reminders

Friday May 26th: Field trip to Gladstone for their spring dance show.  The cost is $2.

Reminders

Learning Fair final copy due Monday May 15th: Parents, some students have taken longer than others to finish their writing in class. Please let me know if finishing the typing this weekend is an issue and we can come up with a solution together.  You can always email me at hlangille@vsb.bc.ca.

Field Trip on Friday May 19th: Charlotte’s Web on Granville Island

Work Charts

Grade 1: May 15-19_grade1workchart.docx (1)

Grade 2: May 15-19_Grade2workchart.docx (1)

Grade 3: May 15-19_grade3workchart.docx (1)

Learning Fair

Many students have brought home their draft writing to be typed.  Please help your child to type their work, but do not do it for them (however long it may take for them to type).  This is a valuable skill that is only learned with practice. Remember the growth mindset!  Thank you for helping your child to do this.  Please send your child back to school with the typed drafts so that they can put their poster board together! This should return back to the classroom Monday May 15th.

Making trellises for our growing and heavy pea plants!

Making trellises for our growing and heavy pea plants!

Math

All three grades have started studying fractions.  The grade 1s and 2s have been making a Fractions Book to showcase their knowledge and have been using the Montessori Material to solidify their knowledge.

Grade 3: grade 3 students are also busy measuring and graphing their plant growth for their learning fair project.

Language

The students have been writing poetry for their learning fair project as well as writing many different kinds of poems in the classroom.  Ask your child about pyramid poems, two-worders, and haikus!

Work Charts

Grade 1: May 8-12_grade1workchart.docx (1)

Grade 2: May 8-12_Grade2workchart.docx (1)

Grade 3: May 8-12_grade3workchart.docx (1)

Learning Fair 

The learning fair is fast approaching!

Early next week some students will be coming home with their draft writing to be typed.  Unfortunately we do not have the resources at school for all students to type and since it is crunch time many students are at that stage of the project.  Please help your child to type their work, but do not do it for them (however long it may take for them to type).  This is a valuable skill that is only learned with practice. Remember the growth mindset!  Thank you for helping your child to do this.  Please send your child back to school with the typed drafts so that they can put their poster board together!

Parts of a flower

A grade 1s self-assessment from her gymnosperm learning fair project.

Math

Grade 1: grade 1 students have been practicing their measurement and subtraction skills.  The learning fair has been taking up much of our time and only some students have learned fractions this week.

Grade 2: grade 2 students continue to practice their subtraction and division facts.

Grade 3: grade 3 students are graphing their plant growth over time for their learning fair project.

Language

Journal writing

Journal writing

Journal writing

There is lice in the classroom.  Please send your child with their hair up and tied back to try and prevent the spread.  Thank you!

I highly recommend reading both of these articles.  They are well written and delve deeper into the idea of the growth mindset.

Every Student

How praise becomes a consolation prize

Reminders

Monday May 1st: Professional Development Day, no school for students

Thursday May 4th: Survival Swimming Skills for the grade 3s, 1:00pm-3:00pm

Work Charts

Grade 1: May 2-5_grade1workchart.docx (1)

Grade 2: May 2-5_Grade2workchart.docx (1)

Grade 3: May 2-5_grade3workchart.docx (1)

May Snack Schedule

Language

Students are still very much inspired by our poetry unit.  Right now we are working on our emotional haiku poems.  Ask your child what they chose as their emotional poem sparks!

This is our last week of Literature Circles for the grade 3s.  We are wrapping up our Lemonade Crime book.  We will be meeting on Tuesday for our final discussion.

Math

Grade 1 and 2: both grade 1 and 2 students will be finishing up with measurement this week (although they will continue to measure and track their plant growth).  Students will be moving on to work with fractions before we start time.

Measurement: using animals to estimate and measure objects in the classroom

Grade 3: grade 3 students are using the data they have collected from their plant growth to created a scatter plot graph.  This will be included in their learning fair project.  Grade 3 students are also expected to be practicing their division facts using the Montessori materials.

Culture

My example poster board. -the blank work in the middle is for pastel artwork

The learning fair is fast approaching! Students have been working hard on their research, key word note taking skills, and draft writing for their projects.  Almost all of the students in Division 5 have completed their diagrams and life cycles to include on their poster board.

This week students are expected to have their poem draft (about their learning fair topic) completed, as well as their pastel artwork completed.

Many students will be bringing their draft writing home to type for their poster board if it can’t get done in class.  Parents be aware that draft writing will be coming home the week of May 8-12. Some students have already typed their writing in class or are well on their way and will have time to type up their work in class before that week.

Learning pastel techniques for our artwork component of the learning fair projects.

One grade one student has even finished her entire project.  She was extremely driven and worked hard learning about gymnosperms.

Learning how to write sentences from keywords!

A grade 1 student creatively writing her sentences about flowers from her keyword cards.

Grade 1 keyword cards.

Hi everyone! Sorry for the late notice. This schedule completely got away from me. Please let me know if there are any issues.

Also, if you forget snack please make sure you bring an emergency snack. It is a very different morning in our classroom when snack is forgotten.

This Friday, April 28th we will be doing science with Ingrid first thing in the morning.  This means that all students MUST show up on time and ready to learn at or BEFORE 8:55am so that Ingrid can begin at 9:00am sharp.

It is important to arrive at school on time everyday to foster respect and punctuality, so please do your best to arrive early or exactly at 8:55am.