March 7 - 10

We were so glad that everyone had a chance to look at the work we have been doing as part of the Celebration of Learning.  Here are a few of the things we got up to this week :

In Language Arts, we worked on our persuasive writing.  We read the story “Franklin’s Class Trip” and the students thought it would be great if we could go on a field trip this year.  We decided to write an email to Mr. Tomczyk to convince him that it would be a good idea.  Students talked about what would convince him that a school trip was a good idea.  Each student wrote about their ideas and also had to come up with things we could do to be safe while learning outside of school.  Once everyone had done their writing, we shared our ideas and composed our email together.  We are delighted to let you know that Mr. Tomczyk gave us the go ahead to plan a field trip.  We will be headed to Heritage Park on April 6th.  We have been learning about the prairie region of Canada and this trip will allow us to learn more about how the prairies have grown and developed in the last 150 years.  More detailed information (and forms) will be coming your way shortly.  We will also be looking for 3 volunteers to help out on this trip.

 

Our Math work with space and shape is off to a great start.  Students were measuring length, width and height with a variety of objects.  We quickly learned that using different sized units of measurement made it hard to tell the size of different things when comparing our work.  We also explored measuring weight through the use of balance scales.  Students were able to organize and compare things by using the balances.  They worked in partners to order a group of objects from heaviest to lightest and then explored to see what other things were heavier than the objects provided.




This week we tied our Science and Social Studies work together in learning about the prairies.  Last week we watched videos and read stories about life in rural prairie communities.  This week we have been learning about the grasslands ecosystem and the amazing plants and animals that live there.  We discovered that much of the natural prairie landscape has been converted to farmland and we are keen to learn more about the wild animals from the grasslands that are trying to adapt and survive in some of our wilder prairie landscapes.  We are looking at what plants and animals need to survive and students will choose a prairie animal to research so that they can learn more about how they are adapted to live in their prairie environment.

In Phys. Ed. we continued to explore movement and balance in the gym.  Students were challenged this week to change the way they use the equipment.  They were also given an opportunity to explore creative controlled movement with a variety of materials including ribbons.

Students completed their prairie perspective art and it is now on display in our hallway.  Their choice of colour and their care in creating these pictures shows how engaged they were in creating these artistic prairie landscapes.

We have a couple of special days coming up next week that we would like to make you aware of.  On Monday, we are encouraging students to wear colourful or mismatched socks in recognition of Unique Sock Day.  This is an initiative that we participate in to recognize the value of students that are unique and have talents and gifts that may differ from our own.  This is in support of World Down Syndrome Day which will happen on March 21 while we are on Spring Break, so we are doing our Sock Day a little early.

On Thursday, St. Patrick’s Day, We are encouraging students to Wear Green (any items of green clothing), Eat Green (bring green and healthy foods for snack and lunch), and Be Green (being environmentally aware).

Upcoming Events

Monday March 14 - Unique Sock Day - Home Reading

Wednesday March 16 - Library exchange

Thursday March 17 - Green Day - Wear Green, Eat Green, and Be Green-  Home Reading


March 19 - 27 - Spring Break

Tuesday March 29 - Coulee Walk in the morning

Wednesday April 6 - Field Trip to Heritage Park

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