May 22-27

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

Alien In-Line Skating - Monday 8:30-9:25. Please bring your child to the same doors at 8:25am, after picking up the students from Coded Minds I will come open the doors a few minutes early to allow for a couple of extra minutes to get orgnized for gym first thing.  Please remember to send your child with their bike helmet and if they want elbow, knee pads and/or wrist guards (please send in a bag).  If they don't have those items they will be provided for students to wear during skating.  Your child must have socks for in-line skating. 

Don't forget it is also ride your bike to school for the next two weeks.


It is hard to believe that we are in the final week of May.  We have had a lot going on during this short but busy week.  Here are some of the things we have been up to:

We have almost finished our read aloud novel of “Gooney Bird Greene”.  Students have been working on their listening comprehension and have been learning some of the rich vocabulary that Lois Lowry uses to make her stories interesting and humorous.  Students worked in partners to read passages from the book and highlight some of the descriptive words.  They then came together to share their finding and we have created some word banks that will help us when we begin writing our next stories.


Another way that students have been using their developing reading skills as well as their math reasoning is by learning the game “Qwirkle”.  Students had to read through instructions to learn the rules of the game and how to score.  This was a complex learning task and during the playing of the game, students needed to go back and check the instructions several times to make sure they were placing the tiles correctly.  This game requires players to identify colour and shape attributes as well as think strategically about how they place their tiles in order to score the highest number of points.  It is a fun way to meet some of the curriculum outcomes for shape, space, sorting, and logical thinking.


We decided to wrap up our learning about magnets with an activity that incorporated our understanding of designing and building a structure with a purpose.  Students designed a character and a maze for them to complete.  The character was made of paper with a paperclip on the bottom and after some design practice, students were able to build their maze using popsicle sticks glued onto cardboard.  By placing a magnet under the cardboard, they could use the magnetic force to move their character through the maze.  They had great fun sharing their mazes with their classmates and the students in Mrs. Batchelor's class too!




We are so glad that spring appears to really be here.  We had an exciting opportunity to see some live ducklings. We talked about their needs as a part of needs of plants and animals and sketched them as well. It was really neat and thank you to Lucy for bringing them in for us!






Just a reminder that we will begin in-line skating on Monday.  Please send your child to school in comfortable clothing and have them bring their helmet.  This is perfect as it is also the beginning of our Bike to School initiative, so hopefully your child will have their  helmet with them anyway.


As we look ahead to the month of June, I would like to let you know that we have planned an exciting day on Thursday June 23.  We will be having our Sports day that morning and students will be outside all morning participating in a variety of physical activities and games.  As this is our last Thursday of the school year, it will also be our final “Fun Lunch” and students will have the opportunity to eat outside that day in picnic style.  More details will be provided as we get closer to this event, but I wanted to let you know about this in advance as I will need 3-4 volunteers for this event.  If you have your clearance and would like to participate, please email me as soon as possible. Thank you in advance!


Upcoming Events

Monday May 30 - In-Line Skating (8:30am) and Bike to School Starts - bring your helmet

                             Home Reading ends - please return all books to the school - you can have                                 your child read their own books from home still.

Wednesday June 1 - Library book Exchange

Thursday June 2 - In-Line Skating (afternoon)

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