Today we shared about our weekends through our routine of Talking Circle. We have been doing this for a few months now to honour the ways of the First Nations. This activity teaches us turn taking, patience, listening and respect for others' stories. We are getting better at the listening part every week. We also started looking at the Blackfoot Nation and some animal names in their Language. The sounds are tricky, but we are learning how important it is to gain knowledge about our local First Nations people.
We are moving into word families for our spelling tests so this week's word family is -ank. The words are: plank crank stank tank clank bank yank thank
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Today we did a whole day of Thursday Theatre production. We did animal puppet plays in groups of two.
They had a script to follow and modified the story with fill in the blank options. They did very well with this process and enjoyed performing. After each group they took turns complimenting each other and offering improvement to help each other get better for next time. The also assessed themselves and their peers on a 4 point scale- just like report cards. They were very honest and accurate on their feedback. Good job everyone! Remember spelling test tomorrow. Today we had an awesome time in Science making jet boats of out a balloon and a milk cartoon. They took them home so please check backpacks and try them out in the tub.
When asked what they learned about building jet boats, they said: - It's exciting to build jet boats and drive them. - It goes faster when a bigger balloon is attached just like a big engine works - We learned how to build a new kind of boat. - Blowing up a balloon is hard, -The boats were amazing because they were self-powered. Here is a picture from the test drives: Grade 1's received trees today. Please plant them together at home.
Spelling Words for this week are: would write your spider worm butterfly bike play Tonight was so great! I am so proud of all the hard word the students put into the Spring Concert as well as their beautiful decorations. Well done.
I just wanted to remind team orange and team red about the spelling test this Friday. The Spelling Words are: pink blue green white black green purple red yellow Thanks for all your support and help getting the kids dressed and prepared for the concert! We will have a dress rehearsal tomorrow afternoon and the performance is at 630! Please come anytime after 6. Thanks! We are looking forward to it!
Welcome to a beautiful week! We can't wait to be outside more enjoying the sun.
This week we will be working on our final boat projects and starting to look at small creatures in Science. We tried to understand the difference between moths and butterflies today! We also had 2 practices with another class for the Spring Concert. We will performing 2 songs together- one dance and one instrumental. The invitation was sent home today! Please check backpacks for it. Today is World Book Day so each student will have 1 or 2 new(used) books in their backpack from today. We celebrated the Day Of the Book with a Book Exchange from all the donations the school accepted last week. Thanks for your generosity. The students love the new books. Information for Spring Concert in the paper copy doesn't make it home! We welcome you this Wednesday at 6:30 pm to our Spring Concert. Spring Concert 2018.pdf Picnic Style seating: For families with young children, 6 years or younger. We will offer Picnic style seating at the front of the gymnasium for best viewing. Just bring a blanket big enough for your family. Space is limited! See you all soon! Congratulations to our class for getting 2nd in the Earth Week School Wide Competition! Over the week, we had a total of 54 pieces of garbage. The winning class had 32 in grade 3/4! WOW!
The third place class was close to us with 58 pieces. The first place class was so generous and invited all top 3 classes to the Earth Day Party. We were very happy about being included since we worked so hard this week!! Thank you so much! The Earth thanks you the most! Here is a picture of the Rosscarrock Recyclers: |
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