Hi Parents,
This week in writing we wrote about our dream summer vacation. Some of us wrote about real places we would want to go, some of us wrote about real places we already go to and some of us used our imaginations to think of places we would want to go, such as back in time to live with the dinosaurs.
In math this week we combined measurement and estimations, both of which we have been working on in the last couple weeks. We had a variety of objects around the classroom that we irst had to estimate how long or tall it would be, then we had to measure it, with cubes, to find out if we were right. We also reviewed addition and subtraction through math centers and did some math problem solving questions.
We continued working on our literacy skills through literacy centers.
In Science we continued to learn about the different animal classes. This week we learned about amphibians, insects and fish. We also watched Wild Kratts to help us learn more about the animals in these classes.
We also continued our animal art. This week we leaned about to draw the tiger and monkey. Next week we will finish off our zoo animals by learning how to draw the camel and snow leopard.
We have really been enjoying our read aloud of "Magic Tree House: Night of the Ninjas" and will be finishing the last three chapters next week.
Reminders:
Monday June 24th-is Sports Day. Sports day was moved because of the weather on Thursday. We will be doing Sports Day no matter what tomorrow. If the weather is bad we will be doing it inside the gym.
Wednesday June 26th- is the last day of school. Report Cards will be sent home.
Sunday, June 23, 2019
Friday, June 14, 2019
June 14th
Hi Parents,
We started our week off with a trip to the Leighton Center. We got to do two different art projects. The first was a painting and the second was a wire sculpture. We got to go for a walk to Echo Hill and make our very own echo! We also got to go through the Leighton house and learn more about the history of Mr. and Mrs. Leighton, who started the Leighton Center. It was a great day! We ran out of time to finish our projects so on Tuesday we were given time to finish our paintings and add the finishing touches to our wire sculptures. Also, our grade 2 buddies came in and we were able to share our art with them.
In writing this week we wrote letters to our future teacher, telling them a bit more about ourselves. We also did free writes in literacy centers.
In math, we continued to learn and practice measurement with non-standard units. We discussed how we might change what we use to measure something depending on how large it is. We talked about how it would be very difficult or take a long time to measure the classroom with cubes like we did last week with smaller items. So this week we used our hands and feet to measure larger things like shelves and the length of the classroom. We also introduced estimation this week. We discussed how estimation is making your best guess. We then practice estimating with estimation stations. We went to five different stations with different items (straws, bottle caps, paper clips, cubes and blocks). We had to first make an estimate and record it in our books. Then together with our group we counted the items to see how close our estimation was.
We went to a presentation done by the Calgary Public Library. They told us all about their summer reading challenge and about all the different programs they have during the summer time!
We also had Constable Baker come in to do some work with us. We learned about what police do in the community and got to ask her questions about her job. We then read a story and did an activity about what we are good at and what traits we have. We then got to design our own star and write five traits that we have, such as brave, funny. artistic, respectful, helpful etc.
In art this week we finished our art from the Leighton Center. We also drew the 4th animal in our animal series of all the animal we learned about at the zoo. This week we drew a penguin. We also made cards to go along with our Leighton Center art for Fathers Day.
Reminders:
Wednesday June 19th is Fun Lunch. This is the last fun lunch of the year.
Thursday June 20th is Sports Day. A hot lunch of burgers will be provided.
Friday June 21st- Last Club Friday of the Year
Wednesday June 26th is Last day of School. Report Cards go home
We started our week off with a trip to the Leighton Center. We got to do two different art projects. The first was a painting and the second was a wire sculpture. We got to go for a walk to Echo Hill and make our very own echo! We also got to go through the Leighton house and learn more about the history of Mr. and Mrs. Leighton, who started the Leighton Center. It was a great day! We ran out of time to finish our projects so on Tuesday we were given time to finish our paintings and add the finishing touches to our wire sculptures. Also, our grade 2 buddies came in and we were able to share our art with them.
In writing this week we wrote letters to our future teacher, telling them a bit more about ourselves. We also did free writes in literacy centers.
In math, we continued to learn and practice measurement with non-standard units. We discussed how we might change what we use to measure something depending on how large it is. We talked about how it would be very difficult or take a long time to measure the classroom with cubes like we did last week with smaller items. So this week we used our hands and feet to measure larger things like shelves and the length of the classroom. We also introduced estimation this week. We discussed how estimation is making your best guess. We then practice estimating with estimation stations. We went to five different stations with different items (straws, bottle caps, paper clips, cubes and blocks). We had to first make an estimate and record it in our books. Then together with our group we counted the items to see how close our estimation was.
We went to a presentation done by the Calgary Public Library. They told us all about their summer reading challenge and about all the different programs they have during the summer time!
We also had Constable Baker come in to do some work with us. We learned about what police do in the community and got to ask her questions about her job. We then read a story and did an activity about what we are good at and what traits we have. We then got to design our own star and write five traits that we have, such as brave, funny. artistic, respectful, helpful etc.
In art this week we finished our art from the Leighton Center. We also drew the 4th animal in our animal series of all the animal we learned about at the zoo. This week we drew a penguin. We also made cards to go along with our Leighton Center art for Fathers Day.
Reminders:
Wednesday June 19th is Fun Lunch. This is the last fun lunch of the year.
Thursday June 20th is Sports Day. A hot lunch of burgers will be provided.
Friday June 21st- Last Club Friday of the Year
Wednesday June 26th is Last day of School. Report Cards go home
Sunday, June 9, 2019
June 7th
Hi Parents,
This week in writing we continued our work with Eric Carle books. We read and retold two more of his stories. The first was "The Very Busy Spider" and the second was "The Greedy Python". We continued to work on our writing through free writes during literacy centers as well.
We also worked on creating new goals for our writing as we go into grade 2. We discussed some things that we could be working on and then students went and looked through their work to decide on a new writing goal for themselves.
We continued to work on our words of the week through literacy centers and word work activities.
In Math this week we introduced measurement. We discussed what measurement means, what we can use to measure things and why it is important to know how to measure. We also discussed a variety of jobs in our communities that use measurement regularly. We were then given an opportunity to practice measuring a variety of items around the classroom using non standard measurement. This week we were using Unifix Cubes to help us measure the classroom items.
In Science we discussed the difference between wild and domesticated animals. We then sorted these animals into groups in a Venn diagram as we know that some animals are wild, some are domesticated and some can be both. We also started to discuss animal classes and what makes animals a part of these classes. This week we learned about the characteristics of mammals and then came up with some examples of mammals that we know.
We continued our animal art. This week we learned how to draw a bear and a panda bear. We love learning how to draw all the animals we researched at the zoo. If you are interested in drawing other things at home the website is below!
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=art+hub+for+kids
We were lucky enough to have Michael Mitchell come in on Monday afternoon for a concert. We got to watch and sing along with him.
This week was our last week at the library. All library books must be back to the library by Friday June 14th.
We had our second session of Club Friday. We have one more Club Friday left for this year!
Reminders:
Monday June 10th -Field Trip to the Leighton Art Center
Wednesday June 19th is Fun Lunch
Thursday June 20th is Sports Day
Friday June 21st- Last Club Friday of the Year
Wednesday June 26th is Last day of School. Report Cards go home
This week in writing we continued our work with Eric Carle books. We read and retold two more of his stories. The first was "The Very Busy Spider" and the second was "The Greedy Python". We continued to work on our writing through free writes during literacy centers as well.
We also worked on creating new goals for our writing as we go into grade 2. We discussed some things that we could be working on and then students went and looked through their work to decide on a new writing goal for themselves.
We continued to work on our words of the week through literacy centers and word work activities.
In Math this week we introduced measurement. We discussed what measurement means, what we can use to measure things and why it is important to know how to measure. We also discussed a variety of jobs in our communities that use measurement regularly. We were then given an opportunity to practice measuring a variety of items around the classroom using non standard measurement. This week we were using Unifix Cubes to help us measure the classroom items.
In Science we discussed the difference between wild and domesticated animals. We then sorted these animals into groups in a Venn diagram as we know that some animals are wild, some are domesticated and some can be both. We also started to discuss animal classes and what makes animals a part of these classes. This week we learned about the characteristics of mammals and then came up with some examples of mammals that we know.
We continued our animal art. This week we learned how to draw a bear and a panda bear. We love learning how to draw all the animals we researched at the zoo. If you are interested in drawing other things at home the website is below!
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=art+hub+for+kids
We were lucky enough to have Michael Mitchell come in on Monday afternoon for a concert. We got to watch and sing along with him.
This week was our last week at the library. All library books must be back to the library by Friday June 14th.
We had our second session of Club Friday. We have one more Club Friday left for this year!
Reminders:
Monday June 10th -Field Trip to the Leighton Art Center
Wednesday June 19th is Fun Lunch
Thursday June 20th is Sports Day
Friday June 21st- Last Club Friday of the Year
Wednesday June 26th is Last day of School. Report Cards go home
Friday, May 31, 2019
May 31st
Hi Parents,
This week in writing we read the story "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle and retold the story in our own words. We have really been enjoying reading Eric Carle's books. We also continued to work on our writing with free writes during literacy centers.
In math this week we learned about 2D and 3D shapes. We reviewed the 2D shapes that we knew and discussed how when we put 2D shapes together they make 3D shapes. We were given time to explore with plastic shape nets that can be connected together to make different 3D shapes. We also learned that 3D shapes have properties called faces, edges, and vertices. We built 4 different 3D shapes with our plastic shape nets: cube, rectangular prism, square based pyramid and triangular based pyramid. After building the shapes we worked with our groups and then as a class to count the number of faces, edges and vertices in these shapes. We also did this with the sphere, cylinder and cone. We couldn't build these shapes but we were able to use blocks to help us find their properties. Lastly, we discussed how shapes are all around us in our world. We went on a hunt around our classroom and school to find examples of real life items that are these shapes.
We continued to work on our words of the week through literacy centers and word work.
In science this week we went out and drew our Spring tree. We made predictions about how we thought it might have changed since winter and then we went outside to sketch our tree and see how it had actually changed.
We also finished our animal research this week with a fun facts page about our animals. Then every group had an opportunity to come to the front of the class and share some of the things they had learned about their animal.
We had our last two in-line skating sessions this week. We really enjoyed in-line skating and everyone showed so much improvement in their in-line skating skills! It really was amazing to see how much they grew in 4 sessions!
In art this week we started our new animal art project. We will be learning to draw, with the help of Art Hub for kids, all the animals that we have been researching in Science . This week we started with the Red Panda.
We also finished our read aloud of "Zac Power: Thrill Ride". Next week we will be starting our last read aloud story of the school year.
Reminders:
Our leadership club has decided to help the environment by teaming up with Crayola. Crayola has a recycling program for their markers so that they do not end up in the garbage but are recycled instead. If you have any dried up Crayola markers at home feel free to bring them in, We will be boxing up all the Crayola markers we collect and sending them to Crayola to be recycled. We are planning to count how many we have collected on Tuesday June 4th. So if you have any at home please send them in by Tuesday.
Monday June 3rd is our Michael Mitchell Canada is for Kids Concert at 1pm.
Wednesday June 5th is Fun Lunch
Thursday June 6th is Cranston Day. Students are encouraged to wear Cranston School colours of blue and white or wear their Cranston gear.
This week in writing we read the story "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle and retold the story in our own words. We have really been enjoying reading Eric Carle's books. We also continued to work on our writing with free writes during literacy centers.
In math this week we learned about 2D and 3D shapes. We reviewed the 2D shapes that we knew and discussed how when we put 2D shapes together they make 3D shapes. We were given time to explore with plastic shape nets that can be connected together to make different 3D shapes. We also learned that 3D shapes have properties called faces, edges, and vertices. We built 4 different 3D shapes with our plastic shape nets: cube, rectangular prism, square based pyramid and triangular based pyramid. After building the shapes we worked with our groups and then as a class to count the number of faces, edges and vertices in these shapes. We also did this with the sphere, cylinder and cone. We couldn't build these shapes but we were able to use blocks to help us find their properties. Lastly, we discussed how shapes are all around us in our world. We went on a hunt around our classroom and school to find examples of real life items that are these shapes.
We continued to work on our words of the week through literacy centers and word work.
In science this week we went out and drew our Spring tree. We made predictions about how we thought it might have changed since winter and then we went outside to sketch our tree and see how it had actually changed.
We also finished our animal research this week with a fun facts page about our animals. Then every group had an opportunity to come to the front of the class and share some of the things they had learned about their animal.
We had our last two in-line skating sessions this week. We really enjoyed in-line skating and everyone showed so much improvement in their in-line skating skills! It really was amazing to see how much they grew in 4 sessions!
In art this week we started our new animal art project. We will be learning to draw, with the help of Art Hub for kids, all the animals that we have been researching in Science . This week we started with the Red Panda.
We also finished our read aloud of "Zac Power: Thrill Ride". Next week we will be starting our last read aloud story of the school year.
Reminders:
Our leadership club has decided to help the environment by teaming up with Crayola. Crayola has a recycling program for their markers so that they do not end up in the garbage but are recycled instead. If you have any dried up Crayola markers at home feel free to bring them in, We will be boxing up all the Crayola markers we collect and sending them to Crayola to be recycled. We are planning to count how many we have collected on Tuesday June 4th. So if you have any at home please send them in by Tuesday.
The students in Save the Ocean Club are holding a bottle drive to raise money and awareness to support ocean health. Proceeds will be donated to the Ocean Legacy Foundation, a Canadian organization that supports ocean health initiatives. A trailer will be parked in the parking lot for bottle drop-off from Monday June 10 until Friday June 14. In lieu of bottles, cash donations can be dropped off at the office. We would appreciate any donations that you have!
Wednesday June 5th is Fun Lunch
Thursday June 6th is Cranston Day. Students are encouraged to wear Cranston School colours of blue and white or wear their Cranston gear.
Friday, May 24, 2019
May 24th
Hi Parents,
This week in writing we each shared about what we did over the long weekend. It sounds like everyone had a great time! We also continued to work on our writing through literacy centers.
Through literacy centers we are continuing to work on our reading, writing, word work and reading comprehension.
In math this week we reviewed addition and subtraction and discussed what strategy works best for us when solving addition and subtraction questions. We also continued to practice these skills through math centers and with our grade 2 buddies, who came up with questions for us around the school outside with chalk. We had to go find their questions and answer them.
We continued to work on our words of the week we have learned this year.
In science we continued our animal research. We found out more about our animals habitat and the food they eat. We created a page in our visual journal for each of these things to show what we have learned. We also continued to observe our bean seeds. The experiment did not work out exactly as we thought but we had great discussions about why we thought some grew and some did not, even when some of them had the same things added to them. For example, we only had one of our soil, light and water bean sprouts grow. We also learned that when seeds have too much water they can become moldy and that really smells bad!
Reminders:
Next week we have our last two sessions of in-line skating. We will be skating on Tuesday May 28th and Thursday May 30th. Don't forget to bring your helmet and make sure you have socks!
Our leadership club has decided to help the environment by teaming up with Crayola. Crayola has a recycling program for their markers so that they do not end up in the garbage but are recycled instead. If you have any dried up Crayola markers at home feel free to bring them in, We will be boxing up all the Crayola markers we collect and sending them to Crayola to be recycled.
This week in writing we each shared about what we did over the long weekend. It sounds like everyone had a great time! We also continued to work on our writing through literacy centers.
Through literacy centers we are continuing to work on our reading, writing, word work and reading comprehension.
In math this week we reviewed addition and subtraction and discussed what strategy works best for us when solving addition and subtraction questions. We also continued to practice these skills through math centers and with our grade 2 buddies, who came up with questions for us around the school outside with chalk. We had to go find their questions and answer them.
We continued to work on our words of the week we have learned this year.
In science we continued our animal research. We found out more about our animals habitat and the food they eat. We created a page in our visual journal for each of these things to show what we have learned. We also continued to observe our bean seeds. The experiment did not work out exactly as we thought but we had great discussions about why we thought some grew and some did not, even when some of them had the same things added to them. For example, we only had one of our soil, light and water bean sprouts grow. We also learned that when seeds have too much water they can become moldy and that really smells bad!
Reminders:
Next week we have our last two sessions of in-line skating. We will be skating on Tuesday May 28th and Thursday May 30th. Don't forget to bring your helmet and make sure you have socks!
Our leadership club has decided to help the environment by teaming up with Crayola. Crayola has a recycling program for their markers so that they do not end up in the garbage but are recycled instead. If you have any dried up Crayola markers at home feel free to bring them in, We will be boxing up all the Crayola markers we collect and sending them to Crayola to be recycled.
The students in Save the Ocean Club are holding a bottle drive to raise money and awareness to support ocean health. Proceeds will be donated to the Ocean Legacy Foundation, a Canadian organization that supports ocean health initiatives. A trailer will be parked in the parking lot for bottle drop-off from Monday June 10 until Friday June 14. In lieu of bottles, cash donations can be dropped off at the office. We would appreciate any donations that you have!
Thursday, May 16, 2019
May 16th
Hi Parents,
This week we started new literacy centers. We continued to have a listening to reading center, a writing center and a Raz-Kids center, but we added two new centers. The first one is to help us practice our words of the week, it is called Spelling Battleship. Each student must pick 5 words of the week and put them on their battleship board. They are then trying to find and sink their friends words. We also added a making words center, where students are given 5 different mystery words to choose from. They then have to see how many 2-letter, 3-letter,4-letter, 5-letter and 6-letter words they can find, as well as trying to find the mystery word that is made up of all the letters.
In writing this week we read the story "The Tiny Seed" by Eric Carle. We then worked together to retell the story and then students went and retold the story in their own words.
In math this week we continued to practice our doubles, addition and subtraction skills through math centers. We also had a new problem to solve this week: "There are 19 bears at the zoo. Some are brown and some are black. How many of each colour could there be? Show as many different answers as you can."
We had our second session of in-line skating this week. It is definitely a tricky skill to learn but we are all trying our best and not giving up! We do not have any in-line sessions next week, but have two the following week on Tuesday May 28th and Thursday May 30th.
In science this week each student was given a bean seed to put in a plastic bag and observe grow. For this experiment students were give the choice as to what they wanted to give their seed. Some chose to have all three things they need: soil, water and light. Other students choose to take one to two of those things away to help us answer the question: "Will the seed still be able to grow?". Some students choose to do just water and light, others chose to do just light, and another couple students decided to do soil, water and no light. Every bean will also have air, another important part of plant growing. On Wednesday, a few days after "planting" our seeds we did an observation in our book of what our seed looks like on day 3 of our experiment. We will be documenting our observations throughout this experiment.
We also continued with our animal research that we began at the zoo. Students were put into groups based off of the animal they are researching and they were able to talk as a group to discuss what they had learned so far. They also got to go on the resource "PebbleGo" to help them find out more about their animals. They added this information to their note taking sheet from the zoo. We also started to record our information into our visual journals. We made our first page "Appearance" where we drew and labelled a diagram of our animal and then wrote a description of what it looks like. It's almost like we are creating our very own non fiction book about our animals in our visual journals!
Here is the link for the site PebbleGo
https://www.pebblego.com/choose
Reminders:
Friday May 17th is a PD Day. No School
Monday May 20th is Victoria Day. No School
Wednesday May 22nd is Fun Lunch
This week we started new literacy centers. We continued to have a listening to reading center, a writing center and a Raz-Kids center, but we added two new centers. The first one is to help us practice our words of the week, it is called Spelling Battleship. Each student must pick 5 words of the week and put them on their battleship board. They are then trying to find and sink their friends words. We also added a making words center, where students are given 5 different mystery words to choose from. They then have to see how many 2-letter, 3-letter,4-letter, 5-letter and 6-letter words they can find, as well as trying to find the mystery word that is made up of all the letters.
In writing this week we read the story "The Tiny Seed" by Eric Carle. We then worked together to retell the story and then students went and retold the story in their own words.
In math this week we continued to practice our doubles, addition and subtraction skills through math centers. We also had a new problem to solve this week: "There are 19 bears at the zoo. Some are brown and some are black. How many of each colour could there be? Show as many different answers as you can."
We had our second session of in-line skating this week. It is definitely a tricky skill to learn but we are all trying our best and not giving up! We do not have any in-line sessions next week, but have two the following week on Tuesday May 28th and Thursday May 30th.
In science this week each student was given a bean seed to put in a plastic bag and observe grow. For this experiment students were give the choice as to what they wanted to give their seed. Some chose to have all three things they need: soil, water and light. Other students choose to take one to two of those things away to help us answer the question: "Will the seed still be able to grow?". Some students choose to do just water and light, others chose to do just light, and another couple students decided to do soil, water and no light. Every bean will also have air, another important part of plant growing. On Wednesday, a few days after "planting" our seeds we did an observation in our book of what our seed looks like on day 3 of our experiment. We will be documenting our observations throughout this experiment.
We also continued with our animal research that we began at the zoo. Students were put into groups based off of the animal they are researching and they were able to talk as a group to discuss what they had learned so far. They also got to go on the resource "PebbleGo" to help them find out more about their animals. They added this information to their note taking sheet from the zoo. We also started to record our information into our visual journals. We made our first page "Appearance" where we drew and labelled a diagram of our animal and then wrote a description of what it looks like. It's almost like we are creating our very own non fiction book about our animals in our visual journals!
Here is the link for the site PebbleGo
https://www.pebblego.com/choose
Reminders:
Friday May 17th is a PD Day. No School
Monday May 20th is Victoria Day. No School
Wednesday May 22nd is Fun Lunch
Friday, May 10, 2019
May 10th
Hi Parents,
This week was filled with lots of fun and new experiences!
We had our field trip to the zoo on Tuesday, it was a chilly day but still lots of fun. Students were able to research and learn more about the animal they have chosen. Each student got to do a program around their animal and had time to go to their animal's exhibit to do their own research.
In writing this week we wrote about our time at the zoo: what we saw, what we learned and what our favourite part was. We also took some time to write about what we loved about our mom's in preparation for Mother's Day on Sunday.
We continued to work on our literacy skills through literacy centers and continued to practice our addition and subtraction skills through math centers.
This week was our first in-line skating session. Many of us had never done in-line skating before. It was definetly tricky but we are excited for our next session on Tuesday.
A reminder of the dates and times of our in-line skating sessions:
Tuesday May 14th-10:35-11:20
Tuesday May 28th-9:50-10:35
Thursday May 30th-8:20-9:05
This past Monday was Music Monday. We gathered together as as school and sang the Music Monday song, we also learned and reflected about why music education is so important.
We also had our Paint Day on Thursday, another great event planned by leadership. We were taught by Mrs. Kenna and Ms. Thomas on how to take care of our paint brushes and they also taught us some painting techniques when using water colours.
We also created some special Mother's Day crafts this week in art. I hope everyone has a wonderful Mother's Day this weekend!
Reminders:
Tuesday May 14th is our second session of in-line skating
Thursday May 16th is our Volunteer Tea
Friday May 17th is a PD Day. No School
Monday May 20th is Victoria Day. No School
Wednesday May 22nd is Fun Lunch
This week was filled with lots of fun and new experiences!
We had our field trip to the zoo on Tuesday, it was a chilly day but still lots of fun. Students were able to research and learn more about the animal they have chosen. Each student got to do a program around their animal and had time to go to their animal's exhibit to do their own research.
In writing this week we wrote about our time at the zoo: what we saw, what we learned and what our favourite part was. We also took some time to write about what we loved about our mom's in preparation for Mother's Day on Sunday.
We continued to work on our literacy skills through literacy centers and continued to practice our addition and subtraction skills through math centers.
This week was our first in-line skating session. Many of us had never done in-line skating before. It was definetly tricky but we are excited for our next session on Tuesday.
A reminder of the dates and times of our in-line skating sessions:
Tuesday May 14th-10:35-11:20
Tuesday May 28th-9:50-10:35
Thursday May 30th-8:20-9:05
This past Monday was Music Monday. We gathered together as as school and sang the Music Monday song, we also learned and reflected about why music education is so important.
We also had our Paint Day on Thursday, another great event planned by leadership. We were taught by Mrs. Kenna and Ms. Thomas on how to take care of our paint brushes and they also taught us some painting techniques when using water colours.
We also created some special Mother's Day crafts this week in art. I hope everyone has a wonderful Mother's Day this weekend!
Reminders:
Tuesday May 14th is our second session of in-line skating
Thursday May 16th is our Volunteer Tea
Friday May 17th is a PD Day. No School
Monday May 20th is Victoria Day. No School
Wednesday May 22nd is Fun Lunch
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