April 17th

Hi Parents,

A short but busy week!

This week is writing we finished off the good copies of our dragon writing and did free write through literacy centers.  We also continued to work on our reading and writing skills through other literacy centers.

Our words of the week this week were: must, next, only, very
Our words of the week next week are: other, their, where, would

In math this week we continued to work on subtracting. We used cards to help us write subtraction number sentences and solve subtraction problems. We also practiced choosing the right strategy for us to solve subtraction questions.  Some of us like to use a number line, some of us like to use a 100's chart and some of us like to count back in our head. We also continued to play math games to help us practice our subtraction skills, including Subtraction Bingo, which we played with our grade 2 buddies.

This week in science we finished our building unit by building our very own house. This time we got to work independently. We again had to make a plan before we started and used recycled materials to make our houses.

In art this week we made our dragons into puppets to go along with our dragon writing.

We have really been enjoying our new read aloud "Zac Power: Thrill Ride".

Reminders:

Wednesday April 17th and Thursday April 18th- Student-led Conferences.  Wednesday: 4:00pm-7:00pm. Thursday: 8:00am-12:00pm. The time you book will be the time to meet with me. You can come before your time (unless you are booked in for your meeting in the first session) to have your child show you their work or you can have them show you their work after our meeting time( unless your meeting time is the last session). Other parents and students may be in the room during your time.

Thursday April 18th- PD Day. No School

Friday April 19th- Good Friday. No School

Monday April 22nd-PD Day. No School