Hi Parents,
Wow what a busy but great week!
The whole class did awesome at their swimming lessons this week, learning new skills and trying new things like jumping off the diving board!
In writing this week we wrote a goal for ourselves for swimming. We also practiced our writing through our literacy centers, where we are allowed to write about whatever we would like. Some of us are writing stories, some of us are writing about a topic, such as school.
In math we continued our learning of addition. We practiced another strategy that can help us to add two numbers together: counting on. We learned how to use our fingers and draw dots to help us count on. We also played some math games to help us practice our counting on skills. We also realized that we can use counting on when using a number line or 100's chart.
We played BANG! to help us practice our words of the week
Our words of the week this week were: about, been, call, right
Our words of the week next week are: before, made, or, some
We also learned some word rules to help us with our reading. We learned about the "eep" sound and how when two vowels going walking together the first vowel says its name and the other is silent. For example, words such as "near", "eat, "read" and "soap".
We also learned about the bossy "e" at the end of some words that will tap the other vowel on his head and make them say their name. For example, words such as "make", "lake" and "ride".
Reminders:
On Monday we have library because there is a meeting going on during our usual library time on Thursday.
Wednesday March 20th is Fun Lunch
Thursday March 21st is Club Friday. This is the last session in this round of clubs. Students will be getting their new and final club of this year after Spring Break.
Friday March 22 is a PD Day. No School
Monday March 25th-Friday March 29th is Spring Break. No School
If you are interested in purchasing Cranston Clothing, shirt and sweat shirt samples are in the office to try on. You can order through your healthy hunger account.
Friday, March 15, 2019
Friday, March 8, 2019
Friday March 8th
Hi Parents,
This week in writing we read the story "Pig the Winner". Then wrote a character description about Pig the Pug. We were also very lucky to have Mr. Scout come in this week and tell us the Indigenous story "Napi and the Rock" as part of our Social Studies learning. We then wrote a response to the story. We were allowed to write about our favourite character or part or retell the story.
In math this week we continued to work on adding numbers with sums up to 20. This week we practiced using the number line as a strategy to help us solve these addition problems. We also learned a new addition game called number Crash.
Our words of the week this week were: back, just, old, there
Our words of the week for next week are: about, been, call, right
We learned a new word work game to help us practice our words of the week, it is called BANG!
In science this week we discussed one of our five senses: sight. We discussed how our sense of sight helps us every day and we learned how our eyes works and communicate to our brain. We also learned about the different parts of the eye and drew and labelled our very own eye diagram in our visual journals. We also learned about people who do not have their sight. We learned how they learn and get around, such as canes and how seeing eye dogs can help them.
In social studies this week we were lucky enough to have Mr. Scout in to tell us an indigenous story, we also had Mrs. Gates in to help us answer some of the questions we had about tipis indigenous people in the past.
Today was lights out day and Winter Sports Day. We had the lights out in the school and classroom all day. Students got to go outside and do to a variety of winter sports stations. We finished the day with a nice warm hot chocolate in the classroom.
Reminders:
Next week is our swimming week. We will be swimming Monday-Thursday next week in the afternoon.
Wednesday March 13th is Fun Lunch
This week in writing we read the story "Pig the Winner". Then wrote a character description about Pig the Pug. We were also very lucky to have Mr. Scout come in this week and tell us the Indigenous story "Napi and the Rock" as part of our Social Studies learning. We then wrote a response to the story. We were allowed to write about our favourite character or part or retell the story.
In math this week we continued to work on adding numbers with sums up to 20. This week we practiced using the number line as a strategy to help us solve these addition problems. We also learned a new addition game called number Crash.
Our words of the week this week were: back, just, old, there
Our words of the week for next week are: about, been, call, right
We learned a new word work game to help us practice our words of the week, it is called BANG!
In science this week we discussed one of our five senses: sight. We discussed how our sense of sight helps us every day and we learned how our eyes works and communicate to our brain. We also learned about the different parts of the eye and drew and labelled our very own eye diagram in our visual journals. We also learned about people who do not have their sight. We learned how they learn and get around, such as canes and how seeing eye dogs can help them.
In social studies this week we were lucky enough to have Mr. Scout in to tell us an indigenous story, we also had Mrs. Gates in to help us answer some of the questions we had about tipis indigenous people in the past.
Today was lights out day and Winter Sports Day. We had the lights out in the school and classroom all day. Students got to go outside and do to a variety of winter sports stations. We finished the day with a nice warm hot chocolate in the classroom.
Reminders:
Next week is our swimming week. We will be swimming Monday-Thursday next week in the afternoon.
Wednesday March 13th is Fun Lunch
Friday, March 1, 2019
Thursday February 28th
Hi Parents,
This week we started new literacy centers. Students are still working on their listening to reading and writing about their favourite character. We are also still working on word families, but we now have word families cards where we have to fill out the first letter and then write the words of that word family in our word work books. One of our new centers was to practice our rhyming words. Students are given cards with four different pictures on them and cubes that have pictures on them. They have to find the cubes that rhyme with the picture. Then once they have matched up all the picture and cubes they have to draw and label three things that rhyme. Another one of our new centers has students practicing their writing. During this time students are allowed to write about any topic they would like. Our last new center is Raz-Kids on the computer. Students are working at a computer with headphones to read, listen and answer comprehension questions on their Raz-Kids account.
We practiced our words of the week this week.
Our words of the week this week were: came, does, new, will
Our words of the week next week are: back, just, old, there
In math this week we practiced adding using a 100's chart. We learned about how we count the jumps we make on the 100's chart to find our answer. We practiced a variety of addition questions using our 100's chart and practiced by rolling dice to get our numbers. We also practice our math skills through math centers and a problem solving question. Our problem this week was "You are a settler on your farm. You have horses and chickens to take care of. In your field you can see 20 legs. How many horses and chickens could there be? Show as many different answers as you can.". This was definitely a tricky problem for many of us to solve but we had a good discussion afterwards about strategies we can use.
Wednesday February 27th was Pink Shirt Day. Along we our grade 2 buddies we discussed what it means to be bullied. We learned that bullying is when someone is mean to us repeatedly. We discussed strategies for dealing with bullies and how we can show kindness to others who are being bullied. We watched the video explaining how Pink Shirt Day was started and then designed our own pink shirts to represent our commitment to being kind to others.
In Social Studies, we continued our learning from our field trip to Fort Calgary. At Fort Calgary we had the opportunity to go to four different stations of artifacts: toys, homes, horses and police. We discussed the artifacts that we saw and got to hold. We drew these artifacts in our visual journals. The next day we discussed how these things are similar or different to what we have now. We again had four groups: homes, police, toys and transportation and discussed what these things look like now. We also discussed the homes that we learned about at Fort Calgary. Tipis and log cabins. We drew these kinds of houses in our visual journals and labelled our pictures with what they were made of. We also came up with a list of questions we have about these homes.
In gym this week we started our skipping unit.
Reminders:
Please return any family questionnaires as soon as possible.
We have started a school clothing campaign. Shirts are $10 and hoodies are $30. If you are interested in purchasing clothing all the options are up on the healthy hunger website. More information is also in the Parent Weekly letter sent home this week and last week.
Thursday March 7th is Literacy Night from 6:00-7:00pm. This is an open house format where parents are invited to come and learn fun learning strategies and games to help your child build their literacy skills.
Monday March 11th-Thursday March 14th is our swimming week. We will be swimming in the afternoon. We will be leaving the school at 12:15 and returning by 2:30
This week we started new literacy centers. Students are still working on their listening to reading and writing about their favourite character. We are also still working on word families, but we now have word families cards where we have to fill out the first letter and then write the words of that word family in our word work books. One of our new centers was to practice our rhyming words. Students are given cards with four different pictures on them and cubes that have pictures on them. They have to find the cubes that rhyme with the picture. Then once they have matched up all the picture and cubes they have to draw and label three things that rhyme. Another one of our new centers has students practicing their writing. During this time students are allowed to write about any topic they would like. Our last new center is Raz-Kids on the computer. Students are working at a computer with headphones to read, listen and answer comprehension questions on their Raz-Kids account.
We practiced our words of the week this week.
Our words of the week this week were: came, does, new, will
Our words of the week next week are: back, just, old, there
In math this week we practiced adding using a 100's chart. We learned about how we count the jumps we make on the 100's chart to find our answer. We practiced a variety of addition questions using our 100's chart and practiced by rolling dice to get our numbers. We also practice our math skills through math centers and a problem solving question. Our problem this week was "You are a settler on your farm. You have horses and chickens to take care of. In your field you can see 20 legs. How many horses and chickens could there be? Show as many different answers as you can.". This was definitely a tricky problem for many of us to solve but we had a good discussion afterwards about strategies we can use.
Wednesday February 27th was Pink Shirt Day. Along we our grade 2 buddies we discussed what it means to be bullied. We learned that bullying is when someone is mean to us repeatedly. We discussed strategies for dealing with bullies and how we can show kindness to others who are being bullied. We watched the video explaining how Pink Shirt Day was started and then designed our own pink shirts to represent our commitment to being kind to others.
In Social Studies, we continued our learning from our field trip to Fort Calgary. At Fort Calgary we had the opportunity to go to four different stations of artifacts: toys, homes, horses and police. We discussed the artifacts that we saw and got to hold. We drew these artifacts in our visual journals. The next day we discussed how these things are similar or different to what we have now. We again had four groups: homes, police, toys and transportation and discussed what these things look like now. We also discussed the homes that we learned about at Fort Calgary. Tipis and log cabins. We drew these kinds of houses in our visual journals and labelled our pictures with what they were made of. We also came up with a list of questions we have about these homes.
In gym this week we started our skipping unit.
Reminders:
Please return any family questionnaires as soon as possible.
We have started a school clothing campaign. Shirts are $10 and hoodies are $30. If you are interested in purchasing clothing all the options are up on the healthy hunger website. More information is also in the Parent Weekly letter sent home this week and last week.
Thursday March 7th is Literacy Night from 6:00-7:00pm. This is an open house format where parents are invited to come and learn fun learning strategies and games to help your child build their literacy skills.
Monday March 11th-Thursday March 14th is our swimming week. We will be swimming in the afternoon. We will be leaving the school at 12:15 and returning by 2:30
Friday, February 22, 2019
February 22nd
Hi Parents,
This week we continued our learning about word families, sequencing stories, practicing our writing and listening to reading through literacy centers.
In math we continued to practice making 10, addition to12 and building our number sense through math centers. We also played our favourite math game....BUZZ.
Our words of the week this week were: an, do, into, them
Our words of the week next week are: came, does, new, will
In word work this week we practiced our words of the week and also discussed when we use periods. Many of us are trying to use them in our writing, but are not always putting them in the right place. We learned that periods are used at the end of a sentence and they help tell us when we need to take a break and pause when we are reading. We practiced together putting periods in the right spot and taking the out when they are in the middle of a sentence. This is a tricky skill, but we will continue to practice.
We also learned about the setting of a story and that it is the time and place that a story takes place. We worked with our grade 2 buddies to come up with a description of a setting for our character that we created together a few weeks ago. We worked so well with our grade 2 buddies and came up with some really creative settings that helped us to start "visualize" the setting.
In writing this week we wrote about our long weekend, sounds like everyone had a great time!
Yesterday we had an amazing field trip to Fort Calgary where we learned about what Calgary was like in the past. We learned about the Blackfoot and the Settlers. During our field trip we had an opportunity to dress up in clothing from the past. Some of us were dressed as settlers, some of us were dressed in Indigenous clothing and some of us were dressed in mountie clothing. We also got to go to 4 different stations and hold a variety of different artifacts from the past. One station was toy artifacts and we got to play with them! We also learned about how the Indigenous people and the Settlers made their houses back then and we even got to build a log cabin ourselves! We also got to go through the museums and sorted items into groups of building materials and tools. It was such a wonderful experience and we are so happy that we had the chance to go on this amazing field trip!!
In writing today we wrote about our field trip. We reflected on our trip to Fort Calgary and shared the different things we learned and what our favourite part was.
We also had our second session of Club Friday round 2. Everyone seems to really be enjoying their clubs. We have one more session of this round and then we will be changing to our third and last round of clubs for this year.
Reminders:
Wednesday February 27th- Fun Lunch. Please remember to pack a snack. ]
Wednesday February 27th is Pink Shirt Day. Students are invited to wear a pink short in support of anti bullying. We are focusing on teaching the students to THINK before they speak. We want them to ask themselves if it is: True, Helpful, Inspiring, Necessary and Kind.
March 1st- is a PD Day- No School.
This week we continued our learning about word families, sequencing stories, practicing our writing and listening to reading through literacy centers.
In math we continued to practice making 10, addition to12 and building our number sense through math centers. We also played our favourite math game....BUZZ.
Our words of the week this week were: an, do, into, them
Our words of the week next week are: came, does, new, will
In word work this week we practiced our words of the week and also discussed when we use periods. Many of us are trying to use them in our writing, but are not always putting them in the right place. We learned that periods are used at the end of a sentence and they help tell us when we need to take a break and pause when we are reading. We practiced together putting periods in the right spot and taking the out when they are in the middle of a sentence. This is a tricky skill, but we will continue to practice.
We also learned about the setting of a story and that it is the time and place that a story takes place. We worked with our grade 2 buddies to come up with a description of a setting for our character that we created together a few weeks ago. We worked so well with our grade 2 buddies and came up with some really creative settings that helped us to start "visualize" the setting.
In writing this week we wrote about our long weekend, sounds like everyone had a great time!
Yesterday we had an amazing field trip to Fort Calgary where we learned about what Calgary was like in the past. We learned about the Blackfoot and the Settlers. During our field trip we had an opportunity to dress up in clothing from the past. Some of us were dressed as settlers, some of us were dressed in Indigenous clothing and some of us were dressed in mountie clothing. We also got to go to 4 different stations and hold a variety of different artifacts from the past. One station was toy artifacts and we got to play with them! We also learned about how the Indigenous people and the Settlers made their houses back then and we even got to build a log cabin ourselves! We also got to go through the museums and sorted items into groups of building materials and tools. It was such a wonderful experience and we are so happy that we had the chance to go on this amazing field trip!!
In writing today we wrote about our field trip. We reflected on our trip to Fort Calgary and shared the different things we learned and what our favourite part was.
We also had our second session of Club Friday round 2. Everyone seems to really be enjoying their clubs. We have one more session of this round and then we will be changing to our third and last round of clubs for this year.
Reminders:
Wednesday February 27th- Fun Lunch. Please remember to pack a snack. ]
Wednesday February 27th is Pink Shirt Day. Students are invited to wear a pink short in support of anti bullying. We are focusing on teaching the students to THINK before they speak. We want them to ask themselves if it is: True, Helpful, Inspiring, Necessary and Kind.
March 1st- is a PD Day- No School.
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
February 13th
Hi Parents,
Happy 100 days of school! We did it! :) We are more then half way done grade one!
This week was a short but busy week.
We continued to practice our skills through literacy and math centers.
We also solved a snowman math problem this week. Our question was "A snowman wears 9 buttons. Some are on his face and some are on his belly. How many ways could the snowman wear his buttons? Show using number bonds". After we had solved this problem we shared the different ways we came up with the answer. We discovered that there were many different ways to solve this problem and more then one answer.
Our words of the week this week were: down, off, over, up
Our words of the week next week are: an, do, into, them
We also were given another mystery word to solve in making words. This time it was an 8 letter word. We practiced making 2 letter, 3 letter, 4 letter and 5 letter words. We finally discovered the mystery word was STRENGTH.
Last week we created our own characters and wrote a character description about them. This week we used our descriptions to help us create a puppet of our character. We read over our descriptions and then drew our character on a piece of paper. Next, we cut them out and added a popsicle stick. We even had to some time to play with them and start to create our own stories.
Today was our 100th day of school! To help us celebrate we wrote about all the things we have learned in the last 100 days of school. We also made 100 day glasses and drew a self portrait of what we think we will look like when we are 100.
We also celebrated Valentines day today! Along with the other grade one classes in our hallway, we tried to come up with 100 acts of kindness. We were each given a heart, which we wrote and drew pictures of things we can do that show kindness.
We also, decorated our Valentine's bags and handed out our Valentine's day cards to each other!
Reminders:
If you have not already, please fill in, sign and send back swimming forms by Tuesday February 19th. We will be sending the ability form information to the pool so we need to have all forms back by then.
Happy 100 days of school! We did it! :) We are more then half way done grade one!
This week was a short but busy week.
We continued to practice our skills through literacy and math centers.
We also solved a snowman math problem this week. Our question was "A snowman wears 9 buttons. Some are on his face and some are on his belly. How many ways could the snowman wear his buttons? Show using number bonds". After we had solved this problem we shared the different ways we came up with the answer. We discovered that there were many different ways to solve this problem and more then one answer.
Our words of the week this week were: down, off, over, up
Our words of the week next week are: an, do, into, them
We also were given another mystery word to solve in making words. This time it was an 8 letter word. We practiced making 2 letter, 3 letter, 4 letter and 5 letter words. We finally discovered the mystery word was STRENGTH.
Last week we created our own characters and wrote a character description about them. This week we used our descriptions to help us create a puppet of our character. We read over our descriptions and then drew our character on a piece of paper. Next, we cut them out and added a popsicle stick. We even had to some time to play with them and start to create our own stories.
Today was our 100th day of school! To help us celebrate we wrote about all the things we have learned in the last 100 days of school. We also made 100 day glasses and drew a self portrait of what we think we will look like when we are 100.
We also celebrated Valentines day today! Along with the other grade one classes in our hallway, we tried to come up with 100 acts of kindness. We were each given a heart, which we wrote and drew pictures of things we can do that show kindness.
We also, decorated our Valentine's bags and handed out our Valentine's day cards to each other!
Reminders:
If you have not already, please fill in, sign and send back swimming forms by Tuesday February 19th. We will be sending the ability form information to the pool so we need to have all forms back by then.
We are still looking for volunteers to help in the change rooms during our week of swimming, especially male volunteers. If you have your CBE police clearance and are available to volunteer please email me and I will send home a volunteer form.
Thursday February 14th and Friday February 15th is Teacher's Convention. No School
Monday February 18th is Family Day-No School
Thursday February 21st is our field trip to Fort Calgary
Friday, February 8, 2019
February 8th
Hi Parents,
It was Tech Day on Wednesday! We got to go on the computers with our grade 2 buddy class. We read and explored with Raz-kids. We are really enjoying Raz-Kids and are looking forward to using it in literacy centers!
In art this week we designed our back cover for the yearbook contest. Next week all the students' art work will be put up and we will get to vote for which one we want for the front and back cover. We are designing for the back cover and everyone worked really hard on their designs!
Reminders:
If you have not already, please fill in, sign and return field trip forms by Tuesday February 12th.
Swimming forms were sent home today. We are still looking for volunteers to help in the change rooms, especially male volunteers. If you have your CBE police clearance and are available to volunteer please email me and I will send home a volunteer form. There were two forms sent home, please make sure you fill in and send back both the Acknowledgment of Risk and the swimming ability form. Swimming forms are due back Wednesday February 13th.
Thursday February 14th and Friday February 15th is Teacher's Convention, No School
Monday February 18th is Family Day-No School
Thursday February 21st is our field trip to Fort Calgary
This week in writing we continued our work on character and started creating our very own characters. We brainstormed ideas about what our characters will look like and act like. Then we wrote a character description describing our characters. We discussed adding as much detail to our writing as possible to help the reader picture the character.
We also continued our learning through literacy and math centers.
Our words of the week this week were: did, no, out, this
Our words of the week next week are: down, off, over, up
We were given another 6 letter mystery word to solve in making words. We practiced together making 2 letter, 3 letter, 4 letter, and 5 letter words. We also discovered that the mystery word was SPENDS.
In science this week we discussed our five senses and what we see, hear, smell, taste and feel during the winter season. In our visual journals we wrote, drew pictures and labelled the different things our senses experience in winter time.
We also learned about Chinese New Year. We watched a video, which taught us about the legends and traditions of Chinese New Year. We also read a story and got to see some different Chinese artifacts, such as lanterns, fans and chopsticks. We discussed how our traditions are different and similar to the Chinese traditions. We also got to make a dragon mask in art.
It was Tech Day on Wednesday! We got to go on the computers with our grade 2 buddy class. We read and explored with Raz-kids. We are really enjoying Raz-Kids and are looking forward to using it in literacy centers!
In art this week we designed our back cover for the yearbook contest. Next week all the students' art work will be put up and we will get to vote for which one we want for the front and back cover. We are designing for the back cover and everyone worked really hard on their designs!
We continued our read aloud of "Stanley in Space". We are listening to the story and creating a storyboard as we listen. For each chapter we draw a picture and write a sentence telling what happened in the chapter. The story is getting exciting and we are really enjoying reading another Flat Stanley story!
Reminders:
If you have not already, please fill in, sign and return field trip forms by Tuesday February 12th.
Swimming forms were sent home today. We are still looking for volunteers to help in the change rooms, especially male volunteers. If you have your CBE police clearance and are available to volunteer please email me and I will send home a volunteer form. There were two forms sent home, please make sure you fill in and send back both the Acknowledgment of Risk and the swimming ability form. Swimming forms are due back Wednesday February 13th.
Thursday February 14th and Friday February 15th is Teacher's Convention, No School
Monday February 18th is Family Day-No School
Thursday February 21st is our field trip to Fort Calgary
Thursday, January 31, 2019
January 31
Hi Parents,
This week in writing we worked on writing character descriptions. We read the story "The Paper Bag Princess" by Robert Munsch. We then brainstormed together how we could describe her on the outside and on the inside. We also did this for the dragon in the story.
We continued practicing our literacy and math skills through literacy and math centers.
In math this week we reviewed our work with part part whole and students were asked to show any number under 20 using the part part whole triangle.
Our words of the week this week were: has, make, want, who
Our words of the week next week are: did, no, out, this
We were given a new mystery word in making words this week. This time it was a 6 letter word. We were able to make 2 letter, 3 letter, 4 letter and even 5 letter words. We discovered that the mystery word was SPLASH.
In science this week we did an experiment called "Walking Water". We really enjoyed doing this experiment and it is easy to do at home! It taught us how colours and water can move through certain material, just like plants move water through their roots, and stem to their leaves. For this experiment we had 6 glass cups (the cups need to be clear), 3 were empty and the other 3 were filled with water (about 3/4 full). We also had food colouring (the primary colours: blue, red, yellow) and 6 pieces of paper towel (about half of a full piece). We put the cups in a circle with the empty cups in between the cups with water. Next, we added red, yellow, and blue food colouring to each cup with water, which gave us red water, yellow water and blue water. We then connected the cups together with the paper towel. Each cup with water had 2 paper towels coming out of it and going into an empty cup. Each student then made a hypothesis about what they thought would happen. We left the cups of water and paper towel over night and then the next day we discussed and drew our observations and explained what happened. We noticed that the paper towel had sucked up the water from the full cups and put it into the empty cup. When the two colours mixed together it created the secondary colours purple, green and orange. We also noticed that now our cups looked like the colour wheel. Check out the pictures below to see how it changed over night.
We also had a special guest from Byblos Bakery come in today and teach us all about nutrition. We learned about the New Canada food guide. We learned healthy foods give us super powers. Fruits and vegetables protect our body, whole grains give us energy and protein makes us strong. We learned that with the new food guide, half our plate should be fruits and vegetables and 1/3 should be protein and the other 1/3 should be whole grains. We also learned that some foods, with lots of sugar, should be saved for special days and we shouldn't be eating them every day. We then got to try a healthy granola bar and make a heathy pita snack. We even got to take home some pita, granola bar and WOW butter if we wanted!!
We finished our gymnastics unit in gym with Mission Impossible this week. The gym was set up in a tricky circuit and we had to be like secret spy and make it through all the obstacles. It was a lot of fun!
We also started a new read aloud in class called "Stanley in Space". We are listening to the story and then drawing a picture and writing a sentences to summarize each chapter as we listen.
Reminders:
If you have not already, please fill in, sign and send back field trip forms for Fort Calgary. They are due back Tuesday February 12th.
There is no school tomorrow (Friday February 1st)
Thursday February 14th and Friday February 15th is Teacher's Convention, No School
Monday February 18th is Family Day-No School
Thursday February 21st is our field trip to Fort Calgary
This week in writing we worked on writing character descriptions. We read the story "The Paper Bag Princess" by Robert Munsch. We then brainstormed together how we could describe her on the outside and on the inside. We also did this for the dragon in the story.
We continued practicing our literacy and math skills through literacy and math centers.
In math this week we reviewed our work with part part whole and students were asked to show any number under 20 using the part part whole triangle.
Our words of the week this week were: has, make, want, who
Our words of the week next week are: did, no, out, this
We were given a new mystery word in making words this week. This time it was a 6 letter word. We were able to make 2 letter, 3 letter, 4 letter and even 5 letter words. We discovered that the mystery word was SPLASH.
In science this week we did an experiment called "Walking Water". We really enjoyed doing this experiment and it is easy to do at home! It taught us how colours and water can move through certain material, just like plants move water through their roots, and stem to their leaves. For this experiment we had 6 glass cups (the cups need to be clear), 3 were empty and the other 3 were filled with water (about 3/4 full). We also had food colouring (the primary colours: blue, red, yellow) and 6 pieces of paper towel (about half of a full piece). We put the cups in a circle with the empty cups in between the cups with water. Next, we added red, yellow, and blue food colouring to each cup with water, which gave us red water, yellow water and blue water. We then connected the cups together with the paper towel. Each cup with water had 2 paper towels coming out of it and going into an empty cup. Each student then made a hypothesis about what they thought would happen. We left the cups of water and paper towel over night and then the next day we discussed and drew our observations and explained what happened. We noticed that the paper towel had sucked up the water from the full cups and put it into the empty cup. When the two colours mixed together it created the secondary colours purple, green and orange. We also noticed that now our cups looked like the colour wheel. Check out the pictures below to see how it changed over night.
We also had a special guest from Byblos Bakery come in today and teach us all about nutrition. We learned about the New Canada food guide. We learned healthy foods give us super powers. Fruits and vegetables protect our body, whole grains give us energy and protein makes us strong. We learned that with the new food guide, half our plate should be fruits and vegetables and 1/3 should be protein and the other 1/3 should be whole grains. We also learned that some foods, with lots of sugar, should be saved for special days and we shouldn't be eating them every day. We then got to try a healthy granola bar and make a heathy pita snack. We even got to take home some pita, granola bar and WOW butter if we wanted!!
We finished our gymnastics unit in gym with Mission Impossible this week. The gym was set up in a tricky circuit and we had to be like secret spy and make it through all the obstacles. It was a lot of fun!
We also started a new read aloud in class called "Stanley in Space". We are listening to the story and then drawing a picture and writing a sentences to summarize each chapter as we listen.
Reminders:
If you have not already, please fill in, sign and send back field trip forms for Fort Calgary. They are due back Tuesday February 12th.
There is no school tomorrow (Friday February 1st)
Thursday February 14th and Friday February 15th is Teacher's Convention, No School
Monday February 18th is Family Day-No School
Thursday February 21st is our field trip to Fort Calgary
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Hi Parents, This week week in math we started our math centers. We are practicing our subitizing and building our number sense through gam...
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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 ...
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Hi Parents, This week we learned about the letters Z, X, and E. We have now learned all the letters of the alphabet and we are continuing ...
