Beautiful Days! Monday and Tuesday

Monday and Tuesday

Journals - On Monday we wrote in our journals and then later we looked at and discussed what a 1, 2, 3, 4 journal writing page would look like. On Tuesday we compared our journal writing with the 1, 2, 3, 4 samples and tried to guess what our writing level was. If it we didn't think it was a 3 or 4, we tried to add more details and edit to make it better!

Gym - On Monday we practiced our hand-eye coordination and tried to get a "rally" going - serve, return. On Tuesday after we warmed up, we tried using real rackets with soft tennis balls and played a game. We subbed on and off, so there was lots of space to try and return the ball!

Carpet Connection - we sat in a circle and everyone got a 100 chart. Then with partners we gave them a math problem they had to try and solve like "Find 37. Now add 6." We could say, "Can you give me an easier one please?" Or "That's too easy. Can you give me a harder challenge?" We are going to practice with 100 charts for the next while to look for number patterns and give us another strategy for our mathlympic challenges. We can google "100 chart" at home and practice too!

Library - Today was Library! Some of us forgot our books in our backpacks or desks. Mrs Kidd and Mrs. Armour said we needed to wait until next week if we forgot because it was our responsibility to remember to put them into our library bin. Mrs. Armour reminds us at the beginning of the day and before we go to gym and it is on our daily calendar. That means we can keep our books and read them again!

Mathlympics - Ask us what events we did and what our challenge was yesterday and today! Did we have to count to 100? by 5's, 10's? Did we have to write a number sentence or use adding and subtraction? Or measure? Were we helpful to our teammates? Did we cheer everyone on?

Quiet reading time - Mrs. Armour said we did FANTASTIC during quiet reading time today. We all had our book bins on our desk and were quietly reading so well we didn't want to stop:) Yay! We love reading!

Aspen Trees - Monday - we used charcoal and white chalk to colour our Aspen tree sketches. "Just a dab" and a "one finger smudge" with the black to make our trees look realistic. Colin wondered if the art charcoal was the same as the charcoal that comes from an underground mine? Someone could research to see how art charcoal is made! Tuesday we added a background - we could choose to make it an evening sunset, morning sunrise, or blue sky. Ask me how I colored my background with pastel or chalk.

We have new jobs this week. Logan, Jared, Samantha, Lily and Colin are helping with Blog. Thank you!

Logan and Colin have shared their pet pictures with us. Samantha, Lily and Jared can share their pet pictures or favorite animals this week or next week. If you have a real animal to share, you can talk about it at "share time" and then share it outside at the end of the day if it works with your parents. 

Because Saturday, March 17th is St. Patrick's Day, we thought we should WEAR GREEN and celebrate on Friday. If you have any Irish background, please share with us so we can celebrate this part of your family culture!