Thursday

This week has gone by fast! Sorry we didn't get the blog posted until now...this is what we've been working on...

New Centres
We have 5 new centres to work on in the morning if we are not at Guided reading. Ask me about my job to be a writer, poet, scientist, performer and mathematician.

Writing
Top 100 Spelling List - some of the words are getting challenging...grade ones only have to go to 50, but we are all trying to challenge ourselves to give all 100 words at try! We are at #75 and will finish on Monday. Then we will have a week to practice our "challenge words"

Math
What does 100 look like? Using graph paper we are writing numbers to 100 different ways, by 10s, 1's, 2's, 5's and even 7's. Some of our paper strips are getting very long!
We are also doing a "Math Check" to know what is easy and challenging for us when we count. We have to think about what number comes BEFORE and AFTER as well as counting by 2's, 5's, 10's and even 25's!

Animal Research 
We are working at discovering interesting facts about our animal that might not fit into any other category and adding details and illustrations. Ask me what fact I found out today. Did you know a porcupine can live up to 18 years?

Gym
Relays - we are having fun using scooters, skipping ropes, basketballs, cones, and cheering on our team. Ask me what my favorite part of the relay was today or yesterday!

Read Aloud - Ask me about Old Granny Fox trying to teach Reddy Fox how to catch Quaker the duck. (Old Granny Fox)
Ask me what the Hedgehog had on his head and what happened to all the other animals at the end of the book? (The Hat)

FRESH AIR FRIDAY - the weather forecast looks quite "fresh" so dress warm with snow pants (we will be sitting down and observing birds) hats, mitts and warm coats. We are looking forward to having Citizen Science here to show us new ways of observing and studying birds all around us.

Looking ahead

APRIL 23 we are going on a field trip to INGLEWOOD BIRD SANCTUARY - let us know if you are available to volunteer for the day. (9:00-3:00)

APRIL 26 at 2:00-3:30pm VOLUNTEER TEA - we would love you to come so we can say Thank you!!

Keep hunting for SHOE BOXES for our animal dioramas.