November 21, 2018

Wonderful Wednesday!

We worked on the blend ll... we came up with some words that have the blend ll such as fall, all, tall, ball, yellow, mall, dull, dolly, and llama. As we worked on our phonics journals we came up with more and more words that have the blend ll.

During our math work today we completed an activity with partners where we had to 1. sort it, 2. count it, 3. tally it, 4. graph it!! We LOVE working with a teammate and Ms. Gray loves to hear us using kind words when working with others.

During UOI we learned a HUGE word... Constellations! We even realized as we were writing the word that there is an ll blend in the word! We learned about the Big Dipper and the Little Dipper. We completed a poem about the Big Dipper and how stars look teeny-tiny because they are so far away!

In the afternoon we practiced our performance with Ms. Bannon's class! We still need lots of practice... if the kiddos tell you the song, have them show you the dance! We really have lots of fun doing it... a little too much because it still looks like it did the first day!

Reminders/Announcements:

- Lunch is open to order for December
- Data Management Test is on Wednesday, November 28th.
- Spelling test for the month of November will be on Friday, November 30th.
- Report Cards will be going home on Friday, November 30th.
- Homework: Data Management review packets to prepare for the test on Wednesday, November 28th.

November 20th, 2018

Terrific Tuesday 

Today we started by making a list of words that begin with the letter Ll. After we made our list, we practiced our list writing in our journals and used our phonetic strategies to sound words out that start with the letter L! Ms. Gray's favourite was "laminate"... She LOVES to laminate everything!

During our Math time today we worked with partners on a count it, tally it, & graph it activity! We had so much fun working with our teammate and completing this activity. Ms. Gray heard lots of kind words and saw friends taking turns! Practicing tally marks will be very helpful for our friends. Tomorrow, I will be sending home a review packet for next weeks test on data management! (Test November 28th)

During UOI we finished up our project from yesterday! They are ADORABLE!! One of our friends read us a story about Slam and Dunk who found Moon Man who had a broken spaceship. They all fixed the ship and then went to the moon to play basketball! In the end they came back to Earth because their mom said they had to come home by 6! We identified the characters, plot and the beginning, middle, and end of the story!

We had a fun day and made lots of green choices today!

Reminders/Announcements

- November 28th Data Math Test!!
- Spelling Test next week!!
- Picture Retakes on Thursday!!
- Please remind our friends to WASH THEIR HANDS WITH SOAP!!

November 19, 2018

 MONDAY!! (and Friday)

This morning we worked on the letter Ll. We were INSISTENT on reviewing ALL of our songs!!! Ms. Gray was extremely surprised that we remembered EVERYTHING (songs & actions for all of our letters) that we had learned. We then worked on our phonics journals.

During Math we worked on tally marks and learned about reading tally marks. We counted by 5's... We completed a worksheet practicing recording data. We asked everyone in the classroom the question: "Is Christmas your favorite holiday?"... We had 9 yes, and 1 no... (Ms. Gray said no so that the data would not be all one-sided.) We still need lots of practice graphing our data. (Data is "INFORMATION") We had fun talking and gathering our data today!

During our UOI we heard the story "Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me" and we worked on a moon craft. As a class we talked about what happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the story. We also talked about the difference between fantasy and reality. Could we REALLY climb a latter to the moon? This was fantasy (make-believe/ pretending). We had so much fun working on our craft with our friends. We wrote very adorable sentences about who we would get the Moon for and why (because I love them)! Lots of moms, dads, and baby sisters would be getting the Moon if it was realistic! :)

Today we had a fun day in S.K.! Our focus this week is PERSONAL SPACE! With all of the germs floating around we want to be sure to keep our hands (and our faces) in our own personal bubbles...!

Science Fair Fun!! 

We did SUCH a great job for our Science Fair Project!! We had some friends reading our question, materials, procedure, results and conclusions! Photos from Friday:

Reminders/Announcements

- Ordering Lunch for December is now available online!!
- Practicing tally marks with the kiddos will help prepare them for our math lessons! :)

- Have a great night! 

November 14th, 2018

Wednesday

During our inquiry into Language Arts we learned a new BLEND! We learned the blend ff... We talked about how there are not many words that begin with the blend ff (if any)... and that this blend usually comes at the end of the words. We came up with a list of words that ends with the blend ff. We worked in our phonics journals.
When we were done with that Ms. Gray read a story from the 7 Habits of Happy Kids! :) We love these characters and are looking forward to more stories about them! We learned that we are in control of our own choices.

After Gym, Recess and Lunch we had French!

During Math we practiced making graphs and sorting. We worked with a partner or in a small group and sorted our manipulatives then we recorded our data. After that we talked about the most and the least! We had fun with this and enjoy working with partners. Ms. Gray was very impressed with our teamwork! :)

During UOI we practiced the stages of the moon and did a fun exercise where one person was the moon, Earth and the sun! We watched a video about why the moon changes and found out that the actual moon does not change just the part that we see of the moon changes! We also learned that the word "month" comes from the word Moon.

We had a fun day in SK today. Towards the end of the day we got a little silly... Ms. Gray spoke with us about how tomorrow is a new day and we need to make green choices and follow directions. :)

Reminders/Announcements

1. Sent home the math test today! Our friends did AWESOME!! Please sign and return this!
2. Sent home scholastic book order. You can place your order online by Friday! :)

November 13th, 2018

Terrific Tuesday! 

Today was World Kindness Day! In the morning we worked our hands where we wrote something kind or a kind action on them. We made a list of different ways to show you are kind. Some of my friends decorated multiple hands!! Very impressive!

After Gym, Recess, Lunch, and French, we worked on our science experiment! Even though we have done our experiment 2 times before, and SALT wins every single time, some of our friends decided to choose something different for their hypothesis. GOOD THING THEY DID!! Apple Cider Vinegar won for the material that caused the ice to melt the fastest today!

While the ice was melting, we worked on Math. We collected data for our names in our class and counted the letters. After this, we figured out which friend in our class has the most letters and which friend has the least amount of letters. We had fun coloring the bar graph and spelling everyone's names! We even spelled out Ms. Gray's married name and counted the letters... There are 10 letters!!

After recess and snack we created 4 stages of the moon with oreos! IT WAS AWESOME. Ms. Gray was obviously a little too rough with the box of oreos because a lot of our moons were falling into too many pieces! We had fun learning about the moon and how it revolves around the Earth! It seems to be a very entertaining topic for all of the kiddos. Outer Space is interesting! :)

Reminders/Announcements:

1. School pictures went home - if you would like to keep them please send the order form and money back to school. If you would like retakes, please send back the package with the checked box on the order form that says retakes. RETAKES ARE NOVEMBER 22.
2. I sent home a moon tracker for the kiddos to draw what they see when they look at the moon!

November 12, 2018

Happy Monday! 

We got to perform at the morning announcements today! We sang a song about a poppy field and we learned more about Remembrance Day! We watched a video and had a moment of silence for all of the people who served to protect our country and our freedom!

During our inquiry into Language Arts we had our morning meeting, practiced the sound for Ff and learned the Jolly Phonics song for Ff. Then we worked on our phonics journals! We had LOTS of friends finish their journals and start on their other work.

When we returned from Gym, Recess and Lunch we did our sciences experiment again. We used the scientific method to complete our experiment. We started with a question, created our hypothesis, and then conducted the experiment. Our particular experiment has a little bit a of waiting so while this part of the experiment was happening we worked on some Math and UOI!

For Math today we did an assignment that shows Ms. Gray what we already know about data collection! Ms. Gray was VERY impressed with our friends and their work during Math! When we were done with the assignment we started to talk about the SOLAR SYSTEM!!! This is SUPER DUPER fun!... EVERYONE was so, so excited to hear the songs about the solar system. A lot of our friends were already talking about their favorite planet, which not many said Earth... I actually don't think anyone said Earth. However, someone did tell me that it is "OUR JOB TO KEEP THE SOLAR SYSTEM CLEAN!" I think that this little one was referring to Earth... Yes, we are responsible for our planet and need to keep it clean! No littering! :)

We had a fun and exciting day in SK today!

Announcements / Reminders:

1. Tomorrow is Kindness Day! If the student brings 2 dollars, they can dress casual!
2. We are starting the Soaring Through Space Unit! We will be doing lots of fun activities with the moon and all of the planets. I will be sending more information home tomorrow about this! 
3. Have a great night! :)

November 8th, 2018

Short Week Thursday!

We had SHOW & SHARE today!! We were showing our items from home that begin with the letter Hh and the letter Bb!! We had a bracelet, basketball, a blue jays hat, and a hairy stuffed animal! We spelled each of the words together on the board! Then we played a little with the basketball and got to writing in our phonics journals! 

During our inquiry into Math we took our patterning unit test! We did AMAZING! Ms. Gray was SO proud of all of our friends for doing such a great job with the test! She will be sending them home on Monday! After we were done with our test we read quietly (sort of) while others finished their test. 

During our UOI today we made an art project! We used paint to make poppy flowers to represent the soldiers that fought for our country. We are going to celebrate this on Monday as a whole school and Ms. Gray will display our beautiful poppies for the whole school to see! 

During our journal today we wrote a sentence about Remembrance Day! We watched a few videos of students talking about what Remembrance Day means to them.

We also have a special friend who has a birthday this weekend!!! I hope you have a great party with all of our friends! :) 

Reminders/Announcements

1. No School Tomorrow! 

2. Have a great weekend!