Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Wednesday!

During Language we brainstormed words with the letter i and magic E. (silent e/E at the end)... We watched a video and then came up with our record high of 37 WORDS! Then we worked on our phonics journals. 

Gym, Recess, Lunch

During our inquiry into Math we made two 3D shapes! & we learned about another one. We explored the room and investigated all these shapes that are circles. Cylinder, Cone, and Sphere. We learned their vertices and their circle faces/surfaces. We LOVE making 3D shapes! 

**SENT HOME HOMEWORK FOR MATH**

Reminders/Announcements:

-Don't forget about RAZ-Kids! We are working on DRA's again... RAZ-Kids will be great practice to get them ready for their assessment. :)
-Thursday, May 30th-Spelling Test
-June 3rd - Summative Presentations - Depending on Weather (Beach Day one day this week)
-June 5th-Geometry Math test
-Wednesday, June 12th – Year-End Play Day @ the dome
-Friday, June 14th –Promotion Ceremonies (9-11am at the dome)

Tuesday, May 28th, 2019

Tuesday!

Today we started our day with a class competition! Who can write the most words that have a silent E/e at the end of the word. Ms. Gray realized that if I make it a competition, friends are WAY more likely to enjoy what they are doing... However, one friend says that he doesn't mind if he loses he just wants his work to be neat. Either way, our friends worked VERY hard this morning coming up with these words. We even used some of the words that we learned while doing our DRAs with Ms. Gray later!

During our inquiry into math we focused on the rectangular prism! We learned that it has 8 vertices and 6 surfaces! We had so much fun making our rectangular prism today! :) Ms. Gray likes to make thinking visible by creating objects of our own.

During our unit of inquiry today we worked on the art project more! We still have a couple friends who need to bring in empty paper towel rolls! Once we have enough we will be able to complete the project! We are really looking forward to this! We have been working on the building blocks to get the finished product completed by the end of the week!

Reminders/Announcements:

-Don't forget about RAZ-Kids! We are working on DRA's again... RAZ-Kids will be great practice to get them ready for their assessment. :)
-Wednesday, May 29th – Casual Day and Bake Sale
-Thursday, May 30th-Spelling Test
-June 3rd - Summative Presentations - Depending on Weather (Beach Day one day this week)
-June 5th-Geometry Math test
-Tuesday, June 11th – Water Day for the JKs (apply sunscreen before coming to school, wear a bathing suit under your casual clothes, bring a towel and a hat).
-Wednesday, June 12th – Year-End Play Day @ the dome
-Friday, June 14th –Promotion Ceremonies (9-11am at the dome)

Monday, May 27th, 2019

Monday!

We started our day off by doing our morning meeting and singing our songs. We worked on our phonics journals and practiced the silent E words. For example: slide, delete, complete...

During our inquiry into math we investigated the 3D shape CUBE. We first held a dice in our hand and we counted the sides and the vertices. After this we searched the room for anything that is in the shape of a cube. We did not find anything in the room that was a cube. We found LOTS of rectangular prisms... but we are focusing on that tomorrow. After we completed our investigation we then coloured and cut out a 2D shape to create a 3D shape. We each got to make a cube! Ms. Gray was very proud of our friends for following directions the first time!!!!!! We had lots of fun in math and couldn't wait to bring it home to show our families!

During UOI we talked about different things that we see in the summer and then we explored the room and did a write the room activity. When we were done with this we began our art project. We were very excited to start the art project to show what we can hear in the summertime! (the ocean/lake/waves)

We had Library today! We had so much fun playing with the stuffed animals and reading to our friends. :)

Reminders/Announcements:

-Don't forget about the RAZ-Kids application! We are working on DRA's again... RAZ-Kids will be great practice to get them ready for their assessment. :)

-Tuesday, May 28th – Bake Sale

-Wednesday, May 29th – Casual Day and Bake Sale

-Thursday, May 30th-Spelling Test

-June 3rd -Summative Presentations

-June 5th-Geometry Math test

-Tuesday, June 11th – Water Day for the JKs (apply sunscreen before coming to school, wear a bathing suit under your casual clothes, bring a towel and a hat). J

-Wednesday, June 12th – Year-End Play Day @ the dome

-Friday, June 14th –Promotion Ceremonies (9-11am at the dome)

Friday, May 24, 2019 - TRACK & FIELD

Track & Field Day!

I will just be posting picture from our eventful day in the sun! We had so much fun today and worked very hard. Ms. Gray is SO proud of everyone for working so hard in each of the events!

Thursday, May 23, 2019

Track Day Thursday

This morning we started our day off by having some track and field events... Unfortunately our day got rained out and we had to postpone the remainder of the events to tomorrow! Ms. Gray's class had 3 friends who placed in the top 3 for the events! She is very proud of all of our friends for their hard work and participation! Way to go friends! :)

During math we worked on positional words. We definitely need more practice with this. Ms. Gray is sending home some homework to practice! :)

During our inquiry into Language we worked on our blend a_e. We sounded out how to spell words that have the blend in them and identified which pictures had words with the a_e blend.

During Journal we wrote about our goal for summer. We started off by writing the #1 thing that we want to do over the summer. Lots of friends plan to have water fights! Some with their families, some with friends... some friends are just excited to have hot weather and splash in the pool!

Reminders/Announcements

1. PLEASE SAVE & SEND IN PAPER TOWEL ROLLS. We are using these for an art project once we have enough for everyone in the class! :) 

2. May 29th- Wednesday - Casual Day

3. May 31st- Friday - Spelling Test

4. Track & Field POSTPONED TO TOMORROW - Students wear GYM uniform - Students can purchase freeze after the event! 

5. Scholastic orders are due by 9:00 am on Friday (5/24) morning

6. Beach Day - Sometime the Week of June 3rd-June 7th (We will choose based on weather and send more information as it gets closer)

7. (I sent home the information again regarding the project) Summative Presentations - Monday & Tuesday - June 3rd & 4th

8. Math Test - Wednesday - June 5th 

Tuesday & Wednesday, May 21 & 22, 2019

Tuesday & Wednesday

We started our day off with our morning message, weather report and reviewing what we learned yesterday when Ms. Hackett was in here. We reviewed our UOI lesson that Ms. Gray was SO sad to miss! :( After that we moved into our inquiry into language and today we brainstormed 21 WORDS!  We learned the a_e blend today. That is our all-time high for brainstorming words using the blend that we are learning about! We watched a video that gave us some ideas and we used rhyming to come up with the others! We worked on our phonics journals and then we were off to Gym! 

GYM, Recess, Lunch

During Math for the last couple days we have been learning about 2D Shapes! We have been playing games and getting with partners to work as a team. We have been talking about how many sides shapes have! There are LOTS of shapes that have 4 sides! Ms. Gray would say a riddle "I have 4 sides, 2 of my sides are slanted. Which shape am I?" We either had a rhombus or a trapezoid! Our friends did such a great job with this activity. The previous math lessons have been around the same idea, using different manipulatives to be more interactive! We used Playdough and EVERYONE did such a great job respecting Ms. Gray's personal property and her classroom materials!

During our UOI we have been learning about Summer. Over the last few days we have been doing lots of fun activities. Thursday we learned about fruit that is best to eat in the summer. "IN SEASON"... We learned about pineapple and then we made a pineapple art piece. On Tuesday we learned all about summer activities such as blowing bubbles outside! We learned about the science behind blowing bubbles. Today we used our sense of hearing to identify different summer sounds! We were very excited when we guessed some of the sounds correct... we were very surprised when we were wrong! We definitely have some creative minds in here! :)
Please send an empty paper towel roll for an art project for tomorrow! 

Words of the Week:
1.Honey  2.Turkey 3.Monkey 4.Rake  5.Cake  6. Bake

Reminders/Announcements

There is an important permission slip going home tonight and HAS TO BE RETURNED TOMORROW!!! Please, please, please don't forget to return the form! I was not here in the afternoon yesterday and it was not sent home by mistake. It is coming home tonight!! 

On the form - $20 covers rides/activities -- FOOD IS AN ADDITIONAL $5!! 

• Track & Field tomorrow - Students wear GYM uniform - Students can purchase freeze after the event! 
• Scholastic orders are due by 9:00 am on Friday (5/24) morning
• Spelling Test Friday May 31
• Beach Day - Sometime the Week of June 3rd-June 7th (We will choose based on weather and send more information as it gets closer)
• Summative Presentations - Monday & Tuesday - June 3rd & 4th
• Math Test - Wednesday - June 5th 
• PLEASE RETURN THE FORM TOMORROW for Year End Play Day - Wednesday - June 12 - 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Whacky Wednesday

Today we started our day off playing a game at morning announcements! Once we made our way back to the classroom we started working right away!! During our inquiry into language we learned the blend AU/au! We watched a video that helped us discover words that have the blend AU in them!

GYM, RECESS, LUNCH

During our inquiry into math we reviewed the shapes that we learned yesterday. After we talked about the definitions that we learned yesterday we investigated circle and oval in more depth. We went searching around the room to find these shapes. We talked about how 2D shapes are FLAT and we practiced an action that goes along with this.

During our UOI we did a Venn Diagram comparing summer and winter! We were interested to find out what things were the same about summer and winter! We play outside in both, we can explore nature, both seasons you can wear hats, and there are sugary snacks in both seasons that WE LOVE! We had NO problem brainstorming what was different about the two seasons... Hot/Cold, Snow suits/Swim suit, and many many more.
After we did this, Ms. Gray told a VERY interesting story about a character named Taylor and her mother. (practicing sequencing, identifying the problem and solution, setting and the characters)... Taylor was playing outside in her backyard when she got very, very hot and then she jumped in the pool without an adult. Her mom heard the splash and ran out very upset. After that, they both played in the pool together. Our friends identified all of the problems in the story and the solutions. There were only 2 characters! We were able to put the story in order and identify the setting! We knew that this story occurred in the summer and the temperature was hot!! Ms. Gray was very proud of the kiddos.


Recess, Snack, and French.

For our journal today we wrote about the comparison we made during our UOI. We will start to work on our sense for UOI. What we hear, see, taste, and smell in the summer! :)

Spelling words are on the blog
1. Time 2. House 3. About 4. Your 5. Day 6. Made 7. Came 8. Make

Words of Week
1. canoe 2. toe 3. doe 4. August 5. sauce 6. author

Reminders/Announcements

1. Sent home spelling words - Spelling test @ end of month

2. I sent home measurement math test to be signed and returned.

3. PLEASE SAVE & SEND IN PAPER TOWEL ROLLS. 

We are using these for an art project on Tuesday. 

4. May 17th- Friday - No School (PD Day)

5. May 20th- Monday - No School (Victoria Day)

6. May 29th- Wednesday - Casual Day

7. May 30th- Thursday - Spelling Test