Today in math the grade 2/3s were practicing number bonds for 10. Knowing the numbers that go together to make 10 is a very important skill. Students who know these number bonds confidently have a much easier time adding and subtracting larger numbers. Here are two great games the students can play at home too:
https://www.ictgames.com/saveTheWhale/index.html
https://www.mathplayground.com/number_bonds_10.html
The K/1/2/3s have been working very hard this week to build their reading stamina. They shopped for new “Good Fit” books today and practiced Read to Self (one part of the Daily 5 Routine we use for language arts). The students are either reading the pictures, retelling a familiar story, or are reading the words in their books. We started with one minute of stamina on Monday and built up to 8 minutes today. Way to go K/1/2/3s! Take a look at us in the “Reading Zone”.
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Our class is excited to be doing a berry inquiry project for September and October. This week we picked dusda̱k̕wa (blackberries) across from the school to use for all the activities we will be doing. We hope that the students … Continue reading
Deck the Halls
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Turn Off the Nose
The students had a great time on Halloween and we thought that we would share a few photos.
The K/1/2/3s are wonderful artists! We finished our self-portraits on Friday using a combination of paint and pastels. Can you guess who is who?
Each morning the grade 2/3/4s begin the day by discussing the books they read at home the day before. We also talk about how important it is to read at home for extra practice and for enjoyment. This morning Alexandra, Ava, Mackenzie, and Loden told us about the books they are reading at home. Tomorrow the rest of the students will have a chance to talk about their books.
Alexandra-I read a Barbie book. I read a little bit. It was a good book.
Ava-I read Harry Potter last night and I am at the part where the cat, that is actually a girl, was sitting on Dursley’s wall.
Mackenzie-I read Robert Munch and it was Playhouse. My favourite part was close to the end when she asks her mom if she can have a play daddy or a play mommy. She makes her own out of cardboard. When she went in for breakfast her mom had made a play Rene.
Loden-Last night I read Mathew and the Midnight Pirates. It is a kid’s chapter book. I am on chapter two I think. It’s about a kid who dresses up like pirates and then in the middle of the night pirates come, but they don’t like water so they come in a wagon that looks like a boat.
We would love to hear about the books others are currently enjoying too!
The K/1/2/3s have been learning all about communities in Social Studies. We started learning about our own community first. We discussed natural and man-made features, traditions and celebrations, services and jobs.
We were curious what other communities in Canada were like. We sent a tweet out on Twitter to ask other primary classes to connect with us.
Our first connection was going to be with Ms. Cassidy’s class from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. To get ready for our call we thought about questions we would like to ask them. We also looked up their community in Google Maps and explored the street view of their downtown area. They sure have a lot of stores!
Today it was time for our Skype call. Here is some of the interesting information we learned:
Ava-They have pigeons. We have pigeons too, but not a lot.
Alexandra-They have lakes and a river. We have Big Lake, Little Lake, Duck Lake, Secret Lake, and S Lake. Our lakes aren’t very big. We don’t have a river, but we have a creek. We have lots and lots of water because we are surrounded by the Pacific Ocean. They aren’t near the ocean.
Sierra-They have beavers. We don’t have beavers.
Kaydan-We have eagles and so do they.
Mackenzie-They have lots of animals. I learned that they have Moose. I think that might be why it is called Moose Jaw. We don’t have moose.
Loden-They have Canada Geese and we have a lot of those too, especially in our field.
Caleb-They have deer and so do we.
Kaleigh-They have cars, taxis, buses, and trains. We only have cars and a school bus. We have a ferry that takes us across the ocean.
Cherish-It snows a lot in Moose Jaw and it hardly ever snows here.
Eli-They have 300 kids in their school and we only have 40. They have 30,000 people in their community and we only have about 500.
Owen-Their school goes up to grade eight and ours goes to grade seven. Our grade eights have to take the BC Ferry to high school.
Rhys-I learned that Moose Jaw has lots of animals and not as many animals that live in the water. They have beavers and we don’t!
We would like to thank Ms. Cassidy and her grade one students for being our first Skype connection. We would also like to thank them for sharing so much information about their community with us. We hope we can take the iPad down to the ocean and show it to them soon!
Hi, we are a K/1/2/3 class. We live on a little island off the west coast of British Columbia. In social studies we are learning about communities and we like to blog. We want to find other classes across Canada to connect with. We want to see what other communities are like compared to our community. We have a lot of questions we want to ask you. We could write comments to each other, or we could even Skype.
If you would like to connect with us and learn more about our community, leave us a reply. We would love to learn with you!
Sincerely,
The K/1/2/3s
