St. Philip Book Fair

The St. Philip Book Fair is coming up next week.  Our class is schedule to go during our regular library visit - Tues. May 1 - 2:35 - 3:15.  If students are bringing in money to make a purchase, please make sure it is in a baggy labelled with your child's name.

Place Value Song

In math, we have been wrapping up our study of money and starting to look at place value.  Here is one of our songs we've been using to help us remember our ones, tens and hundreds places.

GO! Map Retell

Students have been using a GO Map to help them retell the important ideas from a narrative story.  Try using the GO Map at home to retell a book you've read together!

Earth WeeK Events

In case you didn't see the school info sent out earlier, here are the Earth Day Events for the rest of the week:

Tuesday 17th	CREATE green - bring in a small piece of colourful recycled material (e.g. cardboard, fabric, etc) to add to our St. Philip collaborative rainbow collage
Wednesday 18th	EAT green - today is our regular Boomerang lunch day.  Bring your trash back home, or try to pack a litterless lunch using reusable or recyclable containers.
Thursday 19th	WEAR green - show you care about your school by wearing a green shirt
Friday 20th	ACT green - make one small change to help the Earth.  Reduce by turning off unused electronics, Reuse household objects, and Recycle everything you can.

Plastic Bag Grab Challenge

Our school's collection of plastic grocery bags continues.  If you have any bags to donate, please send them in.

Thanks!

Kleenex Donations

Our class is running dangerously low on Kleenex.  If anyone has a box they would mind sending in, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Book Report Update

This week, we have been working on a book report together as a class.  The students helped me complete a book report on, "My Mouth is a Volcano".  Here are a few pictures to show an example of a final product.

I am now practising my presentation with the help of my grade one friends to give me tickled pinks (things I am doing well) and green to grows (things I need to improve on) from our oral presentation checklist.

Luv 2 Groove

Our students had the opportunity to take part in Luv 2 Groove Dance this week.  They had an amazing time learning some new dance moves.  Check out some of the shots below.  Students also went home with a bookmark advertising the Luv 2 Groove summer camp in case anyone is interested.

learning about money

We have been learning about money.  Students are working to learn the names and values of coins.  We are also counting and making money amounts to 20 cents.  Below is one of our songs to help us remember some of our coins.

Jerseys for Humboldt

To show our support for the victims and families of the Humboldt bus tragedy over the weekend, students and staff are invited to wear jerseys this Thursday.  If students don't have a jersey, they can wear green or gold too.

Book Report Info

Book Report Information went home Thursday.  Students are to choose a just right FICTION (story) book for Monday.  If you do not have a book at home your child would like to use, students can choose a book from the classroom or our school library.  If you write a note in the agenda, I will be happy to help hunt down a book.

Once the book is chosen and brought into school, I will send home the sheets the students will need to complete the report at home.  The report is meant to be completed over the next several weeks so students are not overwhelmed at the end.

We will also be completing a report over the next week as a class and practising giving an oral presentation to help prepare.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Indoor Recess Fun

The students had a blast on Wednesday with indoor recess.  Here are a few pictures I promised I'd share...

I Can Dance...

We kicked off our dance unit with interpretive dance and creative movement.  Students were responding to the music with their bodies to show how different animals move...

Snakes!

Elephants:

 Birds:

 Giraffes:

Energy Chains

The students have been exploring Energy Chains (Food Chains).  They were working with their buddies to create different chains that occur in nature:

2D Geometry

The past few weeks, students have been busy learning about 2D Geometry.  We  have been busy naming shapes, sorting shapes by their geometric properties (number of sides and vertices), making pictures with 2D shapes and gaining a deeper understanding of symmetry.  Take a look at a few of our action shots below...

Sorting 2D shapes:

 Creating Symmetry Monsters:

Finding Symmetry in our own shirts!