Friday
Began creating artwork that illustrates our research on the Rocky Mountains and Foothills regions of Alberta using pointillism - key word for our artwork.... Patience
We also learned about George Seurat and how he is a famous artist who uses the technique of pointillism... he famous painting of "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte" took him two years to create
Met and read with our grade one buddies
Met with the Grade Threes in Ms. Yong's class to work on a math activity for our math afternoon!
Thursday
Finished our last round of literacy stations
Continued measuring time in 5 and 10 minute increments
Continued our novel study - ask your child what is happening
Learned two new simple machines and tried to find those simple machines outside on our playground
Wednesday
Continued our literacy stations
Did some finishing work on our lighthouses - be sure to check them out if you attend literacy night (tomorrow)
Math - continued time to 5 and 10 minute intervals and were given a challenge in the afternoon (with questions like 45 minutes past 3:20)...
Continued our research of the Foothills region in Alberta
Continued reading City of Ember today Lina and Doon were trying the decipher the message
Thanks for all the fun PJs today! It was a fun and cozy way to spend our Wednesday!
Tuesday
Coming up this week -
Literacy Night Thursday from 6:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. Our theme this year is Canada, please feel free to wear and Canadian gear or jersey that you have!
Friday is Crazy Hat Day
TOMORROW - PJ Day - Students won beat the teacher two weeks in a row so please dress in your favourite Pajamas
Literacy - Started a new round of literacy stations, ask your child which two stations they completed
French - reviewed the alphabet and starting working on numbers
Math - worked on telling time in 5 and 10 minute intervals
Social Studies - took time to discuss why learning how to research is so important. Began researching our next region in Alberta
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