Mrs. Young's blog

 Today we started with quiet reading and we changed our book bin books.  We had music.  We did calendar and we practiced our shapes.  We had literacy centers and we did word work.  We have new word wall words.  They are: Group A: work, that, playing, there, coming ("that" has a word family) Group B:  try, because, made, store, how, next ("store" and "how" have word families) Group C: "ou" words - about, four, house,, found, mouth Group D: he, him, my, you, of We did mindfulness and we changed our home reading books.  We had gym.  We learned about the difference between pyramids and prisms.  We did a bean plant observation.  Our plants grew a lot over the weekend! We sent home a permission slip for your child to participate in the Teacher's Pet Program that will be coming to our class on June 2.  Please sign and return the form as soon as possible.  The cost of this program is $6.00 (Thank you to Parent Council for subsidizing this program). 

 We did a fantastic job at the Spring Concert last night.  Yesterday was a very busy day.  We started with quiet reading and we did calendar.  We had literacy centers.  We had a rehearsal for the Spring Concert.  We started some math assessments.  After lunch we had mindfulness and we changed our home reading books.  We had gym outside.  We did a final rehearsal in front of the rest rest of the school.  We did iPads. Today we started with quiet reading.  We did calendar and we had literacy centers.  We did a "making connections" activity.  We listened to the story "Giraffes Can't Dance".  We wrote about our connections to the story in our journal.  We did mindfulness and we changed our home reading books.  We had gym with Mrs. Sterne.  We went and watched the final rehearsal for the grades 4-6 Spring Concert. We continued with the math assessments. We sent home a permission slip for your child to participate in the Teacher's Pet Program that will be coming t

May 25 – Spring Concert grades 1-3 at 6:00 pm - children should be in their classroom between 5:30 and 5:45pm.  Please bring a small stuffy to hold during the performance. They can bring them to school on Wednesday morning so they can rehearse with them. Today we started with quiet reading.  We changed our library books.  We had music with Mr. Weins.  We did calendar and we practiced counting in different ways.  After recess we had literacy centers and word work.  Our new word wall words are: Group A: want, new, help, oh, happy (no word families this week so np bonus words) Group B: friend, thing, funny, some, something, boat ("thing" and "boat" have word families) Group C: "wr" words - write, wrist, wrong, wrote, wrinkle Group D: she, her, went, no, will We planted our bean seeds in soil. After lunch we had mindfulness and we changed our home reading books.  We had gym.  We l did an observation in our bean books.  In math we did a "Mystery Patterns&q

Yesterday we started with quiet reading and we changed our library books.  We had music with Mr. Wiens.  We did calendar and we practiced our 3D shapes.  We had literacy centers.  We did a making words activity. We used the letters: a, a, i, i, m, n, s to make different words.  We used all the letters to make a secret word.  After lunch we did mindfulness and we changed our home reading books.  We had gym.  We did our basic facts test.  We learned about the parts of a plant and what they do.  We cut and glued parts of a plant together and we labelled them. Today we started with catch up time (math and science).  We did calendar and we had literacy centers.  We read the book "17 Things I'm Not Allowed To Do Anymore".  We talked about our connections to the book.  We wrote about things we are not allowed to do.  After lunch we did mindfulness and we changed our home reading books.  We had gym.  We did a bean seed observation.  In math we used marshmallows and toothpicks to

 Mrs. Young was away this morning.   Today we started with quiet reading.  We did calendar and we practiced counting in different ways.  We had literacy centers.  We started writing sentences to match the pictures of Goldilocks and the Three Bears that we sequenced on Thursday.  After lunch we had mindfulness and we changed our home reading books.  We also changed our book bin books.  We had gym with Mrs. Sterne.  We did an observation of our bean seeds.  We drew a picture of our bean seeds today.  We did Mathletics and Raz Kids on the iPads.  We also did word work.  We have new word wall words.  They are: Group A: thing, morning, live, when, lot ("thing" has a word family) Group B:  work, girl, oh, stop, night, boy ("night" and "stop") Group C: (oi words) oil, join, choice, point, noise Group D: no, will, yes, said, all We are sending home a permission slip today for your child to participate in the Teacher's Pet Program that will be coming to our cla

Yesterday Mrs. Young was away.  The substitute teacher said we behaved very well.  We started with quiet reading.  We did calendar and we had literacy centers.  We started a sequencing activity.  First we listened to the story of the Three Bears.  We sequenced some pictures form the story.  We will write about each picture on Monday.  After lunch we did mindfulness and we changed our home reading books.  We did dance in gym.  In math we practiced sorting 3D shapes and in science we sorted living and non-living things. Today we started with quiet reading and catch up time (math).  We did calendar and we practiced our 3D shapes.  We had gym outside with Mrs. Sterne.  We did literacy centers and we did our word review.  Please check your child's backpack to see how they did.  We started to grow beans.  We put some seeds in a baggie with a wet paper towel and we put them in the window.  We will do an observation on them every few days.  We learned about the parts of a seed. May 17 – Sp

 Yesterday we started with quiet reading and we changed our library books.  We did calendar and we had literacy centers.  We are working on making connections with stories to help with our understanding of stories.  We read "The Ok Book".  We wrote about 3 things we are ok at and 1 thing we are excellent at.  After lunch we did mindfulness and we changed our home reading books.  We had gym with Mrs. Sterne.  In math we did our last 3D shape - the sphere.  We counted how many flat/curved faces, edges and vertices it has, as well as if it can roll or stack.  We "made" a sphere to bring home to show you.  We continued to learn the difference between living and non-living things. Today we started with quiet reading.  We had music with Mr. Wiens.  We had another dance residency session.  It is so much fun!  We did calendar and we had literacy centers.  After lunch we did mindfulness and we changed our home reading books.  We played with the badminton rackets and birdies.

 Today we started with quiet reading and we changed our book bins.  We did calendar and we practiced counting n different ways.  We learned how to draw some of the 3D shapes.  We had literacy centers and we did word work.  We have new word wall words.  They are: Group A:  saw, some, I'll, away, eat ("eat" has a word family) Group B:  wash, very, want, new, water, help ("new" has a word family) Group C:  "oo" words - zoo, bloom, pool, choose, door Group D:  all, yes, day, with We did mindfulness and we changed our home reading books.  We did the dance residency in gym.   In math we learned about rectangular prisms.  We counted how many flat/curved faces, edges and vertices it has, as well as if it can roll or stack.  We cut and glued together a rectangular prism for us to bring home to show you.  In science we started talking about the difference between living and non-living things for our Needs of Plants and Animals unit. May 9-13 – Sound Kreations D

Yesterday we started with quiet reading and catch up time.  We had music with Mr. Wiens .  We did calendar and we practiced our shapes.  We wrote about any connections we made between us and The Barnabus Project.  We had literacy centers.  After lunch we did mindfulness and we changed our home reading books.  We had gym.  We made a card for someone special this weekend. Today we started with quiet reading.  We did calendar and we practiced our 3D shapes.  We had gym.  We did literacy centers and we had our word review.  Please check your child's backpack to see how they did.  We did a spring trees art project.  We used a guided drawing to draw a tree and we made fingerprint blossoms by mixing red and white paint to make pink.  May 9-13 – Sound Kreations Dance Residency ·         May 17 – Spring individual photos  ·         May 18 – Grade 6 Provincial Achievement Test – LA part 1  ·         May 19 –  Spring Dance hosted by Parent Council (details to come) ·         May 20 – no schoo

Yesterday we started with quiet reading and we changed our library books. We did calendar and we practiced our shapes. We had literacy centers. We wrote about how the main character in The Barnabus Project (Barnabus) changed from the beginning of the story to the end. We did mindfulness and we changed our home reading books. We had gym outside. We finished our Creating Colour paintings and our self evaluation of our work. We did Mathletics and RazKids on the iPads. Today we started with catch up time (writing and art). We did calendar and we had literacy centers. Our stories today focussed on feelings and how to deal with them (for Hats on for Mental Health day). We started talking about designing our own "perfect pet" like in The Barnabus Project. We will be "building" our pets next week or the week after. Please talk to your child about what recyclables they might need to build their pets. Please send any extras you may have that other children may be

T oday we started with quiet reading and we changed our book bin books. We had music with Mr. Weins. We did calendar and we practiced our shapes. We did literacy centers and word work. Our new words this week are: Group A: out, or, house, has, old ("old" has a word family) Group B: upon, once, time, playing, coming, morning ("time" has a word family) Group C: "ing" words - sing, thing, folding, biking, mailing Group D: day, with, said, us After lunch we did mindfulness and we had gym outside. In math we learned about triangular prisms.  We counted how many flat/curved faces, edges and vertices it has, as well as if it can roll or stack.  We cut and glued together a triangular prism for us to bring home to show you. We continued to work on our Creating Colour paintings.  We did a self reflection checklist when we were finished. Wednesday, May 4th is Hats on for Mental Health Day. Students may wear a hat at school. It's Spring! That time of year ag