April 17, 2013

For No Excuse words today we did Rainbow Printing:

In LA we continued with our persuasive letter writing.  I am hoping to post some recordings of the kids reading their letters tomorrow.

In Math we talked about doubles facts.  We made the following chart:

We also watched the following fun video:

Have a great night!!!

April 16, 2013

For No Excuse Words today we did cloze sentences:

For Word Work we worked with the consonant blends fl and fr.

In Language Arts we began the process of writing a persuasive letter.  The subject of the letter is "We need to take care of the Earth".  We used the following organiser to come up with our arguments:

In Social Studies we read the following:

We then talked about how we are having our own version of a Potlatch om April 25th, a potluck.  We came up with a list of healthy foods we could bring:

1. ham
2. blueberries
3. buns
4. healthy pizza
5. healthy mac and cheese
6. rasberries
7. apples
8. juice boxes

If you would like to sign up to attend and bring an item please click here.

In Math, we started  the Addition and Subtraction to 20 Unit.  The learning goals for this unit are:

1. Explore addition and subtraction facts.
2. Use mental math strategies.
3. Create and solve story problems.
4. Explore “doubles” up to 9+9.
5. Solve simple addition and subtraction problems.

Here are some activities you can do at home.

1.  Use a collection of up to 20 objects.  Separate the collection into 2 groups, and ask your child to say the addition sentence, and find how many there are altogether.
2. Make up simple number stories for your child to solve.
3. With your child, pose story problems about things you and your child see or do.
4. The next time you go grocery shopping with your child, ask your child to add the number of items in your grocery cart.
5. Try out the following websites:

-http://www.haelmedia.com/html/mc_m1_001.html

-http://arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/jetski/jetski.html

-http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/island_chase/island_chase.html

-http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/shuttleLaunch/shuttleLaunch.htm

-http://www.hbschool.com/activity/busy_bees/index.html

Have a great night!!!

April 15, 2013

I hope you had a great weekend.  It's nice to see all the snow melting.  This week we are talking about Earth Day, which falls on April 22nd this year.  Check out this interesting video about the danger of plastic bags:

For No Excuse Words, we put this week's words in our dictionary:

1. me
2. off
3. where
4. twelve
5. thirteen

For Word Word we did Making Words:

In Religion today we read John 9:1-12, the story about how Jesus cured a blind man.

In Social Studies we talked about how the original French settlers in Canada would work together to complete jobs such as bringing in the crops, building a house, etc...  These were called "Work Bees".  After the work was complete they would celebrate with a party.  One of the dishes they would make for the party was Sucre a la Creme.  As we are an Apple School I am unable to make some for the kids however if you would like to try to make it at home, here is the recipe:

Have a great night!!!

April 12, 2013

Today we spent a lot of our time working on story writing.  Using the following picture prompt we each wrote our own story with a title, characters, setting, 2 problems, 2 solutions and an ending.

In Health we talked about the Care Kit.  We talked about how we need to trust our feelings when someone touches us.  Some examples of good touches are:

1. A hug from your Mom or Dad.
2. A kiss from your Mom or Dad.
3. Snuggles with someone you love.
4. A bear hug from you grandparents.
5. A piggy back ride.
6. A handshake from a friend.
7. A high five from a friend.
8. A pat on the back from a teammate.

In Social Studies we talked about how Canada is a bilingual country and our 2 national languages are English and French.  We made a list of some of the places we have seen the French language:

We finished off the day with an Easter Liturgy presented by the grade 5s.  

April 10, 2013

For No Excuse Words today we did Code Breaker:

For Word Work we did making words:

In Computers today we continued to review shapes and 3D objects.  Click here to play some fun games online.  For even more games, click here.

In Math, we finished up our Geometry unit with a quick quiz.  Next, week we will begin our Addition and Subtraction to 20 unit.

Have a great night!!

April 9, 2013

For Word Work today we worked with the blends cr and cl.

In Social Studies we continued to talk about birch bark canoes.  We watched the following video:

We then talked about all the different types of cargo the aboriginals in the past would have used their birch bark canoes to transport (as you can see some of them are a stretch):

In Language Arts we began learning about synonyms.  Synonyms are 2 words that mean the same thing, after we watched the fun video below we played some games of Synonym Hangman.

In Math today we played Shape and 3D Object Jeopardy.  Check out the categories and the questions:

Have a great night!

April 8, 2013

I hope everyone had a great break.  I spent the week in Mexico, enjoying the sun and family.

We started our day by welcoming a new student, Aarushi.  She has recently moved to the neighborhood and the kids were excited to have her join our class.

We put this week's No Excuse Words in alphabetical order:

For Word Work we did Making Words:

In Religion we talked about Jesus' resurrection, John 20: 1-18.  Here is a video telling the story:

In Math today we talked about shapes.  Click here to play a game online to review the different shapes.  We also looked at the following picture and counted all the triangles we could find.  We found 32, how many can you find at home?

In Social Studies today we read the following together:

To learn more about how these canoes were built, we watched the following:

It was a busy day getting back into the swing of things, but it was fun.  Have a great night!