June 12, 2013

For No Excuse Words today we did sparkle spelling.  This week we have lots of large number words so we really took time to review how to spell them.

In Language Arts today we wrote the last big story of the year.  Here is the picture we wrote about:

Over the summer a great way to practice writing is to do a journal.  Make sure you use uppercase letters at the beginning of sentences and names and that you put punctuation at the end.  You should also make sure you use lots of describing words to make your writing interesting.

In science today we continued with our Building Things unit.  We started with the movie; The Magic School Bus: Under Construction.

We then made a list of different objects we can build with:

Have a great night!

June 11, 2013

First off, don't forget your rocks tomorrow.

For No Excuse Words today we did the student created word finds we made yesterday:

In Language Arts we read the story Wait and See by Robert Munsch.  This story is available on TumbleBooks through the FMPL website.  As a reader response we discussed what we could wish for on our birthday and what we would do if our wish came true.

In Science this afternoon we started our last unit, Building Things.  The learner outcomes for this unit are:

Have a great night!!

June 10, 2013

We has a great time on our field trip to the multimedia exhibit "Boppin' with Me. Mynah". Check out the pics below: 

Great day!!!

June 6, 2013

For No Excuse Words today we did cloze words:

We then continued reading Stuart Little.  Stuart had a big adventure today.  When he was hiding from a dog in a garbage can, the can got picked up and thrown into the garbage truck.  The truck then dumped the garbage onto a garbage barge heading out to sea.  Luckily, his friend Margalo saw him, and rescued him before he was dumped into the ocean.  It was a close call for Stuart.  

In Art today we learnt about the famous artist Vincent Van Gogh.  Check out this cool video showing all of his self portraits:

We then specifically looked at his famous "Sunflowers" painting:

We then made our own versions of a Sunflower using tissue paper and sunflower seeds.  Here are a couple of examples:

In Science today we learnt that animals have different kinds of covering to help them live and move in their environment.  We played a game of Animal Coverings Jeopardy to learn more.  You can play the game at home by clicking here.

Have a great weekend!!!

June 5, 2013

Sorry for no post yesterday but I was out sick.

Today for No Excuse Word Review we completed the word finds our friends made yesterday.

In LA we read the Robert Munsch Story David's Father.  You can listen to the story by clicking on the image below:

After reading the story we compared David's father to ours.  This is Mrs. Easton's comparison:

In Science, we began talking about how plants and animals interact.  We learnt about how humans use plants as food, building materials, medicine, and to make clothing. 

We also learnt that animals eat various types of plants and plant seeds.  Finally, we learnt that some animals make adaptions to be able to interact with plants better.  We learnt that there are 2 types of honeybees; the Hairy Honeybee and the Baldy Honeybee.  Both bees collect pollen from flowers to bring back to their hive to make honey.  We used straws, pipe cleaners and flour to simulate bees collecting pollen and we found out that the pollen sticks to the Hairy Honeybee best.

Have a great night!!!

June 3, 2013

Wow, it is the last month of school!

We are going on a field trip to MacIsland on June 10 to participate in a Multimedia Exhibit called Boppin' with Mr. Mynah.  The information and permission slip came home with your child in their Kanga Pouch today,

This week's review No Excuse Words are:

In Math we finished up our addition and subtraction unit with a unit test.  They are coming home later tonight to be signed.

In Science today we looked at our plants we planted a couple of weeks ago that followed the following chart:

After looking at the plants we learned that:

Have a great night!!

May 31, 2013

Today we read the story "It's My Room" by Robert Munsch.  Robert Munsch wrote this story for a little boy from Newfoundland who had moved to Fort McMurray.  He had his own room, but his relatives kept coming to stay with him, and he was getting tired of sharing.  Here is the story map we did as a reader response:

In science today we planted our own lima bean seeds.  If you want to plant them at home here are the directions:

We then talked about what would happen when it began to grow:

Have a great weekend!