Daily 5

We have been starting a new program called Daily 5 since the beginning of January. We have been having so much fun in learning about reading and the kinds of books available to read. There are essentially 5 stations to work at when doing the Daily 5. There is: 1) Read to Self, 2) Read to Someone, 3) Work on Writing, 4) Word Work, 5) Listening. We will be doing the first 4 stations, but I am tweeking the fifth station a little bit. Insted of Listening to books, we will have one student at the iPad station. This station, students will be working on sight words, listening or word games.

Our focus is to work on Daily 5 every Wednesday and Thursday. So far, we've practiced Read to Self and Read to Someone. Take a look at our busy readers!

Homework Folder Goes Home

5 students have gone home with a blue folder with work that has not been completed in class. Please see below to see what it looks like.

 

Post It sticky will always have information of when it was sent home and when it will be due. Please ensure your child completes his/her homework.

Animal Study

We have decided on our winter animal study through a vote. The winner is.... penguin study!

We used a KWL chart to show what we Know, Wonder, and Learned

These are the responses from the students about what they Know already:

Madison K.- They waddle
Manjit- They do no fly. They're fast swimmers
Brody- They're birsd and can't fly. They walk with their babies
Madison L.- They slide on their bellies on snow
Talati- They jump from the water
Grayson- They dive out of water
Evey- They live in the arctic. Most of them are fat
Noah G.-They swim. They're birds that swim
Taylor- They have beaks and wings
Noah F.- They slip and slide
Tyson- They eat fish
Abriella- They like to flop around
Alexa- They lay eggs
Timothy- They walk slowly
Zara- They can't be in the hot weather

These are the questions about what the Wonder about:
Evey- What time does the egg hatches?
Noah G. - When do they get their babies?
Timothy- When do they lay their eggs?
Alexa- Why are they so fat?
Tyson- Why they swim so fast?
Zara- Why are they called penguins?
Sahib- Why do they run so fast?
Taylor - How old do they get?
Madison L.- Why do they have to stay away from the sun?
Manjit- Where does the egg come out?
Brody- If they live in an igloo?
Taylor- Do they have different colours besides black and white?


We will be looking through different mediums to learn about our wonders. It's going to a slippery fun ride!

Math Homework

November Math packages were sent home today. We didn't get to complete the measurement unit in November and December. Please complete for January 13.

I will mark the booklet after and if there are any changes, the package will be sent home again for corrections.

Mystery Readers

Thank you to all those who have signed up to come to our classroom and volunteer their time to read a Christmas story to the children. We have had a lot of fun, excitement, curious thinkers and learning opportunities about our parents.

Here are some pictures:

Home Completion

Our homes have been completed. We tested and tried all kinds of materials. We sprayed water, we blew, we shook. Here are the pictures of homes built by our genius home builders!

St. Emile House

 The Reindeer House

 Lightening Thunder

The Monster House

The Wonder House

Santa Clause House

The Brick House

Let the homes commence!

Home building has officially started and boy, is it ever hard to begin the process of building. First we had to discuss the types of homes, windows, doors and roofs there were. Then we had to plan the different materials we were going to use. After discussing with the groups and negotiating what was the best material to use, we collected to planned it out on paper.

Requirements for the homes are:

1. waterproof
2. windproof
3. has to have at least 2 window or more + a door
4. has a roof
5. must show group effort

We hope to construct for at least 2 weeks. Keep your eyes open for the finished product!

Here's a sneak peak of our hard construction workers: