I like winter, but this is getting a bit harsh...

Hello...Brrrr...this is starting to become too common. I know we live in Canada, but I can't remember a year that we have had soooo many indoor recesses. Poor kids (poor teachers :)). We are all surviving though...and it can and must eventually get warmer, right?

I hope that you had a chance to take a look at your child's report card. I've been impressed with this class. We continue to work on giving our best at all times, becoming more independent and staying focused. But, for the most part we are en route to achieving our best and it seems as though everyone is happy to be at school. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

Our words of the week are contractions this week. Students will be working with their words in small literacy groups. We have also been using the tool "Power Paragraphs" to organize our ideas into detailed paragraphs.  Today we read a book that informed us about animal habits and comparisons to humans. Students were asked to take information from the book and practise writing their response in Power Paragraph form.

In Math we are working with 2D and 3D shapes. Students worked on designing a floor tile using triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons and hexagons. They were to colour in their design using a chromatic colour scheme.

Zumba finishes up this Friday- we have had a great time groovin' with Louise. She really is a fantastic and engaging instructor.

Thursday is Crazy Sock Day for House Points. Our class has taken on the responsibility of calculating and counting all the points from the classes. Its a great leadership opportunity for the kids and it is a great numeracy task. On Thursday we will also have a Character Assembly in the morning.

Ms. Rogers

100th Day Celebrations

I'm sorry it took me a bit to post these gems.  Students created pictures on Feb.6th using the number 100.  Again, their creativity is awesome!  It was a fun day and I have to say that the costumes and 100 year old get ups were hilarious. Thanks for helping your child out with their 100 year old self!  I won't post their pics but here's one of  the 100 year old teacher.

Photo courtesy of Ashley P.

Castle Builders Beware- Budding Builders!

Today while the grade threes were outside enjoying Carnaval, the grade twos and I were inside designing and building castles.  Wow! What fun! I am over the moon excited about their ability to talk about 3D figures and to create such masterpieces. If I was Queen, I'd be happy to live in one of their castles. Check them out- don't be afraid to ask questions of your child. What figure did you use most? Which figures stack, roll, slide?  Find/point out different 3D shapes and their edges, faces and vertices. 

Tangrams

Sorry for any confusion- 1ooth day is this Friday!  Students are asked to dress up like themselves at 100 years old. It should be interesting to watch everyone do Zumba with their costumes/outfits on! 

Today we worked with Tangrams. I read the book featured below to the class and they were excited to try and make the various items it mentioned- a cat, a candle, a house, etc.  They were a creative bunch.  In the end, everyone was asked to try and make a square out of all seven tangram pieces.  So far, no one has figured it out. Some students were close but the challenge continues tomorrow!  Take a look at the creations below. Can you guess what they were making?