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 In Literacy this week, we continued to examine nonfiction text features. We reviewed a number of different nonfiction Bat books and read an online book about bats. Then, we created a list of all the facts about Bats, and on Friday, we wrote some nonfiction sentences about bats.  We also visited the library on Thursday, choosing our favourite books to add to our book boxes. In math this week, our focus was on data management.  We reviewed how to make tally marks, conduct a survey, first-hand and second-hand data and how to make a bar graph.  We also looked at interpreting or reading the data from bar graphs. We were lucky to spend some time with our grade 5/6 buddies on Friday.  We got to play some math games with them in the library and do a dance party in the gym.  In art, we talked about Diawali and completed some Rangoli art using chalk pastels. Looking Ahead to Next Week: 1. In Literacy, we will begin looking at poetry and write our first poem. 2. In math, we will learn about line

Happy Pumpkin Week!!  In Literacy this week, we wrote a paragraph about what we learned and did in In-line skating.  The students did a great job using our sentence prompts to complete their thoughts.  Later in the week, we looked at the difference between fiction and non-fiction books and compared their text features. Then we looked at our pumpkin books, deciding which ones were fiction or non-fiction. In Word work, we looked at the letter 'y' and how it can make 3 different sounds.   In math this week, we did our pumpkin math.  We practised our estimating skills, and our skip counting skills, and began looking at graphing our data in a bar graph, all with pumpkin seeds.   We also completed a skip counting and place value assessment.   In Science, we learned about the pumpkins.  We observed the parts of a pumpkin and the life cycle of a pumpkin. As our pumpkins began to rot, we looked to see how it was breaking down and will eventually turn into soil. In Social Studies, we loo

 This week in literacy, we finished up a couple of writing assignments. We wrote about what we are thankful for and why.  Then we read another story called 'Too Many Pumpkins' and retold the story, pulling out the beginning, the middle and the ending.  In word work, we continued to review diagraphs, such as 'ng' and then looked at 'magic e' words that change the vowels in words into long vowel sounds. In math this week, we continued to work on skip counting forwards and backwards.  We also looked at comparing numbers on a number line.  The grade 2's used their skip counting skills, by counting collections by 2's and then by 10's.  The grade 3's continued to use their hundreds chart to skip count by 3's and 4's to prepare them for multiplication later in the year. In Science, we continued looking at solids, liquids and gases for the grade 3's and the grade 2's and worked on identifying the different materials that are used to make

 In literacy this week, we began looking at retelling a story.  We read a story called 'Pumpkin Blanket' and retold the beginning, middle and ending.  The students did a wonderful job writing sentences and drawing about what they remembered from the story.  In word work, we reviewed different digraphs, 'ch, sh, th and ck' sounds and began our reading groups, practising our 'just right' books. In math this week, we began looking at skip counting by 3's and 4's for the grade 3's and counting forward and backward for the grade 2's.  We also had some wonderful 'math talks' and discussions about what they wonder and notice in quick images and finding what doesn't belong.  Room 6 +1 excellently uses math vocabulary to express what they see and think. In gym class this week, we had our first In-line skating lesson.  It was so much fun, getting all our safety equipment on, and learning how to stand and use our heel brake to stop. Looking Ahea

 This week in literacy, we focused on using our sentence-writing skills to write about the leaves in Autumn.  We gathered leaves from outside, sketched them, and then described them using adjectives. We also talked about using adjectives to make our sentences more interesting.  In Word Work, we reviewed the 'ck' sound this week, blending and spelling words with those sounds. In math this week, we continued looking at numbers and place values.  We compared numbers using the greater than and less than symbols.  We also began looking at ordering numbers, from the greatest to the least and least to greatest.  On Friday, we worked as a group in clothesline math, putting numbers represented in different ways, in order from 1-100. In Science and Social Studies this week, we built helpful classroom items, using different materials.  Then in Social Studies, looked at the parts of a map.  The compass rose and the key of legend on a map and why is it important. Looking Ahead to Next Week:

 This week in literacy, we took about knowledge about complete sentences and wrote about some important events.  This week was National Truth & Reconciliation week, so after reading different stories and some classroom discussions, we wrote about that children might have been feeling in residential schools.  We also wrote about who our hero was and why, connecting to our Terry Fox run.  As well, this week, we reviewed the short vowel sounds we learned last year, building words and blending words with short vowel sounds. In math this week, we continued looking at place value and representing numbers in different ways.  We looked at writing numbers in words and continued with expanded form.  We also worked on some number strings and solved some equations, making them balance. In Science, we sorted matter.  The grade 2's sorting based on the materials that the object was made from and the grade 3's sorted based on the state of the matter, solid, liquid or gas.  In Social Studi