Week 25 ( April 2 - 5)

Welcome back, hope everyone had a good Spring Break!!

In Literacy this week, we focused on looking a different genre of texts and their features.  We sorted books into different genres and then determined what genre they were from.   Then we worked on responded to the texts we read together as a class, by answering questions in our response journals about what we read. In word work this week, we focused on suffixes, es, s and ly.




In math this week, we learned about an Indigenous way of keeping track of time.  They are called Winter Counts and each student drew a picture on their 'animal hide' to represent significant events in their lives. We will add this to our daily calendar routine to keep track of events in our classroom as well.  Also, the grade three's began learning about multiplication.  They learned that the multiplication sign X means equal groups of, and used some circles and stars to represent multiplication.  The grade two's worked on their addition and subtraction facts by solving word problems.




In Social Studies this week, the grade three's began their journey to another continent to visit the country of Ukraine.  They used websites to research some facts about Ukraine's climate, landforms and language.  The grade 2's began looking at a prairie community, and looked up 10 interesting facts of Saskatoon.




In gym and art, we had a great week playing Gaga ball in gym.  In art, we are working on drawing Crocus's or 'the ears of the earth'.  First we drew the crocus', then we learned how to use water colour crayons to blend the paint, and then we will add an outline with black sharpie.  These art pieces will be decorations for the Division II's Spring concert on Thursday!





Looking Ahead to Next Week:

1. In Literacy, we will focus on story writing and exploring the elements that make up a story.

2. In math, the grade 2's will learn about equal and unequal equations and the grade3's will continue learning about Multiplication, looking at factors and array's.

3. In Science & Social Studies, we will continue looking at Movement Energy, Ukraine and a Prairie Community.

Important Reminders & Upcoming Events:

1. Library Day - Thursdays!

2. Continue with Home Reading - READO!!

3. Healthy Hunger lunches - please sign up on-line 5 Days before


4. Students will stay inside during the Solar Eclipse at lunchtime recess on Monday, April 8th, do to safety concerns.

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