Mrs. Stringers Blog

 This week in literacy, we made our sentences 'Pop', by adding in the when?  We build sentences with our paper strips and then used picture prompts to write our own sentences in our journals.  We also looked at a sample of writing and identified the who? the what? and the when? in each sentence.  In word work, we began looking at vowel teams that make the long vowel sounds. We learned about the ay and the ai spelling pattern, also make the long A sound.   In our math groups, we focused on making 10, which will help with our addition and subtraction skills. In Science, this week, we worked on looking at natural materials and how Indigenous people used natural materials to make different objects with certain purposes. Looking Ahead to Next Week: 1. In Literacy, we will look at the where in sentences and add more punctuation. We will also read some fiction stories about Gingerbread houses. We will continue looking at vowel teams and working on our reading flue...

 In Literacy this week, we focused on kernel sentences.  Kernel sentences are the basic structure of sentences, containing the who? and the what?  We built sentences using paper strips and then wrote our own sentences by looking at pictures as prompts, identifying the who and what in each picture.  In word work, we learned about a cool sound called a schwa, that kids really liked the upside down e and worked on listening for it in their reading. We also reviewed signal vowels, such as e, I, and y, that change the sound g and c make in words when those vowels are followed by them.  We also looked at the sounds that (tch) and (dge) make and looked for those spelling patterns in our reading. In math this week, we regrouped all the grade 2/3 students into 4 different math groups.  Each math group focused on number lines and adding benchmarks, completed a preassessment on addition skills and began working on basic addition and subtraction skills. In Science, we ...

 This week in Literacy, we looked at another form of writing, poetry. We discussed what poetry looks like and sounds like.  Then we looked at acrostic poems and how they work.  We brainstormed ideas about Remembrance Day and wrote an acrostic poem about that topic.  In reading, we continued to practice reading in our groups and choosing books for our book box. In math this week, we continued to look at data management.  We learned about reading, interpreting and creating 3 types of graphs, a bar graph, a dot plot graph, and a pictograph.   In Science, we continued to look at Matter.  The grade 3's learned about some definitions, evaporation, condensation, melting and freezing points.  While the grade 2's sorting materials based on their properties. In art this week, we created poppies using Pointillism and then made ripped poppies for our wreath to share at the assembly.  In gym class, we explored different ways to move on scooters....

 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 m...