Week 17 ( Jan 6 - 10)

In literacy this week, we worked on expanding boring sentences.  While reading a book about Polar Bears, we expanded kernel sentences by adding because, why and how.  In Word work, we finished looking at long e by exploring the last vowel team (ie and ei).  We also completed a word sort, listening for the long e sounds.



In math this week, we looked at transformations.  We explored how shapes turn, slide and flip without changing shape or size.  We worked through different stations, exploring each transformation, translation, rotation and reflection.  On Monday, we looked at Winter counts to celebrate the New Year and record 3 important events that happened to us in 2024. 





In gym and art class this week, we began our unit on floor hockey.  This week, we learned how to hold a hockey stick, how to stick handle, shoot and pass with a partner.  In Art, we looked at Tessellations, combining our math knowledge on transformations into an art piece.  We looked at MC Echer's work on Tessellations and then created our own.





We also read a book called, Brave Like the Buffalo and learned how Buffalo stand and face storms to help them grow self-confidence and perseverance.  We wrote what we will try to do to be Brave on our Buffalo's and will put them up in our classroom with the Indigenous teachings of likakimat.

Important Reminders & Upcoming Events:

1. Please, NO Toys at school! 

2. Library Exchange on Thursdays

3. NO school, January 31st

4. I am still looking for Volunteers for our February 6th Field Trip to Studio Bell, please email Mrs. Stringer. We still need one more volunteer or we will not be able to go.  

Thanks,

Megan Stringer

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