Mrs. Stringers Blog

 This week in literacy we focused on writing about Earth Day.  We read a book called, 'Thank you Earth' by April Pulley Sayre.  It is written about all the things we should be thankful for that come from the Earth using a literacy technique called alliteration.  Together we brainstormed ideas and wrote our own Love Letter to the Earth using alliteration.  In word work this week, we looked at an alternative spelling pattern of 'ough' and how it makes two different sounds, 'aw' and 'o'.  Then we 'coded' a piece of writing with many 'ough' words located with in the text and practiced our reading fluency, by reading it together. In math this week, we continued with our math groups.  Working on division and how it can be represented in several different ways.  We also solved different puzzles, such as a mystery mobile. This week we also had a special guest, Ms. Nida who gave us a wonderful presentation on her home country of Tunisia.  This hel...

 In Literacy this week, we finished working on our first narrative story about a dog.  We worked on developing our character and 'hooking' our reader in with a good beginning.  We also responded to a book we read, called 'The bad case of Stripes".  In word work, we looked at the last spelling pattern for the long a sound, aight, like in the word straight.  We also explored the suffix 'er' and created some word sums using 'er'. In our new math groups, we continued to work on division as 'grouping' and dividing our doggies biscuits into equal groups. In science, this week we were looking at the impact of erosion and weathing on our Earth.  We created mini landscapes and then added rain and wind to see what happened to our landscapes. In gym this week, we used the Calgary Climber and 6 other stations through out the gym.  We learned how to move safely, using the 'three in a tree' and BMX grip when climber up the climber. Important Reminders...

In Literacy, this week we began writing about ladybugs after we watching a video about ladybugs.  Then we started planning another adventure story.  We worked at organizing and planning out our ideas.  In word work, we looked at the suffix of /ing/ and how it makes the meaning of words continuous.  We also learned about doubling the last consonant in the base word when adding /ing/.  We also created a word web for the base word, play.   In math this week, we continued reviewing our multiplication skills and continued with a little of division.  The grade two's looked at time, the days of the week and months of the year.  We finished off our week, playing some fact fluency games to practice our skills. In the afternoons, we continued our unit of gymnastics in the gym.  We learned how to create Smart beginings and endings, as well as create routines while making our bodies into different shapes. We also spend time outside, sketching and en...

 In Literacy this week, we practiced our quick sketching skills and wrote about what we did over the Spring Break.  Later in the week, we learned about a form of poetry called Haiku.  We listened and looked at a couple of exmples and reviewed what syllables are.  Then we planning, drafted and revised our own Haiku poem.  In word work, we learned about air, ear and are making the /air/ sound and learned that the suffix /ed/ can make 3 different sounds when it is added to the base word. In math this week, the grade 2's focused on even and odd number and splitting quanities of items into two seperate groups. The grade 3's began looking at division and learned that it is a way of sharing or splitting up items into equal groups. On Friday, we worked with a partner, doubling or multiplying by 2 numbers to be the first person to remove all the chips from the game board in DOUBLE IT! In science, we began our new unit on Earth Systems. In gym we began out gymnatics unit ...