Mrs. Stringers Blog

 This week in literacy, we continued our focus on elebroating or adding details to our sentences.  These week we explored different sensory words that we can use to decribe what we see, what we hear, what we smell, what were taste and what we feel in certain situations.  We rewrote some borning sentences by adding sensory words to "paint a picture" in our readers mind.  With our word of the day, we looked at 'some, many, would and were'. Making sure we map those spellings into our brains because these words don't follow the normal patterns and can't be sounded out. In math groups this week, we began a new unit Fractions.  Students explored the whole and parts of fractions by using playdo and cutting into equal parts.  We learned that the top number in a fractions is called the numerator and the bottom number is called the denominator. In gym this week, we used our pillow polo skills to play some mini games.  The grade 2/3's did a great job working as a...

 This week in literacy, we began working on elaborating and adding details to our sentences.  This week we focused on our 5 senses and how to use describing words to make our writing more interesting. In word work, we concluded our work with learning all the different spelling combinations.  This week we focused at silent t words. We have also started, The Word of the Day, finding a hidden irregular word that are the most common and what we need to learn in order to spell it. In our math groups, we finished looking at multiplication and division with a show what you know quiz. This week was mental health week.  On Wednesday, it was Hat's on for Mental Health.  We read a story about a Sloth learning how to slow down and show empathy towards others.  We designed our own hats with slogans and saying to help us remmeber to look after our mental health. In gym class this week, we also took care of our mental health and spent most of our gym classes outside....

 In Literacy this week, we focused on finishing off some writing projects.  Then we started changing borning sentences and making them more exciting and adding more details.  In word work, we looked at the suffix, /est/ and wrote some word sums with the new words we created with /est/.  We also reviewed silent letters, gn. In our math groups we continued looking at the relationship between multiplication and division and solving puzzles with our skip counting and grouping skills. In Science, we continued our work with Earth Systems. This week we looked at glaciers and how they shape our Earth and feed our rivers.  We also spend some time outside, in circle, sharing about our favourite insects. In gym, we completed the Mission Impossible. Important Reminders & Upcoming Events: 1. Please,  NO Toys  at school! (No stuffies or Pokemon cards) 2. Library Exchange on  Thursdays . 3. Wear a Hat on Wednesday for Hat's on for Mental Health Day. 4. No Sc...

 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 ...