Hi Families,
This week, we marvelled as we checked the weather daily, and found that Calgary was the coldest community out of the three that we monitor, including Halifax and Iqaluit. To quote one student, "The Arctic has come to Calgary!" We stayed warm and cozy during our indoor lunch and afternoon recesses, and kept our fingers crossed that it warms up and we get outside again next week!
Thank you to the families that were able to attend the School Council meeting this month, where Ms. Bouchard and I presented our classes' collaborative work on perseverance. All School Council meetings are virtual this year, so you can attend them from the comfort of your own home!
In our Sound Study, we continued exploring digraphs with -ng, and the very silly poem "On the Ning, Nang, Nong" (found in our Google Classroom, Literacy --> Poetry Study). We added each vowel to the -ng digraph and started developing word lists for each combination:
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| Co-generated word lists. Students were able to identify examples of increasing complexity, adding digraphs, 2 and 3 letter blends and common endings. Our favourite are words that use double "ng" like "bringing"! |
Our Perfect Cup of Cocoa art and writing is now hanging proudly outside our classroom! We plan to share the writing with you in more depth soon, but for the meantime, please enjoy a short glimpse of the colourful display!
We have greatly enjoyed learning about our family histories, and plotting each generation's birth place (approximately) on our maps. Thank you to everyone who contributed information!
To wrap up our week, we had a lovely day celebrating friendship during our Valentine's Day activities:
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| Thumb-print heart art. Happy Valentines Day from Room 8! |
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| Our buddy valentines with Room 7. |
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| Identifying key vocabulary in word problems that indicate whether it can be solved with addition or subtraction. |
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| Noticing that some books may have both fiction and non-fiction features. |
Some upcoming reminders:
Ms. Thomas
