Monday, 27 February 2023

February 27

 Today we are grateful for...

  • Planting Tomatosphere seeds. 
  • Recess, playing games. 
  • Science - investigating seeds. 
  • New Spirit Buddies. 
  • Sharing stories and math work. 
  • Everyone here!



Friday, 24 February 2023

February 24

 We went on a "butterfly walk" around the school. Butterflies can recognize colours and movement that other creatures can't detect. Looking at decorations around the school, we tried to detect things that others may have overlooked. What is the message that is being told? What is important? What stands out? What is undetected? 


 




Thursday, 23 February 2023

February 23

 Some happenings in room 177...

  • Learning about the fur trade. 
  • Tale of Despereaux - chapter 14, in the dungeon!
  • Creating similes using comparisons of feelings and nature. 
  • Multiplication, solving 2 x 1 digit problems; practicing the area model, number line, skip counting and arrays. 
  • Stories of kindness.
  • Student led mindfulness practice. 



Tuesday, 21 February 2023

Monday, 20 February 2023

Pack Recorders!

Please make sure your recorders are "living in your backpack" for the next few weeks. 



Wednesday, 15 February 2023

February 15

Today we are grateful for...
  • Stella Ella game (multiplication through skip counting)
  • Laptop - prodigy
  • skipping
  • Everybody
  • Artifacts.
  • Tale of Despereaux, chapter 10. 
  • Book Exchange. 
  • Nature flags. 
Please note - NO SCHOOL THURSDAY, FRIDAY OR MONDAY!!! See you February 21st.

Tale of Despereaux - reading along 


Collaborative work



Monday, 13 February 2023

February 13

Some things we are grateful for...
  • Healthy lunch kit challenge/Valentine Box creation.
  • All of our friends.
  • Skipping challenges in gym. 
  • Pen pal letter writing. 
  • division in math. 
  • Sharing compliments in a circle. 
The Indigenous Map of Canada was an opportunity to look closely at our land through the lens of history. 
We were able to borrow it for the past two weeks. It was returned on Thursday.
Thank you to Ms. Reilly for obtaining this resource for our school!

This coming weekend (February 17 - 20) is the Global Bird Count. https://www.birdcount.org/ 
Last Friday we joined our grade one buddies to practice observing and counting birds at our Wildflower Pond. We had success! 



Grade 4 - It's a Wrap!

 Some of the activities we shared this week were celebrating each other's Calgary Stampede projects, showing our favourite part of the y...