Feb 23-27

There are a few important things for this week.  Wednesday is "wear pink day" to combat bullying in our schools. Also sent home in the students agendas are the permission forms for swimming.  These forms need to be returned by March 13th, along with payment (cash, cheque, or online) if you haven't done so already. 

Language Arts

Spelling:

Our spelling words for this week are as follows;

race   stick   color   kick   quick   back   became   neck   cent   city

Writing:

In writing, we are continuing to work on adding detail to our work.  We are using narrative and informative examples to emphasize how to write details. We are using strategies to make our writing more entertaining for the reader.  Our introductions can include a sound, a dialogue, an action, or a thought.  We are working on getting away from beginnings such as "Once upon a time" or "One day there was a...".  We have also been working on including opinions in our writing.  We talked about what "pro's and con's" are and how we can argue our own opinions. 

Math  

In math we are continuing in our measurement unit.  We are looking at measuring different items around the classroom and the hallway, using different "non-standard" units of measurement.  An example of a "standard" unit of measurement would be a centimeter. A "non-standard" unit could be anything they find to measure with, such as an eraser.  "My desk is 14 "erasers" long.  We are then comparing length and finding things that are shorter and longer.  The students love being hands on going around and measuring things that they can find.

Science

We have started our exploring liquids unit.  Some of the things the students will be learning in this unit are as follows; 

• Recognize and describe the following characteristics of a liquid: flow, shape of drop, surface of calm water
• Compare water to other liquids based on colour, flow, shape of drop, reaction with solids
• Show understanding that liquid can change to a solid or gas, and back again.

We started our unit by exploring some different liquids and how they were affected by being put in a freezer as well as left out on a counter for the weekend.  We had some pretty interesting results that I'm sure your children would be happy to tell you about.

I hope everyone has had a great February.  Hard to believe it is almost over and we'll be into March next week.  Have a great rest of the week.

Mr. Aasen