Welcome back to school! We had a great first day back. It was nice to see lots of smiling faces in class today and it sounds like everyone had a great Spring Break. We had the chance to share some of the things we did over the last week and then the students chose one or two things to write about in their journals. I am so pleased to see what great writers they are becoming!
We also started guided reading in our levelled colour groups today. Students will be involved in a variety of activities centred around further developing their reading skills for 30 min every day. All students will have the opportunity to participate in a small, teacher guided reading group every week. Other activities will include partner reading, non-fiction, poetry and reader's theatre.
In math we began work on our next two units, measurement and shape and space. We talked about the most effective way to measure and how to use different units. The classes began experimenting with measurement by choosing a unit and measuring the length of a desk. Next we will work on recording our findings. At home you can support this learning by measuring things around your house with a variety of units (ie. how many shoes to measure a room? how many plates long is the table? etc.)
In Science we have started to think about our Building Things unit. We talked about our proposed project, building a community and watched a video about the process of building a house. From here we will learn about the parts of a building (ie. foundation, windows, roof, doors, chimney, etc.) After we sort through our building materials we will begin to draw up plans for our proposed 'community'. If you have any additional materials at home, please send them in this week.
Have a great night!
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