Last Day Of Swimming Tomorrow!

This morning we learned a new word: community. A community is a group of people who live in the same area. We talked about the communities that we belong to and what are some things you can find in a community. We figured out that we belong to the communities of Canada, Alberta, Calgary and Beddington Heights. Some of our ideas about things that you can find in a community included:
- libraries
- swimming pools
- schools
- streets
- trees
- parks
- restaurants
- buildings

In our sketchbooks we drew 4 sections. The first section was the biggest and then each section after it got smaller and smaller. We talked about how the communities we belong to can start off big and then once you "zoom in" can get smaller and smaller. In the biggest section we wrote Canada and had to draw 5 pictures or words that described part of the community of Canada. Then we had to do the same for Alberta, Calgary and Beddington Heights. We will continue to build on our knowledge of communities as we explore 3 Canadian communities in social studies.

This afternoon we started a special art project to build a thank you card for Mrs. Stables. We used the same art technique that she taught us when we created machines to make pictures of candy for her. We were given watercolour paper and had to use a yellow or light pencil crayon to draw a candy that filled the entire space of our paper. Then we traced the lines using a sharpie. The next step was to add colour by using markers and just drawing lines within our sharpie lines. The final step was to add water to the marker which made it look like paint. When we were finished we wrote thank you notes to Mrs. Stables to thank her for her time in our classrooms. Some pictures of our candy is below.

Reminders:
- It is our last day of swimming tomorrow. Please make sure you have your swimsuits and towels. Please dress in warm jackets and bring a hat to keep your head warm!
- Our school is collecting non perishable food items for the food bank until November 11. The challenge for our students from Mavericks is to collect enough food to extend through our hallways, upstairs and downstairs. Mavericks thank you for your support.
- All student photo orders are due back by Friday
- Important letters went home in purple folders today