Happy Monday!
We were given our 10 new word wall words for the week. We talked about how most of them have an "e" sound in them by having an e on the end like in he or she or double e's like in sheep or queen.
Our words for the week are:
1) be
2) see
3) got
4) she
5) sheep
6) shop
7) queen
8) green
9) bee
10) he
Make sure when you are practicing your words you remember the meaning for be and bee since they are homophones.
Today was our first day of swimming. Our swimming time has been changed so we leave the school at 10:35. Some students found that wearing their bathing suits to school for the morning became uncomfortable. If this was the case for your child we suggest to just bring the swimsuit in a bag to school and change at the swimming pool. Some students took a VERY long time to get changed and organized after getting out of the pool. As a result, we came back to the school much later than expected which didn't give us much time to eat our lunches and go outside. We ask that you remind your child to make sure they are changing quickly after swimming. Lots of us had tons of fun swimming today. Here were some of our favourite things:
- Using a pool noodle
- Doing the Spiderman in the pool
- Swimming on my own at the end
- Playing "chop chop timber"
- Getting out of the pool
This afternoon we finished the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. We had to compare the movie to the book. Some of the things we noticed that were different between the movie and the book were:
- The glass elevator does not crash into Charlie's house like it did in the book
- There were geese who laid golden eggs instead of squirrels that shelled nuts
- There were no square chocolate that looked round in the movie
- Grandpa Joe and Charlie drank a fizzing lifting drink and broke the rules
- Willy Wonka tested Charlie and said he wasn't going to give him chocolate
- The glass elevator was called the Wonkavator
- The book was in winter and not spring
Reminders:
- We will continue swimming tomorrow and Wednesday
- Fun lunch is on Wednesday this week
- We have early dismissal on Thursday at 11:00. Please remember to bring a snack
- Thursday is black and orange day. Students are encouraged to wear black and orange but no costumes.
- Family dance is on Thursday
- There is no school for students on Friday
Monday, 26 October 2015
Friday, 23 October 2015
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Good afternoon,
This morning we started by playing hangman or word scramble with our spelling words. The students could play with any of our 50 words. This was great practice for our big test.
After morning activity we did our spelling test. The students were tested on all 50 of the words we have done so far. Students did a good job paying attention during our test. Ms. Binks made sure to review every 10 words.
After spelling we had gym. We did stations during gym today.
After recess, Room 8 had music and Room 7 did language arts. Following that we did Daily 5. We learned the other two ways to read. We learned about reading the words and retelling a story. Starting next week we will begin practicing reading every single day. We will be using all three kinds of reading.
This afternoon we started by doing ketchup.
At 1:00 Mrs. G's class joined us and we watched Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. The students were to find things that were similar and things that were different. We will be creating a Venn Diagram to show what we have learned.
Reminder, fun lunch will be next Wednesday.
Swimming begins next week. Please make sure your child has their bathing suit and towel with them. Also, please send a hairbrush and hair elastic if necessary. If your child is wearing their bathing suit to school, please ensure they have underwear to change into.
Have a wonderful weekend!
This morning we started by playing hangman or word scramble with our spelling words. The students could play with any of our 50 words. This was great practice for our big test.
After morning activity we did our spelling test. The students were tested on all 50 of the words we have done so far. Students did a good job paying attention during our test. Ms. Binks made sure to review every 10 words.
After spelling we had gym. We did stations during gym today.
After recess, Room 8 had music and Room 7 did language arts. Following that we did Daily 5. We learned the other two ways to read. We learned about reading the words and retelling a story. Starting next week we will begin practicing reading every single day. We will be using all three kinds of reading.
This afternoon we started by doing ketchup.
At 1:00 Mrs. G's class joined us and we watched Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. The students were to find things that were similar and things that were different. We will be creating a Venn Diagram to show what we have learned.
Reminder, fun lunch will be next Wednesday.
Swimming begins next week. Please make sure your child has their bathing suit and towel with them. Also, please send a hairbrush and hair elastic if necessary. If your child is wearing their bathing suit to school, please ensure they have underwear to change into.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Thursday, 22 October 2015
The End of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Good afternoon,
This morning we started by working on our letters to Mr. Willy Wonka. We had to tell Mr. Wonka some things about ourselves, how our machine works, and why we think Mr. Wonka should pick our machine. Many of us moved on to working on our good copy today.
After gym we FINISHED reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. We were delighted to find out that Mr. Wonka gave Charlie the chocolate factory. They rode a glass elevator of Charlie's house and picked up the rest family. Mr. Wonka took them to live at the factory. It was a very exciting ending. Tomorrow we will be working on some writing about the book.
Room 8 had word and learning commons while Room 7 had Music.
This afternoon we finished our Oompa Loompa Art. The Ooompa Loompas look amazing! Everyone added their own unique touch.
Reminders, field trip forms for Bridge Club. Spelling test is tomorrow! All the words are ones that we have already done. They are words that we have already done.
Have a great evening!
This morning we started by working on our letters to Mr. Willy Wonka. We had to tell Mr. Wonka some things about ourselves, how our machine works, and why we think Mr. Wonka should pick our machine. Many of us moved on to working on our good copy today.
After gym we FINISHED reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. We were delighted to find out that Mr. Wonka gave Charlie the chocolate factory. They rode a glass elevator of Charlie's house and picked up the rest family. Mr. Wonka took them to live at the factory. It was a very exciting ending. Tomorrow we will be working on some writing about the book.
Room 8 had word and learning commons while Room 7 had Music.
This afternoon we finished our Oompa Loompa Art. The Ooompa Loompas look amazing! Everyone added their own unique touch.
Reminders, field trip forms for Bridge Club. Spelling test is tomorrow! All the words are ones that we have already done. They are words that we have already done.
Have a great evening!
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Retirement...
This morning we were told about how Mrs. R is retiring at the end of the month. We had to think about what might people do when they retire or what might Mrs. R do once she retires? We used the dictionary to look up retire and found out it means when someone withdraws (or stops) their employment. We had to write 5 sentences in our journal about our ideas and then draw a picture. Some of our pictures and writing will be used in the assembly for Mrs. R next week. It was very interesting to hear thoughts about retirement and hopefully give Mrs. R some ideas to fill her days. Some of our ideas were:
- She could go on a trip to India
- She could go to her favourite restaurant
- She could get paid money from the government
- She could go to the beach
- She could go home and rest since she is so tired
Mr. Fisher's class had library today. If you are in Mr. Fisher's class, practice reading your library book by using only the pictures.
This afternoon we continued our work with Mrs. G's class. Some of us tested our machines and wrote about what worked well, what didn't work and what improvements we could make. Others continued their work on writing a letter to Willy Wonka. We will be mailing our letters next week and will be crossing our fingers that we hear back from him!
Reminders:
- Ms. Binks's class has library tomorrow
- Make sure you are practicing your 50 words for our test on Friday!
- She could go on a trip to India
- She could go to her favourite restaurant
- She could get paid money from the government
- She could go to the beach
- She could go home and rest since she is so tired
Mr. Fisher's class had library today. If you are in Mr. Fisher's class, practice reading your library book by using only the pictures.
This afternoon we continued our work with Mrs. G's class. Some of us tested our machines and wrote about what worked well, what didn't work and what improvements we could make. Others continued their work on writing a letter to Willy Wonka. We will be mailing our letters next week and will be crossing our fingers that we hear back from him!
Reminders:
- Ms. Binks's class has library tomorrow
- Make sure you are practicing your 50 words for our test on Friday!
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
50 Spelling Words
Here are the 50 spelling words that we will be tested on this Friday. All of these words are from the previous weeks. There will not be bonus words this week.
on
not
but
at
had
in
did
get
red
hot
has
fox
box
mix
egg
jam
pet
nap
big
his
is
an
and
can
all
call
land
hand
small
up
it
him
I
for
or
four
we
man
men
add
ask
came
name
ride
bone
save
kite
cute
mine
on
not
but
at
had
in
did
get
red
hot
has
fox
box
mix
egg
jam
pet
nap
big
his
is
an
and
can
all
call
land
hand
small
up
it
him
I
for
or
four
we
man
men
add
ask
came
name
ride
bone
save
kite
cute
mine
Say Cheese!!
Today was picture day! It was great to see all the amazing outfits, wonderful hairstyles and big big smiles for our pictures.
This morning we continued to practice our 50 word wall words. We worked in partners to complete spelling task cards that have us writing, drawing, speaking and building our spelling words. Ask me about an activity I did this morning (this would be excellent practice for home!)
Today in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory we heard about how Mike Teevee was taken away by the Oompa Loompas to get stretched out after he shrunk himself by going into the chocolate television. As of right now, Charlie is the only child left on Willy Wonka's tour. Some of us think that he will disappear too where others think he will stay on the tour since he is polite and kind.
We continued to build our reading skills by learning one way to read a book: looking at the pictures. Ms. Binks showed us a picture book and covered the words. We had to use the pictures to figure out what was happening in the story as well as who the characters were and how they were feeling. It is important to use pictures in books because they help tell a story and can help give us cues to figure out what is happening in a book. Tomorrow we will learn 2 new ways to read a book.
This afternoon we worked with Mrs. G's grade two class to complete different tasks. We were given one last period to finish building our magnet machines. Some of us found it difficult to finish building or build a machine that reflected our blueprints. Once we were finished building we talked about how we would share our machines with Mr. Wonka. Some people suggested that Ms. Binks call or text Willy Wonka but unfortunately she does not have his phone number. Someone else suggested that we could write him a note and luckily Ms. Binks agreed because she has his address! We decided that we would write letters to Willy Wonka to describe our machines, explain how they worked and try and convince him to choose our machine. Ms. Binks read the book "I wanna iguana" to give us ideas about what to put in letters. When she was finished, one group of students worked in Mrs. G's room on their letters where the other group tested their magnet machines. Once that group was done testing they needed to reflect on their machine by saying what worked well, what didn't work and how they could improve it. We will continue this work tomorrow.
Reminders:
- Fun lunch orders are due tomorrow
- Mr. Fisher's class has library tomorrow
- Practice your 50 spelling words!!
This morning we continued to practice our 50 word wall words. We worked in partners to complete spelling task cards that have us writing, drawing, speaking and building our spelling words. Ask me about an activity I did this morning (this would be excellent practice for home!)
Today in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory we heard about how Mike Teevee was taken away by the Oompa Loompas to get stretched out after he shrunk himself by going into the chocolate television. As of right now, Charlie is the only child left on Willy Wonka's tour. Some of us think that he will disappear too where others think he will stay on the tour since he is polite and kind.
We continued to build our reading skills by learning one way to read a book: looking at the pictures. Ms. Binks showed us a picture book and covered the words. We had to use the pictures to figure out what was happening in the story as well as who the characters were and how they were feeling. It is important to use pictures in books because they help tell a story and can help give us cues to figure out what is happening in a book. Tomorrow we will learn 2 new ways to read a book.
This afternoon we worked with Mrs. G's grade two class to complete different tasks. We were given one last period to finish building our magnet machines. Some of us found it difficult to finish building or build a machine that reflected our blueprints. Once we were finished building we talked about how we would share our machines with Mr. Wonka. Some people suggested that Ms. Binks call or text Willy Wonka but unfortunately she does not have his phone number. Someone else suggested that we could write him a note and luckily Ms. Binks agreed because she has his address! We decided that we would write letters to Willy Wonka to describe our machines, explain how they worked and try and convince him to choose our machine. Ms. Binks read the book "I wanna iguana" to give us ideas about what to put in letters. When she was finished, one group of students worked in Mrs. G's room on their letters where the other group tested their magnet machines. Once that group was done testing they needed to reflect on their machine by saying what worked well, what didn't work and how they could improve it. We will continue this work tomorrow.
Reminders:
- Fun lunch orders are due tomorrow
- Mr. Fisher's class has library tomorrow
- Practice your 50 spelling words!!
Monday, 19 October 2015
Picture Day Tomorrow!
Good afternoon,
This morning we began our day by journalling about our weekend. We had two write 6 sentences and include at least 3 juicy words. We also had to make sure our sentences were at least 5 words long.
This week our spelling test will be on all 50 of the words we've learned so far. We started practicing working with those words this morning. We did some task cards. We had to pick 10 spelling words and do the activity described on the cards. We had a hard time working quietly and many of us were unable to finish.
This afternoon we worked on some Ketchup. While we were doing this Mrs. Stables pulled small groups of us to finish our art project. We put all the pieces in the mural. Each piece had a number on the back and we had to figure out where it belonged. We used many strategies such as, counting by tens and fives, and using the rows on the hundred chart to help us.
Reminders, tomorrow is picture day! Please bring your best smile and make sure you comb your hair. Also, swimming begins Oct. 26th, please make sure you have your form and fee in. Lastly, fun lunch orders are due Wednesday.
Have a great evening!
P.S. Parents, don't forget to vote!
This morning we began our day by journalling about our weekend. We had two write 6 sentences and include at least 3 juicy words. We also had to make sure our sentences were at least 5 words long.
This week our spelling test will be on all 50 of the words we've learned so far. We started practicing working with those words this morning. We did some task cards. We had to pick 10 spelling words and do the activity described on the cards. We had a hard time working quietly and many of us were unable to finish.
This afternoon we worked on some Ketchup. While we were doing this Mrs. Stables pulled small groups of us to finish our art project. We put all the pieces in the mural. Each piece had a number on the back and we had to figure out where it belonged. We used many strategies such as, counting by tens and fives, and using the rows on the hundred chart to help us.
Reminders, tomorrow is picture day! Please bring your best smile and make sure you comb your hair. Also, swimming begins Oct. 26th, please make sure you have your form and fee in. Lastly, fun lunch orders are due Wednesday.
Have a great evening!
P.S. Parents, don't forget to vote!
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