Learning About Bar Graphs

Good afternoon!

This morning we started our day with a colour puzzle. We had 4 colours (blue, green, yellow, and red) to use and they could not touch each other in the puzzle. It was challenging, but it got our brains thinking for the day.

After gym, we came back and wrote a movie reflection of Maya and the Bee. We talked about things we liked, didn't like, and what we would change if we could. After recess, Ms. Zimmermann's class went to music, while Mr. Fisher's class worked on 'anchor sentences'. When we all got together before lunch, we got our new spelling words for the week.

Group 1:

more
store
stand
star
blew
flew
new
stone
sling
ring

Group 2:

cats
pigs
beds
bugs
tops
hill
bell
fell
ball
fall

After lunch, we did some quiet reading and tried to work on our spelling again. We didn't quite do well on that so we switched into math. We continued learning about bar graphs and how we make them. We didn't get to practice one of our own yet, but we made one as a class.

Some students were super excited to try this on their own, so that is something we encouraged for tonight. At the very least, talking about what goes into a graph could be helpful. We will continue working on graphing throughout the week.

REMINDERS:

Any students who were assigned homework by Ms. Zimmermann are required to have that back by Wednesday, March 2. No late work will be accepted. Homework was only required because students did not use class time wisely to finish it.

Happy Friday!

Good afternoon,

Today we started with Bingo, we did a very good job today of quietly listening while we were playing. After our game of Bingo we did our spelling tests.

After our spelling test, we went to gym. We did hoola hooping or skipping. Following gym, we had a snack and watched a story on the smartboard. Our story was told aloud and by someone using sign language.

To finish our day, we did a character sketch about a character from Maya and the Bee. We got choose our favourite character from the movie. We had to include their strengths, weekness, and characteristics.

Fun lunch is on Monday!

Have a great weekend!

Field Trip Day

Good afternoon!

Today was a fun day! We started the morning with gym before we left for our field trip to Landmark Cinemas. We saw the movie Maya and the Bee which was about a bee who was different from the rest and how she made friends with all the other bugs in the meadow... even the dung beetle.

We got back during lunch, so students ate in the classrooms and went outside before their afternoon of learning. When they came in, we did some quiet reading. We then did a continuation of yesterday's science learning about hot and cold. Finally, we finished the day with some time outside in this lovely weather.

REMINDERS:

Tomorrow is EARLY DISMISSAL (11am)! No lunch is necessary, but we will have snack time.

Fun Lunch is on Monday, February 29th.

Math and Science

Good afternoon!

We welcomed a guest teacher this morning, and Ms. Mesheau joined us during the afternoon while Mr. Fisher was away.

We started with task cards this morning, and after gym we continued to finish our math test. If we had completed our test, we started working on a rough draft of a letter.

After recess, Mr. Fisher's class went to music, while Ms. Zimmermann's class had some show and tell and finished up late work. Homework will be sent home at the end of the week for anything outstanding. Due to the field trip tomorrow, Ms. Zimmermann's and Mr. Fisher's classes went to library together today. It was a last minute decision and students who forgot library books at home will be able to swap book tomorrow morning before we leave if we like.

After lunch, we toured the Grade 3/4 class during silent reading to observe what it should look and sound like. When we got back to class, we practiced silent reading before starting math. We explored graphs and what things we need to include. We then moved into a science lesson about hot and cold. We will continue this tomorrow afternoon.

REMINDERS:

Field trip is TOMORROW!

Fun Lunch is on Monday, February 29th... not tomorrow as the original envelopes stated.

Pink Shirt Day!

Good afternoon,

This morning we started by finishing our spelling from yesterday. Most students were able to complete it during the time allotted.

In gym we continued with basketball. We are learning how to dribble and control the ball.

After gym, we finished working on our math tests. Many students are complete their test. If your child is not done, they will be given more time to finish.

After recess, room 8 had music and room 7 watched a video on the smartboard. The video tied into our pink shirt day. When room 8 returned from music we read a story about bullies. We talked about how we can show care for others in school.

After lunch, we did our quiet read.

For the rest of the afternoon, we worked on language arts. We learned another thing good readers do, making inferences. We learned that to infer means to figure out what the author is saying because sometimes the author doesn't tell us everything. We made some inferences as a class and then in small groups.

Pink shirt day is tomorrow! Please where a pink shirt if you have it. If not, feel free to wear any other pink items.

Field trip is on Thursday! Please return your form if you have not done so yet.

BHS is starting a community library. It will be in the school foyer. It is take a book, leave a book. We would love some book donations to get us started.

Room 7 has library tomorrow.

Mr. Fisher will be away tomorrow, we will have a guest teacher in.

Have a great afternoon!

Care for Others and Place

Good afternoon!

Students noticed that all our books had been moved out of the classroom and put away. Unfortunately, the books we have bought for our classrooms have been mistreated by students and are quite damaged (ripped pages, pages falling out, drawing in books, etc.). We spoke to the students about this and told them that if it kept happening, the books would be taken away. Here we are. The books may be returned, but in the interim, only library books are allowed to be read during class time.

This resulted in our morning activity, where students wrote about what care for place and care for others looks like both in and out of the school community.

When we came back from gym, we worked further discussed kindness in preparation for Pink Shirt Day which we celebrate on Wednesday to bring awareness to anti-bullying.

After recess, Ms. Zimmermann's class did a Self-Assessment surrounding their job research in Social Studies while Mr. Fisher's class went to music. When we all came together before lunch, we introduced the new spelling words for the week. Check out the lists below:

Group 1:

her
girl
turn
hurt
first
were
card
part
start
are

Group 2:

top
stop
men
fix
fox
ten
hat
hot
sand
hand

Our spelling test will be on Friday! Study up!

After lunch, we gathered for some silent reading before spending the next hour on our Math Review/Test which was all about 2D and 3D Shapes!

REMINDERS:

Permission forms for the field are PAST DUE! Please return TOMORROW!

Pink Shirt Day is Wednesday, February 24th... that is THIS WEDNESDAY! We encourage all students to wear a pink shirt in support of anti-bullying!

Field Trip is on Thursday, February 25th! We will be leaving at 9AM and returning during LUNCH.

EARLY DISMISSAL is this Friday, February 26th! Students will be let out at 11:00AM.

Finishing up 3D!

Good afternoon,

This morning we started with BINGO! We used words from both of our spelling groups. After BINGO we did our spelling test. Both groups drew a picture while the others took their test.

After spelling we went to gym. We continued with our fitness.

Following gym, we planned for our final activity for 3D shapes. We were given a certain number of shapes and had to create a plan for how we would build something using them. The students came up with some pretty awesome ideas.

After recess, room 8 had music while room 7 took a movement break. For the last half an hour before lunch we finished our planning for our final project.

Following lunch, we did our quiet read.

For the rest of the afternoon, we worked on a project to finish our 3D shapes unit. We created houses using cookies. We had several different shapes we had to incorporate. The projects turned out amazing!


Next week is our field trip. Please return you signed forms on Monday.