Friday, June 7, 2019

Highlights

We were fortunate to have beautiful weather for our field trip to the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary on Monday! We learned about insects, arachnids and crustaceans and we used magnifying glasses to help us identify different living creatures in pond water. We also went on a nature walk and saw a number of deer!

This week, we had a hoop dancing residency during gym class. Our teacher, Miss Jessica, competed in the hoop dancing world championships and she performed for us on Thursday.

In Science, we have been watching our caterpillars molt and grow bigger. Each student is also writing a Diary of a Painted Lady Butterfly.

In Math, we are starting to talk about data collection and reading graphs. We have also continued to practice solving Math word problems.

Important Information

June 10- Scholastic orders due (cash, cheque or online payment)
June 12-All library books and home reading books due

June 14- Twin and Triplet Day

June 20- Sports Day

June 26- Spirit Wear Day (Wear your PHS clothes or clothing with blue or gold)

Homework  

Have a good sleep so you are ready to learn on Monday!

Next Wednesday, we will begin collecting all the home reading books (black and white paper books and the coloured books) so we can begin sorting and organizing them for next year. Students are highly encouraged to continue doing home reading using their own books, books from the public library, or on Raz-Kids.

Ask me About:

-The 3 Little Pigs play presented by Evergreen Theatre

Friday, May 31, 2019

Highlights

This week we tested our boat designs in water to see if they would float and carry a load of snap cubes.  We also talked about how we would change our designs in the future based on what we learned.

In Language Arts, we used a story organizer to plan a story about a treasure chest.  We will begin writing our stories next week.

Our caterpillars have arrived!  We will be watching them turn from caterpillar to chrysalis to Painted Lady butterflies.  We are also observing meal worms.

Caterpillars

In Math, we worked on measuring the distance around an object using units such as snap cubes. 

We also practiced using our math problem solving skills for the following question:

A bag of candy is on the table.

How many candies are in the bag if 2 kids share the candy equally and there is 1 candy left over?  Is there more than one answer?

Important Information

Monday June 3: Field Trip to Inglewood Bird Sanctuary (Mrs. Snow and Ms. Bain's classes).

If the air quality on Monday is poor, then modifications will be made and we will spend the majority of time at the Bird Sanctuary inside.

On Monday, June 3 please have your child:

- dress for the weather as half our activities will be outside

- wear running shoes or comfortable shoes for walking (no sandals)

- bring a backpack with their lunch, 2 snacks and a water bottle

- wear any necessary sunscreen, hats, or insect repellent

- bring any inhalers or epi-pens in their backpacks

Homework  

Students will be designing their own clay plates.  Think about what colours, or symbols you could put on your plate to represent you!

Home reading-students are encouraged to pick and read “just right” books from the library or from home.  They may also continue to do Raz-Kids, or read the new home reading books, or the paper books from the school.

Ask me About:

How can you show responsible behaviour on the bus and during the field trip?

What symbols or colours are you going to use on your clay plate?  Why did you choose these?

Saturday, May 25, 2019

Highlights

Thank you for coming to our Celebration of Learning to:

-read the Arctic Animal stories we worked on with author Cathy Beveridge

-see our Ukrainian inspired plates

-give us feedback on our boat designs and our self-assessments of our boats

-read the Snowflake stories we typed in Word

-see our weaving projects

We also had an opportunity on Friday to show our Grade 4 buddies our Celebration of Learning work

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In Math, we worked on using a single unit (e.g., one snap cube) to measure objects.

We will test our boats in water next week.  We are also starting our next Science Unit on Small Crawling and Flying Animals.

Important Information

Monday June 3: Field Trip to Inglewood Bird Sanctuary (Mrs. Snow and Ms. Bain's classes)

Permission forms will be sent home next week.  Please sign and return the forms by Thursday, May 30.

Thank-you to our parent volunteers who have signed up to help supervise!  We have reached the required number of supervisors.   

On Monday, June 3 please have your child:

- dress for the weather as half our activities will be outside

- wear running shoes or comfortable shoes for walking (no sandals)

- bring a backpack with their lunch, 2 snacks and a water bottle

- wear any necessary sunscreen, hats, or insect repellent

- bring any inhalers or epi-pens in their backpacks

A note about the field trip with more details will also be sent home next week.

Homework  

Students will be designing their own clay plates.  Think about what colours, or symbols you could put on your plate to represent you!

Home reading-students are encouraged to pick and read “just right” books from the library or from home.  They may also continue to do Raz-Kids, or read the new home reading books, or the paper books from the school.

Ask me About:

What story are we reading? (Bunnicula). What is it about?