September 17th, 2014

The children left the classroom buzzing with excitement because they just heard about an upcoming field trip we have planned for September 26th.  We are off to the H.R. MacMillan Science Centre (Planetarium) for the day!  I can't wait for this field trip, as it will be a day of learning, fun, and memory making.  Please return the field trip form and money by next Tuesday.

We also received a new classroom rug today which I am so happy about!  

Here's how the day went today:

1. Opening exercises - today we added the "w" portion to our O.W.I. (now we have 'observe' and 'wonder').  The students looked at an interesting photo from China.  Ask them to explain it to you tonight!
2. W.W. - we continued working on our 'All About Me' writing.  Some students are moving onto the 'Revise' stage of their writing which is exciting!
3. Grammar - today's focus was on homonyms (words that sound the same but mean different things). If your child isn't done last week's grammar work yet, it is for homework tonight.
4. D.P.A. - we enjoyed a quick game of Capture the Flag.  Now that everyone knows the rules, we'll be able to play it again more easily!
   
5. Music - with Mr. Banman
6. R.W. - We finished Clementine today, which means I'm off to find a new read aloud for the class! :) 
7. Math - The grade 4's did some complicated work with patterns in a table today while the 3's sorted different vehicles in a matrix!  Be sure to ask them which attributes they used in their matrix
8. S.S. - We studied different water bodies and then did a fun crossword activity using the words we had studied.