Friday, May 22, 2026

This Week:

- in language arts we finished our novel Harry Potter. We also kept working on our other novel Tales of a Fourth Nothing. In poetry we started looking for a poem that we can recite.

- in science we continued learning about animal structures. We looked at different animal eyes and how they use them to find food, see their surroundings and survive. We created macro animal eyes and also dragon eyes out of clay to go along with the conclusion of our fantasy novel.

- in social studies we started learning about Confederation and the reasons that led to people wanting to unite to form Canada.

- to catch up in math we have been working on a couple of things: decimals and division. We looked at how we can compare and order decimals and how we can divide numbers.

Next Week:

- it's a full week!

- we have swimming Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

- library is Tuesday

- please return any zoo field trip forms or pizza lunch forms this week. If any one is interested in volunteer opportunities at the zoo on June 3rd or for our nature walk on June 2nd please let me know!

Friday October 31, 2025

This Week: - in language arts we practiced our writing - in math we finished up our graphing unit. We also started to learn about patterns and review some ideas about counting and large numbers - in science we continued learning about earth four spheres - in social studies we started to learn about Canada. We talked about how Canada is divided up unto areas called provinces and territories. We created a map detailing all the provinces and territories. We also played some Canadian Provinces twister to help us remember all the provinces and territories. - we also learned about some Victorian architecture and combined it with the art of Monet to create spooky haunted houses. Next Week: - library Thursday Finish Up: - Canada Map due Monday

Friday Sept. 19, 2025

This Week: - in language arts we talked about genres and types of sentences - in math we talked about how we can represent data using graphs. We did some practice reading graphs. We also reviewed addition and subtraction of larger numbers. Ask me if I have finish up! - in science we talked about the scientific method as a way to know things. We read the real life account of Ben Franklin and how he used the scientific method to discredit Dr. Mesmer. We then used the scientific method to find out how absorbent polyacrylate is. We made a hypothesis and diagrammed and tallied our observations. Ask me how many drops of water it took! - in social studies we continued our look at maps and how we know where we are. We read about how Australian aboriginals use dots paintings and art as maps and to tell stories that were important to them. We then made our own dot maps of places that were important to us. Next Week: - library on Thursday - Orange Shirt Day on Friday Sept. 26 Upcoming...

Friday September 5, 2025

Welcome Back to School! We are all so excited to be back at school! We have had a super week and a half so far and look forward to a great year ahead of us. Some notes for this year: We will have library every Thursday as our schedule allows. Please make sure library books are kept in a safe place and returned when you are finished with them. Please do not bring toys or devices to school unless absolutely necessary. We would not like anything to get lost or stolen and they can sometimes be a distraction to our learning. We don't send a lot of homework home, but if students do not finish something, it will be sent home with them at the end of the week to be completed at home. Check the blog for any notifications of finish up work. Students are asked to be reading 20 minutes a night and practice their basic math facts as much as possible. This Week: - we had a great week coming back and getting to know each other! We are learning each other's names and have t...

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