The First of April's Short Weeks

It was a very short week, especially as I was away on Monday.  In language, the grade twos looked at the comptines "Le carrosse" with the "osse" sound and "Le virus" with the "uce" sound. The grade threes finished up "Les galettes de Geneviève" and began the story "Truffe la chatte" with the "if, af, of, uf, ef" sounds. We looked at some more spring poems. These will not be in next week's homework as the students will take turns presenting on of the three poems at our Primary Assembly on April 29. It will take place at 2 p.m. so hopefully some parents will be able to make it to see the children present their poems and our other presentation. 

In math, we continued with our money unit. Having your children count change at home and make money amounts in several different ways is a great way to practise the concepts we are looking at in class. We have been spending some time looking at the math tests and the students have been making corrections. I am in the process of preparing a rubric encompassing the test results as well as observations of their work (problem solving) throughout the unit to send home.

In science, the grade twos have been looking at the properties of air and the grade threes have begun looking at soils. The grade threes are now looking at the lives of pioneers in Upper Canada and the grade twos are continuing to look at various celebrations from different religions in social studies. They have been very good at pointing out similarities between different celebrations, for example, the lighting of the Kinara during Kwanzaa and of the Menorah during Hannuka. 

I hope everyone has a lovely long weekend and happe Easter to those who celebrate this holiday!