Snow Days and Colour House Day

It's my first blog post since the holidays. With last week's and this week's bus cancellations and being away sick last week, I am just getting to this update now.

Last week, we looked at the sound/spelling "ette" in "La chouette". We also read the poem "La nouvelle année".

This week we looked at the sound/spelling "al" in "Le narval" and read "La neige" for our shared reading.

We also finished our read aloud "Le loup qui avait peur de son ombre".

We have been looking at how books make us feel as a reading strategy to better aid comprehension.

Some of this week's sentences

Using a telephone for self-monitoring while reading to improve fluency

Making good use of time on the snow day and listening to reading on the iPads

A chair and a clipboard for writing

Lying on the floor to write

We began a new unit in math last week. The grade twos are working on adding and subtracting 2-digit numbers and the grade threes are working on adding and subtracting 3-digit numbers.

Using blocks to add

Playing addition games with complementary numbers, 90 + 10, 80 + 20, ...

Find the missing number

Adding games with spinners

Playing Zap!

2-digit flashcard addition and subtraction

Explaining our mental math strategies that we have bee practising in math talks

In science, the grade threes looked at structures that are found in nature. They also looked at how the choice of building materials affects a structure, solidity, flexibility, and durability.

The grade twos looked at screws and levers and how those make work easier.

In social studies, the grade threes looked at the regions in Ontario and completed a map on the regions.

The grade twos looked at the celebration of Kwanzaa.

We have been playing a variety of co-operative games in gym.

Working on teamwork and balance in Ambulance

A tag game

A snowball fight against Mme Joanne's class

Curling

Skating

4 corner dodge ball

In visual arts, the students made abstract cats, and learned how to draw a frame around their drawing.

Drama activities with puppets

Thank you very much, Evan, for bringing treats to celebrate your birthday!

Have a great weekend!