Track and Field, Annie, and a P.A. Day

Although it was a short week, it was a busy one. On Monday, the grade threes were outside all day participating in the school Track and Field Day. There have also been tryouts during nutrition breaks for the track team for the regional Track and Field Day. The grade twos were joined by the grade twos from Ms. Ambury's class while she went out with the threes. We went to the park across the street for physical education since the gym was being used for a track event.

In language, we read "Le chine-robot" for our read aloud. We reviewed the "fl" sound in "Les fléchettes" in our shared reading. Our other shared reading was "Dans ce jardin" where there was lots of new vocabulary to learn.

The students are writing their narratives following the plan that they made. (un court récit) They have been working on writing three paragraphs: introduction, middle, and conclusion with proper indenting.

Working on writing

Working on writing

Working on writing on Seesaw

In math, we have continued to learn about 3-dimensional solids. We have been looking at how to compare two solids by looking at their properties. The students have also continued to play multiplication and division games during centres to continue to practise their multiplication and division facts.

On Wednesday, we went to see a student performance of "Annie" at Odessa Public School.

On Thursday, we had our kickoff assembly for Jump Rope for Heart, which will take place on June 9. Envelopes went home with students at the end of the day.

Monday is Victoria Day so next week will be another short week. Tuesday will be a preparation for EQAO for the grade threes and they will be writing during the morning and middle instructional blocks on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. The grade twos will be following our usually schedule in the classroom but will need to be much quieter coming and going in the hallways during the days that the grade threes and grade sixes will be completing the assessment.

I've noticed lately that quite a lot students have been getting food from Food Share much more regularly. The program is meant for the occasions when they are hungry but should not be a daily occurrence. Now that the weather is getting better and kids are running around quite a bit more, consider adding an extra snack or two to their lunches. It's always better to have a bit extra than not enough.

Happy Victoria Day and have a great long weekend!