100th Day, Winter Fun, Surprise Parties, and Valentines

It's been a crazy week! Monday was 100th Day. The students completed a booklet of several activities, including 100 math questions, and some writing and drawing activities. The students who brought collections of 100 enjoyed sharing them with the class. 

In Language, we read the poem "Le bonhomme de neige" as a shared reading. We looked up Norway, which was mentioned in the poem. We compared information we found on Norway and inferenced from the poem with what we had already learned about Sweden, which is just east of Norway, and with Russia. We decided that they would have similar climates and seasons based on geography and other given information. This was a great link with some of the things we have learned about in Social Studies. The students reviewed the "ou" and "on" sounds in "Tourlou" and "Gaston". We finished up a cycle of reading centres. We will begin a new cycle next week along with writing centres. 

In Math, the students got quite a bit of practise with 2-digit addition and subtraction without regrouping. We looked at addition with regrouping and why regrouping was done, both with base 10 blocks and with a written algorithm. The class will have opportunities to practise this independently next week. We will also begin looking at subtraction with regrouping. 

In Social Studies, we continued to learn about Russia. We also learned about why Valentine's Day is celebrated. It was an interesting discussion about kings, soldiers, laws, prisons, and friendship. The class then completed a follow-up written activity and coloured a friendship wreath. 

On Wednesday, we had Primary Winter Fun Day in the afternoon. The students seemed to enjoy all of the activities planned for them. Thank you very much for all of your help preparing hot chocolate for over 200 students, Wendy Lehmann, at my hot chocolate station. Yesterday we helped Mme Deloughery's daughter, class, and Mrs. Hilton prepare a small surprise party for an important birthday. Today, we celebrated Valentine's Day in the afternoon. Thank you very much to the parents who sent in treats and bought/prepared valentines with your child. They are so excited when they open all of their valentines. 

I hope everyone has a great Valentine's Day and Family Day and that it's not too cold to enjoy some of the activities taking place in the area!