This week in Language, we read "Mars" for our shared reading. We reviewed the "é/è" sounds and their various spellings in "Le secret" and "Le bébé". The students tried out some reading games at this week's centres. The reading and writing centres switched again today and they had lots of new activities to try. We will continue this rotation next week.
We have been focusing a lot on different ways to add and subtract over the past few weeks; such as using a hundreds chart, paper-pencil with and without regrouping, and mental math strategies. This week, week we focused more on using the number line and did various activities on the Smartboard. The numbers we used in class are quite a bit higher than those they've been seeing in their math homework.
We began a project in Social Studies and Art that incorporates a lot of the concepts about how a community fits in the world. The class is completing booklets starting from their homes and working out to the world. As there is cutting, gluing, drawing and colouring, we get to use some Art skills. It's also a great review of some of the maps we have seen this year. This will hopefully help those students who are still having some difficulty differentiating between city, province, country, and continent.
In Music, we learned about forte and piano. We came up with arm movements to represent each. We also spent some time looking at scales, practising singing the notes, and learning the letters of the notes.
On Thursday afternoon, the entire class got to enjoy some free time on the computers after voting on this reward for good group work. It was great to see that almost all of them chose to play math games.
There will be a lot going on in the upcoming week. Please check the agenda for any additional information that may come home. Here is a schedule of next week's activities:
Monday: Backwards Day
Tuesday: School Colours/Clothing Day and Skating
Thursday: AVPS Talent Show
Friday: Mystery Spirit Day and Dance
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