Milkshakes and So Much Mooooooore!

Milkshakes! What a great start to the week on Monday!

In Language, we read "Ma grand-mère Groseille" for our shared reading. We did lots of grammar activities with this week's sentence. The rest of the time we finished up our Daily 5 centres and did some "Ketchup". We are done centres for the year and will be focusing on completing all unfinished work. 

In Math, we did activities on translations, reflections, and rotations. We looked at key concepts and terminology for each. We also spent time finishing up other unfinished work. 

InSocial Studies, the students looked at Education during pioneer times. We also discussed pioneer communities and did shared readings and activities on both. 

In Physical Education, the students played cooperative tag games. 

The students are still working hard on their weaving in Visual Arts. A few are finished and have brought them home. We also spent some time completing a small Father's Day gift. There's just a little hint with the material picture so we don't ruin the surprise. 

On Thursday, Lisa Mooney visited our class. She is the Dairy Nutritionist at Maplevale Farms which we visited on Friday. She did a great presentation to the class about the differences in dairy farming in settler times and now. 

On Friday, we visited Maplevale Farms with Mme Sandra's class. The Creightons planned a fabulous day for us. We had wonderful weather for the trip. A huge thank you goes out to the Creighton family for their generosity and all their hard work in organizing and executing this outing! Also, thank you to Nathalie McPherson for bringing water and Popsicles for both classes. 

An explanation about baling hay

The farm

Baling the hay

One bale done

Some of the calves

Lisa Mooney's presentation on feed for the cows

A milking demonstration

The milk from the milked cows goes through pipes to here

And then to this holding tank

I climbed up to look inside at the milk

Getting ready for the wagon ride

All aboard

Cow corn

Soy beans

Another look at the farm

A parting gift for each student from Lisa Mooney

Going Back In Time...

We started out our week with a Grade 3 trip to Upper Canada Village. The weather wasn't great but the rain held off for most of the day with only a short shower here and there. The children really seemed to enjoy it but were very tired after, several falling asleep on the bus ride back. 

Checking out the museum before visiting the village

Cheese making

A boat ride pulled by a workhorse

The flower mill

The sawmill

Baby pigs

A wagon ride in the rain

Playing on the swing

In Language this week, we looked at the "cr", "tr", and "br" sound in our shared reading of "Tratisse contre Brochin". We did several grammar activities with this week's sentence. In Writing, the students have been working on tales (les contes). 

Reading

Listening to Reading

In Math we worked on fractions. We also began some activities on area and perimeter. The students also spent lots of time finishing up other unfinished math work. 

Pixel Person Project

Name Project

Area and Perimeter 

In Science, the students began looking at air and water in soil. In Social Studies, the students finished the activities on First Nation contributions to pioneer life. 

Have a great weekend!

Into Our Final Month

It's hard to believe we are in June already!

Monday was our final EQAO day. The students all made a great effort. We celebrated on Friday afternoon with Popsicles. 

Some positive thoughts before each section they did.

In Language, we read "Aghès l'araignée gagnante" for our shared reading. The "gn" sound is one of the hardest for reading and writing for French Immersion students. We continued with our grammar activities with our week 3 sentence. The students did a writing assessment showing me all they learned about writing this year. They picked their topic but needed to show me paragraphs and indenting, all the other conventions they know. Some had dialogue using either " or -. We learned about both this year. I was amazed by all the great writing pieces I saw. 

A little editing of their writing assessments

In Math, the students continued to finish up any unfinished math work for multiplication/division and measurement. They continued to work on their name projects and pixel person projects. On Thursday, they began a short booklet on fractions. 

In Science, we looked at particles in the soil. We looked at the difference between sand (le sable), lime (le limon), and clay (l'argile). I only had samples of sand and clay but they got to touch each to feel the difference in texture. 

In Social Studies, the students finished up the maps on Upper Canada pioneer communities. We then discussed how the First Nations who lived in this area helped the early pioneers with crops, wild foods, medicines, making maple syrup, and using hides to make clothing. 

In Music, the students continued looking at musical instruments. They used the SMARTBOARD and classroom computers to look up instruments to see in which family they belonged. 

Monday will be our trip to Upper Canada Village. Please have your child dress for the weather. They will need a hat, sunscreen, water bottle, lunch and snacks in their backpacks. They will be able to visit the gift shop before we leave so they may bring a small amount of money to spend. They are responsible for carrying their money around for the day so please make sure they store it in a secure place. We will be back at the school around 5 pm. 

Have a great weekend!