I hope everyone enjoyed the Easter holiday.  The students started a new recount today about their weekend.  They only had time to start their brainstorming web.  Ask your child, what they have to remember what to put into their recounts.  As for Math, we started our new unit today, which is money.  Today, we discussed how to identify all of the coins, the names and the denominations.  We listened to a song about coins to help us with the symbols on the coins.  Do you know the different symbols?

The grade one students are working on their energy unit in Science.  Today they finished their energy chains.  The grade two students are learning about air with Mrs. Wilson.

The students have been working diligently on their recounts in Language.  Ask your child what a level 3 recount needs.  The students will work on recounts until the end of April.  We are also wrapping up with Symmetry in Math.  They have been making symmetrical art pieces, such as butterflies and mosaic tiles. This will be the last week for the unit.  Our next unit in Math will be money.  Get going on this unit by reviewing the different types of coins and how much they are worth.  The grade one students are looking at the different forms of energy in Science.  We will then discuss the importance of conserving energy and how to help the environment.

The students have been working hard on their recounts.  Each week they are completing a  rough draft involving their weekend.  They are organizing their recounts to ensure each writing piece includes the 5Ws and having an opening and closing sentence.  Ask your child the type of sentence he/she should end their recounts with.  As for math, the students are learning about symmetry.  Ask your child about the line of symmetry.  We have just started the unit, so they are exploring different objects that are symmetrical.

The grade one students started their new science unit: Energy.  We have started to discuss the different sources of energy and what energy is.  We are still in the very early stages of this unit as the students are trying to figure out what an energy source is.

Happy Monday everyone,

Not much has changed in our Language program.  We are still working on Recounts for our writing unit and working on Reading Responses.  When you are reading stories at home with your child, discuss the different story elements such as the setting, characters, problem and solution.  You can even ask them to give you a retell of the story.  The students have started their new unit in Math: Probability.  The students are already experts in the topic.  They are learning the vocabulary associated with Probability, such as certain, likely, unlikely, and impossible.  Give them examples of each and see if they can figure it out.  A couple of examples I used in class were: Ms. Kim will give you an extended recess and we will have Math tomorrow. One activity the students have been very excited about are their Picasso drawings. They are almost complete! The grade one students are tweaking their community by making road signs and greenery.  Once they have finished their final touches, we will begin mapping the community.

The students are learning about Pablo Picasso in art.  Today, they were introduced to some of his pieces and had the opportunity to create their own inspired pieces on a website.  They enjoyed it so much that I told them I would put the site on the blog.  Please click on the link to have your child create Picasso inspired pieces at home.    Click Here