Dinosaur Stomp!

Measurement--Weight:
We continued our measurement unit by focussing on weight. The children learned the meaning of heavy and light. They used a scale to measure how heavy something was and then compared items as heavier or lighter. 

Dinosaurs (continued):
We learned the difference between herbivores and carnivores. 

We learned what a paleontologist does and used these skills when digging dinosaurs out of ice and finding fossils in the sand. 

We read the following poem:
I am a Paleontologist
I am a paleontologist
And this is what I know,
I study bones and fossils
from creatures long ago.
I put the bones together
a dinosaur you will see.
This is how they looked
come learn along with me.

We looked at fossils.

We examined how big a Tyrannosaurus Rex was. 

We learned that dinosaur babies hatched from eggs. 

One of our new favourite songs: Dinosaur Stomp

We made a paper mache volcano and watched it explode!

Butterflies:
We received our caterpillars this week. They are so tiny and hungry. We enjoy watching them crawl and eat food. We are very excited to see them grow and change into butterflies.

We completed a web showing what we already know about butterflies.

We learned the life cycle of a butterfly.
























We learned the parts of a butterfly.

Earth Day:

For Earth Day this year we talked about ways that we can help our Earth. Then we created art using many recycled materials. We also learned about plants and planted our very own seeds. They have now started growing! The children have enjoyed watching the plants grow, seeing the roots and taking care of their plants.

Mother's Day:
We also made beautiful cards, bags and pendants with fingerprint hearts. 
It will be Mother's Day this weekend so we have been working hard preparing a gift for our mothers. I found a great craft from POPSUGAR. We used our measuring skills to create "Peppermint Sugar Scrub" to send home to our mom's. The kids loved making this and the mom's really appreciated the gift. 

We also made fingerprint pendants with the idea from That's What Che Said. 

The idea for our cards was found here.

All of these were placed in a beautifully decorated bag and presented Friday morning. The mother's were also given a muffin and some tea to further celebrate this special day. 

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

Puzzle Pieces:
Our social puzzle pieces are coming to an end. For the final piece the children had to say what made the student of the day special. Then that student wrote down all of the wonderful things on the last puzzle piece called "I'm Special".

Now I will be putting their puzzles together so that they are ready for the end of the year. It has been a wonderful project and memory.

Animated Literacy: 

We learned about Ike's Bike Ride.

We drew a kite.

We learned about Grouchy Owl who chases Brown Mouse for the phoneme "ow".

We drew an owl.

We learned about Abe the Skating Hare who races on roller skates by the bay.

We drew a cake.

We learned about Sheriff Shadrack who shaves with a shark tooth.

We learned about Whirling Irving who races on his scooter.

We learned about Victor Vampire who lives in his van and plays the violin.

We drew a van.

We learned about Yakety Yak who eats yams and wins yo-yo competitions.

We drew a yak. 

For more information on this program please visit http://www.animated-literacy.com/Animated_Literacy_Home.html

Handwriting Without Tears:

We learned about punctuation and sentences. At home you can practice writing words or sentences. You can also practice when to use ? ! or . For information on the teaching order and how to form the letters using the same language please go to their website

Feel free to contact me anytime with any questions or concerns. I can be reached at the school, by email or just drop in (I am usually around before school).

March Madness

April seems to have snuck up on me because March was such a busy month. These are some snapshots of what we have been up to lately.

Measurement--Length: 

We started a new math unit on measurement. This unit will focus on length, weight and capacity. This month we learned about length. We estimated and measured with non-standard units and put items in order from shortest to longest.

Community Helpers:

Buildings in our community 

Doctor Centre:

Painting!

Two of our parents came in to teach the children how to create textured painting.

Some of our finished art work:

Baking:

One of our parents came in to teach the children about baking. We used all of our measuring skills and knowledge about capacity. We made Jello with fruit and muffins. 

Teeth:
Parts of a tooth.

Types of teeth:

The ways that we take care of teeth:

Dinosaurs:
Digging for dinosaurs in ice. Using paint brushes and picks to discover dinosaurs.

Digging for dinosaurs in sand. Using brushes and shovels to discover dinosaurs, fossils and eggs.

Using imaginative play with dinosaurs and blocks. 

We were able to interact with dinosaurs at the science centre. The kids had so much fun!

We found a 3D shape on our way back!

Animated Literacy: 

We learned about Edgar Elf who lives in an envelope and is friends with Ellie Elephant. 

We drew an elf.

We learned about The Thick Thorny Thing who eats thistles.

We drew a bathtub.

We learned about Nellie Newt who nibbles noodles in her nest. Grapheme n and kn.

We drew a hen.

We learned about Lou Lou Moose who has a loose tooth. Graphemes are oo, ui, ou, u_e, ew, ue. 

We learned about Woody Woodchuck who looks for cookies. 

We learned about Ichabod Ichthyosaurus who is itchy from inch worms. 

We drew a pig. 

We learned about Chauncy Chipmunk chops up items for a chowder.

We drew a chick.

We learned about Old Joe Crow rows a boat. Graphemes are ow, oa, oe, ol, o_e.

We drew a goat. 

We learned about Leaping Eve who enjoys leaping over trees. Graphemes are ee, ea, ie and -y. 











We drew a bee. 



We learned about Winkie Walrus who wishes for wiggly worms at a wishing well.

For more information on this program please visit http://www.animated-literacy.com/Animated_Literacy_Home.html

Handwriting Without Tears:

We learned how to write lowercase k, y, j, p, r, n, m, h, b, f, q and x. At home you can practice writing all of the uppercase letters and the lowercase letters learned so far. For information on the teaching order and how to form the letters using the same language please go to their website

Feel free to contact me anytime with any questions or concerns. I can be reached at the school, by email or just drop in (I am usually around before school).