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).

Celebrate!!

Valentine's Day:
We talked about love and friendship and prepared for Valentine's Day. 
We created art for our classroom. The border, pictures and butterflies are all made by hand. The children did a fantastic job!

Our gift to our parents were these gorgeous "LOVE" canvas paintings. 

I was not here for Valentine's Day but one of the students brought special treat. 

We wrote about what we love.

Chinese New Year:
Ms. Lisa came to our class and taught the children about Chinese New Year and how to say hello, happy new year and thank you. She gave the students red lucky envelopes that had lucky candy.
We made:

Posters

Chinese Lanterns

Drums

Dragon Masks

100 Days of School:

This week we celebrated the 100th Day of School. We counted to 100 by 1's, 2's, 3's, 5's and 10's. We did 4 different exercises as we counted to 100 by 25's. 

The children wore shirts that they had decorated with 100 fingerprints. 

The children brought in 100 day projects.

We had a fun photo booth. I got the props from chelawilliams at etsy. 

We had many counting centres.

Shapes:
We learned about 3D Shapes and created an anchor chart.

We have a 3D Shape Museum that is being added to weekly.

Animated Literacy:
We drew gum and sang "The Bubblegum Song".

We learned about Crazy Camel who catches cookies on the cable car.

We drew a cat.

We learned about Lizzy Lamb who lays on lemon leaves.

We drew a lamb.

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 v, w, t, a and d. 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).