Happy Thanksgiving

We have been working on creating complete and detailed sentences. See if your child can list the 5W's of a sentence. Also, take a look at what some of us are thankful for! Have a wonderful long weekend.

Bar Graphs

In Numeracy we have moved onto creating and interpreting different graphs. Today we talked about the important features of a bar graph. Posted below are a few selections of student work. Ask your child what the '5 parts' of a bar graph are.

Cross Country 2015!

Congratulations to all of our Cross Country participants. School teams and clubs are a great way to build confidence and make new friendships.

Big Books!

Shared Reading is an important part of the Primary Literacy Block. It is a time when teachers and students 'share' a reading experience using Big Books or other enlarged text. It has several benefits some of which are listed below.

~ allows students to enjoy materials they may not be able to read on their own.

~assists students in learning where to look and/or focus their attention

~ helps students develop a sense of story and increase comprehension. 

Patterning Challenge

Today the class was asked to create a repeating pattern using 9 square and 6 triangle attribute blocks.

It is not as easy as it looks! Take a look at what we came up with. 

Terry Fox Walk

We are very thankful to Mrs. Adams for securing this larger than life Terry Fox cut out. He truly was a remarkable young Canadian! Thank You for supporting our Twoonie for Terry campaign.

Hard At Work

We do a lot of small group work throughout the day. It gives all students a chance to problem solve and make decisions together. Students learn quickly how to communicate their thinking with one another.

Below are a few pictures taken during Math. Students always have access to 'hands on' manipulatives during Math. Manipulatives are an important tool for teaching and learning. Show this picture to your child and ask them to tell you what we were doing.