It has been a busy past couple weeks! The students have been looking deeper into the habitat and adaptations of their animal (turtle, beaver or rabbit) based on their group. In between, we have been visiting the mystery tank that has been sitting in the learning commons. This past week when we went to visit it, we noticed that there were some changes! We discovered that there are fish eggs floating at the top and enclosed in a cage. We are anticipating when they will hatch and will be visiting the Learning Commons regularly to document our findings. Connecting our animal habitats to the fishes, we started digging deeper into wetlands. We looked at fiction and non-fiction books to help us with our environment sketches and students had the chance to explore with watercolour pencil crayons! The students did such a great job carefully colouring and painting over their art work. Ask your child what plants and animals they might see in a wetland environment. This past week, we also had Leah Donald come into the classroom and show us how to do some felting! After looking at the animal habitats, we created wetland backgrounds. A tremendous thank you to the parent volunteers who helped make this event such a great success. The students worked diligently placing on the pieces of wool to create their picture. Ask your child about the process and what is required for wet felting. Hint: Her website has step by step photos of the process! Click for Art Felt Studio website We have been waiting patiently and anticipating some changes to our amaryllis! This past week, we noticed that the turtle’s amaryllis has bloomed! We continue to make careful observations and wonderings as the amaryllis grows. Library Book update: The students have been practicing going down as a class to sign out books once every 6 days. Students will now have the opportunity to go down with our Grade 4 buddies on Tuesdays and Thursdays to choose and sign out a new book once they return their book.
Swimming update: Thank you to all the parents who have returned and completed the swimming forms in a timely manner. In preparation for swimming lessons, please have your child practice independently undressing/dressing themselves before/after showers. In addition, we are still seeking parent volunteers to help make the swimming process run smoothly. If you did not check off the volunteer box on the form but are interested in volunteering, please e-mail your child’s teacher. Please note the following dates/times for swimming: Morning Kindergarten: Feb 28, March 2, 7, 9, 14 9:30-10:00: Mrs. Ang + Mrs. Howes (1/2) 10:00-10:30: Ms. Choi + Mrs. Howes (1/2) Afternoon Kindergarten: Mar 1, 3, 6, 8, 10 1:45-2:15: Mrs. Howes + Mrs. Ang (1/2) 2:15-2:45: Ms. Choi + Mrs. Ang (1/2) Comments are closed.
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May 31: PM Full Day Zoo Fieldtrip (8:55am-3:25pm) **NO SCHOOL FOR AM STUDENTS! June 5: Library books due June 6: Bike to School Day June 7: Celebration of Learning AM: 10:30-11:35am PM: 2:30-3:25pm AuthorMrs. Jacqueline Ang Archives
May 2017
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