Update

Hello Friends and Families,

It has been an awesome week.

We have planned and researched meals on flyers, and then priced out what it would cost to feed 4 people for under a day.  We used a limit of $100.00 and the students were really engaged in the activity and really excited to be able to add and subtract decimals.

We edited our writing a bit, did some free writing and learned more about the figures of speech (synonyms, antonyms and homonyms) from our wonderful Ms. Reid.

We have done more directed drawings of animals this week and learned how to draw a sea turtle and a sloth.  We are both creative and imaginative.

We began building/creating our 3D sections of our maps of Alberta and Canada in Social Studies.  It has been a fun-filled, creative learning experience.  We can't wait to show you what we have learned on the 19th/20th.

We have a field trip coming up on March 16th for the morning only.  Forms went home yesterday, are due back by the 13th and we need 2 - 3 volunteers from our classroom. Please let me know if you can.

Parent/Teacher Conferences are coming up on the 19th and 20th of March.  Please book in as soon as you can as time slots fill up fast, especially on Thursday.  If you are unable to book online, please let me know and I will help.

Have a great weekend.

Mrs. Mahon

Happy Tuesday,

It has been a while since our last blog, but be prepared, it will begin happening more often as the students will be doing the official blog 2 - 3 times per week starting next week.

We continue reading daily in Guided Reading. 

In music, we are doing bucket drumming.  We are learning to count beats and rhythm.  Did you know that chocolate milk and potato chips can help us keep the beat?  It is pretty cool.  We might learn to play the recorder soon.

In Mathematics we are learning about money.  We have been shopping with flyers and are learning how to add and subtract different totals of money.

According to Waleed we learn all about electricity in Science.  We are learning how to build circuits using a Snap Circuit kit.  We created circuits that make a siren sound, and one that sings Happy Birthday.  Today we learned about opening and closing circuits.

In Phys. Ed we are playing badminton. We are hoping to soon play games.

Ms. Reid, our student teacher is reading a book about word play titled, The Phantom Tollbooth.  We are learning about synonyms, homonyms, homophones and eventually antonyms. 

In writing we learned about fireflies and what is causing them to be endangered.  The paragraphs we wrote will soon be available for you to read on IRIS. 

In Classroom Champions we have set long and short term goals.  We hope to achieve them as the year progresses.

In Social Studies we are continuing to learn about the regions of Canada and Alberta.  We will start building our 3D maps tomorrow.  You will be able to see them at Parent/Teacher Conferences on the 19th and 20th of March.

We are having a half day (fully funded) field trip on March 16th. It will take place from 8:30 - 12:00 PM at the Arts Commons in downtown Calgary.  We need at least 7 volunteers to make this a successful trip.  If you have a current police clearance and can take the time, please let Mrs. Mahon know as soon as possible.

Stay tuned for notices for both the field trip and parent/teacher conferences.

Mrs. Mahon and her Munchkins from Room 16