January 26

Ok so it has been a few days since we wrote in the blog.  I am so sorry about this.  We have a lot of catching up to do.

We are finishing up working on our Past Inquiry projects.  I hope to have the kids present early next week.  We are moving on to magnets.  Magnets are a lot of fun because we do many hands on centre activties.

In writing we are working on a couple of different things.  We continue to focus on "showing not telling"  our stories.  We are trying to keep our readers interested and awake (According to Noah).  We want our readers to be able to create a picture in their mind using the words we write.

In Math we are working on creating survey questions that have 2 to 4 choices.  For example:  What is your favourite animal?  dog, cat, hamster, rabbit.  After we have asked 10 kids (we keep track using a tally) we then graph our results and write a sentence describing the data we collected.  For example, there were more people who liked dogs than cats.

We will be hosting a school assembly on February 19.  All parents are welcome to attend.  Will let you know of the time as the day comes closer.

Also, we will be going swimming in April for an entire week.  I need your help!  I will need approximately 3 volunteers per day and this must include one male.  Please please keep this in mind.  I will be posting more information with the exact dates in the very near future.

We have been working very hard in gym.  Reid says " my legs are burning from all the push-ups".  The kids have been coming back very sweaty after gym.  

We are in the process of reading a book called The Best School Year Ever.  

Question of the day:  Parents please ask your child if they remember what is means to use a tally.  They can show you how to make a group of 5.