THIS WEEK AT SCHOOL.....

Hello Families,

This short week went by really fast with the students being excited about so many things.  They are excited about the artist in residence coming to join us next week to help us design our backdrop scenes for our puppet theatre plays.  The puppet plays will be performed for you next week when you visit our classroom for Literacy Night with your child.

They were also thrilled to work on decorating their puppet theatre boxes this week.  They had access to fabric and coloured paper scraps, ribbon, gauze, tiny recyclable items, wooden sticks, wool, pompoms, netting, pipe cleaner, sequins, beads and buttons, and many other small items to spark their imagination and stir their creativity.  Group A has been working on them for about the past 2 weeks, while Group B did a blitz on them yesterday.  If you would like to contribute anything for the cause, any items would be used well and greatly appreciated.

In science, the students were thrilled to bring in their homemade insulating devices to test them in the classroom.  Thank you for working on this with your child.  The students put a handful of ice in them and, over the course of the day, made observations and recorded them by examining the ice/water in their devices and taking the temperature of the melted water.  They all did a fantastic job on their creations – well done Grade 1 & 2s!  Ask your child what they have learned from their experiment on insulating devices.

Measurement was a continued focus this week, with both groups eager about exploring measurement further.  Group A practicing using different units of measurement outdoors on the compound, measuring and comparing the 4-square boxes and other lines around the playground.  As part of Group B’s exploration of measurement they were excited began a scavenger hunt, searching for things to compare in metric and non-standard measurements.

Bridges were the focus of social studies this week, as the students continue to learn about the community of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and all its infamous bridges.  Students began their exploration of bridges with a story, “Twenty-One Elephants”, followed by a discussion on bridges and notice of an upcoming project where they will be building their own bridge.  If you happen upon a bridge in Calgary this weekend, you can discuss with your child how they think the bridge was built and how old it is.  There is one being taken down this weekend that crosses over to St. George’s Island, one of the bridges connecting the city to the zoo.  The Grade 1 and 2’s also designed a “Me Flag” with accompanied writing about how the symbols on their personal flag reflect themselves.

Remind your child to study for their Monday spelling test.

Have a super weekend!

Ms. K & Mrs. M