Upcoming Dates / Reminders:
- Book Exchange is on Thursday. Please return library books before then.
- Read Around the Room will be first thing on Friday morning. Parents, grandparents, and guests are welcome.
- Our next field trip is coming up on Friday, May 6th to Goldstream. Keep your eyes out for our field trip notice coming out this week and please return as soon as possible.
- Scholastic orders will be going home later this week. Please have your orders in by Wednesday, May 4th.
- A new Special Helper calendar will be going home as well later this week as we move into May.
- We have started our 'Scientist of the Day' job for our Special Helpers. We have watched a lot of great experiments and the students have done a superb job of standing in front of their peers and sharing their knowledge. If you are looking for more science experiment ideas, check out these links:
- http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/experiments.html
- http://www.schoolofdragons.com/how-to-train-your-dragon/science-experiments
- https://sciencebob.com/category/experiments/
- http://www.kidspot.com.au/things-to-do/collection/science-experiments
Classroom News:
- We will finish up the virtue Perseverance this week. We use stories to talk about persevering by trying, learning from your experiences, and working hard.
- We have continued our exploration with seeds. Our water table has been changed into a planting station and the children have had fun planting seeds. We are learning how much water and soil is just right for our seeds. Speaking of seeds, our bean seed is growing! The brown part is being pushed away by a new green part. We will read some books and watch some video clips to help us name the parts of the bean seed as it grows.
- This week we will finish up with our parachute play in the gym.
- Last week we enjoyed our visit with the school counsellor, Mrs. Fedrigo. We learned about the 'Zones of Regulation' and have a poster up in our classroom to refer to throughout the day. Please ask your child about the zones and what the colours represent (blue, green, yellow, and red). You can read more about this approach here: http://zonesofregulation.com/index.html
- We went to the computer lab today and explored some math games on Starfall here.
- On Friday we are going to work on our Journals in a new way and I need some help from home:
Dear Parents,
Your child is on the hunt for new ideas for writing (Journal). Will you help your child select an object that will be a starting point for their Journal? This object should:
- be personally meaningful to your child
- have a story behind it (perhaps how your child got it and why it is special)
- be of little monetary value (in case it gets lost)
- be easy to carry
The object could be a refrigerator magnet from a special vacation, a rock from the front yard where your child learned to ride a bike or shoot baskets, a ticket stub from a favourite concert or sporting event, a picture of someone or something important, or a card or letter from a special person. We are going to be telling a story about why this object is special. The object will be going home on Friday.
Thanks for your help!