Wednesday, June 5, 2013

June 5

There is a bit of homework. The students heard me read The Seven Silly Eaters! Ask them about it! They were given: My favourite part of the story was...
and I liked that part because...
They should have finished these two sentences, most have. If not, they must. They should also draw and colour a picture of the part of the story.
I sent home two forms/letters. Have a look.
That's it for now.

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Busy June

Well hello all you parents out there! I have received some more scrap books...excellent! I will give you until Monday to pick one up and send it in as I have an awesome scrap-booking educational assistant who is putting this together for me, and in turn, you. She needs time to print pictures and assemble the order and prep the sections that fall under holiday celebrations and so on...

We had two track chicadees take off to Devon to race and jump and throw. Congratulations to Emily and Ella for participating in their first track and field event. I hear that ECPS dominated! Teach your child that word now! LOL. Must be in a good mood because I LOL'd!

My mood is directly linked to the the sunlight and the wind direction. Today I will have the wind at my back for most of my bike ride back to the city and that, as Martha says, is a good thing! Also, it's wing night at Brewster's and so I don't have to cook, just pay!

The kids are working on a document with survey questions in their google drive. The questions are for you to answer. We will take the results and make a pretty graph like professionals out in the real world.

We are waiting on release dates for the surprise field trip before permission forms come home in a sealed envelope. Once this happens, we will have solid dates for Beaumont Spray Park and anything else we will be doing.

I sent home some student work in the agenda so have a look. Ok! I go bike home now. Have a nice evening. Fly a kite with your child maybe? Walmart! 0.99$!

Monday, June 3, 2013

Monday, June 3

Today was the eighteenth last day of school. I did some testing. The kids wrote their dictée  on the verb avoir. I will send a copy home tomorrow. We also did another spelling test where the kids listen to me read a story and fill the missing words in. I gave them time to work on their geometrical shapes presentation. Most  should have it finished. If you like, have them open it up in their google drive and have a look.

This afternoon was science filled. We talked about matter, anything that has a mass and takes up space. We talked about how all matter is made of particles that are always moving. Heat them up and they go faster. Cool them down and they slow down. Ask the kids about this!? We talked about liquids and how they can dissolve some things and not others. We talked about cohesion of water molecules. We talked about how certain things can absorb water and other materials cannot.

Again, I imploded a pop can, showing that when gases cool down, the particles move closer together.

There are a some trips coming up. Beaumont spray park, Fred John's walk, possibly outdoor pool, a bbq and a surprise. Keep 'em peeled for permission forms!
What else? Oh yeah! On Friday, we are making pop and exploring dry ice! Possibly blowing up plastic pop bottles for fun!