Learning Update

As busy as the last few days have been, we wanted to make sure that you were still informed regarding last week's learning!  Tools and resources to use for the rest of the week and moving into spring break will be provided this afternoon.  

Literacy

Ms. Rahal's class continued to work on using contractions in both writing and speaking!  Both classes  worked in their literacy groups and guided reading multiple times last week.  Ms. McGill's class specifically used guided reading in their literacy groups, to target letter or word work based on student needs.  The letter and word work was driven by recent letter assessments that I completed with individual students.

Math

Both classes continued their understanding of place value by practicing their computational skills utilizing both horizontal and stacking strategies.  Additionally, students continued to explore 2-D shapes in the world around them by identifying circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles in magazines and flyers.  This hands on activity allowed students to cut out shapes and glue them to a poster of that shape.  

Science

As a class, we completed an experiment where Ms. Rahal and Ms. McGill used foam to build an invention that can insulate an ice cube.  We placed one ice cube inside the foam and left one sitting on a paper towel.  Students asked the question, "which one will melt first?", made a hypothesis, drew and labelled two sets of observations and lastly, decided on a conclusion.

Social Studies

Ms. McGill's class travelled to Meteghan using last week's passports!  This allowed us a chance to review landscape and begin talking about what Acadian culture looked like in the past.