It's hard to believe that this is our second-to-last blog entry of the year! We have been reflecting on our year and building our transition booklets. “We are doing a transition booklet to learn about ourselves and practice writing. Next year, we’ll be in a new grade.” –BM “It’s important stuff to know about us for next year.” –CH This week was our last Safeway walk, including budgeting and planning what food we would buy. “On our Safeway trip, we bought some broccoli, French bread, and we didn’t even go over our budget.” –BM “Ms. S. thought it would be $30, but it was actually $24, and we didn’t go over our budget. We have a budget so we don’t waste money.” –CH We focused on fruits and vegetables, and we prepared and ate the food together when we got back. “Food is good to eat because it’s healthy.” –AS “I like that we sat together and ate together.” –MB Another important milestone this week was our eighth student to join our class-- Room 7 is now full! We made sure to welcome our new friend, and to share our classroom routines and expectations with him. “People are nice to me.” –CH Lastly, Room 7 students rehearsed and performed for our Andrew Sibbald talent show! “We did a KISS performance. It was really fun. I learned that it’s okay to be scared in front of an audience.” –BM Important Dates: Tuesday, June 27: Sports Day a.m. Thursday, June 29: Last Day of School (Half-Day) & Report Cards Home
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This week, we have been working hard to transition into our new classroom and our new year. Our big project this week was to move from Room 18 into Room 7. We decided that it was better to move now, rather than to have the students come back to a new room in September. This way, the students will know what to expect when they return to school after the summer. The students were involved at every step so that they could feel ownership of their new space, and would buy in to the move. “We moved from Room 18 to Room 7. We moved all of our stuff; our desks, the tables, and calendar and it was fun.” –BM “I am glad that we moved. I like this classroom.” –DM “I helped move my chair and other chairs. I also moved the rolling bookshelf, which is pretty small. It was hard because books kept falling off. It was cool because I didn’t move to a different classroom before.” -WBR On Thursday, we visited the Calgary Corn Maze, and had a great time. We practised our observation and inquiry skills as we used our senses to observe the animals. We practised showing expected behaviour in a group and making safe choices with the entire group in mind ("We Need" thinking rather than "I Want" thinking). “It was fun and we saw baby duckies. I learned that baby ducks stay together and that they don’t like to be picked up; they like to be watched.” –BM “We saw baby kittens. Only adults could pick them up. They felt soft.” –DM “When we went to the Corn Maze and we went into the barn, we saw a bunch of ducks. There was a family of 'quackers.' And also we saw bunnies. There more ducks than any other animal. The ducks were cute.” –WBR In Math, we have been developing our money sense. “We were counting with bills and change. I learned that there are five dollar bills, ten dollar bills, $20 bills, and a lot more.” –BM “We did lots of subtraction. Ms. R. was trying to trick us by giving change with a lot of coins.” –WBR One of Room 7's favourite subjects is Music class with Mrs. Bishop. The students eagerly anticipate our next period with Mrs. Bishop. “We do boomwhackers and we’re doing songs with them, and it’s really fun. We’re reading music notes and we’re making a song.” –BM Important Dates: Wednesday, June 21: Room 7 Safeway Trip leaving at 9.30a (**Parent Volunteers Welcome**) Thursday, June 22: Talent Show Assembly Tuesday, June 27: Sports Day & Hot Dog Lunch Thursday, June 29: Report Cards & Last Day of Classes The big news from Room 18 this week has been our trip to Safeway to buy groceries for the classroom! We did some work on the food groups, and we brainstormed ideas for our grocery trip. Thanks to a generous donation from Brown Bagging For Calgary's Kids, we have a classroom budget for snacks. This is an important life skill for Room 18 students--choosing nutritious food from many food groups. Additionally, we discussed the concept of a budget, then we narrowed down our choices based on how much money we had to spend. We walked to Safeway on Thursday, and purchased all of our items. We got to enjoy our wonderful food on Thursday and Friday, and we will finish the rest of our snacks next week. “We only had $25 in total, and it was $29. How we decided was that we got the favourite food that everyone liked. We got from our dairy group milk and margarine. And from the bread group, we got French bread, crackers, and macaroni and cheese. From our veggies and fruits group, we have gotten grapes and cherries and grapefruits.” –WBR “We got grapes and cherries and no vegetables. And that French bread was amazing!” –MB “We walked to Safeway and we had a good time there, and it was fun walking with Ms. R. The French bread was really good with butter.” –BM “When we had our food, though I did not like the bread, but I did like the grapes and had some milk. I learned that there has to be the right amount of money in order to buy something. But Ms. S. was really nice and let us pay $29 instead and gave them extra.” -CL “We were walking to Safeway to get healthy groceries.” -DM “Our budget was $25, and if we went over, we had to take something off. Ms. Spray was so nice that instead of $25, she did $29.” -MB Next week, we will be in the process of moving classrooms--we will no longer be Room 18. After this week, we will be Room 7! Important Dates: Wednesday, June 14: Corn Maze Field Trip (with kindergarten class) Thursday, June 15: Spirit Day & Fun Lunch Thursday, June 22: Talent Show Assembly We are starting to feel the end of the school year creeping up on us in Room 18, and we are starting to dream about our summer plans! Still, we want to end the year with a bang, and we are all working to do our best. In Social/Emotional, we have finished our Second Agreement: Don't Take Anything Personally. We have just started working on our Third Agreement: Don't Make Assumptions. We will continue to work on this agreement next week. In Math, we have been practising measuring using standard and non-standard units. Room 18 students have learned about meters and centimeters. “We had a toy bee and we put him on a paper, and he was trying to get to his honey, and we picked cards, and however big the number on the card is how many centimeters that the bee travelled.” –CL “You can use blocks or things that can hook together, and also you can measure how many your tablet is big, you can measure with the blocks. Also, you can measure with the ruler.” –DT "You do an estimate of how big it’s going to be, and then you take the blocks, and if you get it right, that’s good. Even if you don’t get it right, that’s still good, because you were just taking a guess.” –BM We have been using our P.E. time to help develop self-control and spacial awareness, in addition to developing and refining physical movements. "In gym, we did a warmup game with pinnies. Basically, it’s about physical space and how it works is that everyone has one pinny, and you put it in your pocket. And then you take other people’s, and it’s about physical space.” –WBR We were excited to have the opportunity to join the 3/4's for Forest School in Fish Creek Park this week. “We walked to Fish Creek Park and we were trying to make art out of sticks and lots of stuff that was dead on the ground. You’re not allowed to break stuff that’s growing, but if it’s just laying around on the ground, you can use it. We made a heart out of rocks and a bird nest.” –BM “We were writing in our visual journals whatever we saw that was interesting. We were using our four senses, except taste because you could get bad stuff in your mouth.” -CL Important Dates Coming Up Tuesday, June 6: Community Walk (leaving around 10.15a - parent volunteers wanted!) Thursday, June 8: Community Walk to Safeway (leaving around 9.45a - parent volunteers wanted!) Wednesday, June 14: Field Trip to Calgary Corn Maze Thursday, June 15: Spirit Day & Fun Lunch |
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