Book Order

Scholastic Book Order- deadline extended to Wed., October 16.

Weekly Reminders- October 15 - October 18

Tuesday, October 15- Spelling Quiz
- Emperor's New Clothes Ballet Performance

Wednesday, October 16 - Swan Lake Naturalist Visit and presentation on spiders. 

Thursday, October 17 - Please return home reading sheet, book bags, and library books.

Friday, October 18 - Hot lunch (hot dogs)

*Remember to return signed agenda each day.

I'm Thankful Turkeys

Scientist Of The Day

This was the first week of our Scientist Of The Day program.   Every student will have their day as the scientist.  I (Mrs. Ewer)  was the scientist of the day on Friday to demonstrate what the activity should look like.  We had a blast!  The Oozing Pumpking was the experiment and a big thank you to Kiera for being the photographer for me!

 

 

 

 

If you would like to try this experiment at home, here is a link to some great instructions.

http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments/oozing-pumpkins-sick-science

Science Can Be So Much Fun!

We have started the year learning about Space.  We have be learning about our solar system and the planets. Everyone did an amazing job learning the planets in order from the sun!   Next, we will learn about the phases of the moon, stars and constellations. We are having a great time making solar system lapbooks and doing experiments all over the school!    We used rolls of toilet paper to show the distance of each planet from the sun.   The distances ranged from 4 sheets of toilet paper to 256 sheets!  Boy we made a mess in the hallway with this experiment!

We looked closely at the rotation of the earth on its axis causing day and night.  We used a light and and an apple to represent the sun and earth.  We all took turns showing day and night with partners.

Our Thankful Lists

During Daily 5 Work on Writing, we've been talking and writing lists about the things in our life we are thankful for.  Today we each chose our top 5 and created a Thanksgiving craft to take home for the weekend.  I'd like to share some of the students' ideas in case they don't make your child's top 5.  The lists are very thoughtful and heart touching.  Some are even quite funny and demonstrate what the children value and appreciate in their lives.
Below is a compilation of all the childrens' thankful lists.

Our Thankful Lists

I'm thankful for:
my life
my family
my pets
spending time with my family
having a safe place to live
my laugh and my life
strong bones
having a brother to not be lonely
to have boat to go fishing
my birthday
nature
music
life
my property
double-decker buses
cookies
helping people
air to live
clean water to drink
helping friends
my school
the ocean
a house to live in
trees so we can breathe
going camping with my family
my strong body
being able to go our for walks
life on Earth
rootbeer floats
pizza puffs
the moon, the sun, the galaxy
cousins
sparkly teeth
my fish
teeth to chew
my cozy bed
my hockey gear
my friends
fresh water
Halloween
being healthy
ice-cream
my nice teachers
my dogs Buddy and Cooper
my baseball glove and bat
holidays
books to read
food to eat
sweaters and jackets
art
lego
being able to do gymnastics
soccer
the things I hear, the things I see
Picasso art

Repeating and Increasing Patterns

We've been practicing creating repeating and increasing patterns using shapes, colours, and numbers.  Today, Kyla showed her understanding as she built a repeating and increasing pattern.

Amanda and Emma practiced finding the core in their partner's pattern and writing the pattern rule.

Owen used glass beads to create his pattern which had a core of 23 pieces.  He made sure to repeat the core three times!