Friday March 6, 2020

Reminder: return pink notice regarding the Read-A-Thon that went home on Thursday.

Conferences will be March 19th and 20th.  More information to come and check the Monday Connects coming up.

Today we walked through the Hub to see the amazing work from the Kindergarten students from their Learning Walk.

We read the story Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes.  It is a good story to talk about feeling worried and how our bodies feel physically when we are worried and how being worried affects us socially and emotionally.

Today for Wonder Time/Design Thinking, we looked at the following question: What can you build to help someone in our school community?  Students worked with a partner and used lego.  Below are some of our creations...

Have a wonderful weekend!
The Peace Pod

Thursday March 5, 2020

Hello everyone!  Another busy day today.

Ask your child about:
-the math and literacy centers we put out during IGNITE (hint: making books, patterning with pattern blocks, Up To Your Neck in words spelling game, Vowel Crosses Game, Snakes and Ladders)
-Ask your child if they read with a teacher in their guided reading group or if they read to self or with a partner (hint: Ms. Disher's group read "Birthday Noodles")
-Ask your child about the word work we did today in our new groups.  We read a story to start us off: Max's Words. (hint: if you were working with Ms. Disher, show the picture of the face to remember the vowels)
-Ask your child about their math group (hint: some of us are looking at how many ways we can to get to 10)
-Today a pink notice went home about the week of March 9th to 13th about the Eric Harvie School Read-a-Thon.

Have a fabulous day!
The Peace Pod

March 4, 2020

Upcoming dates:

March 19/20th - Parent/Teacher Conferences

Spring Break - March 23rd - March 29th

Our mornings are spent focused on literacy and numeracy. Students work in small guided reading groups with teachers and have time to read to self, a partner and/or engage in some literacy centres. Students participate in writing and word work lessons and have time to practice their writing skills. 

Our math focus right now is on developing addition strategies. Students are working with different teachers during this time. Ask your child what they did in math today. 

During inquiry time the Coast group learned about the food web for the animal they are studying and did some guided drawings of their animals. The Arctic group as part of learning about human geography, explored different types of recreation that people enjoy in the Arctic.

Happy Tuesday Everyone!

Today was busy and we got lots of things done.  All kids did literacy and math IGNITE centers.

All kids did either literacy centers with Mrs. Campbell OR Read to Someone, Read to Self, Guided Reading Groups and Writing with Ms. Disher, Mrs. Bates and Mr. Kai.  Ask your child which group they were in and what they did in their group.

Mr. Kai, Mrs. Bates and Ms. Disher worked on What is a sentence?  We talked and went over some examples and non-examples.  See if your child can turn the following into a sentence:  I went park.

Math: Ask your child what they did in their math group today.  We are all continuing our work on addition and subtraction and the relationship between the two.  We use games and mini-lessons to teach a variety of math addition and subtraction strategies and how to explain their thinking.

Afternoon Inquiry:  All of us had gym today and some had music.  Ms. Disher read 3 books by Molly Bang (all really great to work on social/emotional skills):
1. When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry
2. When Sophie Thinks She Can't...
3. When Sophie's Feelings Are Really, Really Hurt

See below for some more pictures about our day that you can ask your child about:

Have a wonderful day!
The Peace Pod

March 2, 2020

March 2, 2020

Upcoming dates:

March 19/20th - Parent/Teacher Conferences

Spring Break - March 23rd - March 29th

Highlights from our day:

Students worked on illustrations to make a nursery rhyme book as a gift for their Roots of Empathy baby. Mrs. Campbell's class had a visit from baby Felix and Mrs. Bates' class visited with baby Warren today!

Students in math continued to work on strategies for addition. Mrs. Campbell's group used base 10 blocks and ones to show their understanding of adding 2 digit numbers. Ask your child what they did in their math group today.

Students were using paddles and balls in gym to practice hitting the ball into a bin (target).

The coast group did a guided drawing of a banana slug today and learned about why they have slime, how they breathe, and where they live in the rainforest. The Arctic group looked at photos from a student's trip to the Yukon and discussed what it would be like to live there. They also had time to read and look at picture books set in the Arctic.