The Three Little Pigs and the Spaghetti Tower Challenge

Today we started talking about the parts of a story. We learned that stories have a beginning (characters, setting), middle (problem) and end (solution). After reading The Three Little Pigs the students created an outline of the beginning, middle and end. We will be talking more about story writing in the coming weeks.

This afternoon, the students were given the challenge of creating a house made out of spaghetti that would keep one of the little pigs safe from the big, bad wolf. First, they had to draw a plan. Then, they got to work at building their creation.

Our sight words this week are: help, away, here, make and yellow.

Telus Spark Reminder

Reminders: Tomorrow is our Telus Spark trip. We won't be taking backpacks, just our lunch kits.

Thursday early dismissal at 12:30 for Parent Teacher Conference

Friday - no school for students. Parent Teacher Conference.

Please book a time to come in and see your child's teacher. 

Words of the week:

We are practicing the following words and trying to recognize them in books and the environment.

Where, Jump, Red, Blue, Come

We also focused on word families after reading a story called "A Fall Ball for All"

Students used letter tiles to create words in the word family 'an' including 'can, tan, ran, fan, man'

For students who have already mastered these words, we have a words dictionary they can access to find new, unknown words they would like to learn. 

During math we listened to a song about doubles, noticed some patterns when we add doubles and played 2 games to practice our doubles facts. We are trying to memorize these so they can help us solve other math facts that are one away from doubles. 

We are working on an art project about animals in winter. We sketched, outlined and used watercolour pencils.

Central Library

Today we visited the Central Library. Students had the opportunity to look for shapes and letters around the library, as well as exploring each floor to see what it offers visitors. Students also had the opportunity to see the book sorting machine on the 1st and 2nd floor. They recorded their observations and predictions in their sketchbooks. Some groups even had the chance to see C trains running through downtown! What a fun morning exploring the library!