Happy Spring Break!

I hope you all enjoy Spring Break as much as I do, spending time with loved ones, enjoying time together outside or perhaps heading for an adventure abroad! I am busy starting my veggie gardens and playing with seeds and soil, one of my favourite past times. But I wanted to take a minute and post a little update of last week's events in our classroom:
We concluded the second term with a wonderful Open House on Thursday, March 6. It was lovely to see all of our boys and girls working on the display boards and proudly showcasing their learning over the past months.

This was a fantastic way to celebrate progress and prepare for the report cards, which were distributed on Thursday last week. We hope that families had a chance to discuss successes as well as set some attainable goals for Term 3!
We wrapped up our unit in Math with a quiz on Calendar Time and Telling Time on an analog clock. Most of our class did very well, and we are now getting ready for a new unit after spring break on data analysis.
In Science/Art we built some great Igluvigaks out of different materials. The students enjoyed this project as it gave them a chance to be creative and engage in some great hands-on learning. We also took the opportunity to review some important skills and reminders when working in a group. We discovered that it is sometimes easier to work on your own or with just one other person and that working in a team can be quite challenging! There will be plenty of opportunity to practice this important skill in Term 3 as we will engage in some fun group projects! Stay tuned!
Here are some pictures of our Igluvigaks..... Ask you child why I did not refer to the snow houses as "igloos"!

 

 

 

I think it might be time to head back into my garden! Enjoy your Spring Break! Take care and I will see you again on March 24 :)

The Inuit Alphabet

Just a quick update to let you all know what we have been up to. During these past couple of weeks we have worked very hard and put our focus back on the academic subjects. The majority of students did very well on last week's math quiz on fractions and decimals! It is so great to hear that many of our boys and girls have commented that they like Math now and think it is fun. This makes me smile, considering that we spend the majority of the day, almost the entire morning on Math. I am so very proud that almost the entire class is now proficient in the recall of the multiplication basic facts. What a great success story!

In Social Studies we started our unit on the Inuit to explore some characteristics of the unique life style of these Aboriginal people of Canada. Our students created some amazing watercolour pictures for our Inuit Alphabet book. Here is a taste of it:


A as in ARCTIC CIRCLE

C as in CARIBOU

 

L as in LEMMING

P as in POLAR BEAR

 Wow, I do have a lot of creative talent in my class. These pictures are just stunning and you can see them with the poetry we wrote at our Open House Celebration this Thursday, starting at 11:30-12:30 pm. We will also showcase some of our learning in Math, Writing, Reading, Social Studies, Art, and share some of our favourite field trips and the unique routines and things we do every day in our classroom.

We hope to welcome many families to this exciting event on Thursday. Report cards will be going home just before spring break, on March 14th.