Doubling Stategy

I can use the doubling strategy to help me learn my basic facts. I can use doubles and doubling to multiply mentally. If 2 x 3 = 6, then 4 x 3 =12. 

Artifacts from Peru

Last Friday, we had a special presentation about Peru. Ask your child what they learned about this country. What are these artifacts and what story do they tell us about Peru?

Spelling Practice

Today, we played " Build a Snowman" to practice our spelling words!

Sharing our Learning

Today our reading buddies shared their Science work in their visual journals. It was fun asking them questions about the different animal adaptations they were learning about. 

Cross Country Skiing Day #2

Today we learned how to go uphill and downhill safely. You have to bend your knees and hold your tray of cookies when going down. At the bottom of the hill, you put your legs in the pizza position to stop. To go uphill, you have to make sure your skis are like french fries and make your way uphill sideways. Make sure you bend your knees!

Activities: We got to use a special rope to tow our friends like reindeer pulling their sleigh.

Game: Red Light Green Light

Cross Country Ski Residency

What a beautiful day to start our ski residency! Quite the contrast from last week. We will be skiing tomorrow and Wednesday as well, so please make sure your child has their snow pants, gloves and a toque! Thank you again to the volunteers who came out to help.

Skills we learned:
- How to get our skis on and off
- How to get up properly if we have fallen ( bug)
- Pizza and spaghetti to turn around

Games we played:
-Flamingo Tag
- Moose and Wolf Tag

" I really liked skiing with my friends."
-VC

"I had a lot of fun and I learned new skills."
-KC

" I really liked skiing because I liked sliding on skis. It was like sliding on sticks." JB

" It was really fun playing all the games and we learned a lot." - JH

"I liked skiing because I liked playing all the games with my friends." JM

" It was fun playing all the games, but I had some trouble. I had to work hard." MM

" I liked falling and getting back up." IP

"I liked  skiing because it was fun to play with my friends and I liked learning new things." PB

Reading Buddies

Last week, we met with our Kindergarten reading buddies for the first time. This was such a great opportunity for students to get to know each other and enjoy reading together. Moving forward, we will be working on creating a book together and sharing some of our learning with one another.