Our focus words this week were: do, bring, back, of, ate. We also focused on the letter blends "pl" and "gl".

This week in Math we continued to practice the effective use of a number line for addition and focused on learning and/or reviewing the double facts - 2+2, 3, 3+3, etc.

In Science we completed our Winter Booklet, focusing on what different animals do in winter as well as significant natural signs of the season. The students also completed their Under and Over the Snow art. I meant to include some photos of their art in this week's blog for you to see but forgot to take pictures - my apologies. I will make sure they are included next week!

We have been using picture prompts to inspire writing recently. This week, the students were given a drawing of two children playing in a snowy park and were asked to describe what they saw with as much detail as possible. We are beginning to add colour, size, and texture words to our writing as well as more details to answer questions such as, Who?, What?, Where?, When?, and Why?.

Today, we watched short clips of Groundhog Day celebrations in Ontario, Nova Scotia, and here at home. The groundhogs in Ontario and Nova Scotia predicted that spring is on its way while our Balzac Billy told of more weeks of winter. We shall see! 

Please refer to last week's blog post for important information regarding Valentine's Day and upcoming dates.

I hope you all enjoy a relaxing weekend and perhaps the chance to play in fresh snow! Enjoy. :)