The students had a great time tapping into their imaginations and creativity to create leprechaun traps on Wednesday and Thursday. Thank you very much for generously supplying materials for this project! Today, our Grade 4 buddies came for a visit and the Grade 1s had to explain how they designed their traps to catch a leprechaun. We will have to wait until Monday morning to see the results! :)

The traps will get sent home at conferences as this will be the easiest way to ensure they make it home in one piece. I also have a lot of student artwork to send home next week. Can you please have your child bring in a shopping bag for this purpose? Thank you. Once again, I will keep the art until I meet with you at conferences and give it to you then. If you are not booking a conference, please let me know and I can send home everything with your child.

This week, the students were given a photograph of a double rainbow in a field and were asked to write about 4 things they would love to find at the end of the rainbows. Some children got right to work, knowing exactly what they'd want while others were surprisingly challenged to come up with ideas!

In Math, we continue to look at reverse and equivalent equations. An example of this is, the reverse equation of 3+4 is 4+3. Equivalent equations can use any operation. An example of this would be 5+3 = 10-2. We also did a number talk where the students were challenged to think of as many equations as they could that would give the answer 11. Below is a photo of the SmartBoard with equations students wrote. Number/Math Talks are fantastic for eliciting diverse thinking. The students benefit from sharing with and listening to their classmates share multiple ways to reach the same answer.

This week in Word Work, we focused on words ending in "ng" and talked about how the sound of the vowel preceding "ng" changes from its short or long sound when it combines with these two letters. Every day, the students practiced reading sentences containing the following words; rang, sang, stung, swing, and long.

Next week:

Parent-Teacher Conferences can be booked starting next Saturday, March 16. Please see our MTS website for more information.

Conferences will be held from 4 - 8pm Thursday, March 21 and 8am - 12pm Friday, March 22. I hope to meet with all of you to share your child's progress. 

The Book Fair will be held in the library during these same times. We will be viewing the Book Fair offerings on Tuesday and the children will have a chance to purchase on Wednesday.

Spring Break is March 25 - April 1. Students return to school on Tuesday, April 2.