It was quite the week weather-wise and we were all very grateful to see the sun shining and the green grass re-emerging today!  

This week we focused on ow and ou and continued to work with r-controlled vowels. Our focus words this week were: clown, town, brown, out,  shout.

We read a book called Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman this week and recorded the main character, what they were seeking/wanting in the story, what got in the way of them getting what they wanted, and how the problem was resolved. We use a method called, Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then, What, to focus on story elements. We will continue to use this method with more stories in the following weeks. We will also be starting to write our own stories soon.

Our duck eggs arrived and we have eight eggs in an incubator. We "candled" three of them this week to see how they are developing. I have attached a photo below. We began learning some interesting facts about ducks and have started recording this information in our "Duck Booklet".

We did an art piece of a male mallard duck today using oil pastels and paint. 

In Math, we continued to do some work with data collection and graphing as well as starting to learn how to add double-digit numbers without regrouping. 

The students were excited to share their pink page from interviewing an older family member. It was great to hear about favourite toys, games, and special memories and the students were proud to share these stories. I hope your child enjoyed learning a little about what it was like for their relative when they were 6 or 7 years old. If your child has not returned their sheet yet, please have them return it next week.

Volunteers Needed for Upcoming Field Trip

We are going to the Zoo for an all-day Field Trip on Thursday, May 23rd. I will need 5 volunteers for this trip. Please let me know if you can join us. You must have a current CBE Police Check done in order to participate. Please email me at jllarmer@cbe.ab.ca as soon as possible if you would like to come.