This week we worked with the digraphs "wh" and "ph". The "wh' work was review from a month or so ago as many students were not yet applying this learning into their written work. The work with "ph" was new. Our focus words were: graph, phone, what, when, and where.

We are expecting our duck eggs to begin hatching on Monday. It has been interesting to see some developments in the eggs recently, however, it is difficult for the students to see many of these small changes. The excitement will definitely rise once we see cracks in the eggs! Here is a recent photo of an egg when it was out over the light. The eyes and beak are becoming visible.

In Math this week we watched/listened to a book called One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab. The book focuses on representing different numbers using feet. A snail has one foot, a person has two feet, a crab has eight feet, etc. The students were challenged to represent given numbers using a combination of animals. It is always interesting to see all the different ways students approach these problems. We will continue this work next week.

In Science, we continued working with our unit on Movement. We discussed pathways of movement and did some line art to represent many of the different pathways including straight, curved, spirals, and zigzag.

We enjoyed a great day at the zoo on Thursday. A big thank you to the parent volunteers who joined us. We could not have gone without you! :) The students had lots of time to explore the zoo in small groups and our class participated in a one hour long program about polar bears and other arctic animals. We learned about seasonal and permanent ice and how seasonal ice impacts the ability of polar bears to travel between Churchill, Manitoba and the Arctic. The students were able to touch a number of biofacts including pelts of a polar bear, seal, and arctic fox.

A friendly reminder re: baby photos:

If you have not yet done so, please email me or send in a copy of a baby photo of your child by Monday, May 27 so that I can put together a "Who Am I?" photo board. The children will be challenged to match the baby photos with their classmates. This is part of our unit on Past and Present in Social Studies.

Library:

This coming Tuesday will be the last time the students will be able to exchange their library books this year. Please make sure all library books are returned by Tuesday, June 4.