This week's Word Work focus was on "Bossy e". The students learned that Bossy e will jump over the consonant in front of it to make the vowel say its name like in the words "tube" and "hide".

In Science, we started our "Book of Animal Movements". We brainstormed many ways animals can move and made our first page about 1 - 3 animals that swim. Each student could choose which animals they wanted to draw for this page. Our booklet will include 5 animals and their respective movements.

Everyone was excited to build a leprechaun this week. We discussed different features that might attract a leprechaun such as; gold coins, rainbows, signs that welcomed leprechauns, and/or advertised "Free Gold". Each trap needed to include a trap door or a one-way door and the students were encouraged to provide a soft landing for a leprechaun, should one fall through a trap door! :) Ladders, ropes, and ramps were built to allow the leprechauns to reach the pots of gold. We are anxious to see on Monday morning if anyone will have been lucky enough to catch a leprechaun and be granted three wishes! :)

In Math, we focused on data collection and graphing. We reviewed how to represent numbers using tally marks and to write sentences using "the most" and "the fewest" to describe the survey's data. The students also completed two Math Minutes, an exercise I plan to use twice a week for the next little bit to develop quick recall of basic addition and subtraction facts.

In Social Studies, we worked with vocabulary to describe a rural community and labeled a photograph of a rural scene. We will move on to mapping skills next week.

We celebrated "Pi Day" with our Buddies today. The students created bookmarks using a variety of circular stickers. They had to choose how many of the numbers in addition to 3.14 that they wanted to represent. Then they chose a coloured sticker for each number and represented Pi in an artistic manner on their bookmark.

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