Week 11

We went on a field trip! We took buses to Mount Royal University to watch Peter and the Wolf performed by the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. Before they played us Peter and the Wolf we got to hear some other animal inspired music pieces one of them was about a swan and the other was about a hen. There was a viola player who made a near perfect hen impression for us! It was hilarious! When they played the swan song, a puppeteer "swam" a swan around the audience. When Peter and the Wolf happened there was some puppeteers making the show on the side of the stage and it was projected onto a big screen so we could watch. The music was so calming that some people almost (or did) fall asleep! We noticed that no one played the harp at the show which made the harp look lonely. When we came back from the field trip we got to write a reflection about the field trip and we talked about the instruments we saw, our favourite parts and what we liked about the show.

  

  

  

In science we finalllllllllly finished editing our Informational Recycling Videos!! It is a very thrilling moment and we will soon share our videos with some other students at CJFS to help them learn how to use the recycling bins properly. We might put some up on the blog, keep your eyes peeled! 

We started to learn about addition in math. We finished our pre-tests and started math addition centers they are so fun! The stations are BUMP! Roll a Tower, Salute! Boxed Out, WAR! Domino Addition, Show the Number and Race to Trace! We also got to teach other some of the strategies we know for addition.

  

  

  

In gym we continued to work on our basketball skills. We played basketball line tag, practicing dribbling by doing laps around the gym, we learned how to shoot using a lay up and other shooting skills, we took tennis balls and went around the gym getting the balls in the baskets, we practiced passing to partners, and we played Around the World it was so fun!! In Around the World we learned about the "key" and had to shoot from all parts of the key around the net we couldn't move on to the next part until we got the ball in the net. We had a substitute gym teacher this week on Tuesday, when Mr. Collins was away at a conference.

Our guided reading has been in full swing. We have been working hard 4 days a week in guided reading times to improve our reading skills. Some students are working on a novel study and others are working in small groups with a teacher. This has been a great time to read good fit books.

  

  

  

In writing this week we focused on editing our work. We had to search for punctuation, capitals, and paragraphs. We learned that we need to start a new paragraph when we start talking about something new.

    

Today, like all Friday's (if we do our jobs well all week) we get to have free choice! We also got to do free writing today. We also had our weekly prize draw today. We get tickets when we do our jobs well and our teachers notice, this is how we get entered into the draw. There are 3-4 new winners every week and they get to choose a prize from our prize bin. On Friday's Miss Klem and Miss Kolb also choose some all star students to go on technology for free choice.

Until next week,

Love Room 7 & 8