Week seventeen

In gym this week we continued practicing our hockey skills. Some of the skills we learned for shooting were wrist shot and backhand, No slap shots though, because they are not safe! We got to play hockey games this week too! It was super fun!

  

Next week in gym we have the opportunity to learn snowshoeing! After we learn the basic skills, we will get to play games using them.

For snowshoeing it is very important that we wear all of the proper gear! I need to wear proper winter boots so I can put on the snowshoes, I need a winter coat, mittens and a toque. It has been very cold in Calgary the last few weeks and even though the weather is supposed to be nice next week we need to be prepared! 

Room 7 will be going snowshoeing Tuesday and Thursday
Room 8 will be going snowshoeing Monday and Wednesday

We named our class fish.. Fredrick! (His nickname is Fred) Fredrick Peter Mannerings is his whole name. He likes to sleep most of the day and hide in his leaves. His favourite food is bloodworms and he loves one on one conversations. He gets shy in big groups. 

This week in Language Arts we read a book called "Unspoken." This was a wordless story. After we read the book, using the one page with an eye showing, we used this as a picture prompt to imagine and draw who we thought was behind the wall. This book was about the underground railroad. It was about the olden days. This book also gave us an opportunity to talk about what freedom is and how important it is for us to learn about peace, respect and showing kindness to everyone.

      

  

Yesterday EVERYONE WAS HERE!!!! ALL 53 students and 2 teachers... soooooo we had a dance party. It was so exciting and one of our friends danced SO HARD that his glasses FLEW off!! Wow.. it was fun!

Room 7 got to see baby Lena this week. She sure is getting big! She's gained 2 pounds since the last time we saw her! She just keeps getting cuter with every visit!

This week we started subtraction in math. We got into partners, we worked together to see what strategies we already use for subtraction. Next we will teach each other the strategies we know for solving subtraction problems.

Also, this week was a big week for us in the technology department. On Tuesday we got to use the iPads again to record our addition strategies using the Explain Everything app. Then, on Thursday we worked together to put these videos up on IRIS. Make sure to check it out! Because we were so great with the technology and helping each other to upload to Iris our super teachers let us play some math games together online.

Check out my Iris post, I can log into Iris any time at home to show off the work I have uploaded! All I have to do is put in my student number as my log in and then put in my password.

https://iris.cbe.ab.ca/Account/LogIn?ReturnUrl=%2F

Here are some great websites for practicing math skills at home!

http://www.coolmath-games.com/

Basic Addition and Subtraction

http://www.fun4thebrain.com/murb/murb.html

http://www.arcademics.com/games/ducky-race/ducky-race.html

http://www.arcademics.com/games/jet-ski/jet-ski.html

http://www.arcademics.com/games/alien/alien.html

http://www.arcademics.com/games/island-chase/island-chase.html

http://www.arcademics.com/games/kitten-match/kitten-match.html

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/popup/popup_addition.htm

Multi Digit Addition and Subtraction

http://www.math-play.com/soccer-math-adding-two-digit-whole-numbers/adding-two-digit-numbers.html

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fruitshoot/fruitshoot_subtraction.htm

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fruitshoot/fruitshoot_addition.htm

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/addition-and-subtraction

http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/mathfact/mathFact.htm

CJFS is making the library into a space where children can learn and explore different things. The "library" is now transforming into a space called the Learning Commons. Some of the new gadgets and learning tools we got were some coding LEGO, new iPads, LEGO with motors and Ms. Luzzi came into all of the classroom to ask for our input and suggestions of how we can make this learning space better. The questions she asked us were How do you like to read?  and What space do you like to read in? 

This week we got to go the Learning Commons with Mrs. Craig and explore the new LEGO kits. We worked in small groups and collaborated to build with the LEGO to try and make a device that moves. Within our groups, we worked in pairs, one of the pairs got an A book and the other got a B book. Once each of the pairs were done their book, we put the two parts together to create the device. This was a fun and challenging activity!

    

    

    

After a week of all our recesses and lunches being inside Miss Klem and Miss Kolb were very impressed with how tidy we kept our coat racks! They looked amazing all week! They were also very glad to see everyone coming to school prepared for the cold weather! Keep it up Room 7 & 8! 

  

Until next week,

Love, Room 7 & 8