Hello everyone!
You might have heard that we had a guest teacher yesterday because Ms. Byrne took a relaxing day off for her birthday! We had a great guest teacher, Ms. Schnell, who took really good care of us. She left a note saying we were a very kind and helpful class.
Thank you to everyone who has been sending in their recycling for us to re-use for our building projects. We've collected quite a bit so far! We will continue to collect items until the end of the week and will start building projects next week.
Today in literacy we looked at creating our own perfect pets (a connection to The Barnabus Project). We introduced a website called "SwitchARoo Zoo" where we got to mix up different characteristics of different animals to create our own creatures. We worked together to make some pretty creative creatures:
After gathering lots of ideas from this website, we got out our journals and started imagining what animals we would like to combine to make our perfect pet, like the ones in The Barnabus Project!
We had music and then recess and snack. We filled in our calendar and then had literacy centres.
After lunch we had mindfulness. Then, we reviewed the work we did with rectangular prisms yesterday with our guest teacher. We discussed the differences between prisms and pyramids. Then, we took our our 3D shapes book and talked about spheres. We can't make our own spheres using a net, but we do have lots of them around our classroom that we can use to help us!
We had our second recess and then came back inside for science. We read a book called "What if Rain Boots Were Made of Paper" to help us talk about different building materials. It is important that the right materials are chosen to match the purpose of the item. The book goes through lots of different common items and asks what it would be like if they were made from another material (ex: what if books were made of sugar? What if pans were made of rubber?) and explains how the properties of certain materials make them good choices for some items, and not so good choices for others. Choosing the right material is very important when building things! We sat with a partner and talked about 1 good material we could use to build a house, and 1 material that would not work so well. After chatting with our partners, we shared our ideas with the class and discussed why each material would or would not work.
We also received our baby trees today! We talked about how to take care of them and how to find a good spot to plant them. We each chose a baby tree to take home. There are instructions on the bag about how to plant them and take care of them!
We got to meet our dance teacher today from Sound Kreations! His name is Mr. Moi and he is so much fun! He was very impressed with our dance moves today. Tomorrow, we get to work on a dance routine with him.
Reminders:
To pair with our "Building Things" unit, we will be doing some building in our classroom. To support us with this, if you have any recyclables (ex: cardboard, small bottles or boxes, toilet paper/paper towel rolls, etc.) or spare material (ex: fabric scraps, string) that you could send to school, we would very much appreciate it! We will be collecting materials all week to have a collection of building materials!
Friday, May 20 - P.D. Day - no school
Monday, May 23 - Holiday - no school
A Message from BHS Parent Council:
Hard to believe that our last Fundraiser for this year is coming to a close.... DON"T MISS OUT!
There are still many beautiful plants, planters and hanging baskets for sale. You purchasing these plants will be a beautiful addition to your home as well as help support our children's school.
Please click on this link to place your order
Have a great evening!
-Ms. Byrne
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