Monday January 31, 2011

https://d2l.cbe.ab.ca/        This is the link to room 7's D2L site.  Please go to this site to find:

                                                                                                -    Weekly Spelling Lists
                                                                                                -    Weekly Reading Pages
                                                                                                -    Weekly Poems
                                                                                                -    Books that we have done in class

Day 100 is coming soon!
                                                                

Friday January 28, 2011

Reading Week #16

Parents -- Please have your child practice reading the passage below.  We have been practising this passage in class this week so your child should be familiar with it.

Poem of the Week

Thursday January 27, 2011

We went to library today so your son / daughter should be bringing home a new library book to read with you this evening.     

Reminder:  Don't forget to practice your Home Reading tonight and return your book tomorrow so that you can have a new Home Reading book for the weekend!

Below is the booklet that we read and completed today.  

Parents -- have your child practice reading "My Snowman Book".  Talk about building a snowman and what your son / daughter would use to complete his / her snowman. 

Wednesday January 26, 2011

Reminder:  Library day will be tomorrow this week.  Please bring your library book back to school if you haven't already done so.

Below is the story that we read and completed today.  

Parents -- have your child practice reading "My Brother's Hockey Game".  Talk about how the words "saw" and "was" are similar and different.

Tuesday January 25, 2011

The new spelling words for this week are:

away                find                  to


where               black               eat

Spelling books went home today and this week's homework is due on Monday January 31, 2011.


We will be going to library on Thursday this week so please make sure your library books are back at school by then.


Last Friday we completed the following book about Winter Animals.  
Parents -- please review this book with your son / daughter to help prepare them for the test that we will have next week about "Winter Animals".

Monday January 24, 2011

Welcome to the fourth week of January!

We completed our fifth spelling test today.  Our spelling books and a new word list for next week's spelling homework will come home tomorrow. 

Below is our class book about "Our Province of Alberta".
Parents -- have your child read the book below and then see if he / she can remember all of the places that they read about in Alberta.  Your son / daughter should be able to name all of them.  Happy Reading!

Friday January 21, 2011

Reading Week #15

Parents -- Please have your child practice reading the passage below.  We have been practising this passage in class this week so your child should be familiar with it.

Poem of the Week

Have  a  great  weekend!

Thursday January 20, 2011

Today we reviewed and discussed what we learned about "Animals in Winter" from Gail Gregory yesterday.  We did a cut and paste activity and some writing about how animals keep warm and adapt to cold weather.

Reminder:  Don't forget to practice your Home Reading tonight and return your book tomorrow so that you can have a new Home Reading book for the weekend!

Tomorrow is "Sunglasses Day" so remember to bring your sunglasses to wear at school on Friday morning.

Below is the story that we read and completed on Monday.  

Parents -- have your child practice reading "The Mitten".  They will be bringing their copy of this book home in their Friday Folders tomorrow.

Wednesday January 19, 2011

Today we learned all about Animals in Winter.  Gail Gregory taught us how they adapt and survive in the cold weather.  Below are some pictures of the animal puppets, pelts, skulls, scat and footprints that we saw today.

Parents -- ask your child to tell you about the pictures below and what they learned about animals in winter.

A snake puppet looking for the hibernacula.

A toad puppet.  Toads hibernate in the mud at the bottom of a pond.

A frog puppet and a turtle puppet.  They also hibernate in winter.

 

A salamander and a lizard puppet.

Deer, Hare and Weasel

Cougar and Lynx

                                                        Racoon, Squirrel, Badger and Skunk

                                                                   Muskrat, Otter, Beaver and Mink

Black Bear

We also went to library today so your son / daughter should be bringing home a new library book to read with you this evening.     

Tuesday January 18, 2011

The new spelling words for this week are:

my                    we                    look

up                     at                     go

Spelling books went home today and this week's homework is due on Monday January 24, 2011.

We will be attending a presentation on "Winter Animals" tomorrow.  Puppeteer, Gail Gregory, will use puppets, songs, movement, and animal pelts to teach us how animals adapt to winter.  Today we discussed and organized pictures of animals that hibernate, migrate and stay awake in winter.
Parents --  ask your son / daughter about the winter animals below and discuss whether they hibernate, migrate or stay awake.  This will help further prepare them for tomorrow's presentation.

Hibernate

Migrate - Fly South

Stay Awake

Stay Awake

Stay Here

Light Sleeper

Reminder:  Library books are due tomorrow.