This morning after guided reading we continued working on our Whispering Woods writing. We tried to get the "I see..." and "I hear..." parts finished so that we will be ready to move on tomorrow. Most of us were able to finish but a few of us will need to catch up tomorrow.
In math we did a pattern challenge. It was an infinity challenge because there was no end, there was an infinite number of possibilities to try to figure out. Our challenge was to create as many patterns as we could only using 2 colours. We recorded our patterns with our markers and then had to show the pattern using letter labels. We also had to show that we had repeated the pattern 3 times by circling the pattern core each time it repeated.
This afternoon we began looking at arctic animals that Ms. Boyer might see on her trip. We started by watching a video about the arctic and trying to pick out as many different animals as we could. We made a list of animals and then used some books to add to our list. After that we got together with a buddy and chose an animal to start researching. Tomorrow we will use books and computers to research our animal. When we are finished we will get to research another animal and try to make an animal guide book to add out our Churchill tourism folder. If you want to do a little research in advance at home please feel free! This website is a great place to start: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/
This afternoon we also had gym and library. In gym we continued practicing skipping skills. Lots of us are still working on forwards skipping but a few of us were able to do 20 skips in a row so we were challenged to try backwards skipping.
Today our photo order forms were sent home. Please check your child's backpack.
Tomorrow our helper is: Dominic
