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Patterns and More Patterns  We have begun our math unit sorting objects and making patterns.  We are using toys and manipulative that we have in the classroom. The skills we have been practicing are: making a pattern, naming patterns and extending patterns.  The students have strips of paper with the name of a pattern, their job is to replicate the pattern. After we practice several times, the children will create a pattern and write the name on a strip of paper.  We willl be looking at different ways to use objects to make patterns such as by the colour of the object, the shape, the size and the direction which the object faces.  Next week we will continue with patterns and play a game with pattern blocks and police cars. A child makes a pattern with a mistake in the pattern. A second child then drives the police car along the pattern until they find and correct the mistake.  We will continue with pattern practice through next week and then begin working on number sense.  Community Bu

A focus on literacy  Literacy Since the March Break, we have been focussing on oral language and writing. As these activities do not lend themselves well to being captured for Freshgrade, there have not been any recent updates. Instead, you will see a complete writing sample coming home Monday the 26th at the end of the day.  To support everyone with their French oral language we have started a new French game involving wearing bracelets in class. There is so much rich conversation in French in class right now! Everyone should be commended for the fantastic effort and risk taking that they are doing every day!   Social Studies We have been reading Robert Munsch books. Robert Munsch writes books about the children he meets across Canada. By reading a variety of these books, it is giving us jumping off points to talk about the various regions of Canada. We have been adding each book to our map of Canada. So far, we have talked about: ·      -- Québec- Carnaval  ·      -- The prairies- th

Water- solid and liquid water We spent the early part of the month exploring water and building our winter vocabulary. One morning we discovered that our Lego people were frozen in ice! This led to a discussion about what makes an object a solid or a liquid. We also took time throughout the day to draw what was happening in the plates on our tables. As the ice began to melt we explored and watched a video about the water cycle. We talked about where in our homes we have seen condensation and steam.  As part of our explorations with solids, we used plasticine to model how the plasticine does not change shape unless we pull it, roll it or otherwise use force on it. We also explored liquids in class. We gathered material and recorded if we thought that they would float or sink. The next day we tested the object to see if our predictions were accurate.  Observing the states of water Geometry Over the last several weeks we have continued to explore 2D shapes. We have been playing "What