Halloween Happenings in Room 6!

We have had a fun, busy time of preparing for Halloween! Stories to be shared, writing about trick-or-treat plans, and math activities. 

Children have been estimating the number of witches's eyeballs and spiders along with learning about the many ways that we use estimates in our daily lives. We have been Halloween problem solving and measuring. Graphing with popcorn and smarties was enjoyed, too!

A fun writing activity that we did was to use a comical photo of each child. They then drew body parts and wrote "How To Be A Monster, or a witch, a mummy, a creeper, etc. Very motivating! Earlier this month, children wrote about a special person in their life. Very special and you will see them at conferences.

We hope you enjoy these photos that share some of what we have been doing!

Graphing with Smarties!

The best part was eating them!

How To Be A Dracula!

More  Halloween  writing!

The "Mummy Wrap" game!

Happy Halloween from Room 6!

Busy Times!

Room 6 children have been busy little bees! While Mrs. Chumola was recuperating, her students accomplished some great, quality work! Now that we're back together, our days are jam packed with different math activities,writing poems and about special people in this our lives. Mrs. Chumola is proud of how well her class follows the routines when reading to themselves and to each other. That allows her to be able to do her jobs!

A group of three working through math story problems.

This past week, we had a talented artist work with us for our T.I.A. classes. She taught us about painting techniques. Do you know what "Interference Paint" is? Ask me! Because we're learning about our local community in Social Studies, we painted beautiful trees. We learned about adding details and mixing colours to create a work of art about nature.

Kael put fantastic detail into his practice piece!

Loralai's tree is so beautiful!

Our grade 3's have just one swim class left. They enjoy their lessons and it's fun for Mrs. Chumola to see them in a different environment. Here are their thoughts about swimming...

Eirrah - Swimming lessons are helping me to swim better.

Ben - I know how to float and swim in the deep end!

Frances - I like swimming lessons because they're really fun and I like to swim!

Kael - Swimming is the best!

Liam - I am enjoying swimming but it isn't better than doing work!

Madelynn - It's really fun! We get to go into the deep end!

Violet- It's really fun because we get to go on the slide and dive into the deep end!

Charlotte - Swimming is really fun and I've learned more about swimming.

Audrey - I can show off my swimming moves in the pool!

Dominic - Swimming is amazing!

Heather - I love it because Frances, Violet and I are in the same group.

Our First Week!

Our first week together as a new class has been terrific! We are getting back into school routines. Review of Daily 5 expectations has gone very smoothly. Our class contract has been agreed upon so that everyone understands work and behaviour expectations. We agree that we are a team and a team helps each other.

In math, we have done lots of Problem Solving already! We have also done pattern counting and basic facts work. Our September calendar is a daily activity, too.

I have enjoyed listening to the summer sharing. Everyone had the choice of telling us a little about their summer. Their first writing task was also about their summer fun.

We have finished the week with art sculptures, using packing peanuts! Reading and talking about different types of sculptures, then create our own. Lots of fun! See below for a few photos.

 

Adorable group photo - first week fun!

   

Why Wear Pink?

 

Notice the pink! Linwood students wore pink today to make a statement against bullying. Room 6 children learned how the wearing of pink on April 8 became a symbol of taking a stand against bullies. We read stories and created a class bulletin board. Students were also fortunate to watch a performance by MTYP related to bullying. Ask your child about "New Canadian Kid."

Our bulletin board displays students' thoughts related to bullying. Together, we work towards creating a society of tolerance, acceptance, and kindness for one another.

Spring Ahead!

 Here we are looking at our Spring Break! Room 6 is celebrating our Arctic Research learning with a  "Polar Party" today. Two Arctic movies and a yummy ice-cream snack - a perfect ending! 

Approaching Spring Break, we have been busy working! Our writing for this week was a letter to a secret pal in our classroom. Each child picked a name and wrote a letter to give today. Excitement built as students used criteria to write their letters. This morning, each child received a letter. One girl said that her letter almost made her cry, because it was so special.

Problem solving, mental math facts, multiplication - math classes have been busy!

Madelynn is practicing her math facts.

Kyla is working on a math challenge.

Let's not forget Daily 5! Eirrah and Violet are reading a chapter book together.

Last but not least, our class helped tape Mrs. McDonald to the wall this morning! All for a good cause! Enjoy the photos and ask your child about it. Happy Spring Break to all of our families.

Helping to get the job done!

Mission Accomplished!

A special Invitation!

We are having fun being extra kind to others this week! Why? It's Great Kindness Challenge Week!

Today, we were invited to play with our grade 1 friends and have a special treat. So much fun, as you can see from the photos. Please ask what we did for them!

A big tub of Lego to share with friends!

Zyron and friends are playing Connect 4.

Eirrah, Madelynn, and Violet are having a picnic - do they know there's a bear behind them?

A Busy Start To The New Year!

We are off and running into the new year! Welcome to our new student, Ariam! Her family recently moved to Winnipeg from Sudan. A big change!

We are learning about the Arctic and children have started Arctic projects. They are researching an animal and learning about life in the Arctic. They will be excited to show you the finished product!

Dom is researching the wolverine.

Students have also learned about how to recognize their worries and then how to cope with them. Part of this was to make a worry stone. Ask your child about it!

Here are Violet, Alan and Frances with their very own worry stone.

In Math, students are working towards learning their basic facts. Having recall of addition and subtraction facts to 10 and of the doubles to 9+9 is the grade two goal for the end of the year. The grade three goal is to also have recall of addition and subtraction facts to 18. These are just 1-2 of the Mental Math goals for each grade. Please help to reinforce these at home. Knowing their basic facts makes working with larger numbers easier.

This post highlights a few of things that we are busy with. Ask your child about their persuasive writing piece. What are they trying to persuade their teacher to allow?

We hope to see you at our Tech Night next Tuesday night!