Good-Bye March! Welcome to Spring!

Hi from Room 6! All of us were happy to see the first day of Spring roll around, although it hasn't really felt like it the last few days! Term 2 conferences arrived and it was wonderful to see the families here to celebrate their child's learning. The students had worked incredibly hard to finish their Arctic projects and were proud to share them.

Aubrey and her family celebrating her learning - Dad even tried the snow goggles!

We're very proud of our students that participated in this year's Project Fair - effort and commitment are needed to finish and congratulations to each of them! Two of our students will now take their project to the Divisional Project Fair.

To celebrate St. Patrick's Day and all report card envelopes returned, we enjoyed a few green treats and homemade chocolate chip cookies. Mrs. Chumola was surprised at how many of us were willing to sample the seaweed salad! Thanks to Mrs. Harms for the cookies!

Mrs. Chumola has been teaching us about different types of personal safety, using the "Kids in the Know" program. Please ask me what I've learned to help keep me safe. We also had Constable Buduhan visit our classroom to talk to us about how to use technology safely and responsibly.


We were also fortunate enough to have Daniel from "Prairie Exotics" come to give us a presentation about reptiles and amphibians. They are a zoo, education and animal rescue service. He was very knowledgeable about the animals and we could tell that he cares for them. Daniel showed us a scorpion, a bearded dragon, two turtles, a tarantula, a couple of snakes, a tree frog and a few other amazing creatures! Then, we were allowed to pet some of them - including the biggest snake!








And, last but not least, we are celebrating the arrival of Spring Break and the end of our Arctic study with a Polar Party - complete with an ice-cream treat! Here we are dressed in our pj's ready to enjoy the "Arctic Tale" movie. We've wished each other a Happy Spring Break and we'll be back together on April 3rd!

Fun Times - Busy Times!

We want to say a BIG HELLO! Time is zooming by in room 6 and we want to stop, take a breath and let you know some of the activities that have been keeping us busy. We hope that you enjoy seeing some photos highlighting what we've been learning in class - since the beginning of the new year!

We are currently very busy working on Arctic research projects which is part of our Social Studies and Science curriculums. We are studying Arctic animals and the Inuit people. Wait until you see our finished projects this month! Do know what snow goggles are? We do! Do you know how to say "Mother" in Inuktitut? We do!

We will also each have a collection of poems written to show you. A big part of our reading and writing focus has been poetry, research projects and writing in our Reflection Journals. Some of us are reading chapter books about the Arctic as a group.

Math - Mrs. Quinn La-Fleche has visited our classroom again. We have been learning different ways to show equality - could be numbers, objects, collections, various sizes and shapes to create a balance. We've also been working very hard on Problem Solving and how to present our work in an organized, neat way. Let's not forget about adding and subtracting with larger numbers - plenty of teaching and practice times!

With all of this learning happening, Mrs. Chumola has been preparing to write our report cards. To help her, these are a few of the ways that she assesses our learning:

* Conversations with us

* Observations of us while we're working during class time - when we work alone or with others

* Formal assessments of our reading, math work, writing assignments

* Our participation during class discussions and lessons

We are assessed on our own personal learning growth throughout the school year. Mrs. Chumola doesn't compare us to one another. She compares our own learning now with our term 1 learning.


Well, we're going to sign off for now - and we definitely will have another post for you before Spring Break! Thanks for checking it out and we hope you enjoy the pictures posted with this one!

These photos include our 100 Day Celebration, problem solving, different ways to enjoy reading times, measurement,  and Valentine Celebration. We'll keep in touch!