Taking care of the environment.

Dear Parents,

I've been struggling to post regularly, but I'm very happy with the work that we're doing together as a class.

In language, we've been working on writing our own fairy tales that we hope to turn into books.

In math, we focused in on word problems for a couple of weeks and have moved on to 3D shapes.

Display outside Rm 105

We've finished our science focus on Living Things, with a visit from the Great Lakes programme from the Toronto Zoo and we reflected on why it's important to protect water.

"So the animals could live, to drink, to water flowers"

"Because animals and plants will die, and people. So snail shells don't break"

"So animals can live in the world and so fish can breathe"

I also asked students to take their "Big Idea" questions from the beginning of the unit and do their best to answer them. Although I'm not marking them for their reports per se, I feel like these show students' curiosity and engagement in learning.


 

I'm currently introducing our last Science focus and have sent home a bird house project due May 16th.

In class, we reviewed google images of bird houses made out of recycled materials and the purpose of the proposed bird house. The following were some of their favourites.





Students are asked to complete their projects at home, with parents helping to cut and supervise construction. We hope to hang our finished bird houses in the side yard by the parenting centre.

I'm looking forward to our last trip to High Park Nature Centre on April 23rd. Thank you for your volunteerism and your prompt return of forms! :)

Sincerely,

Ms. Goegan