Lucky us, Mrs. Swerdan came to our room to read us one of the Langley Book Of the Year stories. She read That Is Not A Good Idea. Ask us to tell you about it. It was fun to listen to. We have also read The Day The Crayons Quit and If Kids Ruled the World. So far it is hard to pick a favourite because they are all good.
Once a week, for now, we rotate through Math stations to practise and expand the concepts we are learning in class. This is what is looks like in our room... Students practising place value by matching sets of cards. Looking at a picture that has a lot of math stories in it to create a math question. Then students have to show their thinking through diagrams, a number sentence and conclude with a word sentence with the answer. Practising our basic math facts using one of several apps on our iPads.
On Thursday Ms. Aune from LEPS (Langley Environmental Partners) was back in our classroom to talk about Household Hazardous Products in our home and environment. We learned about the four hazards symbols and identified the dangers that they pose to us and the environment. We looked for these symbols on products that many of us have around our homes. Ms. Aune showed us some chemical free alternatives that are better for the environment and smell good too. She made a cleaner for us to use in the classroom. Here is the recipe if you would like to try it out.
2 cups water 1 cup water 1/2 tsp dish soap 1/2 tsp essential oil Our class has been at the ice rink once a week learning many new skating skills. For some of us it's simply trying to stay upright, others are trying to get that gliding feeling as we learn to move across the ice, and for the others it's improving on skating skills we already have. No matter the skill level, we are having fun!
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