What’s happening in November?
Salmon
- We have learned about all stages of the salmon’s life cycle.
- We learned ways we can help protect salmon.
- We looked at salmon in First Nations art and then were inspired to make our own art.
Nature
- Children have been bringing in pictures, photos, antlers and even fur and a skull to help us learn about wild nature in B.C. through Show and Tell.
- Each child has a special spot in the schoolyard that they return to each time we do outdoor learning. Today, we looked and listened for birds. We have been using our 5 senses to appreciate nature, touched nature around us, and did some math with small natural items
- Word puzzles are another way we practice Canada vocabulary, including Canadian animals.
French
- Last week, our focus was the sound in in lapin.
- This week, our focus is the same sound but spelled ain as in main.
- We have been looking closely at masculine and feminine articles such as le/la, un/une, mon/ma, ton/ta and son/sa (the, a, my, your, his/ her).
- We are journal writing, reading in small groups with the teacher, buddy reading, silent reading (our stamina is up to 14 minutes), printing neatly, listening to and discussing stories and being word detectives.
- In home reading, some students have travelled to Ontario on our wall map. As a reward, each student receives a pencil for visiting Ottawa.
Math
- We continue to focus on subtraction while continuing practicing addition.
- We are learning some new math games and will be working on an open-ended problem tomorrow.
Gym
- We have been working on throwing and catching skills this month.
- We play outdoor games 3 times a week.
- We get our heart rates up with various tag games.