The field trip was a great success, and we couldn't have had better weather! We were lucky enough to have an entomologist sharing her knowledge of bees for the main presentation, and then got to explore some of the grounds and learn a bit more about the bees habitat. We played a racing game to collect "nectar" for our hive, and we got to see a real hive up close. They had a hive in a glass case where the bees had access to outside through a tube in the wall! Everyone was able to locate the queen, and then we got to do a honey tasting. It was so good!
In writing this week we read 2 books that taught us a little about Orange Shirt day. The first book, Shi-Shi Etko, was about a girl who was about to go off to school. She was collecting memories of her family, and saving them in her memory pouch, as she wouldn't be able to come home again until the next summer. In the next book, "When We Were Alone," a young girl and her grandmother are gardening, and the little girl asks her about different things in her life. The grandmother explains the restrictions she had when she was little and in school, and is now happy that she can wear colorful clothes, grow her hair long, and speak her own language. Orange Shirt day is to recognize the terrible things that First Nations children suffered in residential schools, and we used these books to just talk about how we feel belonging at home and at school, and what that would be like if we didn't have it.
In math we continued to work on patterns. This week we reminded ourselves how we find the core, and then we created different patterns using a combination of 2 or 3 attributes (size, color, and shape). The students practiced drawing multiple patterns. Next week we will be looking at increasing patterns, how to extend them and how to make them.
We looked into vowel patterns this week, and how an e can be bossy and act like a king, making other vowels say their name. Then we did a word hunt to try and find words that follow the pattern. See if you can find any of these words at home.
Today we had an amazing conversation about Terry Fox, and all the good he was able to do for people, even though he lost his fight with cancer. We totaled up our donations and talked a little bit about adding money, and then we read a book about Terry. He was courageous and brave, and he raised a lot of money to go to cancer research. After that we did an art project in our visual journals about Terry Fox, and then went on the Terry Fox run. The students were so amazing, and did their best. We were lucky to have a clear day and some sunshine today.
We also had a great lesson on how to make our good copy coloring look like our best work. We decided that when we do a good copy, we are going to try and make it look like Mrs. Jackson's coloring when she is taking her time, not Ms. Secord's coloring when she is rushing. The kids did such an amazing job, and are very proud of the work they have done.
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