Artifacts, Art and Storytelling

Hi Parents!!

What a fun and exciting week we had.

Thank you to all of those that have brought artifacts from the past to share. We have explored old cameras and learned how film was used and how we just "couldn't see the picture" until it was developed.   We saw typewriters, phones - (did you know you used to have to turn a dial to make a phone call?) irons and even an Apple 2 computer!!!

As we continue to explore the past, we created a beautiful art project using plasticine!  We got to choose what kind of landscape we wanted to create.   They turned out beautifully!!

We were honoured to have Mr. Scout in our class this week to tell us the story of Napi and The Rock.  We learned how stories are passed on from generation to generation.  Ask me to tell you the story about how the rock in Okotoks got there!

We learned a reading strategy for when two vowels are together in a word.  "When two vowels go a walking, the first one does the talking and says its name."  Words such as  'soap', 'eat', 'ear', 'rain' ......
This strategy helps use to read these words properly because sounding each vowel out won't work!  Help me use it at home!

List #5 of my popcorn words came home last week!  Please help me practice them! 

We continue to work on subtraction in math and have been using various strategies to help support our learning.  Counting backwards, using fingers, manipulatives just to name a few.  Our math centres have helped reinforce our learning and helped us to use our strategies!

REMINDERS

We are swimming next week!  Please make sure your child has a towel, bathing suit and other items they need.  We will not have time to shower and shampoo hair so please do not send any of those items.  Your child will need to be independent in dressing themselves and be responsible for their items.  We will have some parent volunteers to support.