Keep On Reading! Another 100 Nights!

Yay for 23l!He finished his 100 nights of reading this week. He really got hooked on the Jeff Kinney books in the last little while.

Pupas Inside the Chrysalis'!

Well most of our larvae have formed a chrysalis and we are getting anxious for the butterflies to come out!  Mrs. Hosie taped the lids that the chrysalis' are stuck to up onto the top of the butterfly home. It is easy to see them in there.

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19g is the latest student to reach 100 nights of reading. I'm proud of her for working so hard.

We have really been working hard on using all of the reading comprehension strategies we have talked about this year. Visualizing, making predictions and connections and asking questions are all comprehension strategies we have reviewed in the past few weeks. As we read and view information about the various animals groups we are learning about, the students are really putting their comprehension skills to good use. It is wonderful to hear them question their reading and ask questions which leads to new learning. Reading non-fiction brings in a different set of skills than fiction. A good reader does much more than learn new information. It is wonderful to hear the kids talk about their predictions, connections and questions. Things are really coming together in the comprehension department!

We had a lot of fun last week making 3D objects such as cubes, rectangular prisms pyramids and  triangular prisms out of straws and play doh. 

Butterfly Larvae

I hope you have already heard all about the butterfly larvae. It arrived on Wednesday and we immediately got to work setting up the individual little homes filled with nutrient. The larvae are in the plastic homes now and will stay there until they form the chrysalis. I've put together a short video of the kids getting the larvae homes set up. Once the chrysalis' are formed, I will transfer them to the butterfly habitat. More pictures to follow!

Library Trip

We had a great time at the library. For some students it was their first time at the public library. We are very lucky to have such a great library so close to our neighbourhood. Please take advantage of it this summer and maintain the reading achievement your child has made this year. We will be visiting the library again in June as our school library actually closes a couple of week before school ends. If your child does not yet have a library time, please visit the library so they can take books out next time we go.

Next week we have an exciting week! We will be hatching butterflies.  The teeny, tiny butterfly larvae will arrive mid-week. Once it arrives we need to drop everything and get our larvae set up in their individual homes. Please ask your child all about it and keep watching the blog for pictures. It will be an exciting month! This is part of our unit on animal life cycles. There is really nothing better than seeing it live!

Poetry

Here is a sample of the "Two Word" poems that we wrote last week.

Spelling this week will be focussing on words that have or and ar in them. I use the key words "or" and "car"when kids are spelling words with or and ar.

Social Studies

We are once again working on Social Studies. Our unit on citizenship and decision making is always interesting and provides lots of conversation. Today we discussed saving, spending and budgets! I would like you to view the following video link with your child and talk about it with your child. We have discussed wants and needs and how some people like to save and some don't!  The kids knew what their tendencies were already. Here is the link-the login info is     regina     brainpop

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