I hope you were all able to enjoy the beautiful weather today! I feel very lucky to have been able to go for a forest walk and feel the warmth of the sun!

This week we continued to explore the water cycle and learn about “water as a force”. We also learned about erosion.

Here are our water cycle paintings:

 

We will be learning about salmon this week.  In February, we will move onto researching animals that the students choose. They will be creating a habitat for their chosen animal.

We will be collecting shoeboxes for their habitat creations. We will begin this project in about 2 weeks.  If you have a shoebox that you can donate, I would greatly appreciate that. 

Example:

In math, the Grade Ones are working on subtraction. They will begin to learn about place value (ones and tens).

The Grade Two students have been learning about geometric solids and will be learning to add/subtract to 100.

 

As I am sure you have heard, there is snow in the forecast this week. I would love to be able to take the class outside to enjoy the snow if we get a good amount of it. Please send your child to school in weather appropriate clothing. I have a few pairs of snow boots and waterproof pants that I can lend to students if needed.  Learning outdoors is much more fun when we are prepared for the weather. Thank you!

Please note the following dates:

Friday February 12 – We will celebrate Lunar New Year and Valentine’s Day (more info to come)

Friday February 19 – Our 100th Day of School !

Friday February 26 – Pro D Day – No School for students

Friday March 12 – Reports Go Home and last day of school before Spring Break

Monday March 29 – School Re-opens after Spring Break

Friday April 2 and Monday April 5 – School Closed for Easter weekend