Month: April 2021

Thursday was Earth Day so we worked on Earth day promises. We brainstormed about ways we could help our Earth. Some things we thought of were:

-Not littering

-Only taking what we need

-Conserving (not wasting) water

-Reusing items

-Helping Bees

We have been busy studying Bees and since we get to use the laptops every other Friday we did some bee research. We went onto kiddle.co ( a kid friendly search engine), watched some bee videos, and  wrote some notes in our best kid spelling.

This week we started earning money! We will earn money for doing our jobs, being on task, keeping our desks clean, going above and beyond, and being kind. Next week we will learn about fines (for running /unsafe actions in school, not being on task etc.) Ms. Chatt’s class is also earning money (and fines). Through these experiences we will be learning about saving, spending, and working to earn money. I expect to see some rich students in the upcoming weeks!

Earth Week wouldn’t have been complete if we didn’t go outside to enjoy the sun as we worked.

Last week we made been  houses and planted marigolds.  This week they our plants have started to sprout! We are measuring them to see how tall they grow.

Today we made stools! We persevered and did such a great job! We will be using our stools inside and outside. Mr. Smith, our ELL teacher, came to give us a bit of a helping hand. It was wonderful to see students helping each other and showing how handy they all were. Everyone did an amazing job!

We are excited to be back! Our collaborative Thank you X  art is finally up on the board and looking amazing!

Since we will be learning about lifecycles this term we’ve welcomed some new pets into our classroom. Meet Sticky (named by the students) and her 3 babies (I only took pictures of 2 because the third one is really good at hiding!).

The students will be taking turns spraying the blackberry leaves/cage so that the stick bugs keep hydrated.  We’ve measured Sticky and she is 12 cubes  (12 cm) long! The babies are only 2 cubes (cm) long.

Yesterday, as you may know, Ms. Shen’s class was kind enough to have an Easter egg hunt for our class where each student got to find an egg with a goodie in it.  We thanked them by writing cards to their class and reciprocated by hiding their eggs for them while they were out for their lunch play time. Finally to welcome in April and April Fools day I had the students take a pop spelling test  that would be used for their report card grades. They all tried their best and their bonus word #11 was “Fools”. They were good sports about my prank. Here is the list of (Dr. Suess) words that they had to try to spell:

Wishing everyone a wonderful 4 day Easter break!