Thursday February 9th, 2017

Reminder:

Happy Weekend from your Fundraising Society!  Thank you to all parents for sending in your Coffee and Tea orders so promptly!  Orders are due tomorrow, Friday, February 10th, but we would like to invite you to share the order forms over the weekend, and return ALL ORDERS BY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12th.  If possible, please combine all payments into one cheque made out to ROS Fundraising Society.  PM Kindergartens, please send your orders in tomorrow, Friday!

 

We also need parents to help sort and package the orders when they arrive approximately the last week of February.  Please indicate on your order form, or email us directly if you might be available to help!

 

Looking forward to a little Winter Warm Up!  Thank you for supporting your Fundraising Society, and the excellence in programming we can provide for our children! 

Today during Guided Reading groups in our classroom many of us added a new reading goal, strategy and understanding myself as a learner comment in IRIS. Please ask me if I did this and read this with me.

Math
In math we worked on What is Subtraction? We looked at what subtraction is and how we know if the question wants us to subtract or add. 
We practiced figuring out a simple subtraction question using multiple strategies, and focusing especially on the number line. Ask me what is different about the number line when I am subtracting?

10-8=

These are some of the strategies that we used: 

Ask me which one I used? 


Science
We started to look at Hot and Cold Temperature. We looked at a thermometer and how it works and what it is for. We learned how to use one and we did an experiment where we looked made a prediction/hypothesis about what the temperature or cold water versus hot water would be. We also took our thermometers outside and tested what the temperature of the snow was! Ask me what I found out! What does it mean when the line on the thermometer goes up? What does it mean when it goes down? 

Here are some different thermometers used for measuring. Try them out and see which temperatures you could put on there. You could also visit www.theweathernetwork and look at the temperature for Calgary, Alberta and Iqaluit, Nunavut. 
http://www.homeschoolmath.net/interactives/thermometer.php


Check what your thermostat says at home and come ready to tell us tomorrow what the temperature is in your house!



We continued our planning for our Myth Writing. Today we looked at Setting. We used our picture and made sure that we had lots of descriptive words for our setting. Ask me what the setting of my Myth is going to be?