Literacy and Home Reading Update, Circles and Field Trip Reminder!

Reminders: This Thursday May 23rd is our Field trip to the Wetlands with special guest water testing experts. We require 2 parent volunteers from each class and so far I have not had anyone volunteer. It is in the afternoon from 1pm-2:15pm. If you are able and have a valid security clearance please email me at imlagrana@cbe.ab.ca

JUMP ROPE FOR HEART

Our annual Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser is now underway. Royal Oak School held our kick off assembly last Thursday and students have brought home their fundraising envelopes. Your envelope explains everything that you need to know about the fundraiser. You can also register and fundraise online at JumpRopeForHeart.ca. It’s an easy way to raise money and earn great bonus prizes! Our fundraiser will run until May 29^th. On Wednesday, May 29^th we will collect fundraising envelopes and have our JUMP DAY. All classes will participate in fun skipping activities and we will have bubbles, sidewalk chalk, music and a healthy snack provided by parent council.

**Please note that PM kindergarten students will have their jump day on Thursday, May 30^th**

Did you know that when you jump rope for others, you are also jumping for yourself? Get the exercise your heart needs while raising money to help all kids grow up healthy!

Literacy
This week in Literacy we are focusing on the comprehension strategies of using text features and the author's purpose:

This week we are focusing mostly on nonfiction articles about insects and bugs to kick start our new Science Inquiry about Small, Crawling and Flying Animals.

We will also be looking closely at Text Features such as photographs, heading, titles, diagrams and text boxes that can help us find important information about what we are reading.

Home Reading Update!

Math

We are learning about circles. Today we learned some rules of circles and some new math 2-D shapes vocabulary such as Radius, Diameter, Centre, and Circumference. 
https://www.splashmath.com/math-vocabulary/geometry/circle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqNiWozlBWM

Today we found circles in our room. We traced them and used a ruler to figure out the diameter and radius.

We then got to measure the circumference of our heads using string and then a ruler. Ask me how many centimeters my head circumference is?