Nature Sketching

With this beautiful weather we have had this week room 10 students have been enjoying our outdoor spaces. We have been spending time in our outdoor classroom scientific sketching, writing, using a variety of art materials, collecting and studying bugs as well as spending time with our grade 3 buddies. The students have been working hard at drawing what their eye sees and adding descriptive words and labels to their work.

Maple Ridge Talent Show

Maple Ridge will be having a Talent show this year for Grades 1-4. There will be 2 shows; June 11 @ 2:30pm and June 17 @ 11:00 am. Auditions for Grade 1 students will be held during music class. If your child takes music/dance lessons or has a planned routine and would like to perform for the whole school they are asked to audition in front of their peers beginning this week. The last day for auditions will be Wednesday, June 5. Each student will be given 90 seconds for their performance. Song choice must be appropriate (no bad language or negative messages)

If you have any questions please email jmhebenton@cbe.ab.ca

Thank you

Mrs. J Hebenton

Music Teacher

Exploring Prince's Island Park

Today the grade 1 students explored Prince's Island Park. We observed and documented signs of animals, the Peace Bridge and used our scientific sketching skills that we learned from Ms. Rebecca to sketch some of the beautiful flowers. There were so many geese along the water and a large group of fuzzy, yellow babies. It was super interesting seeing all the shapes and designs that make up the Peace Bridge. We then had a lovely lunch together and made our way back to the bus. We were working on our observational skills, iPAD documentation skills and our scientific sketching skills today.

Math with Ms. Moore

Yesterday Ms. Moore presented us with this math problem:

The answer is 15 what is the question.

Our challenge was to come up with as many different number combinations that could end in the number 15. We had to show a number sentence and a picture that matched the problem. It was interesting to see how many of us saw different groupings and solved the problem in different ways.

* Please remember Monday is our field study to Prince's Island Park. Please dress for the weather and bring a healthy lunch and water. 

Today in room 10

For the last couple of months room 10 students have been starting their day at math centres. This week we are working on number bonds, number sense, exploring numerals and addition and subtraction.

Happy long weekend!

Remember tomorrow is a PD day, no school for students.
Monday is Victoria Day.

Field Study forms went home today for Prince's Island Park. Please have them back by next Thursday and e-mail sdmccaw@cbe.ab.ca if you would like to volunteer for this trip.

Have a wonderful long weekend!

Today in room 10...

Today in room 10 we attended the morning kindergarten assembly. We enjoyed learning about all the cool things they are working on in morning kindergarten.

Follow Your Passion Friday: Today was our last F.Y.P Friday. The students all enjoyed engaging in activities that they are passionate about. Ask your child how their F.Y.P went today.

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful mother's out there!

Today in room 10

Today in room 10 we:

Started off the day with math centres: we are working on number sense, adding, subtracting and subitizing

Research Groups: we continue to working in small groups finding research about animals in Alberta

Music: During music we learned about our vocal cords. We also had a fire drill and did really well straying calm and quiet.

Gym: We are practicing our skipping skills

Coding: We are learning about Binary Coding and how to speak "computer"

Follow Your Passion Friday (FYP)

All students participated in Follow Your Passion groups today. Each student came back to the class excited about what they did. Ask you child what they participated in or made during F.Y.P today!

Have a great weekend!

Today in room 10!

Today in room 10 we started a research project. In small groups we are researching animals of Alberta. We are interested in their appearance, habitat, winter activity, defenses and food. We are using voice recognition on the iPADS as our researching tool. Stay tuned for an update on our progress.

Story Workshop Explore Centres: Some new provocations this week are small looms and string and old and broken electronics, safety goggles and gloves and tools. The question is can you make a robot?

Friday: Choir and kindergarten are performing this Friday at 10:00 am. Everyone is welcome.