February Fun!

The new month has begun and it promises to be a quick one.  Teacher's Convention will be taking place on Feb. 16 and 17 and that is followed by the Family Day long weekend.  Our time in class is going to fly by!

We started February by displaying new skills in building different shapes that we've been talking about as part of Math.  We have been learning about three dimensional shapes like cubes, spheres, cylinders, rectangular prisms, and cones (grade two level work).  We've also been learning about two dimensional shapes like circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles (grade one level work).  Everyone got to design and make a castle using plasticine and then identify what shapes they used.  They turned out really well!  Here are three examples:




Another thing that we've done so far this month has been to take part in the school's mannequin challenge.  We talked about the habit of "Beginning with the end in mind."  We used that to practice videoing what we prepared for our challenge.  Have a look and see how great our class did!

As the month goes on, we will continue to do spelling, have a Valentine's Day party, and we are investigating Hot and Cold Temperatures as part of Science.  Our spelling words this week are from the "ike" word family.  They are:  spike, like, hike, bike, and strike.  

Details about the Valentine's Day party are still being worked out, but if kids would like to bring cards they are encouraged to include everyone.  The first names of all our classmates are:

Vanessa, Ava C., Pascale, Rowan, Stasia, Ava N., Breanna, Jun, Makenna, Luca, Tato, Achilis, Penelope, Sophia, Anjali, Greyson, Oliver, Trenton, Knox, Elizabeth, and Annabelle. (21 in total)

Finally, everyone in class is being reminded to check the Fine Arts blog.  There is information on that blog that goes with the paper that was sent home today to help kids prepare for their music test next week.  It could be important to do some studying for this test!