Friday January 12, 2024

 Dear fantastic parents,

This week:

* In gym we played Diamond Tag, Skittles, Plank Tag and we also practiced throwing at the targets. This afternoon we will play Dungeon Ball with Div. 8 after we finish writing the blog.

* In math we practiced our addition and subtraction and also we started learning about multiplication. We learned how to multiply by 0 and 1. The rule for zero is that if you multiply by zero it always equals zero. The rule for X1 is that it is always the number you are multiplying by one.

* In Library we were going to listen to a story, but our librarian said we didn't have time. Then Mr. Marta and Mrs. Marta said yes we do! And we listened to Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

* In Social Studies we started an indigenous art. It was about the legend of the ladybug. We also learned that there are three indigenous groups in Canada: First Nations, Metis and Inuit.

We also learned a lot about Coast Salish art. They use different shapes like trigons, u-shapes, circles, ovals and crescents. They also mostly use the colours green, black and red in their art.

* We started learning handwriting this week. If you are in grade 3 you have to learn handwriting. If you are in grade 2 you could choose to do handwriting or practice your printing.

* In Music today we learned a little dance with sticks. The pattern was tap on your lap and click. With a partner you do right hand and hit them together and left hand and hit them together. We also learned about Johann Sebastian Bach.

* Mrs. Marta made a boring story and then we helped her jazz it up by adding more details and interesting events.

We hope you have a spectacular day!

From, 
Mrs. Marta's fantastical, crazy, talented, strong, cool, nice, quiet, hard-working, energetic and the very best superstars

Friday Nov. 17, 2023

 Dear caring families,

This week we:

* Added a piece to chess. It is called the "rook". The rook can move forward, sideways or backwards as many spaces as it wants in a straight line. It can NOT go diagonal or jump over pieces. Today we played with the pawns, the bishops and the rooks. The goal was to get one pawn to the other side.

* We are having gym this afternoon with Mr. Marta's class. We will play Dungeon Ball. It will be fun! On Wednesday we played Everybody's It Tag and Octopus.

* In music we played Make a Pizza and we used the sticks and the shaker eggs. There was a tiny circle for the pizza dough. We had to listen for the rhythm in the music and then we did different movements like rolling, patting and shaking the cheese on.

* Today is fantastic Friday. We pick a stick with someone's name on it. Whoever it is we spy on them for the whole day. Then in the afternoon we compliment them for something nice they did today.

* In math we have been learning how to add up coins. We also learned the difference between dollars and cents. It took us a few days because it was hard.

* This morning we had library. We got to pick a new book and read in the library.

* Today is P.B.'s birthday. She isn't here so we will celebrate her birthday on Tuesday.

* Yesterday we met our new student teacher. His name is Mr. K. He will start teaching after Christmas Break.

* This week L.W., P.B. and E.B. shared their writing with the class.

Remember there is no school for students on Monday!

Have a terrific long weekend!

From,

 Mrs. Marta's monsteriffic, fantastic, adorable, victorious, cool, smart, friendly, hard-working, perfect, monstersmart, focused, energetic, fangtastic, handsome and pretty, superstars! 

A.K.A. the best students ever!

Friday Nov, 10, 2023

Dear magnificent families,

This week we:

* Had gym with division 8. We played Dungeon Ball. In gym we also practiced dribbling and trapping. We played a game called Treasure Hunt where you had to dribble the ball to collect bean bags for your team's hoop. We also played red light green light while you are dribbling. If you lost control of the ball you had to go back to the beginning. On Monday we had C.A's birthday gym. He chose to play soccer.

* We also celebrated E.B.'s birthday. She chose to pick all the gonoodle's. She also brought her own book from home for the birthday story.

* Are getting ice cream treats for selling so many coupon books!!!

* We had an assembly for Remembrance Day. People who are in guides or cubs or had indigenous regalia were part of the honour guard and were up at the front of the assembly. We also had two people carry the wreath up for our class.

* We have been practicing our lockdown drill. We have been building up to being quiet for 5 minutes with the lights off and the blinds closed.

* Today we have Fantastic Friday. We will be giving compliments to the people who's name we chose this morning.

* For Remembrance Day we did an art/writing project. We wrote about why we wear a poppy and made three poppies for our art work.

* We got a postcard from Singapore from M.'s cousin. We learned that Singapore is beautiful and has delicious food. They also had a gorgeous art gallery. They also had a mall that was perfect for a shop-a-holic!

Remember there is no school on Monday.

We hope you have an amazing weekend!

From,

Mrs. Marta's victorious, monsteriffic, hard-working, determined, happy, awesome, beautiful, superstar, smart, adorable, strong, cool, kind, intelligent, magnificent students (AKA the best class ever!)

Friday October 27, 2023

Friday October 27, 2023

Dear incredible families,

This week:

* We had gym. We played "Hot Dog Tag", "Dungeon Ball", and "Plank Tag". We also practiced throwing. We worked on distance and accuracy.

* Today we had our first ever Fantastic Friday. Everybody gets a person's name in the class in the morning. They have to watch them all day (NOT STALKING) and catch them doing nice things. At the end of the day we will give them compliments about things we saw they were doing that are nice.

* This weekend is I.S.H.'s birthday! We will celebrate on Monday. I.S.H. also brought in some cool bird's nests to show us this afternoon.

* In music we did the cup song with a red cup. You do moves in a specific order while you sing a song. This time we did the Monster Mash. We also played Witch's Stew. We put a lot of gross stuff in like eyeballs, spiders, bones, blood, stardust, witch prunes, tentacles and special potions. Then we put Mr. Murray and Mrs. Jones in! We also did a Halloween Line Rider.

* In Stem we built treehouses with cardboard, bottles, tin cans, plastic scraps and paper.

* We learned about how important sleep is. School aged kids should sleep 9-12 hours each night so that their brain gets lots of rest and their body can grow. We learned about the sleep stages (sleep cycle). It's important for your brain to go through all the stages.

* In Science we learned about the puffin life cycle. The stages are: egg, puffling, fledgling and adult.

* In Chess we played with the pawns again, and introduced the bishops. We know how both of those pieces move now.

* In art we watched arthub and learned how to draw a sea turtle. We also coloured them in and brought them home to show our parents. We were trying to make them as realistic as we could.

* We started book club this week. Some people from Mr. Marta's class and some people from our class our doing it. There are four book clubs going right now. If you aren't in a book club yet, you will get a chance later. In book club, your club has to read the same pages from the same book. You also have to write a prediction, six things we're wondering and after we write the summary. The titles of the book are: Swindle, The Last Firehawk, Alvin Ho and Clint McCool.

* In math we started learning about the coins in Canada. After we learned about them, we did a math sheet where we had to match the coins to how much they are worth.

* We also watch the Mojo video #4 about Growth Mindset. We learned that to make your brain grow you need to try challenging things.

* This week we also did GoNoodle. We can try it at home for some fun exercise!

* This morning we had an assembly. We sang the O Canada song and the welcome song. This time there were grade 4 and 5 students as our drum leaders. While they played we could use our hands as drums. We were also going to watch a video but the computer wouldn't connect to the projector.

* We are VERY excited because tonight is the Halloween Dance!!!

We hope you have a spooktastic weekend!

From,

Mrs. Marta's smart, fantastic, amazing, brave, spooky, cool, strong, magnificent, hard-working, victorious, unique, persistent, and graceful superstars.

And... the best class ever!

Friday October 13, 2023

 Dear glorious families,

This week:

* In gym we played Diamond Tag, Zombie Tag and worked on soccer dribbling and passing.

* In music we did a dance called "The Seven Jumps". We also juggled bean bags and scarves. Some people juggled tennis balls.

* In Library we listened to a story called The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors. 

* In STEM we designed and started building our tree houses.

* This week we celebrated P.H's birthday. She chose to go to the park for her activity and she chose Chicken Little for her story.

* In Science we learned about the frog life cycle. The stages are: egg, tadpole, froglet and adult frog.

* In Math we learned about adding and subtracting numbers. We also talked about expanded form. Expanded form means you have to stretch the number out. For example: 74 = 70 +4.

* In Writing we learned that once we have finished writing a story we can have it typed and read it to the class. Then we can put it in the student author box.  This week I.S.H. read her story to us called The Giraffe and the Necklace. J.M is going to read us her story this afternoon. S.C-J. is waiting for Mrs. Marta to finish typing hers.

* This week we got a postcard from Disneyland. C.A. in our class was there last week and brought us a postcard. Disneyland is in California, U.S.A.

Have a nice amazing weekend families!

From,

Mrs. Marta's smart, cool, magnificent, fantastic, sweet, trustworthy, fast, super hard-working, beautiful, strong, incredible, nice, active superstars!

Friday October 6, 2023

 Dear amazing magnificent families,

This week:

* We had a dance party this morning because it was Mr. Murray's birthday!

* In gym today we learned a new game called Dungeon Ball. We also played Diamond Tag.

* In music we learned a new dance called "The Turkey Tango". We also learned another dance called Sasha. It is Russian.

* We learned a new math game that you can play with cards. You are trying to get "10".

* This week we got a postcard from Miss Emily. She sent a postcard from Portugal.  Did you know in Nazare, Portugal they have the biggest waves in the world. There are a lot of houses built on really big cliffs towering over the ocean.

* In Stem we were planning out our treehouse. We are going to build the treehouse out of recyclable stuff.

* In Library today we got new little cards to sign out our books.

* We wrote about all the things we are thankful for. We also got to colour a small feast on the page with our writing.

Have a magnificent Thanksgiving weekend!

From,

Mrs. Marta's cool, smart, amazing, intelligent, fun, fantastical, hard-working, pretty, graceful, active, and playful students (AKA the best class ever!)

Thursday September 21, 2023

 Dear amazing families,

This week we:

* Did Km. Club. We run laps around the field. Every time you do five laps you get a sticker for your running chart. We keep our water bottles on the benches outside.

* Today in Science we drew a picture of the ecosystem of the nature playground. Yesterday we went to the nature playground, did some observations and wrote down living and nonliving things we saw. 

* This morning we had a fire drill. It was really loud, but we were still inside when it turned off. We went outside and lined up on the back field. Then we listened to the principal and went back inside. When we left the classroom we had to remember to close the door.

* This week in math we did a math sheet that had math, then a section that had bonus questions, and then a section that had super duper bonus questions. For math we were practicing the "10 ands". For example if you add 10+5 you get 15

* In art we made a polar bear drawing that was very cute. We are doing it for the school fundraiser. When we send our pictures in our parents will get a chance to order art cards, mugs or even bags with our art on it.

* In music we did a little bean bag song and passed it around.

* In gym we played zombie tag and jewel thief. We also practiced dribbling and trapping the soccer ball.

* In STEM first we heard a story. Then we got blocks, magnets or Lego. We had to build a house, treehouse or fort. We had to do it with a group and work together.

* Just a reminder that there is no school for students tomorrow. Teachers will be here doing "teacher school".

Have a fantastical long weekend!

From, 

Mrs. Marta's hard-working, trustworthy, amazing, magnificent, beautiful, smart, exciting, strong, lovely, healthy, helpful. superstar, cool students

Friday September 15, 2023

 Dear amazing families,

This week:

* We had a dance party this morning.

* In gym we played Diamond Tag, Museum, Angry Cats, Jewel Thief and Zombie Tag.

* In music we played a game called "Throw and Catch". We also made a little rhythm and then passed beanbags around the circle.

* In reading today we got up to reading for 9 minutes alone. When we read alone we have to be quiet, not play with the reading buddies, stay at our desks and most important we have to read. When we are done reading alone we have some time for reading together.

* Today in math we estimated with some of the builder blocks. We also played some math games this week like 10+ towers. Yesterday we wrote the numbers to 100 in the hundreds chart.

* In Science we watched a video about living and non-living things. Then we filled in a chart to see what things were living and which were nonliving.

* In STEM we did a scavenger hunt. First we read a Gingerbread Man book. Then the Gingerbread Man was running around the whole library. We had to use the clues to find the Gingerbread Man.

* Every morning when we come in we do a morning routine. There is a chart at the front the room to remind us what to do. There are 8 things on the chart!

* This week we got a postcard from Niagara Falls (actually 2 postcards). Mrs. and Mr. Marta went in the summer and brought us back some postcards. Did you know that Niagara Falls is the waterfall in Canada that discharges the most water. It can fill one million bathtubs every minute!

We hope you have a fantastic weekend,

From, 

Mrs. Marta's trustworthy, beautiful, amazing, smart, and special students.

Friday May 26, 2023

Dear incredible families,

This week:

* In gym we played Dungeon Ball, Diamond Tag, Octopus and Zombie Tag.

* In STEM we did Scratch JR. We typed codes and made our little sprite move. We used yellow, blue, purple, red and orange. The different colours make different things happen.

* In Social Studies we learned about New Brunswick and Nova Scotia this week. Nova Scotia means "New Scotland". New Brunswick is the birthplace of the Canadian military.

* In music we learned the cup song from watching a video. It goes like this: clap, clap, ta-ble, ta-ble, clap, up, down.

* We finished our old puzzle and started the new puzzle that Ms. Melanie and Ms. Sofie gave us. It is space themed and has 1000 pieces. There are special pieces in the shape of planets, stars and an astronaut. So far we have finished two 1000 piece puzzles.

* In science we have been talking about water.

Yesterday we learned that 2.1 billion people in the world don't have clean water to drink.

* In math we have been working on division. For example, 20 divided by 4 equals 5. But, 21 divided by 4 equals 5 R. 1. (we just learned about remainders today).

* We got two postcards this week. One was from Nova Scotia and one was from Russia.

We hope you have a fantastic weekend.

From,

Mrs. Marta's funny, incredible, fabulous, respectful, kind, lovely, silly, marvelous, talented, intelligent, trustworthy, musical, hard-working, artistic, fantastic, caring and careful students

Friday May 12, 2023

 Dear amazing families,

This week:

* In gym we played Diamond Tag and Octopus. We also practiced doing track with the batons. We had different coloured teams. To show our teams we wore pinnies.

* We received three postcards this week. One was from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Today we got two. One was from California and the other was from Virginia. In California their nickname is the Golden State and they also have a Golden Gate Bridge. They had a 7 year long gold rush a long time ago.

* This week we made Mother's Day presents. It is a surprise! You will see it on Sunday.

* In Stem we used iPads to do coding. We used Scratch Jr. Our goal was to move the Scratch Cat to the other side.

* In Sporcle we got a new record. We named 137 countries. We beat our old record by 1! We forgot Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Belgium, Nepal, Laos, and Costa Rica.

* This week learned about Ontario. Ontario has the biggest waterfall in Canada (Niagara Falls). Toronto is the capital of Ontario. Ottawa, which is the capital of Canada is also in Ontario. There is a castle in Toronto called Casa Loma. The population is 14.57 million. When you are in Ontario you can fly a flight simulator. The CN Tower is the tallest building in Canada.

* In Music we played with the boomwhackers. We played the Star Wars Imperial March and It's Corn.

* We celebrated E.Z's pretend birthday this week because her birthday is in July.

We hope you have a splendid weekend!

From,

Mrs. Marta's intelligent, smart, trustworthy, nice, marvelous, kind, hard-working, excellent, fantastic, lovely, amazing, caring and artistic students

Friday April 28, 2023

 Dear fabulous families,

This week:

* In Stem we got to play with tiny Ozobots. We also did some Eid colouring on the iPads.

* In Social Studies we learned about Saskatchewan. The capital city is Regina. Saskatchewan is in between Alberta and Manitoba.

* We got a postcard from New Zealand this week. We also got a postcard from L.S. She is in Japan right now.

* This week in Sporcle we only got 127. Next week we will remember: Romania, Haiti, Monaco, Belgium, St. Kitts and Nevis, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo and Tajikistan.

* We had student led conferences this week. Thank you for coming wonderful families to see all of our work! During the conferences there was a book fair in the library.

* Today we read a book called The Idea Jar. At the end of the story Mrs. Marta drew a jar and we put ideas in it that we could use to make stories. Mrs. Marta says they were very inventive and funny. For instance, there was a cookie-eating cat.

* We have been working on a thousand piece puzzle. It is about different places in Canada. We are more than half done!

* Earlier this week we did gymnastics. Now the equipment is down. So this morning we played games. We played zombie tag, jewel thief and diamond tag.

* In art we looked at some indigenous art from BC and from New Zealand. We made art using chalk to draw shapes (that might have just been shapes you like or represented a story). After, we used oil pastels to fill in the empty space. Then we washed all the chalk off (the oil pastels are waterproof and didn't come off). If you want to see them they are in the hallway outside our classroom!

We hope you have a fantastic weekend!

From,

Mrs. Marta's intelligent, super, kind, happy, sparkly, trustworthy, caring, artistic, graceful, smart, silly, amazing, and fantastic students

Friday April 21, 2023

 Dear fantastic families,

This week:

* We have been working on gymnastics. This morning the vault was four sections tall. We had to be very careful when we jumped! LT really wishes there was a trampoline.

* We are on chapter 81 out of 90 chapters of Wild Robot Escapes. HK really wants to tell us what happened... but she won't.

* We have started getting ready for Student Led Conferences. We will see you next week for our conferences on Wednesday or Thursday.

* In music we played some songs and steel tum drums.

* This week we started learning about shapes. First  we learned about 2D shapes (triangle, dodecagon, diamond, etc.) and 3D shapes (cube, rectangular prism, sphere, triangular prism, etc.).

* In Social Studies we learned about Alberta. Did you know in Alberta there is a mall called West Edmonton Mall. They have a waterpark and a carnival inside the mall! Did you know that Mrs. Marta is from Alberta? In Drumheller there is a museum with real dinosaur bones.

* We got a new Sporcle record of 136/197. We beat Mr. Marta's class!

* Yesterday we got a postcard from Hawaii. We watched a video about a big volcano in Hawaii.

* Our student teachers are teaching geometry, and Mrs. Marta calls her math "Marta Math" now.

* There is a book club reading the book Chicken Squad. Mrs. Marta calls them her book squad.

* This week we played with all the pieces in chess. These are the points the pieces are worth: pawn = 1, knight = 3, bishop = 3, rook = 5 and queen = 9. If you get a pawn to the other side it turns into a queen. If you get the other person's king you win the game.

We hope you have a magnificent weekend!

From,

Mrs. Marta's funny, caring, magnificently magical, singing, silly, smart, intelligent, and hard-working students

Friday April 14, 2023

 Dear marvelous families,

This week:

* In gymnastics we added two new stations. One was the bars. The other was the wall mats. There is a station called the springboard. You stay on it and  count to 2, then you jump off. There are three things we are working on in gymnastics: balances, jumps and travelling.

* In STEM we were using Ozobots. It reminds us of Roz from our book. If you put it on a black circle and press the on button for five seconds it will make cute noises. We made little trails for the Ozobots. We had to include an animals food, water, shelter and maybe a danger and the Ozobot followed the path.

* In math we have been working on the next ten and two subtraction strategies. The strategies are called place value and rounding up.

* In Sporcle this week we got 132 points!

* This morning we had a dance party with the special rainbow light. The songs we danced to were "Can't Stop the Feeling" and "Believer".

* We have two new student teachers. Their names are Ms. Sofie and Ms. Melanie.

* This week we got a postcard from South Korea. Ms. Lee who works in our class brought the postcard from her teacher. She visited South Korea on Spring Break.

* In Social Studies this week we learned about British Columbia. We did a sheet where we write facts about it and draw pictures.

* At writing we have been doing "Jazz it up!". This is where you add more details and fancy words to a boring story.

We hope you have a fantastic weekend.

From,

Mrs. Marta's marvelous, popular, trustworthy, hard-working, respectful, funny, magnificent, sparkling, kind, intelligent, and smart students.

Thursday April 6, 2023

 Dear marvelous families,

This week:

* We got a new Sporcle record. This week we named 131 countries! If you don't know what Sporcle is, it is where we try to name all the countries in the world. There are 197 countries altogether.

* During STEM we were playing with little robots. We made paths with markers and the robots would follow the path. If it was blue, red or green the robot would turn that colour when it was on that square.

* In gym we are doing gymnastics for the whole month of April. We started with five stations. One of the stations was a springboard. Another station was a ladder, balance beam and two benches that you could do fire pull or walk on them. In one section there is a big yellow crash mat. There is also a station with a vault where you can jump over it. The last station was mats where you could do cartwheels and log rolls.

* In Social Studies we did a Canada sheet and we learned a lot of things about Canada. For instance, the capital city of Canada is called Ottawa. The leader of Canada is Justin Trudeau. We have a lot of animals in Canada like: polar bears, lynx, snowy owl, beavers, elk, cougars, cats, Arctic foxes, moose, wolves, and dogs.

* In Art we made spring flowers with watercolours. First we used the watercolours to make blobs. Then we painted the stems. Last we outlined with a skinny black sharpie. They are on the bulletin board outside our classroom if you want to see them.

* In music we played games like "Freddy the Frog". We also played Freeze Dance.

* In handwriting we did the letters v and y.

We hope you have a fantastic four day weekend!

From,

Mrs. Marta's good, super, wonderful, smart, funny, magnificent, hard-working, artistic, nice, intelligent, generous, and fabulous students

Friday March 10, 2023

 Dear stupendous families,

This week:

* In STEM we did puzzles on the iPad that were about Holi. Holi is a celebration in India, where you crush up flowers and put it in the air it turns into colourful powder like magic. For the puzzles you can choose easy, medium and difficult.

* In Science we have being doing an experiment with pennies. We put vinegar on the pennies to see what would happen. There are different kinds of pennies (American, Canadian, Singapore, old pennies, shiny pennies, dirty pennies). Some of the pennies turned blue, some turned green, one turned grey, one turned yellow and most of them turned rusty. Most of the shiny ones turned non-shiny. Some of the pennies left marks on the paper towels they were on.

* In gym we played Zombie Tag, Dungeon Ball and Angry Cats. We also practiced throwing and catching and moving to an open space.

* In Social Studies we are making book about the Inuit Culture. You can pick your own title. Most people are on rough copy and some people are on good copy. You have to do four or more pages about different topics.

* This week we got two postcards. One was from Ohio and one was from Delhi, India. Today we are sending seven postcards because we have only sent 30 and have received 35. We need to send more to get more.

We hope you have a fantastic weekend!

From,

 Mrs. Marta's intelligent, hard-working, caring, funny, happy, super, awesome, smart, graceful, magnificent, spectacular, kind, thoughtful and dazzling students

Friday March 3, 2023

 Dear fantastic families,

This week:

* We have working on our Inuit books. We made a title page. You are also going to make four pages or more with facts about the Inuit culture. First you do a rough copy and then you do a good copy.

* This morning we had a dance party with colourful lights. The songs we had were "Happy" and "Can't Stop the Feeling".

* In gym we played Zombie Tag, Cat and Mouse and Octopus.

* On Wednesday we got a new student in our class. He came to us from India.

* In STEM we made Lego for 100's day.  We also made stuff with snow in it. For example, we could make a snowman or a mountain out of Lego. Ms. Bell was going to read us a book... but she forgot and gave it to a kindergarten student!

* On Tuesday the grade 3 students started learning about division, while the grade 2 students went to a presentation in the gym.

* In Math we made a graph about people's favourite ice cream flavours.

* In Science we learned about the difference between chemical changes and physical changes. In a chemical change you can't change it back. For example, you can't unbake a cake. In a physical change it stays the same. For example, if you chop wood it is still wood. OR... if you break a window it is still a window.

We hope you have a wonderful weekend!

From,

Mrs. Marta's intelligent, funny, magnificent, marvelous, sparkly, trustworthy, generous, kind, dazzling, terrific, fun, awesome, prepared and happy students 

Thursday February 16, 2023

 Dear awesome families,

This week:

* In gym we played Cat and Mouse, Diamond Tag, Disco Tag and we practiced our dance.

* In STEM we made these really cool buttons that you could pin onto your clothes. Ms. Bell had this machine to make the buttons. The buttons were for Pink Shirt Day. We are going to make bigger ones in our next STEM class.

* Two days ago we started making bookmarks. 

* For Valentine's Day we made bags that had robots on them like Roz. On Valentine's day people put candy, games and cards in the bag.

* Today we finished The Wild Robot. We will read the next book called The Wild Robot Escapes. There was a sad part at the end and Mrs. Marta almost started crying.

* We got two postcards this week. One was from Germany and one was from France.

* In Science we did an experiment to see if candy hearts would dissolve in different liquids. First we checked water, club soda and vinegar. Then we put baking soda in. In the afternoon we tried boiling water and then came up with a bunch of ideas to try other liquids. We tried, Mrs. Marta's cold tea, diet coke, and milk. We also combined some of the liquids. Then we tried to dissolve smarties and chocolate.

* This week we started learning to play chess. This week we just used the pawns. We played with a partner. The goal of the pawn game is that whoever gets the most pawns to the other side wins. When you capture with a pawn, you go one space diagonally. If a pawn is in front of you, you can't move it. Also on Thursday's we get to do chess club at lunch recess.

* We learned the letter m in handwriting this week. We also reviewed the letters we already learned.

We hope you have a great long weekend!

From,

Mrs. Marta's intelligent, caring, delightful, fantastic, awesome, super smart, beautiful, graceful and hard-working students

Friday February 10, 2023

 Dear amazing families,

This week:

* It was L.H.'s birthday. For his birthday gym he chose Dungeon Ball and Zombie Tag. They said happy birthday to him on the announcements. L.H. picked the book Seeing Red for his birthday story.

* This morning we had a dance party. It was our second dance party. One song was "I Like to Move it!". Almost all of us tried to do "the worm". Most of us were in a conga line. Today Mrs. Marta brought her special light for the dance party.

* Every day when we come to school we have to fix some mistakes in our daily schedule.

* For Sporcle this week we got 118 countries! We are trying to get 197. All of them!

* Yesterday we made our Valentine bags. We made them look like robots like Roz. We also added hearts. They are super beautiful. Some of us, when we were finished, made bags for the teachers or students who were absent. L.T. got to make Mrs. Marta's bag for her.

* In Social Studies we are studying the Inuit Culture. We found out they use spears to go fishing and that they live way up North in Canada. They also sew sealskin into some of their clothing. We read a book called Fishing with Grandma and on the first page it told us how to say Grandma in their language -- anaantasiaq. They also showed us how they use sticks to get the ice out to go ice fishing. They use ATV's to travel across the bumpy ground.

We are writing facts about the Inuit on paper, because later we are going to make a book.

* We keep practicing our dance. Mrs. Marta thinks we get better every time. We hope you can come watch us at the assembly at the end of the month.

We hope you have a wonderful day!

From,

Mrs. Marta's super, smart, fantastic, wonderful, sparkling, funny, intelligent, terrific, beautiful, hard-working, spectacular and caring students

Thursday January 26, 2023

Dear beautiful families,

This week:

* We have finished learning our dance, and now we are polishing it. We will keep practicing and present it at the February assembly.

* This week is Literacy week and we have been guessing mystery readers. We also drew a favourite book, character or reading spot on a little circle. Ms. Bell is going to put the whole school's circles on the bulletin board outside the library. This afternoon we are having the read-a-thon. You could read with a buddy, or your siblings, or just read by yourself. Half of the people in our school will go to the gym to read for 30 minutes, and then the other half of the people in our school will go.

* We got postcards from Finland and the United States. We sent postcards to Taiwan, U.S.A. and Japan. We learned that Finland has a lot of Northern Lights. The Northern Lights come from the sun. When the particles pop they make colour. From outer space the northern lights look like a ring around the North Pole and the southern lights look like a ring around the South Pole. In Finland they are also a big fan of the Moomins! We also learned that Taiwan is a really small country but they have a lot of people there.

* In gym we played Zombie Tag, Diamond Tag, Octopus, Angry Cats and Everybody's It.

* In math we are still working on multiplication. We can play the math game "Knock It Off" to practice. The regular ones are 2, 5, and 10. If you want to challenge yourself you can play 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 or 9!

* In handwriting this week we learned the c and the a.

* In music we learned how to play steel tongue drums. We used them to play poison pattern.

* In STEM we listened to the book The Duckling Gets a Cookie?! and made Lego characters from books. After we made one character from a book then we could make anything we wanted (as long as it's appropriate!)

We hope you have a lovely day!

From,

Mrs. Marta's beautiful, creative, interesting, sparkling, delightful, safe, passionate, lovely, and super-awesome students.

Friday January 20, 2023

Dear lovely families,

This week:

*We made some fantastic art. In Asia, lots of countries celebrate Lunar New Year (Japan, China, South Korea, Malaysia and more).This year is the year of the rabbit so we made rabbit lanterns. We used black paper and pastels.

* On Wednesday we made German cookies. We got a postcard from Germany and it had the baking recipe on it. All of us got to come up and either add some stuff or mix up the ingredients. Then we put it in the fridge. Then Mrs. Marta rolled it out flat with the rolling pin and we used a star cookie cutter to make a cookie. Then Mrs. Marta cooked them at lunch time. In the afternoon, we decorated them with chocolate frosting and sprinkles. Then of course, we ate them. They were delicious. But then... something terrible happened... when we went outside someone came in our class and stole Mr. Marta's cookie! Now he is very sad 🙁. Mrs. Marta emailed the recipe home so you can try it at home if you like!

* In Science, we used Chatterpix on the iPads. We took a picture of something and then we made a mouth. We recorded our voices saying the properties of our object (softness, state of matter, smoothness, size, etc.). On Chatterpix it looks like the object is saying the things we recorded ourselves saying. You only have 30 seconds to say your whole thing! Mrs. Marta let us put 3 stickers and one frame on it.

* In gym we played: Angry Cats, Diamond Tag, Zombie Tag, and Octopus. We practiced shooting the basketball into the hoop. We also practiced our dance. We ALMOST know the whole thing now. We will perform it at the February assembly if we are ready (which we probably will be).

* In math we are still working on multiplication. This week we played "Knock it off" with 5X and 2X. You can figure out the answers by skip counting.

* In our book Wild Robot we just finished chapter 45. Roz and Brightbill went to the robot gravesite in chapter 45.

* In STEM Ms. Bell read us a story and then told us to make animals from the Chinese Zodiac out of Lego. If you didn't want to do Lego you could colour one of the animals.

* In music we finished making our pockets for "Canada in my Pocket".

* We got postcards from Germany and South Korea this week.

From, 

Mrs. Marta's amazing, hard-working, beautiful, fantastic, sparkling, talented, unique, respectful, creative, and smart class