List 19

These are our spelling words for this week...

low
blow
slow
town
how
show
down
flower
ago
goes
blew
gone

Happy Lunar New Year Everyone

We listened to this story and then thought about what we would do if we got some lucky money and were told we could do whatever we wanted to do with it!



Here are a few of our stories.  The rest of our stories are on the bulletin board outside our classroom.  Drop by and read them if you have some time!

On Friday afternoon we had the pleasure of watching a Lion Dance in our gym.  It is believed that the Lion Dance scares away the evil spirits and brings good luck!

The lions are reaching for the lettuce.  They got it!  And then they tossed it out to the audience.  It is said that if you get a piece of the lettuce, you will have good luck!

Gung Hay Fat Choy!  

Watch video about the Lunar New Year

because
friend
want
where
were
very
long
better
water
song
singing
giving

The Year of the Rat is coming soon!

This week we had a guest teacher come in to make rats with us for the upcoming Lunar New Year!  She had all the material ready for this very tricky project.

Mrs. Duncan had everything ready for us in individual zip lock bags!

We carefully removed everything and checked that we had all the pieces

Then we all got busy...stuffing, gluing, twisting!

They are beginning to look like rats!

 We used paper clips and clothes pegs to hold down the spots where we glued.  That way our hands were free to keep working

Getting the shape of the ears right was tricky!  

We could twist the tails so many different ways!

 These rats are sure cuter than REAL RATS!!

When we finished making our rats, we named them and wrote a little bit about them.  They are nibbling on fortune cookies!

 Thank you Mrs. Duncan for all your hard work.  AND thank you for this wonderful display!

Spelling list 17

arm
star
hard
bird
work
bite
side
fine
nine
fire
biting
firing


The extra words

would
could
more
from
were

Happy Snow Day Everyone!

 Have fun!  Stay safe and warm!

Learning about Magnets

We continue to learn about force and motion in science.  This week we experimented with magnets.  We first made predictions about whether or not magnets can work through different materials.  Then we got magnets and tested each of the magnets' "powers" through each material... INCLUDING OUR SHOES!!

                                                                      cardboard

                                                       tin cans, aluminum foil, water, and fabric

  Look!  It can event attract through a chair!!

 .....and through plastic!

We were all surprised at all the different materials magnets can attract through - especially some of our shoes AND our hands!!

List 16 Spelling Words

Here are the spelling words for the week of January 13, 2020


Can you see what spelling pattern we are working on?  If you said  "the "ar" sound, you are right!


car
card
cart
far
farm
tar
barn
bark
dark
park
tarred
parked




Our extra words for the week are...


our
out
because
friend
snow

Practice them all and try using them in sentences!

Happy New Year!

It was great to see everyone so excited to be back after our Winter break!  Everyone looked well rested and was ready for our busy week!

We started the week off dancing with Anne-Michelle!  She will be coming weekly to Waverley until early March!  We dance with her each Monday morning!

This is called the Cowboy dance!

Also during this week, we continued talking about Force and Motion in Science.  We were learning about friction!  Does it take more force to move something on a rough surface or a smooth surface?

We worked in groups to test out difference surfaces to see which surfaces were the easiest and hardest to pull a block across?

This piece of carpet is rough!

We tested our blocks on the carpet, sandpaper, aluminum foil, and wax paper!  Do you know which surface took the most force and which surface took the least force??  Ask one of our "scientists"!

SNOW!!!

The weather forecast called for snow this week!  And it was right!!!  We all came prepared Friday to spend some time outside in the winter wonderland!

Winter clothes...

We talked about how important it is to dress for this cold weather!  Then we used our creativity to make our winter clothing!

 

Don't forget to dress warmly next week!