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Blog Post 30 April 24 - 28 Learning Outcomes Literacy Search for further ideas and information from others, and from oral, print, and other media texts to extend understanding   What Did  Students Do? Students were introduced to a new novel, Song For A Whale by Lynne Kelly.  We discussed puddle questions which are easily answered and don't require much thinking and ocean questions which require a deeper level of thought.  Students were then introduced to three different types of questions.  Quiz questions are questions which can be answered from the text.  These are often puddle questions and do not require a great deal of thought.  The answers are either right in the text or easily inferred from the text.  Wonder/thinking questions are questions which come after "I wonder...," or ask "Why do you think...? or How do you...?"  These questions require you to think beyond the text and make inferences based on information and events in the book and from personal exp

Blog Post 29 April 17-21 Learning Outcomes Science - Classroom Chemistry Describe the properties and interactions of various household liquids and solids, and interpret their interactions   What Did  Students Do? Students took part in an experiment before Spring Break.  Their question was, How does vinegar affect the absorption of food dye by hard boiled eggs?  They discovered that by increasing the amount of vinegar in their water/dye solution, the eggs absorbed a greater amount of egg dye.   Students then worked in groups to create their own experiment changing one variable in the experiment.  They all chose a different liquid to add to their water to see if it would affect the rate of dye absorption.  Students wrote their own labs complete with a question, hypothesis, materials, procedure, diagram, observations, and a conclusion.   This was a first step in being able to set up a scientific experiment.  This is a skill we will use throughout our work in Classroom Chemistry.   Ask You

  Blog Post 28 April 10-14 Learning Outcomes - D escribe and provide examples of edges and faces of 3-D objects, and sides of 2-D shapes - Identify 90 degree angles    What Did  Students Do? Students explored the difference between right angles and non-right angles. They met in small groups to draw different shapes with the following criteria:  - create a closed shape that has at least one right angle - create a closed shape that has exactly two right angles - create a closed shape that has exactly 3 right angles  - create a closed shape that has exactly 6 right angles  Students then created a visual journal page to demonstrate shapes that are parallel, intersecting, perpendicular, vertical, and horizontal.  Family Connections Ask your child: - How can you identify right angles on a closed shape? - Are all perpendicular lines intersecting lines? Or are all intersecting lines perpendicular?  - Can you draw parallel lines?  Minecraft Visit We had an exciting visit this week from Mr. Blai

Blog Post 27 April 3-6 Learning Outcomes -Use talk, notes, personal writing and representing to summarize relationships among own ideas and those found in texts -Explain how word choice and literacy techniques/devices create mood and imagery and use them to enhance meaning of created texts -Use grammatical structures and conventions in my own writing and apply a variety of strategies to assist with my spelling   What Did  Students Do? Students explored the wordless picture book, Journey.  They meet in small groups to discuss the illustrations and what their vision of the story might be.  Students reviewed WOW beginnings and discussed how to give their story a strong start and hook their reader.  They brainstormed descriptive words to paint a picture with their writing.  Students wrote the beginning few pages of their stories and began writing conferences with their teacher.  Family Connections Ask your child: -What is your story going to be about? -What WOW beginning did you use to hoo