Dear Families,
Here are some stories from our week. We have been busy!
Non-Fiction Fridays
We have had Non-Fiction Fridays for a couple of weeks now. Every Friday, we read a non-fiction book to learn new things about birds, spiders, sand, eggs, outer space, and tarantulas. Non- Fiction means real life and information. We learned about robins last week and this week read a book called 'Actual Size'. I wonder what we will learn about next week!
Marigolds
Our plants are growing...most of them - some are not yet, but we will be patient! Right now, they look like little sprouts. We water them each day!
Secret Science Lab
We are making a secret science lab in our Let's Pretend Centre. It is a place where you mix potions and test them out to see what happens. We have a mini microscope, tweezers, cups, and a scientist coat. We still need to make potions and bottles. We might even move our water centre into our science lab to help with our experiments!
We have started to create safety rules for our Secret Science Lab. We need rules because some potions can be dangerous. We have goggles, gloves, and lab coats to protect ourselves.
Mystery Box and Caterpillars
On Wednesday, we got mail from Boreal Science. It was a huge mystery box with a sign that said 'LIVE SPECIMENS'!
We were so surprised that inside the box there were baby caterpillars! And they are so hungry. They are so small but they have already grown! The caterpillars are going to be Painted Lady butterflies! Painted Lady butterflies look like Monarch butterflies since they both have the same orange and black colours on their wings.
Book Fair
Our class went to the book fair in our school library. We had fun looking at the new books and some of us bought books for home. 2 students also bought books for our class. The books are called 'Frogs on a Log' and 'Please Mr. Panda'. We really love both stories.
Track and Field
Some of us watched the big kids to Track and Field outside in the big field. We saw jumping and running races. We ate freezies too!
Hi Families,
With last week's P.A Day we didn't get a chance to blog. So here are some some stories from the past 2 weeks!
The Book with No Pictures
We read a book called 'The Book with No Pictures' by B.J. Novak. The rule of a book with no pictures is that you have to read whatever the page says - no matter what! It had really funny and silly words. One page was so funny everybody laughed!
5 Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree
This week's counting story is our favourite so far! We love pretending to be the crocodile that goes 'SNAP' at the little monkeys.
This song taught us how to count backwards!
Tenzies!
To play Tenzies you need:
-10 Dice and a cup
-A partner or a group
Roll the dice once and pick a target number. Roll all the dice and keep the dice with your number until they all get to your target number. When we do, we say 'Tenzies'! It is so much fun!
Conserve Water
The ECO theme for May is 'Conserve Water'. We started to try to not waste water and we talked about the different ways we can do this. Sometimes we make mistakes but we try our best. We worked with the Primary ECO team and created a wall display to teach the school different ways to conserve water.
-Don't leave the tap on when you're getting soap or brushing your teeth!
EVERY DROP COUNTS!
Planting Marigold Seeds
First, get a pot and put your name on it. Next, put dirt in it and make a little hole. Put seeds in the hole and cover them with dirt. Make sure your plant gets water and sunlight. Then you have to wait for the seeds to grow.
Mantis Egg!
We had a mystery item come to our class. At first, we didn't know what it was. We thought it could be a marshmallow, a pumpkin, a pinecone, a cocoon, an egg, or a wasp nest/hive.
We found out that it was a praying mantis egg! In books, the egg looks really big, but it is small like a golf ball. Our praying mantis egg did not hatch yet, but when it does, it could have 10 to 400 baby mantids inside!
Nature Walk Surprise!
On our nature walk this week we saw lots of trilliums! Trilliums are growing in our woodlot! They are pretty white flowers with 3 petals. Remember not to pick Trilliums! They are Ontario's flower!
We have had Non-Fiction Fridays for a couple of weeks now. Every Friday, we read a non-fiction book to learn new things about birds, spiders, sand, eggs, outer space, and tarantulas. Non- Fiction means real life and information. We learned about robins last week and this week read a book called 'Actual Size'. I wonder what we will learn about next week!
Our plants are growing...most of them - some are not yet, but we will be patient! Right now, they look like little sprouts. We water them each day!
We are making a secret science lab in our Let's Pretend Centre. It is a place where you mix potions and test them out to see what happens. We have a mini microscope, tweezers, cups, and a scientist coat. We still need to make potions and bottles. We might even move our water centre into our science lab to help with our experiments! 
We were so surprised that inside the box there were baby caterpillars! And they are so hungry. They are so small but they have already grown! The caterpillars are going to be Painted Lady butterflies! Painted Lady butterflies look like Monarch butterflies since they both have the same orange and black colours on their wings. 
