Our Week May 9-13

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!