April 4-8

 UPCOMING DATES:

• FIELD TRIP MONDAY - Telus Spark - All Day
• April 15 - Good Friday - NO SCHOOL 
• April 18 - PD Day - NO SCHOOL 
• April 20 - Guest Presentation (Inside Education) 

Yay for Spring! We had an exciting week at school - enjoying the beginning of our Artist in Residence and the beautiful Spring weather. 

Writing: 

We read the story The Day the Crayons Quit and chose our own colours to write from their perspective. We had to think about the way they were feeling and use the Show Don't Tell strategy to describe. Please see some pictures below! 

Science: 

We are beginning our work with Plant Life Cycles and Wetlands. Our Tower Garden will host mystery vegetable seeds and we will observe their growth over the next few weeks. Hopefully we will get to eat them (if they grow!) We also planted Alberta Wildflowers in pots on the compound with all of the Grade 4/5's to help us make colours for paints with our Artist in Residence. 

Art: 

We have an Artist in Residence named Sharon Fortwosky. She is teaching us about how we can use the natural world to create art. Like paper, paint or dye! After our class (and the other div II classes) make their paint out of different things - like mint, beets, onions, birch, purple cabbage - we will get to create paintings that will go on the front of our sketching booklets. Each class has a different item/colour! Our class is in charge of Mint leaves and stems. We tested the PH levels of the colours from the mint by using vinegar and baking soda. This changed the colour a little bit - it was cool! 

Buddies: 

We are partners with Ms. Midgley's Grade 1 class this year! We got to meet them last week for an introduction and this week we had a picnic snack and outdoor play time. They are so cute, small and energetic!