Oral Story presentation

Today we had a special presentation from Denise Miller, who came in to tell some traditional Aboriginal stories. The kids sang and laughed and enjoyed this presentation very much! We have connected this to our social studies unit on Family and belonging and talked about what it means to be Canadian. Many of our parents and grandparents (and even some of us!) were born in other countries and now live in Canada and celebrate a variety of traditions.

We have continued to work on the short and long /e/ sound this week in literacy. Students complete some morning work on this skill everyday and have been bringing their work home to show parents at home some of the specific skills we do. We have also been working in guided reading groups everyday to improve our knowledge of sight words and practice our fluency and expression in reading.

Our basil plant is really growing now! The students have enjoyed using their senses to observe the plants and write down reflections. The dill plant also finally sprouted today! This created plenty of 'I wonder' questions. Why did the basil sprout first? When will the others sprout? We will continue to work in our 'Seed to Sprout' journals and add our learning to our living bulletin board.