April 22nd to 26th 

We had a short week last week and this week zoomed by... 

We have welcomed a new student to our classroom and everyone is helping her settle in very nicely. We have wrapped up our 5 senses unit and are moving onto plants and energy. 

I pick up our duck eggs this Sunday and we will be watching them under the incubator for the month of May. We should have some ducklings hatch at the end of May...We will be sending home lots of pictures!

We have our field trip to the zoo coming up on May 23rd. Please watch your email for volunteer information. I will need 5 parents to volunteer that day and we may need a couple extra for Mrs. Larmer's classroom :) 

In math, we have been working on 3D shapes and are moving into balanced and unbalanced equations as well as adding three digits together. Please practice with your child at home. For example 5+3+7 =        Have fun making up your own equations! 

We are learning our "Bossy R" phonics rule right now. Please have your child show you an example of an "ar, or, er, ir and ur" controlled vowel. We will be moving into story writing in the next couple weeks and will be learning about settings, characters and problems. Please be on the look-out for some funny stories coming home. 

May long weekend is coming up on May 17-21. 

Have a wonderful weekend! 

Tracey Burch

 Week of April 8th - 12th

What a crazy week! We had the solar eclipse day on Monday and watched it online via the NASA site. It was super cool to watch. 

On Tuesday we went for our community walk to the Pirate/Castle park. We observed signs and colours in the neighbourhood along the way and at the park, we used four out of five of our senses to observe the world around us. 

We are learning about the five senses as well as Spring in science right now. We had our taste test today and got to taste sweet, salty, sour and bitter. Please ask your child which was their favourite.  We also did a smell experiment on Tuesday. 

In math, we are learning about 3D shapes and their names. We will be building 3D shapes next week using toothpicks and marshmallows. 

Hope you all have a great weekend! 

Please note that next Friday, April 19th is a PD so there is NO SCHOOL for students. 

Tracey Burch

 April 8th 2024

I am planning a community walk to the pirate ship park this week (weather dependent). 

We're hoping to go tomorrow. 

If you have any questions, please email me at tmburch@cbe.ab.ca

Thanks! 

Tracey Burch

 April 2nd - 5th, 2024

Welcome back! I hope you all had a great Spring Break! 

We have been busy learning about Spring while it's still snowing outside!! 

For the solar eclipse on Monday, the kids will be inside with blinds drawn from 11:50 - 2pm. Our grade ones will be outside playing first from 11:15 - 11:35 and then will come inside to eat. We will be watching the live feed online on the NASA website as well. 

April has been busy so far. We are learning about the "magic e" at the end of words which makes the vowel say its long sound (ex. cube, score, slime, bike, cake). 

In math, we are working on subtraction as well as 2D and 3D shapes. 

In science we are learning about plants, Spring as well as the 5 senses! This next week we will be doing some smelling and tasting experiments. I will send home a permission slip regarding the tasting activity on Monday. 

Hope you all have a great weekend! 

Tracey Burch