March 3-7

Dear Parents,

Some Reminders:

Wednesday - Teacher’s Pet Science in School experience - We look forward to spending a few hours of the day on Wednesday learning about Energy through our program “A Day at the Racetrack”.  This will be jam-packed with learning connecting to our Science outcomes in Energy.  

Glass Art Residency 

This coming week we have our Glass Art residency.  We look forward to creating a glass art piece that reflects a connection to the land and helps to tell a part of our own story and our connection to the land. We spent time on Friday learning about glass and how glass is made, as well as a bit about the process of how we will use glass to create our own unique art piece.  We also went outside to the learning grounds and sat for a few minutes quietly in our sit spots, to listen and notice the land around us.  We then went inside and talked about other things we feel connected to and reminded ourselves of other experiences we have had throughout the year already at Fish Creek and learning on the land. 

Students then started to plan and create their own visual plan that will help them with their art piece later this coming week.  

 Ask your child what they plan to create in this unique and special experience.

We started March off with lots on the go this past week.  Here were some of our highlights.

Social Studies - Community Walk

We shifted our focus back to learning about our community and the groups we belong to.  We went for our community walk, stopping at various locations and landmarks, and discussing their importance.  Even though the snow was falling, it was great for us to get out into Lake Bonavista and look at what makes our community unique.  Thank you to all the parents who joined us, and helped make our experience successful.  

Later this week, we then reviewed the places we discussed during our walk and used the text “Rosie’s Walk” as an anchor text to launch us into creating a community map, showing our own journey we took through our community.  

 

Learning Intentions:

I can look at and explore how we belong and are connected to our world.

I can explore and discover parts of our community and what makes it thrive.

I can recognize familiar landmarks and places in our own community

Physical Education - Basketball

We had a great time building new skills in basketball with Coach Dave and many more volunteers.  We practised our “triple threat”, dribbling, passing and shooting skills.  This was a great opportunity for us to build and develop our skills connected to basketball.  We had a lot of fun and enjoyed learning from Coach Dave!    

    

Learning Intentions:

I can demonstrate body and space awareness

I can follow gym rules and play fair 

I can participate in new activities, like basketball to improve my well-being

I can demonstrate basic skills of movement connected to basketball

I can demonstrate the ability to manipulate a basketball and develop skills connected to this sport 

Literacy

Our learning in literacy continues to move along with continuing to learn about consonant digraphs.  This last week we focused on /wh/ and /ph/ saying “f”.  These sounds and the previous sounds we have been working on for the last few weeks take some additional time and practise to master, and we recommend reviewing them for a few minutes each day with your child.