Mme Smyth's Blog

Monday, March 22 Hello parents,  Today we finished our art where we drew leprechauns. Also, we did English where we spoke about World Down Syndrome Day and Unique Sock Day and World Poetry Day. In Math we did equations with 3-digit by 1-digit multiplication.  Reminders - Bring your Home Reading Journal TOMORROW!!! "Fun snack" will be Friday! Have a good day and sleep well,  Room 105 ___________________________________________________________________ Tuesday, March 23 Hey there, Today we did English where we wrote the most interesting stories we had ever heard. We did STOMP where we made a class routine. Also we did Drama - we played "The Wrong Word" and "One Word Story." Reminders - Fun Snack on Friday. No school next week. Have a great day everyone, Room 105 ___________________________________________________________________ Wednesday, March 24 Hello and hey parents,  Today we did Science where we wrote questions about endangered animals. We decided our p...

Monday, March 15 Hello and hey everyone,  Today we had a Virtual Field Trip with the Calgary Zoo. Also, Tristan had an oral presentation about family trees. During English we wrote questions about endangered animals. Reminders - Bring Read-a-thon forms and money. Wear green on Wednesday. See you tomorrow,  Room 105 ___________________________________________________________________ Tuesday, March 16 Dear parents, Today for English we did "Picture of the Day" which is like "l'image du jour" with pictures of crazy hair! Most of the class chose Mme and Kaden. We did Science with the Wonder Centres to explore construction and materials and simple machines. Also, we did math with vertical multiplication of 1-digit by 2-digit.  Reminders - Green Day is tomorrow! Bring your forms and money for Read-a-thon (before Friday). See you tomorrow, Room 105 ___________________________________________________________________ Wednesday, March 17 Hello,  This morning we wrote our ...

Monday, March 8 Hello,  Today we did a multiplication BINGO game to practice multiplication facts. Also, we had a meeting with Saa'kokoto. He spoke about the role of animals in the lives of indigenous people in the past (in particular dogs, horses, and bison). During the afternoon, we spoke about International Women's Day and why it is important to fight for equality. After we went outside to play with hockey sticks by creating sequences of sound and movement.  Reminders - Thursday will be a short day and there will be no school on Friday. Read-a-thon! Don't forget your forms for next year. See you tomorrow, Room 105 ___________________________________________________________________ Tuesday, March 9 Hello and hey everyone,  Today we did Science where we finished our first activity for the Wonder Centres. Also we did typing and handwriting. Also we had Music and we learned about Camille Saint-Saëns and played "Poison Rhythm." Reminders - Forms for next year, Minec...

Monday, March 1 Hello people,  Today we had an oral presentation from Kate about COVID-19. Also we read The Wild Robot and there was an explosion and Roz does not have arms or legs anymore. Also we did PE where we played a game where there was one person as the leader, and the rest of the class had to copy them. The searcher had to guess who the leader was.  Reminders - :) Have a great day parents, Room 105 ___________________________________________________________________ Tuesday, March 2 Dear parents,  Today for Social Studies we finished our geographic maps for our regions (Peru, Ukraine, India, Tunisia, and Alberta). Today we did DPA and we walked (or ran) around the soccer fields. Also we did typing and handwriting where we learned the letters k, f, and e (Group 1) and the letters v, u, w, and s (Group 2).  Reminders - Tomorrow we will do "Minecraft Education." Bring your headphones and bags for the coatroom if you don't have them. Have a great day, Room 105 __...