Wednesday April 19th 2017

This morning students wrote: "Scholastic book orders due tomorrow." in their agenda's.

While the grade 2's were away for gym, grade 1's were tested on their sight words and continued to learn in what ways St. Albert has changed over time (e.g., original inhabitants, ancestors, generations, ways of life). We especially learned how St. Albert used to have a Cree and Métis community which lived along the Sturgeon River, and were known for working for the Hudson Bay Company.  We discussed how there are streets named after several Métis families in our community. Then we learned about Albert Lacombe, and how he arrived in St. Albert and built a log chapel, we talked about why he came to St. Albert, and why it is important to us that he arrived. We began to create a little book called "The History of St. Albert".

When the grade 2's returned, the class decoded the morning message, and completed calendar time. We then talked about expert actors and what their expectations are-read loud and clear, look at the audience, be quiet when it's not your turn.

We did a final run-through of our play, before receiving our older siblings as guests to watch.

After little recess and snack (thanks to our birthday boy for bringing awesome cookies!) The class completed a round of French Daily 5.

Grade 2's worked on describing what kinds of activities an Inuit child can participate to (Singing, ice-fishing, go dog sledding, hunting etc.) and they also reviewed Inuit traditions and ways of life...

Grade 1's observed the growth in our plants. We then talked about ways we can help the plants continue to grow. We created a "watering schedule, where each student is expected to water the plants daily. Afterwards the grade 1 students were asked to give examples of ways in which animals depend on plants and ways in which plants depend on animals; e.g., particular plants may serve as a source of food and shelter, animals may help spread pollen and seeds. Then students classified some common local animals into groups on the basis of visible characteristics; e.g., adaptations for survival, such as claws, beaks, prickles. Students were asked to specify the common needs that those animals may have. 

In religion, we learned about the story of the resurrection of Jesus.

After lunch, big recess and Daily 5, the class learned that many non-fiction books have labelled diagrams to help the reader understand what their book is about. Then students continued to work on their non-fiction book plans. 

Students ended their day in Music with Mme Dominique's substitute.