News for June 13

News for June 13

This week, the children worked very hard on rehearsing the songs for their performance at the Primary Concert next week. They concentrated on learning the dance and remembering the lyrics to the song "Gang of Rhythm".

The big news was the visit of "Bingo" the Pet Valu mascot and her friend Lua. Bingo was interviewed for The Room 5 Interview Show. This video can be seen in a separate posting.

In math, the students continued to explore playing cards by talking about the probability of picking a card from a standard deck. For example, picking a red or black card is equally likely. They reviewed the rules to the game "Go Fish" and played the game. They learned another card game called "The Greatest Number" and another card trick and practised these with a partner.

In science, the children reviewed the water cycle. They did an evaporation experiment by putting a drop of water on black tape on their desks and noticed that by the morning it "disappeared" because the water evaporated into the air. The children also did an experiment where they put a dry shallow plastic cup on top of a cup with hot water. When they removed the cup, the bottom was wet because when the water vapour hit the cold plastic cup the water drops formed on the bottom of the shallow cup (condensation).

The students each received a personalized letter from the author Joyce Grant this week. Each letter thanked the student for writing a story about her character Gabby.

In honour of Father's Day, the children made cards and a photo holder for the occasion. They each made a colourful heart and had his/her photo taken holding the heart. These hearts were used to decorate the Father's Day cards and the photo was put on the little wooden chair photo holders that the students made.

The children practised Speed Stacking and everyone realized how much he/she has improved because the times just keep getting shorter and shorter. Proof that practice works!

In computers, the students had a chance to go to the official Speed Stacking website to look at videos of stacking champions. Here is the link:

www.speedstacks.com

At the end of the week, the whole school went to the gym to an assembly to say good bye to the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing students and staff because that division is moving to another school next year.

Books read aloud this week:

Crictor by Tomi Ungerer
That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown by Cressida Cowell
Julian by Dayal Kaur Khalsa
Chicken Dance by Tammi Saur
The Woolly Hoodwinks Vs. The Dark Patch by Asa Sanchez