Wonderful, whimsical poetry...

Chosen especially for it's creative and fun imagery, this poem is written by fellow Canadian Dennis Lee. We all laughed as we read about this child sitting in a mud puddle! Enjoy.

The muddy puddle

I am sitting
In the middle
Of a rather Muddy
Puddle,
With my bottom
Full of bubbles
And my rubbers
Full of mud,

While my jacket
And my sweater
Go on slowly
Getting wetter
As I very
Slowly settle
To the Bottom
Of the Mud.

And I find that
What a person
With a puddle
Round his middle
Thinks of mostly
In the muddle
Is the Muddi-
Ness of Mud.

News for the Week of March 23-27

Welcome back, everyone. I hope you all had a wonderful spring break. From what I've heard many of you went on wonderful adventures around Richmond and even beyond! See our new bulleting board entitled "Postcards from Spring Break!" detailing the tales...

Our words for the week are:
Whole Class (all words are two syllables and end in 'ing')
clasping
gasping
thanking
masking
clashing
dashing
mashing
splashing
planting
tramping

Challenge Words (al contain 'er')
personal
filtering
understand
deliver
helicopter
everything
universal
sternly
publisher
deserving

Charlotte's Web

Today we started a new novel in class. Usually, Ms. Santiago and I will often read it aloud to the class, but sometimes we will ask the children to read on their own, and sometimes we will ask children to read aloud to the class. The story we have chosen is called "Charlotte's Web". It is a wonderful tale of friendship, love, and caring. There are parts that are happy and there are parts that are sad. Sometimes we will stop and write about the story, or draw pictures, or do projects that are based on the story. We will also be choosing difficult words from each chapter to use as new spelling and vocabulary words.
This week's words come from Chapter 1. In this chapter Fern saves a baby pig from being "done away with" by her father, who is a farmer and doesn't want to look after a small, weak piglet. Now Fern must care for the baby pig and help raise him.

runt
litter
weakling
wept
brook
pitcher
injustice
untimely
armed
promptly
specimen
stroke
woodshed
relieved
manure

Poem of the Week - test on Monday!

The Spring Wind

The wind can't move a tree,

but it can make leaves fall

sway branches

shake leaves

blow a nest down

topple acorns.

The wind can't empty a lake,

but it can freeze the water

move lilly pads

ripple the water

make waves.

The wind can't pull off my coat,

but it can ruffle my hair

blow off my hat

push me on my way

make me fall

blow my hair.

Poem of the week - test on Monday!

100 Days of School!

As of Tuesday, we have been at school for 100 days (give or take a day). So our class had a small celebration with students bringing 100 items from home: some edible and some not! We counted and sorted 10 groups of 10 edible treats such as raisins, gummy bears, cheerios and other yummy kinds of cereal. Then nibbled on them after. Each student also made their own poster and filled it with 100 things. Take a look at our gallery of photos.

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Spelling words: Homophones

Our spelling list this week includes homophones: words that sound the same but have different meanings. The list:

to, too, two, there, their, they're, than, then

What most of students had difficulty with were the following words: they're, than and then

Anti-Bully day...Wear Pink!

Today was Anti-Bully Day, also called "Stand Up Against Bullying" Day and Division 11 showed their support by wearing pink!!! Almost everyone wore pink. Well done Division 11!!

News for the Week of February 16-20

Hello families,
I've been able to upload some of the photos from our exciting field trip on to our blog. It was a great trip - and lots of students are telling me that they have been watching the night sky for some of the constellations we learned about (the big dipper, the little dipper, and Cassiopeia; as well as the North Star)
We look forward to seeing you at our family conferences tomorrow!

Space Centre a Big Hit!

Hi families,
Our trip to the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre was a huge success. The students enthusiastically explored every inch of the Cosmic Centre and thoroughly enjoyed our two presentations: "A Day in Space" (which taught us all about a day in the life of an astronaut) and "Harold's Solar System." Thank you to Ms. Ho and Mr. Chu who helped supervise the students.
I was hoping to post our photos today, but there is a glitch with the camera... so I'll try to get them out within the next few days.
Until then, Mrs. J