May long weekend

 It has been a busy couple weeks in class.  If our bean plants are anything to go by, it appears we have several green thumbs in our class.  Students have enjoyed watering and measuring their bean plants to see whose is tallest.  



This week we began learning about the life cycle of a butterfly and next week our butterfly eggs finally arrive.  This will be an exciting learning opportunity as we get to watch the caterpillars emerge and transform into butterflies over the next month.  We have been reading several different books on Epic Books and completing a variety of interactive worksheets.  Here are two of the worksheets we have completed to date:

Life cycle of a butterfly
Life cycle of a butterfly - Match


Our math goal this past week has been to count given objects.  We have been working hard towards this goal, but we are going to keep this goal for another week.  A book you can read with your child on Epic Books is called Help me Learn my Numbers 0 -20.  Each page contains a different amount of objects the students could count. Here is a fun picture find worksheet to help students count objects - How many are there?


May & June at a Glance

May 20 – No School

May 23 – No School

May 25 – Volunteer Appreciation

May 26 – Welcome to Kindergarten Orientation

May 26 – Fun Lunch / Kinder Snack – Please order on HealthyHunger.ca by the

previous Friday.

May 27 – Grade 5 students designated to FEO field trip to FEO

May 30 ­– June 10 – Bike to School

May 30 – June 17 – Alien Inline Skating

May 30 – Grade 3/4/5 Glenbow Ranch Field Trip

June 9 – "Class Photo" Retake Day (all classes will have their photos retaken)

June 13 – Student Farewell (grade 4 English, grade 5 French, grade 6 EES) field trip to Heritage Park

June 16 – Year End BBQ 5-7pm

June 20 – Grade 4 students designated to TMC visit to TMC

June 21 – AM Kindergarten Zoo Field Trip

June 22 – PM Kindergarten Zoo Field Trip

June 23 – Fun Lunch Picnic (order through healthyhunger.ca by the prior Friday).

June 23 – Sports Day

June 28 – Last Day of School / Report Cards Available Online

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