Dear Parents,
I hope that everyone is keeping warm at this chilly time! We have been busy getting ready for the Sound Kreations concert and enjoying sharing our traditions at this time of year. Please continue to send pictures of your traditions for your children to share with our class. We have been enjoying seeing their traditions and making connections to our own traditions.
Reminders
Today, your child brought home their Communication Folder. Please take a look at their recent Math assessment and make a comment before returning the folder on Monday.
As well, in preparation for our field trip on January 7, I sent home a package explaining the field trip and the permission forms. Please read, sign, and return to school next week.
Our Sound Kreations Performance is on Wednesday, Dec 17. Students will need to be dropped off at 5:30 at the classroom and picked up after the performance concludes.
Science Literacy
We have been learning about the Scientific Method and building our understanding of what scientists do. We have discovered that in fact, we are scientists! Thanks to our Elf Jingle, who has brought us science experiments, we have been practicing the scientific method this week! One part of being a scientist is sharing our results. Ask your child about the results of our Skittles Rainbow experiment and the Dissolving Candy Cane experiment!
Learning Intentions
- I can ask questions about what I see and wonder what might happen in science.
- I can share my predictions about what I think will happen in an experiment.
- I can explain why I think something will happen before testing.
- I can test ideas using materials like water, candy canes, and Skittles.
- I can try my ideas more than one time to see if the results stay the same.
- I can watch closely and notice changes during an experiment.
- I can use my senses (see, smell, feel) to observe what is happening.
- I can draw or record what I see happening in the experiment.
- I can compare what happens using hot water, cold water, or vinegar.
- I can explain how things changed and whether my prediction was correct.
- I can talk about what dissolved fastest, slowest, or did not dissolve.
- I can talk about what I learned and what surprised me.
- I can tell others how I did my experiment and what I found out.
- I can use science words like ‘dissolve’, ‘change’, and ‘observe’.
- I can think about and share what I might change next time to learn more.
- I can predict what colour will change first.
- I can observe how the colours move and mix.
- I can explain why warm water works differently than cold water.
- I can compare which liquid dissolves candy the fastest.
- I can draw before and after pictures to show what changed.
- I can describe what I saw, smelled, or felt during the experiment.
During our focused literacy lessons this week, we have been learning about one of the sounds that “E” and "K" make. The following are some home practices that your child may do to solidify their understanding of this tricky sound.
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