TWAS - Week of November 14 - 18

This blog entry was written by the students of our class. Students worked with a partner to share a little about our week at school.

In Sciences Naturelles we did a little presentation. There were six people in the group. Each person read a part. It was called "Links in a Food Chain". One person would read a part and then the next person would join in.

For grade 2 partners we are with Mme Vanderwey's class. We read a new book in English and French. We practiced French words with our partners.

In music, we learned a Scottish song called "The Old House". We played it again and again and it was very hard. We played it on the drums and recorder. We played all the notes in the song but it was fun!

In English we were learning about bugs. Bugs are little microphones used by detectives that you can hide anywhere to listen to people talk when you are not there. We chose a mystery book to read for a book study. Also in English we read about Secret Stan's tracking log. We did an activity with the log.

This week in art, we did an art project with our name and we coloured it. We made them in tiny squares on paper and we wrote the letters in bubble letters. We had fun!

In Hygiène, we studied about the following food groups: fruits & vegetables, meat & substitutes, milk products, and breads & cereals. We also read a book called "William Won't You Wash Your Hands." It was about a little boy who would not wash his hands. We learned about how to avoid germs and microbes.

This week in "Demandons aux spécialistes", Ryan did a presentation about the piano. His presentation had a video with him playing the piano. He said that the piano is over 400 years old and is a stringed instrument. Ryan also said that Bartoloméo Cristofori invented the piano.

This week, both handball teams played a game. In gym, we played jump rope, rock climbing and a small game of handball.

In Français, we read about the queen bee and Mme put small groups of people together to act out the story. The story was about a queen bee who left the hive and one baby bee took over the hive. We also learned about feminine and masculine adjectives. We had a presentation by French for Life.

In Manitoba 102,000 people speak French. 200,000,000 in over 50 countries over the world speak French. 9,000,000 people in Canada speak French. Please visit frenchforlife.ca for more information about the program.

In math, we did big numbers in ascending and descending numbers. We are learning strategies for 2 and 3 digit addition. We are also practicing using larger numbers in all our work.