Hi Parents,
Thank you so much for all of your interest in joining us on our upcoming field studies. Our field studies provide students with an in-depth understanding of topics we are covering in our classes and allows them to have hands on experiences. Parents, please do not take time off work for a field study until you have confirmed with either teacher to ensure that you are needed for a specific trip. We have such wonderful parents in our school community and we greatly appreciate your interest, however at times we have too many volunteers and are unable to accept all of them. When a field study form comes home, please fill out the bottom for your interest in volunteering for a trip and the teacher will contact you to confirm your attendance. Thank you so much! Mrs. Montgomery Mrs. MacNeil This week the students in Room 15 have begun investigating Hearing and Sound. We have collaborated to come up with a scientific hypothesis about what we believe sound to be. We have started to research and experiment with sound in an attempt to prove or disprove our hypothesis. Our reading and writing has focused around reading books and websites about hearing and sound and writing notes to support our research. Students have been learning about the importance of communicating in an effective way. We have practiced communicating our thoughts and ideas by speaking and listening, drawing and labeling diagrams and acting things out. If you are interested in the specific learning outcomes we will cover when learning about hearing and sound, please check out our LINKS page.
Observation is a large part of our day-to-day work. This week, we learned about observing through the lens of a camera. We spent some time outside taking photos so that we may bring our outdoor experiences back to our classroom. Students learned photography skills as well as how to edit a photo to help observe a subject. Outside work is a very important part of our work at Valley View Science program. Please make sure students come to school everyday prepared to work outside. In math we have been working on expressing numbers in different ways. We had a lot of fun finding many ways to make 100. Some of the ways we were able to make 100 were; equations, money, base ten blocks, centimeters and fingers! Next week we will work with number up to and including 1000. Thank you to all the parents who volunteered to come with us on our Community Walk next week! In an attempt to give all parents the opportunity to fulfill their volunteer requirement, we will ask those parents who have not yet joined us on a field study to come with us on this outing. I will be phoning all parents who returned the Field Study form to confirm. Forms for our January 30th field study to Studio Bell have been given out. My apologizes to anyone who emailed between mid-December and mid-January, my CBE email has been giving me problems. I believe it is sorted out now and I will do my best to get back to everyone in a timely manner. Mrs. MacNeil |
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