Mrs.Jenkins

Top Five Fabulous!     March 13, 2020    In art, we worked on our Paul Klee art.     We have really had to persevere as it has been a lot of work!     We are using small strokes in one direction and blister colouring.     We cannot wait to show you our masterpiece. In PE, we have been working on gymnastics skills.     We have been practicing our pencil rolls, and our logs rolls, dismounts and balances.   We put all of this together with a group to come up with a routine that we presented in front of the class. In math, we are working with numbers up to and including one hundred.     We played ‘Guess my Number’.     We could ask: Is it even or odd?     Is it greater or less than _____?     What is the sum of the digits in your number?     What is the differences of the digits in my number?     Is the digit in the ones place greater than the digit in the tens...

Top Five Fabulous!     March 6, 2020 In PE, we have been learning gymnastics skills.     We were working on our movements around the gym, and then balancing using our cores.   We had to listen for a movement, and a number to show that point balance.     For example, skipping and 8 would mean skipping around the gym and then finding an 8 point balance.   In science, we have been learning about how water evaporates.     We conducted a few different experiments.     In one of them, we put ice cubes on black paper and then white paper and put them in the sun.     The ice melted really quickly when it was on the black paper as the black paper absorbed the heat.     We also talked about how to keep our water clean and safe.     We read the book, “The Water Princess” and watched a video.   Check it out under our wonders. In art, we have been learning about a new artist.     We learne...

Top Five Fabulous       Feb. 28 1. In PE we had a guest teacher.  He taught gym because he reached 100 on his reading treasure map.  He decided what games our class would be playing.  Also he explained what expectations he was looking in order to choose which classmates would be helpers. 2. In math, we used a mystery box to guess which 3D object was inside.  We brainstormed a few questions to ask to help us identify which 3D object might be in the box.  The questions were: How many faces does the object have? How many edges does the object have? How many vertices does the object have?  What shapes are faces?  What could the object be used for? 3.  On Wednesday we had a sharing assembly.  In our assembly, a few of the grade 5/6 students shared “Would You Rather…” writing.  They were funny.  The grade 4’s and kindergarden class sang a kindness song and asked the whole school to participate in...

Top Five Fabulous!     February 21, 2020 We looked at a new wonder this week.     This wonder was connected to science.     We learned a new science vocabulary word “camouflage”.     We looked at pictures of animals, in the wild, and they were camouflaged with their surroundings.     We talked about what we noticed and what we wondered.     Check out the wonder under the “Wonder Tab”. In math, we read a few really funny books about 2D shapes.     One of them was called, “Animal Shapes” and then we came up with a 2D shape, and animal and a name for the combination of the two, using our imaginations.   Ask me what my shape was called.   We also read “Square” and “Triangle”. We had the Calgary Opera come to our school this week.     The Opera was called, “The Brennan Musicians”.     We liked that at the end, it was a happy ending and it was funny.     The people wore cool co...

Top Five Fabulous!     February 12, 2020 We celebrated our 100 th day of learning.      We are 100 days smarter.     Many of the kids dressed like they were 100 years old and we had a lot of fun working through different centres with the grade 2 teachers.     We made bookmarks, we built things using 100 objects, and we read, ‘Not a Box’ before making our own ‘Not a 100’.     Ask me what I made. In math, we made a blueprint of a structure using 3D objects.     We had to use cones, cylinders, cubes, prisms and pyramids.     After making our blueprint, we had a chance to actually build our structure.     Some kids also worked on their 2D shapes using geoboards.     We will continue this work next week. In science, we tested different liquids to determine which ones would mix.     We discovered that oil and water do not mix, but water and juice would mix. The oil was thicker, and ...

Top Five Fabulous!   February 7, 2020 In PE we started our Rocks and Rings residency.     We are learning the skills to be able to play a curling game.     We have learned how to sweep and how to throw the rocks.     Ask me about some of the rules for curling and maybe you can check out the curling tournament this weekend. In Art, we have learned about a new artist.     Her name is Kenojuak Askevak.     She lived in the Northern part of Canada.     She was born in an igloo and she lived a very traditional way of life.   She is a very important artist in Canada.     She was inspired by the animals that lived around her and many of the artists in Northern Canada were inspired by things around them. In math, we have continued to learn about 3D objects.     We learned how to draw these objects and then we recorded some of the examples that we know around the world.     We learned about...