Mrs.Jenkins

Top Five Fabulous!     October 25, 2019 In art, we worked on snowman for Acorn art.     We used tracers to cut out the shape for the snowmen.   Then we added a carrot nose, a smile, buttons, arms and a scarf to keep them warm.     After making the snowman, we made snowflakes falling down with white paint.   Please look in my backpack to see my art work. In math, we are working on showing numbers in different ways.   We showed the number twenty.     We could show it by tally marks, dice, ten frames, dominoes, words, pictures, place value, money and equations (addition and subtraction).     In social studies, we made some new trading cards.   We learned about the language spoken in Acadian communities on the East coast of Canada.     The Acadians speak French.     We learned a song with French sayings.     We also learned about the Heritage of our friends in our class.     ...

The Great Pumpkin Event The Great Pumpkin Event is back at Midnapore School this year. Put your creative skills to the test and create your very own unique pumpkin. Carve it - Paint it Color it - Build it Turn it into your favourite storybook character The Great Pumpkin Event will run from Tuesday October 29 th – Thursday October 31 st . Pumpkins may be dropped off before school starting the morning of Tuesday October 29 th all the way up to Thursday October 31 st .   Please make sure the pumpkin is labelled with your child’s name and grade/room number for display.   All pumpkins must be picked up and taken home by the end of the school day on Thursday October 31 st .

Top Five Fabulous!   October 18, 2019   In math, we learned a new game called ‘Ten Tens’.   You get 10 dice and you roll it and you try to make 10 in any way that you can.     You and your partner have to write 10, tens on your white board and each time you can make 10, you cross out one of the tens on your board.     The first person to make 10 tens will win the game and you can try once again.     We are learning about friendly numbers because it makes it easier to add and subtract.   We had poetry week this week at Midnapore school.     We listened to many different poems all week and we had to have a poem in our pocket in case we were asked to read it throughout the day.     Many of the kids were given a prize for having a poem in their pocket.     Today, we had a different teacher come into our class to read a poem to us and our teachers went to read poems to different classes. In social studies,...

Top Five Fabulous!   October 10, 2019   In math, we have started to learn about decreasing patterns.     Decreasing patterns start with the biggest number and they get smaller each time.     I might start with 10 and decrease by 2 each time.     We used math manipulatives to build the pattern and then we recorded them in our math journal. In literacy, we worked on our Daily 5.     We love going to the different literacy centres and reading with our teachers.     This week was joke week at Midnapore school.   Ask me to tell you a hilarious joke!   Next week will be poetry week. We have started social studies this week.     We are learning about the East coast of Canada.     We looked at a map of Canada first, so that we knew where the East Coast was in Canada.     We then looked at pictures in small groups and talked about what we noticed and what we wondered.     After co...

Top Five Fabulous!     October 4, 2019 In science, we did an experiment to test how strong magnets can be and if the force of the magnet will pass through objects.     We also made a blueprint for our game using magnets.     We had to think of the materials that we would need, draw a picture and write the steps to play the game.     We brought recycled materials and have started to build our games!     We will play next week and share our games with our buddies. In PE this week, we had a teacher come in to teach us about yoga.     We learned some new poses and used our imaginations to go to the jungle, and to the beach.     We practiced breathing and calming our bodies and our brains.     In math, we read the story, “My Little Sister Ate One Hare”.   We noticed that there was an increasing pattern in this book.     We organized each of the animals in a graph and we showed an increasing ...