Monday, April 29, 2013

Spelling, Insect Art, and Gymnastics

Notices went home in the last few days.

Please look for them. One is to inform the school if your child is returning to Tillicum Elementary for grade 5. Please return by May 4.


This morning students wrote Spelling Pre-Test 25. Then we started a multi-step Insect Art/Poetry/Science project. Today students completed step 1 of the art project (a realistic pencil drawing of an insect from a real-life photograph). The insects are symmetrical and a few tricks made the drawing part easier.
After recess, students wrote a persona poem about their insect (rough and final copies), and completed their rainbow poem from last week.
After lunch was Library, Silent Reading, and time to work on their Insect art.
We finished the day with Gymnastics stations in Gym. Groups of 2 or 3 rotated through 9 stations where they practised cartwheels, forward rolls, backward rolls, walking on beams, skipping, jumping jacks, tuck jumps, star jumps, v sits, bench jump-overs, and other agility and balance moves. At the end of the class, volunteers demonstrated their skills. It was really fun and many students tried new things, like cartwheels!

Congratulations M. for having your weather picture published in the Times Colonist last week! I'll bring a copy of the picture to school for you.

Mrs. Schneider

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