Inuit Snow Goggles

On Wednesday, room 4 tested the Inuit snow goggles that we made. We learned that the Inuit fashioned these goggles out of bone. When the sun is shining in the winter on the snow and ice, the reflection on the white snow is so bright, that a person could develop snow-blindness. To prevent this from happening, the Inuit designed their snow goggles. We discovered that our paper versions did help reduce a lot of the brightness and strain on our eyes. We have learned that the Inuit were very resourceful people!

The Linwood School Project Fair

Room 4 was very proud to have 9 students participate in the project fair this year. Congratulations to Sara, Sasha, Toby and Noah who were silver ribbon winners. Congratulations to Maddox, Ajay, Izzy, Thomas and Avirey who were gold ribbon winners.

School Report by Aiden and Ayla

We had the 100th day of school party. We got lots of yummy yummy treets. We got to play lots of fun games. It was a lot of  fun. Valentines is on the same day as the 100th day party. We each got 10 sour gummie worms. We also got lots of treets from valentines day.  We  got  a lot  of  Valentines  day  cards.  It was a fun day.

We started 100 day with a kick-off in the auditorium. We did 100 exercises!

We licked a lollipop 100 times!

Working on a 100 piece puzzle.

We are 100 days SMARTER!!

"Shopping" with 100 cents to make our "100 cookie" snack! Yum!!

Daily 5 by Natalie and Maddy

We have daily 5 at our school. We do different  jobs. The jobs are iPads and read to self and writing and read to someone and also animal research. We practice reading fluently .We go to the back table to read to Mrs. Jones. Some people read or write or ipads in the hall if  their on hallway. They also feed the fish. Our class mates read comics and teacher books, elephant and piggie books, there is also chapter books like charlottes web and also geronimo stilton too. We have are own book boxes to hold our books. Our class mates sit were ever they like in the classroom. That is what daily 5 is in room 4.

Projects By Nolan and Ajay

We are working on  projects about the Arctic animals.We are making books about the Arctic animals. Were searching about our animals. We are finishing appearance.

Math by Sarah and Maddox

We are doing math first and second period. We do  addishin and some subtracking. We have cards up  to  plus 5.  Grade 2 do two digit numbers  math and grade 3  do 3 digit math.  We have fun math games on the iPads .

PJ Day by Sara and Ashley

Today is PJ day. On PJ day we all wear PJs.

The Great Kindness Challenge by Avirey and SUNNY

We are doing "kindness week" this week. Today is hat day. We will list a few of them for you. Tomorrow is P.J day. Wedesday team Linwood day- wear a jersey to school or wear blue and yellow. Thursday "tied together with kindness" - wear tie die, a neck tie  or tie your hair up messy. Friday dress like a hippie or from the 80s. That is the kindness spirit list by Avirey and Sunny.

Flyer Math by Noah and Sasha

Today we are doing flyer math. Flyer math is where you cut out numbers from the flyers and stick them on a peace of paper. It is kind of hard. This is one of them.

ARCTIC ANIMALS by Izzy and Matthew

Hello parents/guardians. This month  room 4  is  studying  the ARCTIC. We are geting   to choose an
animal to study  but everone gets  to do a different  animal.  Like the snowy owl, arctic wolf, lemming,  polar bear ,  lynx and caribou . I hope you liked the post .

Just the Facts!

Room 4 has been working on mastering our addition math facts. We currently have 40 cards in our bags for practice with numbers +1, +2, +3 and +4. Our target is to answer the addition questions in under two minutes (approximately 3 seconds per question). The students time themselves on the iPads so that they can set a goal of improving their time. Our students have been doing very well with this task. We will work up to numbers +9, and then switch to subtraction questions after spring break.

Daily 5 and projects by Toby and Thomas

Every day we have Daily 5.We have been working on our Arctic projects.We work on our projects in Daily 5 and Writers Workshop. In Daily 5 we also work on writing, reading, reading to someone, and iPads. Sometimes Mrs.Jones helps people at the back table.
            

Back to Blogging!

Wow! Time has flown by and we find ourselves in mid-January! Room 4 has been very hard at work in our study of the Arctic. We are busy with Science, writing and theme studies activities all inter-connected about this fun and interesting topic. We are in the process of creating something wonderful to share with our families on conference day in March. It's a busy time in Room 4!

Here are pictures of students doing the "blubber activity"! We were testing to see how blubber protects animals in the Arctic from the cold, icy water.