Ms. Fagnan's Class

"Ok, class take your picture in front of the green screen!" exclaimed Ms. Fagnan. In word work, we used the green screen to take pictures of our idioms. We had to show both the literal and the actual meaning. Can you guess some of the idioms below? In gym, we played a game were we had to verse someone and whoever got to eleven points first would win. It was a basketball game. Our buddies had to try to block the ball from going into the net and if you did get it in the net you got two points. In language arts we continued our debate and began some persuasive writing about our opinions. In math, we continued with area and perimeter. We have started planning our domains for our zoo project! 😸🙉 Field trip is next Wednesday Spelling quiz is tomorrow Friday is a PD day Tomorrow is fun lunch for those who ordered Have a great rest of your day

"We are going to go outside after silent reading to play and to find shapes that help make the park more stable" announced Ms. Fagnan. Today we went to the park for kinda of a third recess but also for science. We went with Mrs. Atack's class. In gym, we had another substitute teacher and we played fairy godmother/father tag, hotdog tag and revenge tag. In language arts we were having a debate about whether or not we thought we should start school 15 minutes earlier and have an extra morning recess or keep it the same. We will continue our debate tomorrow. In word work, we were planning our pictures for our idioms.  You can bring a loonie or a toonie for the koalas and kangas Our field trip is next Wednesday We now have lots of volunteers for our field trip! Thanks to our lovely volunteers :) Spelling quiz is Thursday Friday is a PD day

Scratch, scratch went the pencils in room 15 as we were writing our new spelling words. We talked about the long I and the letter combinations that make it say its name like: igh, ie, y and i_e. In gym, we had a substitute teacher named Ms. Lowe and we played tag games. We played revenge tag, fairy godmother/godfather tag and tent tag. In math, we were working at grade four level because we were learning area today and that's a grade four idea but Ms. Fagnan thought we could handle it. First we had to find the perimeter and then find the area of a shape. To find the area, we had to multiply the top number and the number at the left side or length x width. We did great! If you would like to volunteer for the field trip, please e-mail Ms Fagnan. We have room for one more volunteer! Next Wednesday is our field trip No school on Friday as it is a PD day New spelling words:  List one: child, drive, flight, July and replied List two: pioneer, quiet, midnight, describe, identif...

Splash, splash went the paintbrush in the water. In art, we were finishing our mountain scenery and background. In genius hour, we were going to to the library but another class was in there so we worked in the grand hall. If you thought you were done planning, you had to go to a teacher and see if you were ready to build. Today we went to see an assembly that the kindergartens put on. We had our spelling quiz today. If you want to volunteer for the field trip, please email Ms. Fagnan We are collecting toonies and loonies for the koalas and kangas affected by the wildfires in Australia No school next Friday due to a PD day Today is national compliment day! The challenge is to give 5 or more compliments to different people throughout the day 😁😁😁 Have a nice weekend! 😺

Tap, tap, tap went room 15 on the i-pads. Today we were exploring how to use the green screen on the I-pads. You had to go to safari and save the picture you wanted. After you would take a picture in front of the green screen. Then you put it together. In music, we were listening to songs and playing them on the instruments. In science, we drew our dream cars and then we had to write down the materials we would use for the parts and why. In gym, it was our last day of shooting and we had a different grade two class join us today. Spelling quiz is tomorrow, so don't forget to practice! If you are done your research for genius hour and you want to bring special materials from home you can, but you do not have to If you would like to volunteer for the field trip, please email Ms. Fagnan Kindergartens have an assembly tomorrow morning at 9:30 , Jordan, Payton and Yasmine will be speaking We are still collecting Loonies and Toonies for the koalas and kangas in Australia if yo...

Bounce, bounce went the balls in the gym. Today we played a game called ball and if you got the ball in and the other player also got it in, no one would get a letter but if only one person got it in then the other person got the letter. If you spelled the word ball, you had to do 10 jumping jacks. We played the same warm up game as yesterday, it is called numbers. In math, we worked on our perimeter robots. In virtues, we did some different breathing techniques and talked about mindfulness. In social studies, we looked at a book and we worked on a different place called Tunisia. Mrs. Nayyar took pictures of the book and put it up on her computer so that everyone could see. A few people got a chance to read. Book orders were due today Spelling quiz is on Friday, don't forget to practice! It's very good that the weather has gotten warmer, but it's still slushy so remember your boots!

"We are going to play building games in science on the chrome books" announced Ms. Fagnan. In science, we were playing building games for our building and design units. We went on to the notices section of our blog and played our first game, even though it was the second game on the list, and then once we finished it we could play the second game. In gym, we played a new warm-up game. You and your partner would lay across from each other and Ms. Brady gave us a number. If she called out your number you would have to race your partner around the line. In math, we were making robots in our visual journals. We had to use a ruler and measure the sides and then add them up to find the perimeter. Book orders are due tomorrow It's getting warmer but please still dress warm! There is still lots of snow out there and it is slushy Have a great rest of your day

"We are starting shooting today" explained Ms. Brady while we were in gym. We started to learn shooting in basketball today and our warm-up game was you had to shuffle around the outside of the gym with music and when the music stopped you would go to a corner and then someone would roll a dice. If you were in the corner that was rolled you had to go to the middle. If no one was in the corner everyone got to join back in. In math, we learned about perimeter. Ms. Fagnan put up shapes and we had to find the perimeter. In language arts we were filming our interview of a character from Matilda. Some people were away, so if your partner was away you became a filmer.  It is warming up, but please still bring warm clothes for outside Book orders are due on Wednesday Field trip forms were due today Spelling quiz is Friday List one: three, heavy, teacher, these, funny List two: really, squeeze, breathe, concrete, wreath Words from last week are also going to be on the qu...

Splash, splash went the paintbrushes when they hit the water. In art, we made mountains and then we used water colors to make a background. Today in buddies, we played the card game war. Whoever had the highest number got to take both cards. When you are all done, you count up your cards and whoever had the most would win. We did not have a lot of time for daily five reading and writing today. In genius hour, we did not start building, we were researching and planning how to do our project. Report cards are coming home today. Please look over and discuss with your child Book orders are due on Wednesday Field trip forms are due on Monday Have a great weekend   

Smoosh, smoosh, smoosh went the plasticine as the kids squished it. Today in science, we did the same thing as last time. Last time we had to make structures out of plasticine and popsicle sticks. This time we used our knowledge of strong shapes and the use of triangles to make them stronger. In gym, we played monkey in the middle. Our warm up game was were we had to shuffle while the music was on and when it stopped we had to run to a corner. Then Ms. Brady would roll the die and whatever number it landed on that corner had to go to the middle. In word work, we did idioms. In math, we had centers. Field trip forms are due on Monday Book orders due on Wednesday Dress warmly Spelling quiz is tomorrow Please bring your green folders tomorrow as report cards will be going home in them tomorrow The CHS “Coventry Cares Club” is asking students and families to support our latest initiative “Koalas & Kangas” by bringing a loonie or a toonie to school between January 20 and Ma...

"It's really cold outside" the student's shouted as they came inside. Today was a super cold day. We had indoor recess again, lately that has been happening a lot. In gym, we didn't have basketball because the afternoon gym classes were crazy yesterday because they didn't go outside so we played tag games instead. When Ms. Brady said that they were crazy she told us that she saw a lot of things that she has never seen before! The games we played in gym were were fairy godmother/father tag, line tag and revenge tag. In language arts, we did our questions but we did them from the book we are reading called Matilda. We got to choose a character and then we would ask them 2 quick thinking questions and 4 deep thinking questions. In word work, we read 2 books 'The Cat's Pajamas' and 'It's raining Cats and Dogs'. While we were reading the books, we talked about what the little sayings (called idioms) meant. An example is 'in a pickle...

"We have a project that we are starting today" exclaimed Ms. Fagnan. In math, we are doing a projec based on the book the One and Only Ivan which we will start reading after we are finished reading Matilda. Mrs. Nayyar's class is already reading the book. We have to design a zoo. Ms. Fagnan gave us specific measurements for the domains. In science, we got to redo our structures using popsicle sticks and plasticine and it had to be as tall as one popsicle stick. In music, we were singing count on me and true colors. The music teacher might pick someone to do a solo for true colors.   Field trip forms went home today, please sign and return. Our trip is to Glenbow Museum on February 5th. If you are able to volunteer for our field trip, please email Ms. Fagnan New spelling words for the week: List one: birthday, April, became, rainbow and array List two: complain, hesitate, potato, prairie, stadium, against A reminder that supervision does not begin until 8:55am ...

"Oh, what could I do for my question?" wondered Scarlett. Today, we did our proposal for our big genius hour creations. Some of the things people are planning on doing are: making armor and a chest plate, making a mini foosball table, researching cats, creating an automatic dog feeder and much more! In art, we learned how to make our mountains look more 3-D. After we practiced, we were able to sharpie. In the morning, we did our spelling quiz and some of room 16 came over to our classroom and some of us went over to room 16 for our quizzes.  Monday is a PD day, no school for students! Next week is going to get even colder! Please dress warm.  Have a great weekend and stay warm!

Bounce, bounce went the basketballs in gym. We started passing today. One of the passes was a bounce pass and one was the chest pass. In language arts we finished our New Years resolutions. Once we were done, we helped to finish sort the books into their genres or make a tag to show the genre in the basket. In word work, we were finishing up our realistic homonyms for our classroom book. An example is: What if jam could jam or what if rocks could rock or if a fan had a fans? In math we had math centers. Monday is a PD day, no school for students We will likely have indoor recess for the next week, students may bring card or board games at their own risk! Please still dress very warmly as we go outside if it's warmer than -20! Tomorrow is the spelling quiz

"Ok class, we are going to build a structure out of popsicle sticks and plasticine" Ms. Fagnan told the class. In science, Ms. Fagnan told us to make a structure in groups to see which one could hold the most chapter books. Ms. Fagnan wanted one that was high enough, strong and stable, and didn't use too many materials. We are going to get to try again next science. In gym, we played dribbling games. One of the games was where there were pirates and they stole the ball from you and then you became a pirate and had to try and steal the ball from some else. At the end of gym we played another game where there were pirates and when they stole the ball from you, you would put your ball away and become a pirate. In math, we worked on our math word problems and we finished them. When we solved them we had to show how we solved them and then give it to the teacher. It is going to get really, really cold in the upcoming week so dress warm! Spelling quiz is on Friday, it is o...

"We are going to do different characteristics" Ms. Fagnan told the class. Today in language arts we continued working on our New Years resolutions. On the inside of our flaps we put four words that we hoped that people would say about our personalities and that we wanted to focus on for the year. In social studies, we did 20 facts about Peru. We would look at a book and find facts. In math, we worked on division math problems. The problems were about Zarif, Yasmine and Zaxari. In gym, we played basketball again and focused on dribbling. Dress for the weather, it is supposed to get very cold.  Monday is a PD day, there is no school for students Enjoy the rest of your day!

Scratch, scratch, scratch went our pencils and paper as we wrote the title page with 10 ideas on it that were about testing materials and designs. We also wrote a question we had about our new unit. Today in gym, we played basketball. We practiced dribbling in our own spot and passing hands. The first time we did it, we didn't look up and just looked at the ball. The second time we did it Ms. Brady gave us three goals, one was to look up while we dribbled. In language arts, we made New Year's resolution. We folded up a piece a paper to make a little surprise envelope and wrote our resolutions inside. Then we glued it in to our visual journals.  The spelling quiz words for the week are: List one: can't, wasn't, I'm, don't, isn't List two: mathematics, multiplication, division, product and quotient There will only be 5 words this week due to the break Happy New Year! Welcome Back!