Stress and Non-Fiction Text Features

Today Mrs. Gordon came to visit us to talk about stress.  We learned that everyone has stress and that some stress is okay.  We also discovered that not everyone gets stressed about the same things.  Mrs. Gordon was a little stressed when she saw our mealworms. Mrs. Gordon also taught us a new breathing strategy (my favourite!) called the five finger.  Ask your child how to do it! We also watched 'The Power of Yet'.
After finishing up a narrative, we worked with a partner to go on a non-fiction text feature scavenger hunt.

Animals

Today, with a partner, we were asked to answer the following two questions and post our findings to padlet.  The two questions were: 1.  What do all animals need to live? and 2.  How do scientists sort/group/classify animals?  After posting, we got together in a 'knowledge-building circle' (not really a circle since we are such a large group) and discussed our findings.  Some students were on task and answered the questions to the best of their abilities.  Other students are working on answering the questions then finding a picture that matches their writing.

Created with Padlet

I went to Pet Smart today to get some more mealworms and found these interesting critters!

In Language, we completed our Non-Fiction Text Features anchor chart and will share it out next week.  Have a great (and restful) long weekend! Try and post something to your blogs...maybe about what you are up to on Victoria Day!