Friday, April 14

 Hi parents,

We had a good but loud day today. In the morning, we had our spelling quiz (didn't get a chance to hand them out yet), and Mr. Ripka led a lesson about composting. After learning about animal life cycles yesterday, it seemed fitting that we learn about what happens when a living thing reaches the end of its life. The students created 'decomposition cycles' in their sketchbooks to illustrate what happens to an apple core when it's left out in nature, and how this process ultimately allows new plants, including apple trees, to grow.

We played "Classroom of Doom", and learned how to use Duolingo to learn French on the Ipads. Duolingo is a great app that is also child-friendly, and even just 5 minutes a day can help you become semi-fluent at a second language. I'm sure that getting into it at a young age makes it a lot easier too. Duolingo will be available to students in Room 4 as a choice during the "Listen to Reading" station of Daily LA, so I thought the students should have a proper lesson on it.

We ended our day by reading about halfway through chapter 5 in Ticket to Curlew.

Have a nice weekend!

Zac

PS: I am still looking or volunteers for the morning of Thursday, April 20, for Pysanky Eggs. Please email me at zalink@cbe.ab.ca if you are interested!