Ms. Armstrong's LEAD - Ernest Morrow School

Fall has arrived! The change of our season was a focus of our learning this week, this included: reading comprehension, and the introduction of new vocabulary. The LEAD class continued to work on our multiplication facts this week in Math. We also now have a labelled life sized human body in our classroom, and will continue looking at the brain in Science next week. Our class explored something called, box breathing with Navy Seals as a means to feel calm and help us with our learning.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZzhk9jEkkI Today was our Terry Fox run, and we were joined by the two high schools on our block, Forest Lawn and Jack James. Prior to the event we watched a few videos about Terry, and spent a significant time discussing who he was and why he set out to run across Canada over 30 years ago. Have a great weekend everyone, and stay safe and warm!

Our LEAD class has been working on equivalent fractions for the last two weeks. Next week we are going to review and learn new multiplication and division facts. In Science, we have been exploring the five senses, discussing how humans and animals use them. We spent sometime outside this week observing and recording things we saw, heard, smelled and could touch. In addition we've been watching videos found on BrainPop, and labelling parts of the human body. This includes: the digestive, respiratory, muscular, nervous and skeletal systems. Students continue to do spelling work on 20 new words a week, including alphabetical order and writing sentences. We are also working in small guided reading groups to improve decoding and comprehension skills. Thanks to Mr. Walsh for sharing the following site and blogspot for our LEAD students and families. Check them out! https://breakingnewsenglish.com/index.html http://walshinthecommons.blogspot.com/ Have a great weekend!