Good afternoon!

Hello everyone,

Today, we started off with our third unit of inquiry, Sharing the planet. With regards to this unit, we continued to learn about animals, most specifically those that live in the ocean. Today, we focused on sharks and whales. We talked about the differences, especially physical ones, between different types of sharks and whales. We learned about killer whales,  blue whales, whale sharks, hammerhead sharks and great white sharks. As inquirers we worked together to discuss the differences between these two animals. Based on their names and physical characteristics, we also realized that some animals can be misleading. For example, a whale shark, we realized, is actually a shark, but it is SO big that it can be often mistaken for a whale. We also agreed that, although they look big and scary, they're actually pretty friendly and only feed on tiny species such as plankton. Moral of a story for the day: never judge a book by its cover; it might have you fooled!

We also did a craft and made tropical fish using coloured pieces of tissue paper. They are on display in the classroom. We did some exercises on shapes and numbers using worksheets. We also finished up on perfecting our tracing skills of the letter Jj.

Well, that ends another wonderful week at St. Jude's Academy. I wish all of you the happiest of weekends.

GO PATRIOTS!


Miss H.