aMAZEing Grade 1&2: October 2018

Message From the Teacher: What a great week at Vivo! A HUGE thank you to our Parent Volunteers! What a HUGE success!!

We did not have Book Exchange today. We will have it on Monday.

A BIG WELCOME TO MISS ANNY PEPLINSKI!!! AS A STUDENT TEACHER FROM ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY, MISS PEPLINSKI WILL BE WORKING IN OUR CLASS UNTIL DECEMBER. SHE WILL BE OBSERVING, WORKING WITH STUDENTS AND LEARNING TO PLAN AND TEACH LESSONS.

Please take note of the NEXT Movin' and Munchin' in the Schedule BELOW. Take note of next week's busy schedule!

SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM THE SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHER
RETAKES OF INDIVIDUAL PHOTOS will be on Tuesday, October 30th.

We ask that all students requiring a retake photograph bring their original proof package to the photographer to scan. They can still have a retake done without it, it just speeds up the process a bit. Having the proof sheet also allows the photographer, as well as the school to know who in fact needs a retake.

I HOPE YOU ENJOY ALL THE PICS AND VIDEOS. SOME VIDEOS ENDED UP IN THE WRONG SPOT - OOPS.

Monday at Vivo:

Explore Vivo- journal what we see

Learn about the arena, ice and the zamboni (will use this when we focus on the Hot and Cold Unit in Science).

The Olympia (Zamboni) machine emptying it's load.

How the lines and circles are made on the ice (they are not painted on like many of us thought!)

Zumba- moving to music. Pam was out Zumba teacher!

Eating WHOLE FOOD:

Loose Parts (thinking outside the box, compromising with parts, sharing) - We've played Loose Parts in Gym Class. Ask your child about that too!

Tuesday at Vivo:

Sharing our moves with our group and getting ready to put our moves to music.
We sketched our favorite moves too. Don't want to forget!

Working with a group and sharing our choreography

SORRY FOLKS, COULDN'T GET LARGER VIDEOS OF OUR CHOREOGRAPHY TO LOAD :( ... and some videos ended up in the wrong spot.

Yoga - learning to be aware of our bodies (mindfulness). We used colors to describe how we were feeling before and after Yoga. Talk to your child about their color - some interesting descriptions. We journaled about our colors and

Wednesday at Vivo:

Nutritionist Pam (learning about our different systems in our body and how good food can be good for our digestive system).

Shopping for our 'animal' .... healthy, colorful food (mostly veggies) that we used to make our animals that we created with our group.

Ask your child about their budget ($15.00). Why do they think they had a budget? Do many families make a budget? Why? Is it healthy to make a budget? Why

Making our 'animal' food and Visual Journal entry

Future Chefs??????

Looking for patterns at Vivo - Repeating Patterns and Increasing Patterns (Grade 2 expectation only)

Playing Leapfrog at Vivo

LOOK AT OUR GROUP - WHAT A FABULOUS FALL DAY AT VIVO! There is Vanessa - one of our teacher's at Vivo!

Look at us eating WHOLE food

Thursday at Vivo:

Visit to the Firehall (across from Vivo). We had a chance to find out about a fireman's job and ask them about how they stay healthy for their job. Maybe we have some future firemen and firewoman in our class!!

MORE Journalling ...

Writing our Choreography and Sharing our Choreography

Tour of the Public Library

Oh..... great story. Creepy Pair Of Underwear. Can your child retell you the story? Will they include the beginning, middle and end? Who is the main character? What was the problem in the story? How was the problem solved?
Is it fiction or non-fiction?
Here's the link to the story - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBqa3z3dd2Y PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THIS IS YOUTUBE VIDEO AND PARENTS SHOULD ALWAYS WATCH YOUTUBE WITH YOUR CHILD.

Thanks for the great tour and story Davina!

WOULD YOU LIKE TO WORK AT THE LIBRARY? YOU NEED TO BE 18 YEARS OF AGE.

BYE TO MISS SARA - WHAT A WONDERFUL TIME WE HAD A VIVO! We will see you again on Monday, Dec. 3 (for swimming - we can't wait !!!!! )

Here are also the computer programs that you have access to at home:
RAZ KIDS - Go to Raz-kids.com. Kids Login. LMaze1. Click on student. Password - cat.

MATHLETICS - Go to mathletics.com. Sign Into Mathletics. Use the Username and password that in taped into the front cover of your Agenda.

Homework: Child holds T.W.A.S. book and reads their work to the parent. Parent can reply back. Child has option to write about their weekend as well. They can choose to read aloud in class or just read it quietly to me when they return on Monday. ALL T.W.A.S SHOULD BE RETURNED ON MONDAY.

Language Arts:

Math: We continue to work on patterns. We are also extending our thinking with Mental Math - doing the math in your head. We are learning to recognize groups - subitizing. Here is a video that is great to help with seeing groups quickly. PLAY, PLAY AND PLAY SOME MORE.... (please watch YouTube video with your child). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8U_zZ-rW1E

Here is the more challenging skill of counting on from 10. For Grade 1, this will typically be more challenging but the skill of counting on from 10 should be a skill they need to know by the end of grade 1. For Grade 2, the practice of 10 + a single digit should come fairly quickly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVjvswqL-Ow

Grade 1 Patterns (Tell the pattern by using letters)

Grade 2 Patterns (increasing patterns - what's the rule?)

Math from Vivo - RIGHT OLIVER? Oliver had found an increasing pattern on the bus.

Schedule:

Friday, Oct. 26 - NO SCHOOL

Monday Oct. 29 - P.J. Day - WE REACHED OUR GOAL TO STAY FOCUSSED ON READINGl - Wear your P.J's, bring a stuffy or favorite blanket etc.

Tuesday, Oct. 30 - Walk to a decorated house - Thank you Law Family (few blocks from school). You should have received a notice regarding this in your child's agenda. Any concerns, contact me.

Tuesday, Oct. 30 - Retake of Individual School Photos, if you did not like the original photo and would like a retake. Please send in original and write on envelope that you would like your child to get a retake.

Wednesday, Oct. 31 - Halloween (COSTUMES ONLY IN THE AFTERNOON - so bring costume to school - DO NOT WEAR TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING) - Halloween parade right after lunch. Halloween party proceeds walk.

Friday, November 23 - Munchin' and Movin' Social (NOT NOV. 9 AS POSTED EARLIER)

A MUNCHIN' AND MOVIN' SOCIAL!
Come through the front doors around 10:45, sign our Guest Book (we'd love to hear your comments) and meet us at the Gym. We'll have fun and move, then socialize over some healthy snacks. Come join us! Bring comfortable shoes, clothes for moving and water.

Good friends and great memories from Vivo!