Message From the Teacher:
Next week we are on our Healthy School Field Trip. Please be on time (8:30) as the bus leaves our school at 8:45. On Monday, you can return T.W.A.S. book and bring in Agenda but the Agenda may not be written in. We will try to make sure we continue Home Reading exchange next week. Please see our volunteers below. Volunteers and students - pack a hearty lunch and water!!!
The High Frequency Words you received are to be cut apart at home. Keep in the white envelope. This envelope can be kept in the Home Reading Bag. Review the words several times per week. Your child may need to only review 10 at a time or all of them - you might have to judge how long they can keep focused. These are words that is seen in 50-70% of all the materials they read so these words should become easily recalled. The package of words that they received are expected to be known be the end of their Grade. The words received ranged from Pre-Kindergarten up to Grade 1 or Grade 2 (depending on the Grade your child is in now). If your child has 'nailed' all the words and can say them ALL quickly, please ask me for the next Grade level.
As well (if you didn't do this already), please write into your child's agenda, on EVERY THURSDAY, Book Exchange. Please write it in the orange section so it does not take up space for your child's message.
A reminder that reading with the Home Reading Program should be a daily occurrence. Please refer to the Reading Strategies in the middle of the Home Reading Data Booklet (white book) to help when your child is 'stuck on a word'. *A reminder - when you are a beginning reader, please have your child point to each word they read.
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: This week, the students have thought about what I should be for Halloween. We worked on a picture of my costume and wrote 3 reason's why I should be that. Check out a few. If you have a chance, check out all our work on the wall in the hall.
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 (finding the core of a pattern) - please review with your child. Can you try some patterns at home?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FwdYiHsrMUc (ALWAYS WATCH YOUTUBE VIDEOS WITH YOUR CHILD)
Grade 2 Patterns (increasing patterns - what's the rule?) - please review with your child. Can you try some patterns at home? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUO8maLb7ws&app=desktop
(ALWAYS WATCH YOUTUBE VIDEOS WITH YOUR CHILD)
Social Studies: We've worked on creating a plasticine item that reflects what we saw at Heritage Park. We completed these sentence starters - I made a _____. It is used for ______. Here
are some pieces of work.
This week we learned about the beginnings of the C.P.R. (Canadian Pacific Railway). We saw a performance in the Gym. As well, we watched a video in class - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqRWQa0rIso
Here are some pics from the performance. Ask your child what they learned about the C.P.R..
Science: We are continuing to work on Exploring Liquids. Here are our Scientists at work.
We looked at what we can do with water - We learning to work with a group, take turns, work safely in the lab and clean up our own experiment.
Art: We are working in our Visual Journals to sketch what we see. We have a small pumpkin in our room. We sketched it with a pencil - no color. We need to practice using our pencil to create different shades of color that we see. We are also using the process of writing - I See, I Think, I Wonder
Gym: We worked with a partner this week to serve or volley the volleyball over the net. It's hard work!
Pics of us when we started this week.
Person's Case: On Thursday, October 18 was the anniversary of the Person's Case - when women were finally recognized as 'persons'. This historical fact was NOT fully explored in school but is an important part of our Canadian History. Enjoy the video together with your child - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if_pyx5dm9Y
MAGIC !!! - We were fortunate to have Mr. Massey in to show and teach us some Magic Tricks (with a little bit of Science thrown in!). . Has your child tried the 'elastic' trick at home? Thanks Mr. Massey. Here are a few pics.
If any parents, would love to teach a skill or have great story telling skills, we'd love to hear from you!
Schedule:
Monday Oct 22 - Thursday, Oct. 25 (and Dec. 5) - Vivo - https://www.vivo.ca (website). We will visit this site to explore our question - Is this a healthy habit? See Vivo video - vivo generation h on YouTube (ALWAYS WATCH VIDEO WITH YOUR CHILD).
VIVO VOLUNTEERS:
MONDAY - Mrs. Embry, Mrs. Massey, Mrs. Urselescu, Mrs. Coulton
TUESDAY - Mrs. Massey, Mrs. Coulton, Ms. Miguel
WEDNESDAY - Mrs. Embry, Mrs. Massey, Mrs. Ursulescu, Mrs. Kidd, Mrs. Coulton
THURSDAY - Ms. Kaitlyn, Mrs. Massey, Mrs. Coulton, Mrs. Kidd, Mrs. St.John
MONDAY DEC. 3 - Mrs. Massey, Mrs. Urselescu, Mrs. St. John, Mrs. Coulton
Friday, Oct. 26 - NO SCHOOL
Monday Oct. 29 - P.J. Day - if we reach our goal - Stay quiet and focussed during quiet reading.
Tuesday, Oct. 30 - Walk to a decorated house - Thank you Law Family (few blocks from school).
Wednesday, Oct. 31 - Halloween (COSTUMES ONLY IN THE AFTERNOON) - Halloween parade right after lunch. Halloween party proceeds walk.
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.
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