aMAZEing Grade 1&2: January 2019

Teacher's Message: Next week we are skating Monday (2-3), Tuesday (1-2), Wednesday (2-3) and Thursday (1-2). PLEASE LABEL ALL SKATING ITEMS.
VOLUNTEERS are asked to be prepared for the weather, ready to wear a winter helmet and tie skates. VOLUNTEERS please meet us at the school (15 minutes before the time listed above on your day. We will need you to walk with the group to the rink.
Also, we did not write in our T.W.A.S. book today.

THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS FOR HELPING US OUT - HERE IS THE VOLUNTEER SCHEDULE.

Monday (2-3) -Ms. Ries, Ms. Li, Ms. Taylor, Mrs. Ursulescu
Tuesday (1-2)- Ms. Ahmed, Mrs. Embry, Mrs. Helsen, Mr. Quirk, Mr. Dutchak
Wednesday (2-3) - Mrs. St. John, Mrs. Kidd, Ms. Li, Mrs. Ursulescu
Thursday (1-2) - Mrs. St. John, Mrs. Embry, Mrs. Helsen, Mr. Quirk, Mrs.Ursulescu

Sarah's School Of Irish Dancing - (check it out) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vuhw2EGTsNs

Working With a Group - During our new Science Unit (Hot and Cold Temperature), groups were asked to have a Recorder that would write down the ideas that the group brainstormed about:
How Do We Heat Our Homes? How Do We Stay Warm In The Winter?
Ask your child what their group thought of? There are five Heat Sources that we have reviewed:
Heat from - The Sun, Electricity, Fossil Fuels Your Body and Friction.
Here are the groups working together.

Science Expectations:

Hot and Cold Temperature Overview Students learn that materials are sometimes changed by heating or cooling and that by observing such changes, they can infer how hot or cold an object is. They learn that thermometers provide a helpful way to measure and describe the hotness or coldness of things—a more reliable way than provided by their own senses. Students observe that temperatures can go up and down, including the temperature of their surroundings and the temperatures of particular objects within it. They also learn about methods that are used to control temperature in buildings and how insulation is used to keep things hot or cold.

Which category (of the Heat Sources) do these pictures belong to?

Reader's Theatre: Because we have great volunteers, our students can have the opportunity to be guided through a Reader's Theatre (and many other reading experiences - THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS!

Gymnastics

Grade 1 Math. Here is our focus over the next several months or so.
Say the number sequence 0 to 100 by:
• 1s forward between any two given numbers
• 1s backward from 20 to 0
• 2s forward from 0 to 20
• 5s and 10s forward from 0 to 100.

Identify the number, up to 20, that is:
• one more
• two more
• one less
• two less than a given number

Demonstrate an understanding of addition of numbers with answers to 20 and their corresponding subtraction facts, concretely, pictorially and symbolically, by:
• using familiar mathematical language to describe additive and subtractive actions
• creating and solving problems in context that involve addition and subtraction
• modelling addition and subtraction, using a variety of concrete and visual representations, and recording the process symbolically.

Describe and use mental mathematics strategies for basic addition facts and related subtraction facts to 18.

Grade 2 Math. Here is our focus over the next several months.

Say the number sequence 0 to 100 by:
• 2s, 5s and 10s, forward and backward, using starting points that are multiples of 2, 5 and 10 respectively
• 10s, using starting points from 1 to 9
• 2s, starting from 1.

Demonstrate an understanding of addition (limited to 1- and 2-digit numerals) with answers to 100 and the corresponding subtraction by:
• using personal strategies for adding and subtracting with and without the support of manipulatives
• creating and solving problems that involve addition and subtraction
• using the commutative property of addition (the order in which numbers are added does not affect the sum)
• using the associative property of addition (grouping a set of numbers in different ways does not affect the sum)
• explaining that the order in which numbers are subtracted may affect the difference.
Note: Students investigate a variety of strategies, including standard/traditional algorithms, to become proficient in at least one appropriate and efficient strategy that they understand.

PRACTICE AT HOME!

POETRY - We are continuing to work on Poetry, creating our own and reading with a group. Ask your child about the Animal Poem they are working on. ALSO ask your child how they contribute to the Poetry group (reading and acting). About half the class, volunteered to read their Dog poem over the PA system (morning news) so the whole school can hear how we can read our poems with clarity, appropriate speed and expression - with a review to pause when there in a comma.

Art For the Veterans - We received a letter back from a Veteran below. Wow - What a great WIN WIN!

Book Exchange at EG's Learning Commons - PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CHILD IS RETURNING THEIR LIBRARY BOOK EVERY THURSDAY. IF YOUR CHILD HAS NOT BROUGHT HOME A NEW BOOK, THEN THEIR BOOK WAS NOT RETURNED.