January 18

Teacher Message: Your child should be reading daily. The book that they are reading at home should show them reading it fairly confidently, showing decoding skills and demonstrating some fluency. Always open the reading strategies listed inside the Data Book when you read. You can use these and review them with your child. The one strategy that serves kids quite well is - taking a smart guess on the unknown word, reading on and returning to the word. This is a sign of comprehension and independence in reading. Beside actually reading the words, comprehension is also important. After reading, can your child remember what happened in the story? was there a problem? Solution?  how did the characters feel in the story? Comprehension and fluency/decoding are both very important in making a great reader. Any questions, don't hesitate to ask.

Phys. Ed - We have begun Gymnastics.  Some goals for Gymnastic are: following clear expectations for safety, explore how our bodies move (locomotor skills-rolling and Non-locomotor skill-bending etc.), and working with a group.
A reminder that your child should be wearing comfortable clothes to move in. Girls may want to tie back long hair. No dangling jewelry. If your child has sores/cuts/warts on their feet, they need to wear their indoor shoes. If not, they can go bare feet. Girls please don't wear dresses/skirts unless you wear shorts or pants under.

Kananaskis In The Classroom - Today we say a presentation on the life cycle of the butterfly? 

Can you child answer: 

What are the four stages of the butterfly? (egg/caterpilar/crhysalis/butterfly or moth)

What are the 3 body parts of an insect? (head/thorax/abdomen)

What body part does a butterfly taste with? (feet)

What part does it eat with? (proboscis) 

What group does the butterfly and moth come from? (lepidoptera)

How many legs does an insect have? (6)

Can you sing the butterfly song (goes to tune of Head Shoulder Knees and Toes)

Head

Thorax

Ambdomen

Wings

Antennae

Proboscis

'slurp'

... in class presentation too

 ... love when kids independently show their understanding!

VERBS AND NOUNS - This week we have worked on identifying a verb and a noun. We have been acting out verbs in class (to really get the understanding that a 'verb' is the action that the noun does.) See some of our review below.

We also circled the verbs in our poems. Most students were able to identify the verbs. Ask your child if they can identify the verbs in their poem below. 

Mathletics

Reading Poetry - We are working on reading our poem out loud with a clear, rich voice, making sure to pause at the comma. Review the comma symbol and practice reading your poem in a clear, rich voice (we learned the new word - orotund)

DOG

By Madelyn and Amelia

Gentle dog, licks me on my face and tickles me too

Gentle dog, wonders away to the park and comes back to me

Fierce dog, charges at me with his sharp teeth

Fierce dog, running at me to bite my arm off

DOG

By Callum and Ainsley

Gentle dog, licks my face

Gentle dog, whimpers at me

Fierce dog, showing his sharp teeth at me

Fierce dog, charging at me

DOG

By Julia and Noah

Gentle dog, licks my hand – it loves me

Gentle dog, whines to me to go for a walk

Fierce dog, fighting other dogs and biting

Fierce dog, charging me because it is extremely mad

DOG

By Matthew and Millie

Gentle dog, crawling slowly on the zebra carpet

Gentle dog, licking my face to kiss me

Fierce dog, charging at a scared kid

Fierce dog, growling with his sharp teeth at me

DOG

By Sarah (and Mrs. Maze)

Gentle dog, nuzzling me on the couch

Gentle dog, whimpering when he got his little paw hurt

Fierce dog, charging me to the ground

Fierce dog, biting aggressively on a meaty bone

DOG

By Stanley and Maya

Gentle dog, licking me with love

Gentle dog, crying because he misses me

Fierce dog, biting me one time. That was not good

Fierce dog, charging at me

DOG

By Sam and Wyatt

Gentle dog, licks me and it tickles me

Gentle dog, crawls on the floor

Fierce dog charges at me. It was scary

Fierce dog slobbers on me

DOG

By Isabella and Margaret

Gentle dog, the dog likes licking me

Gentle dog, the dog is wondering where her bone is

Fierce dog, the dog likes to charge me

Fierce dog, bite off my hand

DOG

By Will and AJ

Gentle dog, licking me on my 7 year old face

Gentle dog, whimpered for food

Fierce dog, shook with fearsomeness

Fierce dog, biting my hand

DOG

By Victoria and Max

Gentle dog, whines for food

Gentle dog, licks four people seven times

Fierce dog, bites a scared kid

Fierce dog, slobbers on the floor

DOG

By Jaiden and Kaden

Gentle dog, licks our hands

Gentle dog, sleeps on me

Fierce dog, charges at my crying baby

Fierce dog, looking at me with his big sharp teeth

DOG

By Isabella and Margaret

Gentle dog, likes licking me

Gentle dog, wondering where her bone is

Fierce dog, likes to charge me

Fierce dog, bites my hand off

DOG

By Oliver and Evera

Gentle dog, curling around me when I rub her soft back

Gentle dog, chewing politely on her green crocodile

Fierce dog, snarling wildly at the annoying garbage truck

Fierce dog, barking and flashing her sharp teeth through the fence

Kids reading poetry -

SCHEDULE: 

January 25 - Movin' And Munchin' 10:45 - 11:30 in the Gym - (We will move to these student's songs- Evera, Sarah, Millie and Stanley)

January 28 - January 31 - Skating 

January 31 - Report Cards Go Home

January 31 (Leader In Me Assembly - am)

February 1 - No School (in lieu of Remembrance Day)