Hello Parents and Students,
We have had another FABULOUS FALL WEEK in the
classroom! On Monday we continued our
vertebrate study about FISH and then mid-week, discussed reptiles. Google
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC FOR KIDS, then reptiles and check out some of the reptile
videos. The children really enjoyed the
lizards, snakes and turtles videos.
Check out the crocodiles and alligators, as we ran out of time.
Mathematically, this week rods, units and coins
were reinforced. The new math vocabulary term was: unequal or “not the same as”. See photos 19
and 20. There is an EXCELLENT site your
children LOVE, for reinforcing counting of MONEY with coins! Check out: www.abcya.com/money_bingo.htm
On Tuesday, the Guest Teacher read
the book: CinderHazel to the
children. University of Regina students,
Miss Kezama and Miss Lechler, ran a math graphing station and Bingo vocabulary
activity based on CinderHazel.
The afternoon trip on Tuesday (Voices
of Nature) went smoothly. The children
participated by singing, dancing and watching musicians on stage. The
reinforced themes were: recycling, being environmentally friendly, recycling
technology and climate change.
On Wednesday, the boys and girls
created their own BAT SONGS to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. They presented to their peers and we sang
along.
Does your child know his/her phone
number? Does your child know his/her
address orally and in writing? Please
practice this at home. I will retest
them in a few months. Many children were
unsure of their addresses.
We began a printing/cursive writing
book this week, as well. The printing
samples (photo 17) you will see will be based on poetry, songs, rhyme. The children were excited and engaged in this
lesson.
For French, we wrote our CLASSROOM
OBJECTS QUIZZES which have been added to Power School. Our focus this week and next week is
Halloween vocabulary. Visit the site: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYfmQ5eAQlg and
listen to C’est l”Halloween. We have played French Halloween 7-up using my
props (photos 21 to 25). We read a few
chants/rhymes, sang songs and began making haunted houses (les maisons hantées)
on Friday.
On Thursday we welcomed, Occupational Therapist,
Arlene Jachak, who reviewed Self Regulation zones with us and provided us with
some Sensory Tools (photos 27 to 29) for
our own toolboxes.
Our phonics letter of the week is Dd. We will be doing this lesson after lunch.
It was wonderful to have such a GREAT turnout
of families this morning for “Breakfast with Books” for Education Week. The kids are counting down to this
afternoon’s bat clay project activity.
Photos to follow…
REMINDERS:
TUESDAY:
PHOTO RETAKES
Making Happy Socks for Humane Society
cats (p.m.)
Return SPECIAL LUNCH forms (Subway).
WEDNESDAY: Kristin Folk from the
HUMANE SOCIETY visits in p.m.; “Friends for Life” presentation
THURSDAY: HAND IN READING LOGS FOR OCTOBER!
Grant Road Halloween Family Dance is tonight!
FRIDAY: DOG BITE PREVENTION PROGRAM with DR.
SALLY (vet) in p.m.
Spirit Day: Wear orange and
black
We are nearing the end of our VERTEBRATE
study and would like to celebrate on Friday,
Oct. 31st with your child.
Please send your child to school with 6 servings of a food for
sharing, which is healthy (no Halloween candy) for his/her vertebrate (bones,
skeleton). We have discussed calcium for
bones and teeth, so many of the children are asking if they can bring foods
from the dairy group. Other foods with
good sources of calcium include:
broccoli, spinach, kale, turnips and tofu. We will share our healthy food items and play
a few games/watch a video the last hour of school.
Have a great weekend everyone! GO RIDERS!
Ms. Selimos
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