Greetings Parents and Students,
On
Monday we began the PHONICS LETTER OF THE WEEK (Bb). Brainstorm “b” words with your child and try
reading the sentences from the photos.
We
began our HOME READING program this week. Parents, please, please, please send the
borrowed book(s) back to school the following day, whether you have had
time to read it or not. I will control
the Grade 1 HOME READING books for a while.
Grade 1 parents, work on the 20 LIST words in the ‘Homework Book’. I will assign a new task each Monday, so
please send the Homework book to school on Mondays or Tuesdays, if Monday is a
holiday.
Reading
Logs will be collected next Thursday, September 27th. Reading Minute expectations will be halved,
as we distributed the Home Reading mid-month.
The math
word at the end of the week was ATTRIBUTE. Ask
your child to explain different attributes of patterning (colour, shape, size,
direction, position). We explored attributes this week using pattern
blocks (triangles, squares). The children created patterns using 2 attributes
AT ONCE. Example: size and color . . . little orange square, big
red triangle, little red triangle. . . The children had to explain their
pattern rule for each pattern as they extended
it.
On Tuesday
afternoon we created our paper mache turkeys. Thank you to Malika’s and Kade’s moms for
helping us with this special project. On
Thursday we created nametags for the turkeys and painted them. Next Tuesday we
will decorate our paper mache turkeys
with our new Grade 4 Learning Buddies. Remember to send feathers to school! This art project will be on display for
everyone to enjoy, in front of the school’s main display case at OPEN HOUSE/ BBQ NIGHT.
They will be sent home in time for Thanksgiving long weekend.
On
Wednesday morning we welcomed our wonderful, amazing, new
Grade 2 student to our classroom; Emma. We now
have 10 Grade 2s and 14 Grade 1s.
For Zones of Regulation this week, Ms. Holtby has been deepening
the discussion of how we feel in each zone to how our facial expressions may
look. At Open House be sure to check out our ‘My Zones Toolbox’ booklet that
will be clipped to our bulletin board outside our classroom. Most recently, the
students have been learning the differences between a ‘Big Deal’ and a
‘Little Deal’ when handling everyday problems. Below is a video link
that was shared with the class. Watch and discuss with your child about Big
Deals and Little Deals, and how we should act towards a Big or Little problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3ifIowPdtQ
Please
refer to the photo and worksheet in your child’s agenda called: Who Am I? In Grades 1 and 2, it is expected that
your child knows his/her birthday, phone number and address, orally in conversation in Grade 1, and
in Grade 2; orally in conversation and in written situations. Practice this at home with your child. More than 60 % of the Grade 1s and 2s
did not know their phone numbers and/or addresses. We will retest them
throughout the school year.
Academically,
we will be administering ORR; Oral Reading Records
(Reading Testing for Gr. 1) and Fountas and Pinnell;
F&P (Reading Testing for Gr. 2) with your children over the next
few weeks to see what his/her present reading level is. Both tests
are based on fluency, word attack skills and comprehension.
For
French on Monday we went outside and played “Quel heure est-il Monsieur Loup?”
using clocks to review the time to
the nearest hour. The children loved
playing this game and being chased by the wolf.
We reviewed the days of the week in French doing some action songs and
sang our silly alphabet song. We read some fall poetry in French and sang some
songs. We also create cell phones and will work on learning our phone numbers in
English and French.
Your
child wrote his/her first spelling test on Monday. They did great! We WILL get “picky” in Grade Two re: using lower case letters when writing the
test. Capitals will be reinforced when
referring to people, places, or things.
Ex: Bat needs to be written as
“bat”. Thank you parents for signing
the spelling test notebooks and returning them the next day.
We
wrapped up UNIT 1 of Math Makes Sense and patterning with
the Grade 1s on Thursday and early next week with the Grade 2s. The math word of the week was “Increasing
Patterns”. Please have your child create
repeating patterns, showing you the core, at home. See photos from this week’s emails to guide
you along. UNIT 2 of Math Makes Sense for Grade 1 is
COUNTING TO 20 which Ms. Holtby will be teaching.
Please
encourage your child to wear orange clothing, if possible
on Friday, the 28th. September 28th has been recognized
as Orange Shirt Day
throughout many regions of the country in recognition of the harm done to
generations of children by the Indian Residential Schools and as an affirmation
of our commitment to ensure that every child matters. As we continue on our
reconciliation journey, it is important to participate and develop awareness of
the history and impact of residential schools in Canada. The orange shirt
is symbolic of every residential school student’s loss of identity and
self-worth and becomes a symbol of defiance against that undermining of
children’s self-esteem, and of our commitment to anti-racism and anti-bullying
in general.
Go Pats Go;
game opener on Saturday vs P.A.!
Go Riders Go
vs Toronto on Sunday!
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE!
Ms. Selimos, Ms. Holtby and Ms. Daniels
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