Hello
Parents and Students,
Thank you to all the families who came to our 3 Way Conferences to celebrate your child’s learning with
us. It was so great to see each and every one of you!
Deklan was our incredible Star of the Week. His
favourite colour is orange and he likes to eat cheese pizza. Deklan likes to build Lego Ninjajo
robots. He enjoyed going to Fuddruckers
for his birthday. He enjoyed watching
the movie, Inside Out, at Victoria Park this summer with his family. He loves cheering on the Saskatchewan
Roughriders! He proudly saved his money
on his own this past year to purchase a Nintendo Switch and even has 7 video
games.
On Monday, Outdoor Education
Teacher, Fred, visited our classroom for the ‘Animals in
Winter’ presentation. The
children enjoyed learning about our Saskatchewan
animals and their methods of hunting and surviving in winter. He shared taxidermy animals such as: hare, fox, coyote, bison coat, lynx, mallard
duck, badger, and more. He discussed
migration. Jake was so excited when Fred
chose him as a volunteer to try on the bison coat! He discussed the importance of a long tail
for a coyote and fox (keeps nose warm when sleeping). A hare eats tree bark in the winter and they
only search for every second meal, surviving on their scats to survive, as
well. The kids absolutely LOVED this
presentation and were a ‘green zone’ audience.
Agribition highlights and special
moments: Thank you VERY much to
parents for volunteering their
time to join us for the day. We could
not have done the trip without you! Your
children were in excellent hands in small groups of 2 to 4. The day was
educational, high energy and a lot of fun for everyone. There was so much to see and do in the barns,
at the Family Pavilion, in the Brandt Center and much more. We were fortunate
to participate in the Rodeo Clown session in the morning. What a ‘barrel of
laughs’. Please enjoy the many photos (over 100) attached and ask your child
what he/she enjoyed about the Agribition experience.
Following Wednesday’s Agribition
trip, the children engaged in a writing project of Agribition brochures. The brochures are to promote and share about
our great experience at Agribition. Stay tuned for
pictures of the Farm Inquiry posters and Agribition brochures next week.
For math this week the Gr. 2s continued
to practice writing number sentences and describing what a number family
is. Ask your child how many number
sentences are in a family.
Use numbers 9 and 7. There are four number sentences
in the family: 2 addition and 2 subtraction.
1. 9+7=16
2. 7+9=16
3. 16-9=7
4. 16-7=9
Gr. 2s also revisited inequality and equality.
To practice this, ask your child the sign for inequality or “not the
same as.” Try the question: 3+7 ? 10 OR
2+5 ?
8 Is this the same as, or not
the same as? Try even more questions
with your child for FUN! A great math
gift is a set of dominoes for your child to learn to add and to
subtract. See photos. Begin with doubles.
Doubles song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik_-OAgzD-8
The Gr. 1s worked on learning their DOUBLES. 1+1=2; 2+2=4; 3+3=6 Remember that the SUMS
for all addition questions are EVEN.
Please begin
gathering materials for the Gingerbread Houses we
will be making on the afternoon of Dec. 13th. Store bought icing is best, and is cheaper in
the grocery stores in November. As well, please pay on-line for the December 18th bowling/bus activity ($8.50). This
covers the cost of the bus, the bowling fee for an hour and a half, as well as
one drink for your child to enjoy while bowling.
At the 3 Way
Conferences, you received the DECEMBER CELEBRATIONS writing
assignment for you to complete with your child. This assignment is due on Monday, Dec. 17th. We look
forward to sharing these in class the last school week of December.
Just a reminder that
our READING LOGS are due this Thursday, November 29th. Get your 250 reading minutes
completed to receive a Pizza Hut coupon for a personal pan pizza.
Cheers,
Ms. Holtby, Ms.
Selimos and Ms. Daniels
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