Hello Parents and Students,
On Monday, we sent home the TERM I REPORT CARD PORTFOLIO of work samples for you to look
at with your child. Please keep all the work
samples at home and return the empty envelope signed.
On Monday afternoon, our Cree Lesson #2 with Elder Jane focused on reviewing
greetings, colour words, introducing the
numbers from 1 to 10 and then learning the names of a few animals in Cree; wolf =migan and
rabbit=wapos
On Tuesday, January 22nd p.m., Grant
Road Grades 1 to Grade 4 students welcomed Regina Pats players #3 Max Paddock, #13 Sergei Alkhimov, #27 Nikita
Sedov, #31 Dean McNabb and #22 Duncan Pierce 3 to their classrooms. The
hockey players spent time in the classrooms interacting with the students,
sharing personal stories about themselves as students and hockey players,
reading various hockey books, including the popular Brady, Brady series. The Pats even joined us in our gym class,
where we practiced handling a stick and ball and warmed up with the dance;
Follow the Leader:
Body
break song the kids ABSOLUTELY love = Follow the Leader
Sophia
was our amazing Star of the Week. Her favourite colour are gold and black and she
likes to eat butter noodles and chicken soup. Sophia enjoys taking dance
classes and playing soccer. She had so much
fun meeting Mickey Mouse in California.
She loves to spend time with her mom, dad, and older brother, Noah. She LOVES dressing up for Halloween and
having her mom face paint her. She
enjoys drawing a lot! Her favourite
movie is Mary Poppins and her best childhood memory is meeting new friends.
Last week we made individual copies of “La Neige”. We each read, coloured, and cut our own to
take home. We also created winter scenes on mittens, labeling our clothing in
French. Our new song on video was
called: La Neige Tombe Sur
Mon Nez.
.
With EA, Ms. Daniels, the Gr. 1s explored
liquid capacity in the Staffroom Kitchen, pouring a set amount of water into
different containers and comparing the shapes and sizes of the containers.
The
Gr. 2s went on a scavenger hunt looking for items in the classroom and in the
school using the following measuring tools: 7 straws, 5 paperclips, 10 cubes, 3
markers.
This week, the
children also used string to measure
length of curved items (length around a water bottle, football, their
heads and waistlines, etc.). Next, they straightened the string and measured
with non-standard units (cubes, craft sticks, etc.) to find the length.
The math units,
focusing on MEASUREMENT, will go home for both grades next week for you to
explore and to discuss with your children.
For
Writing Traits, the focus has been topics. We discussed our favourite sports, drew them,
and then answered the question; Which is the best sport?
Next
will be procedural writing using the words: first, next, then, last. Ask your child to
orally tell you their bedtime routine using those words in sentences. In class, we wrote about getting ready for school
in the morning.
The
boys and girls are enjoying our chapter book read-a-loud of And Then It Happened by M & L Wade.
WE
WERE SCIENTISTS working
through a Science Lab experiment this week, predicting and verifying, and
writing up our lab work! First, we did a liquid vs. liquid experiment. The children should be able to explain to you
“why oil and water don’t mix.” Oil and water are said to be “immiscible”,
because they do not mix. The oil layer
is on the top of the water because of the difference in density of the two
liquids. Oil is less dense than water and so it is on top. Parents & kids, try the following “SICK
SCIENCE” experiment at home using oil and water: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzFMvDfBY7Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhhFwdJqvfw
MATTER SONG
Valentine’s
Day is just a few weeks away. We began a
Valentine’s stitchery project last Friday. The children are really enjoying this fine
motor activity.
VALENTINE’S DAY:
If you choose to have your
child participate, please include the entire class. VALENTINE cards and goodies are to be sent and exchanged on THURSDAY,
FEB. 14th. One easy way to label cards or treats is to put YOUR
child’s name on each card/treat: From
____. This is an option, if you don’t
wish to write each child’s name on the treat.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone! Stay warm!
Ms. Selimos and Ms. Daniels
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