Dear Parents,
Our 100th day of school will be on February 10th. We will be celebrating 100 days of school, 100 days of friends and 100 days of fun!
To celebrate, each student should bring in 100 of some wonderful, one-hundred-full thing.
Please help your child think of an idea/theme. Count and assemble 100 items that can fit in a clear zip-lock bag. Count by 1s, 5s, or 10s. They will be put on display on our hall bulletin board.
Examples:
- 100 paper chain links
- 100 grains of rice
- 100 stickers
- 100 pennies
- 100 beads on a string
- 100 popsicle sticks
- 100 cereal pieces
- 100 pasta
- 100 candies
- 100 buttons, etc.
I hope you enjoy this hands-on project with your child!
Bring your collection to class by February 7th so that we have the opportunity to view and discuss the collections before the 100th day.
Thank you!
On the 100th Day of School, I would love to have the kids dress up like they are 100 years old. Here are some ideas to help you get started planning what your child will wear:
Girls: Printed shirt, pearls, eyeglasses, sweater, wig or curled hairstyle, gray hair spray, knee high stockings, large purse, scarf
Boys: Button down shirt, flannel shirt, suspenders, tie, eyeglasses, drawn on moustache or beard, gray hair spray
We are going to doing lots of fun 100-based activities, including counting 100 snack items, making a gumball machine with 100 bingo dabber dots (10x10 different colours), stacking 100 cups, making things out of 100 pieces of Lego, making a 100s hat and necklace, and more!
This upcoming week we will be completing our unit on Jan Brett and at the same time keeping track of the Olympics. We will be graphing with our medals tracker and we will be doing a unit on Winter Olympic Games with numerous literacy and numeracy activities. Go Canada go!
Last week we compared Jan Brett's "The Three Snow Bears" and the traditional fable "Goldilocks and the Three Bears,' a version of which Brett also beautifully illustrated. We started making a little book on bears and did marble art of a polar bear in a snow storm. I think the kids loved it! This week we will read "Annie and the Animals" and will learn about all the animals Brett draws so beautifully, focusing on North American animals. We will learn about if these animals migrate, hibernate, are dormant, or are active in the winter. At the end of the week their Jan Brett Author Study Folder will go home.
We also read a book called "My First Chinese New Year" on January 31 and talked about why the horse is/was such an important animal. Please help your child complete the Chinese New Year sheet with their birthday information.
It is Goundhog Day today, February 2. We learned about the features of groundhogs (where they live, what they eat etc.) and are making a little booklet about them with our Reading Buddies.
Thank you to our Mystery Reader Olivia's dad who read "The Gruffalo" and "The Gruffalo's Child." Thank you as well to Melania's mom who did the white bags for the morning class. Please remember to empty your child's white bag and read the notes inside as well as all the wonderful work your child has done.
The homework for this weekend was to practice counting to 100 and for the SKs to complete a page about the 100 items they are collecting. This week and next we will be making books about "If I had 100 dollars", and about which 100 things one could fit into a recycling container, back pack, and school bus.
Last week the morning class welcomed Melania's family friend Nell, who spoke to the children about her recent trip to the Antartica. She shared all the amazing and interesting things she learned about penguins and gave each child photographs she had taken of penguins, including their stone nest, which was very interesting. If there is a particular topic we are discussing and you would like to enrich the children's learning and retention by speaking to them about it, please let me know. Guest Speakers are always welcome! Thank you again Nell for your wonderful presentation.
Valentine's Day is only a few weeks away, on Friday, February 14. Please encourage your child to make Valentines for his/her classmates as a writing activity. Please bring in the valentines by February 12 so that the children have time to sort them in their classmates' bags. If you are bringing treats in for the children, please ensure they are nut- and sesame-free. Thank you.
The children did a wonderful job reciting their poem "I Have a Cold" at the Sharing Assembly. We recognized the TDSB Character Trait of "Teamwork" and I am proud to say that my students all work very well together as a team.
We also reviewed and spelled the order in which to put on winter clothing (mittens/gloves last! boots after pants! :) )
There are several items in the lost and found bag in our cubby room. Please take a moment to look through the pink lost and found bag in the cubby room.
If you are bringing a fruit snack, I would ask that you please don't bring chocolate or caramel dip - it creates quite a sticky mess when 20 children are sharing it! Plain fruit is perfect. Thank you.
Please bring in a wallet-sized photo of your child's face for a little book we are making about mittens. Thank you. Please also fill in the order form for LKS Movie night along with payment if you are planning on going. The movie is "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2."
I'm sure with the sticky packing snow that fell this weekend the children will have fun outside making snowmen and forts. Please ensure they are dressed in snow pants.
I hope you have a wonderful week!
Mrs. Tyndall
