Dear families,
I hope you're enjoying this beautiful fall weather! We had another busy week in Room 166!
The words of the week were THE and DO. The letter sound of the week was Cc (the "hard" Cc like "cat"). We made lots of words together with the letters S A T I P N and C. I sent a list home with the kids to keep in their Bedtime Book Box.
This week was all about apples! We did a chart of the parts of an apple, made a class book called "Who Took the Apples from the Apple Tree," made applesauce together, and we are doing an experiment about apples, too! We put a slice of apples in water, oil, vinegar, salt and air, and the children predicted what would happen to them. We'll track our observations on Monday. The children also made an apple booklet with their Reading Buddies, and the SKs made a little apple booklet, writing apples adjectives.
Wednesday was a terrific day at Andrew's Scenic Acres! Thank you so much to Amy, Donna, Noura and Sarita who were our awesome parent volunteers. The children had a wonderful time exploring the hay mountain, the corn maze, the chicken coop, the haunted forest, going on a wagon ride, picking a pumpkin, and learning about raspberries, blueberries, Native Corn and pumpkins. We brought a big class pumpkin back to school and we'll be learning all about pumpkins next week. The children also had fun decorating our classroom with Halloween decorations. Next week we will start all kinds of numeracy and literacy activities with a Halloween theme. Lots of fun and learning!
October 24th is Wear Purple Day.
If your child has a lower case "a" in his/her name, I sent home an extra letter formation practice sheet. The SKs are encouraged to write their names with a capital letter at the beginning of their name followed by lower case letters.
Ms. Zappi and I are doing the school-wide "We Scare Hunger" initiative again to help collect food for the Daily Bread Food Bank. Families are asked to send in non-perishable and nut-free items such as canned goods and dry goods. Thank you so much for supporting the Daily Bread Food Bank!
Thank you as well to this week's Mystery Reader Jessica!
That's the news for this week - have a wonderful weekend!
Saturday, October 20, 2018
Sunday, October 14, 2018
Week of October 8-12
Dear families,
I hope you are having a nice weekend! The beautiful fall weather is finally here.
Literacy: Our new sight words are FOR and WENT. The letter sound of the week was Nn. It's amazing how many words you can make with the letters Ss Aa Tt Ii Pp and Nn! The JKs have a "name puzzle" with the letters of their name that they can practise putting in the correct order. We have started learning about apples and we read "Who Took the Apples from the Apple Tree?" together and made a class book. The children also learned a song about apples. We'll continue this next week.
Numeracy: The children practised forming and tracing the numbers 0-10 (JKs) and 0-20 (SKs). They also made patterns with cube-a-links and the SKs completed a pattern work sheet. Next week we'll extend our learning with beads. We also tallied how many children have a pumpkin already and graphed all the food the children ate for Thanksgiving dinner.
Science: We finished learning about chromatography - a fancy word for our learning how black is made up of different colours and that it is a shade, not a colour. It was an easy experiment that you can repeat at home with a water-soluable black marker, coffee filter paper and a bit of water. This experiment lead to some interesting discussions! Next week we will do a science experiment with apples and vinegar, salt, air and water. We'll predict, observe, and conclude based on what happens to the apple slices. We'll also come up with the step-by-step instructions on how to make apple sauce together. Please send in an apple with your child to make the apple sauce. We'll make it on Thursday. Thank you!
On Wednesday we are going on our field trip to Andrew's Scenic Acres. Please remember to pack a litterless lunch and snacks for your child and dress them for the weather -- it's supposed to be windy and only about 8C. Thank you so much to the moms of Anilee, Casey, Reina and Shay who will be our parent volunteers for the trip. If you would like to volunteer for class events please remember that you need to have a police check completed.
That's the news for this week! I hope you have a great week.
I hope you are having a nice weekend! The beautiful fall weather is finally here.
Literacy: Our new sight words are FOR and WENT. The letter sound of the week was Nn. It's amazing how many words you can make with the letters Ss Aa Tt Ii Pp and Nn! The JKs have a "name puzzle" with the letters of their name that they can practise putting in the correct order. We have started learning about apples and we read "Who Took the Apples from the Apple Tree?" together and made a class book. The children also learned a song about apples. We'll continue this next week.
Numeracy: The children practised forming and tracing the numbers 0-10 (JKs) and 0-20 (SKs). They also made patterns with cube-a-links and the SKs completed a pattern work sheet. Next week we'll extend our learning with beads. We also tallied how many children have a pumpkin already and graphed all the food the children ate for Thanksgiving dinner.
Science: We finished learning about chromatography - a fancy word for our learning how black is made up of different colours and that it is a shade, not a colour. It was an easy experiment that you can repeat at home with a water-soluable black marker, coffee filter paper and a bit of water. This experiment lead to some interesting discussions! Next week we will do a science experiment with apples and vinegar, salt, air and water. We'll predict, observe, and conclude based on what happens to the apple slices. We'll also come up with the step-by-step instructions on how to make apple sauce together. Please send in an apple with your child to make the apple sauce. We'll make it on Thursday. Thank you!
On Wednesday we are going on our field trip to Andrew's Scenic Acres. Please remember to pack a litterless lunch and snacks for your child and dress them for the weather -- it's supposed to be windy and only about 8C. Thank you so much to the moms of Anilee, Casey, Reina and Shay who will be our parent volunteers for the trip. If you would like to volunteer for class events please remember that you need to have a police check completed.
That's the news for this week! I hope you have a great week.
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