Week of November 5-9

Dear families,

This is what we did in our classroom this rainy November week!

Literacy:

The letter sounds of the week were Ee and Hh. The words of the day were WHERE and SAID. With our Reading Buddies, the children read and drew a booklet about the Signs of Fall. The JKs traced the letter Ee, and the SKs practiced writing the letter Ee in their neatest printing. They also did an "Eye Spy Ee" activity. The children traced and read Remembrance Day words, and we read the wonderful Todd Parr book "Peace." After talking about what peace is, the children drew pictures and wrote a sentence to go with it. The JKs sometimes need "hand-over-hand" help to print or trace our highlighter letters. The SKs are beginning to sound out words or write independently. Good effort everyone! We also learned three songs about Remembrance Day. The children can sing them at home with the lyrics in their mail bags. We are also reading our first chapter book together, called "Lionel in the Fall." All the children did a dot-to-dot alphabet activity as well. For the SKs, I have sent home a new list of words that you can make with the letters/letter sounds we have learned so far .(Ss, Aa, Tt, Ii, Pp, Nn, Cc, Kk, Ee, Hh) There are a lot!


Numeracy:

The number of the week was number eleven. We talked about and showed how to write the word, how to make the tally marks, what "11" looks like on dice and in ten frames and in base ten blocks, as well as on the number line. The JKs counted acorns and wrote the number, and the SKs did a work sheet filling in missing numbers from 1-50.

Art:

We made poppies by cutting out 4 hearts and gluing them together to make a poppy. They are on display in our classroom. The children also painted poppies.

Science and Nature:

We are learning about all the signs that Fall is here.

We started Cosmic Kids Yoga after lunch - we did Ruby Broom and the Frozen Yoga lesson. The kids loved them!

Thank you so much to Shay's mom who taught a lesson on Diwali. Thank you to Everleigh's mom and Anilee's sister Ruby who were our Mystery Readers! Thank you Evelyn, Abigail, Christopher and Dante who represented our class by carrying the wreath we made and walking in the procession at the Remembrance Day ceremony. The children did a wonderful job being quiet and respectful at the ceremony.

It's getting colder outside and the children will need hats, mittens and scarves (tube scarves are safest and easiest for the children to put on). Please ensure that your child has warm mittens as opposed to thin five-finger gloves that they are not able to put on by themselves. The more independent they are, the better they feel about themselves! :)

If you would like to order books from the Scholastic Book Club, the orders are due on Monday. Books make wonderful Holiday gifts! If you would like the book(s) to be a surprise/gift, please write "gift" on your order form or just let me know.

I look forward to meeting with you next week during parent-teacher interviews. Report cards will go home on Monday.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!