Hello
Parents/Guardians!
W.O.W (Words of the Week)
Words:
- get
- this
- will
- yes
- went
- no
Weekly Highlights:
- This week in Math we started our
Measurement Unit. We learned the difference between standard and
non-standard units and when we might use both. We learned about length,
width, and height. Some of the vocabulary words we practiced this week
were: long, longer, longest, short, shorter, shortest, wide, wider,
widest, narrow, narrower, narrowest. We practiced identifying length,
width, and height and comparing different objects. We also learned that
length, width, and height are relative depending upon what you are
comparing to. For example, a person may look short standing next to one
person and look tall standing next to a different person. Here is a fun
measurement game we can play at home:
- Sesame
street non-standard measuring game https://www.sesamestreet.org/games?id=259
- In Social Studies we learned about
rights and responsibilities. We read books and watched videos about rights
and responsibilities and brainstormed rights and responsibilities that we
have at home, at school, and in the community. We then created our very own
rights and responsibilities flap books. We selected a right that we have
at home and a right that we have at school. Here are some of the ideas we
came up with:
- I
have the right to play with toys. I have the responsibility to clean up.
- I
have the right to have a snack. I have the responsibility to not leave
crumblies (clean up after myself).
- I
have the right to go to school. I have the responsibility not to throw
snowballs when it’s snowing out.
- We learned the secret story for
“ar.” Letters a and r are best friends but sometimes letter r gets jealous
that letter a is a superhero and gets to say his name. So when they are
together letter a lets letter r borrow his cape and say his name “R!”
- We are doing a great job at our
Daily 5 Literacy Stations. We spend about 15-20 minutes each day
practicing different literacy skills. Here are the stations we work at:
- Read
to Self: Practice reading sight words, poems, and just right books.
- Read
to Someone: Practice reading sight word cards, poems, or just right books
to a partner.
- Listen
to Reading: Use the Ipads to go on Raz-Kids.
- Word
Work: Practice spelling our W.O.W words and our sight word cards using:
stamps, letter tiles, whiteboards, magnets, printing in our notebook.
- Work
on Writing: Free choice writing in our journals to practice the skills we
have learned in writing lessons (E.g. using finger space, capitals,
periods, explaining our ideas in detail using who, what, when, where, and
why (feelings))
- We enjoyed some time with our
Grade 5 buddies. We created cards for Meals on Wheels. We did a great job
drawing and colouring our pictures and writing cheerful messages.
Reminders:
Thank you to everyone who
came out last night to make our “Evening of Gathering and Giving” so
special. Jess McCann and her dance group did not disappoint! Ryan Willert our artist in residence, as well
as Elder Pablo Russell emphasized the “Buffalo teachings” and the meaning to
our students here at SVS. We look forward to a continued focus on using the
Buffalo teachings in our day to day lives.
Please skip to 11:42 to
view it:
Video of Jessica McCann:
Calgary Food Bank:
From now until December
17th we will be collecting non-perishable food items
for the Calgary Food Bank. Foodbank boxes have now been placed around the
school to accept any and all donations.
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Ask Me About:
- To compare the length, width, and
height of different objects using the correct vocabulary (tall, taller,
tallest, short, shorter, shortest, wide, wider, widest, narrow, narrower,
narrowest, long, longer, longest).
- Log into your Raz-Kids account and
read at least 2 books this weekend!
- Play a spelling city game using
the link on the left hand side of the blog.
- To tell you rights and
responsibilities I have:
a.
At home (E.g. I have the
right to play with my toys. I have the responsibility to clean up my toys when
I am done playing)
b.
At school (I have the right
to share my ideas with the group. I have the responsibility to raise my hand
and wait for my turn to speak.)
c.
In the community (I have
the right to go to the library and borrow books. I have the responsibility to
take care of the books and return them on time.)
