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Parents/Guardians!
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W.O.W (Words of the Week)
Words:
- with
- they
- but
- on
- at
Weekly Highlights:
- In writing this week we talked
about what adjectives are and how we can use them to improve our
sentences. Including an adjective helps our readers to visualize
what we are communicating. We will
be working on using adjectives over the next few weeks. We also
talked about writing expectations and what good writing looks like. Students then completed a piece of
writing related to the season of Fall, demonstrating their best
work. Some of the things we expect to see in students writing are:
- Capitalizing
the word “I”
- Starting
sentences with an uppercase letter
- Stretching
out and writing as many sounds as possible to make the words easier for
others to read (“elefnt” for elephant rather than “et”)
- Using
finger spaces between words
- Using
the word wall and secret stories to spell words correctly
- Ending
sentences with punctuation (exclamation mark, question mark, period)
- Beginning
to use juicy words (adjectives)
- Being
able to read their work to others and that their sentences make sense
- We learned about Remembrance Day
this week and how fortunate we are to live in a country that is
peaceful. Our grade 6 buddies worked with us to write a message of
peace and make paper origami cranes that were displayed during our
Remembrance Day Assembly.
- We read a story about Peace called
What does Peace Feel Like by Vladimir Radunsky. We brainstormed what
peace: sounds like, feels like, smells like, tastes like, and looks
like. We then created our own poems about peace. Here are some of the ideas students came
up with:
- Peace
feels like a squishy stuffy.
- Peace
sounds like a waterfall.
- Peace
looks like sharing toys.
- Peace
smells like roasted marshmallows.
- Peace
tastes like hot chocolate.
- In math this week we focused on
the concepts of more and fewer. We practiced using a variety of
tools/strategies to figure out how many more and how many fewer.
Some of the tools/strategies we used were: our fingers, drawing pictures,
counting on and counting back, number lines, ten frames, and the 100s
chart. We practiced counting forwards from a variety of numbers to
100 and backwards from 20-0. We
also learned about the teen numbers and that the 1 in the teen numbers is
actually 10. We practiced writing teen numbers remembering to put
the 1 first when writing them. We
also practiced counting the teen numbers and remembering to say “teen” and
not “tee.” E.g. “seventeen”
not “seventee.”
- Our Artist in Residence, Ryan
Willert invited students and staff to contribute to his mural by painting
our handprints on the wall. This beautiful art piece will be
revealed on our Giving and Gathering evening later this month (on
November 28th at 6:30). Please know that this night will be replacing
a Winter concert. During this night we will have a blessing for the mural.
Following the reveal we will have a night of giving. There will be
stations set up around the school where we will work to help our
community. Some stations are:
- Decorating
boxes and collecting for the food bank
- Creating
SVS kindness rocks
- Creating
birthday bags for the food bank
- Creating
cards for Meals on Wheels
- Decorating
boxes for SVS hampers
- We completed our last two inchies
for our fall inchie art project. For our first piece, we created a
patterned pumpkin by painting an orange pumpkin and a green background. We
then used black fineliners to draw patterns on our pumpkin. For example
hearts, swirls or triangles. After learning that doves are a symbol for
peace we created our second inchie art piece. To create the
background we used the pointillism technique with a variety of
colours. Then, we cut out a white
dove and glued it on top.
Reminders:
Teachers Pet:
The grade 1 students will
be taking part in a Teacher’s Pet Program called My World, on Wednesday
November 13th. The cost of this activity is $14.00 and payments should
be made online using your mycbe account. You can use the following link to
reach the login page: https://sis.cbe.ab.ca/public/
If you have your volunteer
security clearance we are still in need of a few volunteers to ensure
the success of this activity. Please email kcutress@hotmail.com to sign up.
Cold Weather:
As the weather is becoming
colder it is extremely important that your child is dressed properly for the
weather each day. This includes hats, mitts, snow pants, boots and a winter
coat. Many students have been showing up underdressed for the cold
temperatures. As per the CBE Cold Weather Guidelines students will be outside
for recess unless the temperature is below -20℃ (with wind chill).
As we are working towards building independence in all of the students, your
child should be able to independently dress themselves. This includes putting on snow pants, mittens,
and zipping up their own zippers. Please
practice these skills at home so that your child can do this quickly at
school.
Student Led Conferences:
Student Led Conferences
will be open for booking using your mycbe account on November 15th at
4pm. When attending these conferences, you must bring your child with
you. These conferences are not a sit
down conference with your child’s teacher but rather a chance for your child to
share their learning with you. Student Led Conferences will be on Thursday
November 21 4:30-8pm and Friday November 22 8:30-1:30pm. When
you arrive for your conference there is no need to knock, you may just enter
the classroom. There will be multiple families in the classroom for each
time slot.
Raz-Kids:
Raz-Kids is a great way for
your child to practice reading everyday. They can listen to the book,
read the book, and then answer a comprehension quiz. Your child’s
Raz-Kids login card was glued into the front of their communication book.
You can download the app for free and it can easily be used on an ipad,
computer, or cell phone.
Communication Books:
Please ensure that you are
checking your child’s communication book for messages each day. Please
initial any notes written by the teacher to indicate that you have read the
message.
Volunteering:
If you are interested in
volunteering please make sure that you have completed the security
clearance. Please speak with the office or our grade 1 volunteer
coordinator Kirsten (kcutress@hotmail.com) if you would like more information about how
to complete this. We are looking for volunteers for:
- Field Trips
- Seasonal walks to Nose Hill
- To help with classroom jobs
(cutting, pasting, putting up bulletin boards, etc.)
- Reading with students (The first
15-30 minutes of the day: 9:10-9:40am and the first 15- 30 minutes after
lunch: 1:00-1:30pm)
Ask Me About:
1)
Log into your Raz-Kids
account and read at least 3 books this weekend!
2)
Practice writing a sentence
at home including the expectations discussed above.
3)
Practice counting:
a) Forwards from a variety of numbers to 100
b) Backwards from 20-0
4)
Write the following teen
numbers:
a) Twelve
b) eighteen
c) fifteen
d) thirteen
e) eleven
