Hello
Parents/Guardians!
W.O.W (Words of the Week)
Words:
- from
- any
- how
- know
- put
Weekly Highlights:
- In Social Studies we have been
focusing on the topic of Moving Forward from the Past. We learned
the words past, present and future and learned about how things have
changed over time. For example, technology has changed how we do daily
tasks such as washing our clothes and washing the dishes.
- This week in Math we learned how
to create our own word problems, remembering to include vocabulary that
tells us whether to add or subtract (e.g. leave- subtract,
join-add). We also practiced reading and writing numbers and number
words to 20. Here is a game you can
try at home:
- This week we focused on improving
the quality of our work by revising and editing. We used our winter
writing sample from last week to practice this skill. The things that we improved were:
- Making
sure that our sentences make sense and are not missing any words.
- Finger
spaces between words
- End
punctuation (periods, exclamation marks, question marks)
- Starting
sentences with an uppercase letter
- Stretching
out the sounds in the words to record as many letters as possible.
This makes our writing easier for others to read. Rather than just recording the
beginning and end sounds, we need to make sure to include middle
sounds. Every syllable in a word should have a vowel (e.g.
hibernate: h, hbn, hibnt, hibernt, hibernat).
- Printing
in lowercase letters unless you are writing a name, day of the week, etc.
- Writing
the word I using an uppercase letter
- Spelling
word wall words correctly (our W.O.W words)
- Using
adjectives
- We finished our last inchie for
our Winter inchie project. This project was inspired by the book,
Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner. We created an aerial snowman
out of paper and glued it onto a pastel resist background.
- This week we worked on
demonstrating positive listening skills during daily lessons. We
were reminded to keep our eyes on the teacher and smartboard. Listening carefully during lessons is
important so that you know the assignment steps and can complete your work
independently.
- We ended the week with CAD
(Community Activity Day) where we all went to different activities around
the school. Some of the activities we went to were: Origami, Film,
Art, Comics, and Zumba.
Reminders:
Parent – Teacher (Student)
Conferences:
Parent - Teacher (student)
Conferences are on March 19th and March 20th.
Thursday, March 19th will be a short day with dismissal at 1:30 pm (like a
usual Friday). Appointments will be available for the following days/times:
Thursday March 19th: 2:30 – 4:30 pm and 5:30 – 8:00 pm.
Friday March 20th: 9:00 am – 12:30 pm.
You will be notified when
conference times are open for bookings.
Pajama Movie Day:
In celebration of earning
all of our classroom gems, Ms. Boston & Mrs. McGivern’s classes will be
having a pajama movie day on Thursday March 12th. Students are
allowed to wear their pajamas and bring their favourite stuffy.
Scholastic Book Fair:
Simons Valley School will
be having our yearly Scholastic Book Fair. Ms. Boston & Mrs.
McGivern’s classes will be browsing the book fair on Wednesday March 18th.
Students can bring money on Thursday March 19th to purchase items.
All prices will include the gst. When sending money with your child
please put it in a bag labeled with the amount you are sending as well as the
name of your child. Please put this money into their mail folder. The book fair will also be open during conferences
at the following times:
Thursday March 19 2:30-8pm
and Friday march 20th 9am-12pm
The book fair will not be
open during recess, lunch, and after school.
The book fair is optional
and is a great way to raise money for books and games for the school.
Winter Sports Day
Volunteers:
Winter Sports Day will be
on Friday March 13th. Students will be participating in a variety of
outdoor activities such as: snowman building, sledding, hoola hoops, tug of
war, and a hot chocolate and cookie station. This Winter Sports Day will
run from approximately 12:00-1:15pm.
We are looking for
volunteers to help with this activity. If you are available to help and have completed your
security clearance please contact Ms. Latham at ajlatham@cbe.ab.ca.
School Field/Playground
Areas:
With the snow beginning to
melt there are many mud puddles in our play areas. Please remind your
child to stay out of them even if they have boots on. It is a good idea to send your child with an
extra change of clothes in their backpack just in case.
Ask Me About:
- Write the number for the following number words:
- Fourteen
- Eighteen
- Eleven
- Twenty
- READ, READ, READ
