Hello everyone! Thanks for checking in on the blog!
There is lots of important information about the weeks coming up so
please read carefully, and as always, email me with any questions!
Did you know our class came in 2nd place for most money
raised for Terry Fox?!!? That’s AMAZING!!!
Out of 25 classes in our school, our class managed to raise almost
$300. I was absolutely astounded! It was
so neat to listen to the students share stories of how they collected their
toonies or who they asked to pledge them.
What wonderful support we have- thank you thank you thank you!!
Language Arts:
Home Reading is starting this week!
The idea behind Home Reading is that every child will get daily practice reading a book at their level, for approx. 15 minutes. Home Reading will be sent home Monday- Thursday. No reading will be sent on Fridays, as agendas stay at school on Fridays. Each day, a parent volunteer is in the classroom and they are switching the home reading books. It is VERY HELPFUL for the person who is switching books if you write the TITLE OF THE BOOK, along with your signature in the agenda, so we know that your child has read it! If you miss a day, just write ‘Keep for one more night’ so we know not to send a new book home.
Home Reading is starting this week!
The idea behind Home Reading is that every child will get daily practice reading a book at their level, for approx. 15 minutes. Home Reading will be sent home Monday- Thursday. No reading will be sent on Fridays, as agendas stay at school on Fridays. Each day, a parent volunteer is in the classroom and they are switching the home reading books. It is VERY HELPFUL for the person who is switching books if you write the TITLE OF THE BOOK, along with your signature in the agenda, so we know that your child has read it! If you miss a day, just write ‘Keep for one more night’ so we know not to send a new book home.
We are mainly using a program
called A-Z. For those families with older students at MMH, you will be familiar
with this already. As we start out the
home reading program, your child might take home a book that is too hard or too
easy. If this is the case, you can note
this in the agenda, so we can find appropriate levels. If the book is ‘Just Right’, you can write
that too! It might take a couple of
books before we find the level that your child is comfortable with.
Don’t forget to continue to
review Sight Words as well!
We are also starting our Daily 5 program this week! If you haven’t checked out what Daily 5 is on
the internet yet, you definitely should! Daily 5 is a frame work in which
students participate in different literacy centers, and then it’s coupled with
a CAFÉ reading strategy program. CAFÉ teaches
students all of the different ways to improve their reading strategies. Getting the Daily 5 program up and running
often takes a bit of time, but it’s so neat to see how much the students love
working on their own, and how much responsibility it is for them.
Math
In Math, we’ve finished up our patterning unit and have continued with different ways to represent a number from 1-20. In this unit, students work with pictures, numbers, tally marks, rods and cubes, and 10 frames. We also practice every morning in our Circle Time about ways to count on the 100 chart- forwards, backwards, by 1s and by 2s. We played the game of “Sparkle”- ask your student if they remember and see if they can teach you the game!
In Math, we’ve finished up our patterning unit and have continued with different ways to represent a number from 1-20. In this unit, students work with pictures, numbers, tally marks, rods and cubes, and 10 frames. We also practice every morning in our Circle Time about ways to count on the 100 chart- forwards, backwards, by 1s and by 2s. We played the game of “Sparkle”- ask your student if they remember and see if they can teach you the game!
Science
We are wrapping up our Colours unit, and at the end of the week we will have a mini assessment to see if students remember all about natural vs. manufactured colours, primary and secondary colours, colour mixing and colour properties. We did a really beautiful art piece where students had to think about their favourite place in nature. Using flower petals and leaves, students had to rub the natural colours out to colour their drawings. If you’re around our classroom, come by and check out our bulletin boards!
We are wrapping up our Colours unit, and at the end of the week we will have a mini assessment to see if students remember all about natural vs. manufactured colours, primary and secondary colours, colour mixing and colour properties. We did a really beautiful art piece where students had to think about their favourite place in nature. Using flower petals and leaves, students had to rub the natural colours out to colour their drawings. If you’re around our classroom, come by and check out our bulletin boards!
We also painted paper to give it a textured look, and the students made
an autumn collage!
In Social Studies, the students have been learning about different
groups they belong to, including their family, school, friends, and any other
activities. They’ve been showing their work on a Social flap book that they’ll
be bringing home this week. 
FEED THE BUG!
Our Feed the Bug campaign will run from October 7th-11th. I absolutely LOVE this time of year. Feed the Bug is a drive for the Lethbridge Food Bank. Children are taught about what the food bank is, and about being grateful for the IMPORTANT things that we are lucky enough to have. Rather than toys, we talk about things such as: enough food to keep us healthy, a warm place to sleep and live, families that love us etc. There will be a box placed in our classroom that we will collect food non-perishable food in that children bring from home. Each time the box is full, we will take it down to the foyer. It is so fun to see all the donations in the school pile up! At the end of the campaign the Food Bank will come and we will create an assembly line to load up the food!
Our Feed the Bug campaign will run from October 7th-11th. I absolutely LOVE this time of year. Feed the Bug is a drive for the Lethbridge Food Bank. Children are taught about what the food bank is, and about being grateful for the IMPORTANT things that we are lucky enough to have. Rather than toys, we talk about things such as: enough food to keep us healthy, a warm place to sleep and live, families that love us etc. There will be a box placed in our classroom that we will collect food non-perishable food in that children bring from home. Each time the box is full, we will take it down to the foyer. It is so fun to see all the donations in the school pile up! At the end of the campaign the Food Bank will come and we will create an assembly line to load up the food!
As the weather is changing, this week is
a good week to start being diligent about indoor/ outdoor shoes. We keep our
indoor shoes in our classroom, underneath our desks. Students are expected to keep this pair at school,
and travel to and from school in their outdoor shoes, which we keep on the
Grade 1A boot rack. Please make sure your
child has the proper footwear, as we prepare for the cold weather. It’s helpful if their indoor shoes are gym
appropriate (ie. Not sandals and boots). Labelling all of your child’s clothing
will help tremendously as we start to find mittens, toques, and scarves hanging
around. Thank you for your help with this!
I am away this week on Friday, October 11th,
but my good friend Mrs. Patti Cherederyk will be subbing in for me. I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving
weekend with your families!
I think that’s all the information you’ll need for this week! Here’s your calendar update:
October 7th-11th- Feed the Bug Campaign
Thursday October 10th- New Scholastic order due
Monday October 14th- Happy Thanksgiving! No School
Tuesday October 15th- PD Day- No School
Wednesday October 16th- Last day for Magazine Fundraiser
Tuesday October 22nd- Picture Retakes Day
Thursday October 24th- PD Day in the pm, students dismissed @11:45
Friday October 25th- PD Day No school
Tuesday October 29th- Hot Lunch for Grades 1-3
Wednesday October 30th- Hot Lunch for Grades 4-5
Thursday October 31st- Halloween Parade/ Activities
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