Our Words of the week are:
This week we are reviewing all short vowel words that we have learned so far and the sounds made by each of the short vowels. Our short vowel words are: at, as, am and, can, did, fun, get, got, him, his, in, is, it, on, of, let, ran, us, up just, jump, must, best, went, help.
Please continue to practice all of these a little each night. It is most important that they can be recognized by sight to read them. Once your child can read them please practice spelling them. This can be done through body spelling, chanting, making the words with play dough, drawing the words in sand and so many other fun ways! Please continue to review the sounds made by the short vowels by watching videos under word work on the blog and having your child show you the different action made by the short vowels!
Today we:
-started our day with Music. Have you seen Mrs. Dennill's Blog yet?
-continued practicing our Big Book reading in groups. The groups are really improving at reading their stories!
-continued to work on finishing our "I can, I can't...YET" art. I'm happy to report that most students are almost done...a few aren't quite done...YET!
-worked on doing leaf rubbings using fall colors.
-learned a new game called Restaurant Wars in gym.
-played rhyme it, change it in word work. Students are getting really good at this. If you didn't have a chance to play it yet see yesterdays blog for directions!
-played ten frame number flash.
-had our daily numeracy skills time. Can your child answer these questions: 17-____=12
7= 3+_____
Had PoWer Hour. In PoWer Hour we:
-cut up veggies and put it into the blender with yogurt, banana and honey and had smoothies in cooking.
-painted pictures and wrote our names on them in Painting Masterpieces.
-painted a friends nails in cosmetology.
-built robots in Lego Mindstorms.
-made name tags and played card games in card minnows.
-did a lot of instruments in School of Rock.
-learned about Fixed and Growth Mindsets and did visual journal pages about that in PoWer Kids.
-played dinosaurs in PoWer of Play.
-learned more about the reasons for the seasons.
In Mail Pockets:
We graduated our second Go Noodle Champion! Students have brought home their own award to colour!
Please and Thank you:
-If you are able to help prep some things for our home reading program starting on Monday October 23 please come in any time.
Two students from grade six have taken on the task of running a Coat Drive this Fall. They will be collecting coats as well as other articles of clothing for the charity organization Jacket Racket.
Items that can be donated include toques, snow pants, mittens, and winter coats. These items can be donated for students in the K-12 age range. Please make sure these items are in a gently used condition at most before donating them. Donations will be accepted in room 5. We will be accepting donations from today until November 1st.
Upcoming Dates:
October 23-27-Pumpkin Math Week
October 25-Little Caesar's Fun Lunch
October 26-Halloween Family Dance 6:30pm
October 31-Halloween Party (PM)
Question of the Day (Please Answer in the Comments Section): What are some of the reasons for the seasons? (If your child isn't sure review some of the seasonal changes videos under the Science Videos section of the blog)