Dear Families,
I hope everyone is staying warm in this chilly weather!!
Thank you for sending your students all warm and bundled up. We will continue to have indoor mornings, indoor recess and indoor lunch recess when the weather is more than -20c with the wind chill. We have a weather station installed on the school roof to make sure we have the most accurate and up to date weather to keep the students safe and happy.
Students have been enjoying the GoNoodle 10-15 minute "Indoor Recess" body breaks and free time to explore the classroom building and art materials. At lunch recess, students are provided the same opportunities. Due to the length of the lunch break, students will also occasionally be watching short stories on the SmartBoard. Students can not wait to get outside and play in all that snow!!!!
Social Studies:
Please watch for notices coming home about building family trees as well as creating a timeline of major life events in your child's life (learning to walk, etc..).
Social Studies/ Math:
Please watch for a notice about counting to 10 in another language. We are looking at how to count to ten in Cree this week.
Science/LA/Art:
We continue to look at seasons and senses and have been using our senses to write about snow! Our pumpkin also no longer resembles a pumpkin... it will definitely be all dirt soon! Our plants are doing well... thank you to all the families that cared for them over the break. We are working on a 4-Seasons painting and are excited to share it with you at conferences!
Math:
We are working on operators/operations meanings: What does a plus (+) symbol mean? What does a minus (-) symbol mean? What does a an (=) symbol mean? We are working on stratgegies for adding and subtracting: Counting on and back on a number line to add or subtract; "Catching" a number and counting on or back to add; Using place value to add and subtract; etc...
Language Arts:
-This week we are learning more about the long A vowel sound (a_e).
-We are reviewing some of the trickier Power Words.
-Students are beginning to edit their writing using an editing checklist.
-We just started reading the novel, "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White. Students are learning new vocabulary, learning about the setting and characters in a story and are amazed that a book can have "no pictures!"
Please continue to read the e-mails sent out by the school as they contain important information about school-wide activities/ events and important school-wide organizational information.
Have a great night and see you tomorrow!
Ms. Bakkan
