Reminders
Please return the signed brown envelop that your child’s progress report came home in during our first week back in January.
January 17th: Wildsight Winter Wonder field trip (morning session)
Please return the signed Wildsight waiver form as soon as possible. If you would like to volunteer please email me at hlangille@sd19.bc.ca
Language
Students have settled into their Daily 5 routine. They have successfully learned ‘Read to Self’, ‘Work on Writing’, ‘Word Work/Study’, ‘Read to Someone’, and ‘Listen to Reading’. Each day during our Daily 5 time, students choose the order in which they want to practice their literacy. Students generally have time for 3/5 options each day. I am able to conference individually with students or in small groups each day and set goals for reading and writing.
This term we will be starting reader’s theatre and potentially creating our own theatre using the puppets we made last term.
***WORD WORK/STUDY: word study work will be changing this term. Students will continue to work within their level on short vowels, blends, digraphs, long vowels etc. in class, but will also work on 8 specific high-frequency words each week that will be tested on Fridays. These 8 words will be written in their agendas each Monday so that you and your child can practice at home.
Reading: Students learned about metacognition this week and how we need to be thinking, connecting, predicting, visualizing and inferring while we read. This is what good readers do! We will continue to study connecting through Reading Power in the months to come.
Raz kids online home reading accounts were sent home before the holidays. Encourage your child to spend some time reading online as well as reading books and reading with you!
Writer’s Workshop: This week students will be learning about double scoop and triple scoop words to improve and expand their vocabulary.
Ask your child about GUM!
French Pilot Project: Every Wednesday afternoon. Students are learning basic French language through songs and games.
Library: Tuesdays at 11:10am.
Read Aloud: We are reading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets written by J.K. Rowling.
Math
Our classroom bank and currency has been up and running for a few weeks now. Students have been learning how to handle money, earn money (through classroom jobs, care of materials, being your best tickets), save money and make change in the classroom. Students will be able to purchase for time for work they really enjoy, such as ‘listen to reading’, ‘drawing time’, ‘read to self’, ‘work on writing’, and ‘read to someone’ time.
I recently ordered many new manipulatives for our study of mathematics. I am so excited to teach the students how to use the materials to strengthen their foundational knowledge in math. I am in the process of hopefully getting permission to purchase more math materials for the classroom.
Students have been practicing their numeracy using various manipulatives in the classroom. Students will be learning about place value and practicing their number concepts before moving into static addition.
Science
Salmon Study: All of our Chinook salmon eggs have hatched into alevin! Students will finish up their science work on this life cycle stage before we begin learning about the fry stage.
Social Studies
We are continuing to study ourselves with the hope that understanding ourselves will lead to a greater understanding of the people in our community and the world. This week we will continue to explore our likes and dislikes as well as our emotions and feelings.
Arts Education
Music: Wednesdays, 8:30am with Mrs. Snider
Gym
Mondays (nature walk through the back woods with myself), Tuesdays (Mrs. Snider), Thursdays (Mr. MacKenzie): 8:30am