Van Go: Division 5 students are participating in the Arts Umbrella Van Go workshop on Monday October 3rd from 10:30-12:00 in the Tyee gym.  Students are encouraged to wear active wear (no frilly party dresses and ballet slippers) as they will be working on the gym floor with paints or chalk or other art materials.

Kensington Public Library visit: This is a reminder that Division 5 will be joining Ms. Nina’s class on a trip to our community library on Thursday October 6th.  Please pack your child’s library card if they wish to borrow books!

 

 

Math:

This week we are finishing up our pattern work! We begin our study of numeration and addition.

Grade 1 students will start to work with the cards and counters material, the addition strip board, and the decanomial beads.

Grade 2 students will be working on their math facts, using the decanomial bead material, playing the addition bingo game and doing mad minutes to test their math fact skills.

Grade 3 students are finishing up their challenging pattern work and will move on to their addition and math facts mid-week.

 

Language:

The grade 1 students are continuing to focus on their word study and penmanship.  Some students are working with sandpaper letters as well as consistently writing stories in their journals.

The 2s and 3s will be starting Literature Circles this week.

The 2s will be reading ‘Flying Low’ by Alain M. Bergeron. We will be reading 1 chapter a week and meeting every Friday morning to discuss the book. Each grade 2 student will have a job/task to bring to the chapter discussion. These jobs include: word wizard, creative connector, super summariser, illustrator, discussion director, and passage predictor.

 

 

The 3s will be reading ‘The Lemonade War’ by Jacqueline Davies. We will be reading 1 chapter a week and meeting every Friday morning to discuss the book. Each grade 3 student will have a job/task to bring to the chapter discussion. These jobs include: word wizard, creative connector, super summariser, illustrator, discussion director, and passage predictor.

 

Culture:

This week we begin sequencing the solar system.  Monday afternoon we will be using materials to illustrate the order of the planets, the size difference of the planets, and the distance between planets in our solar system.  Half the class will be paired up to work together to recreate an accurate poster of the solar system.  The other half of the class will be doing other work during this time and will have the opportunity to work in pairs to sequence the solar system next week.

Share/Show and Tell:

Last Friday was our first Share/Show and Tell morning.  We had 4 students bring in items and stories that they wished to share with their classmates.  It was such a success that we will have 4 students sign up each week to share first thing on Friday mornings.