Weekly Wrap-Up: December 10

 Reminders:

Please see Mrs. Taylor's email with all details for next week's fun festivities! 

Thank you for your generous donations to the food bank! So far, Room 20 students have brought in 71 items! Wow!! Amazing!

Our Learning This Week:

• We finished representing numbers up to 20! Ask your child to show you! 
• We discussed 2D shapes, how we could sort them, learned the new word "vertice" and played dice roll addition games with partners! We also made 2D Shape pizzas!
• We made our own 1-100 number lines and then circled the 2s to 20, 5s to 100 and 10s to 100! 
• In Social, students started to create their own dream community maps, complete with 10+ landmarks, green spaces and more! Be on the look out for more information in January about when we start building a community! 
• Students continue to experiment with beginning story writing and using different sentence starters 
• We had an amazing Virtual Assembly with Earth Rangers! You can download the app for free and use the code "LYNX" for 25 points and the code "BELUGA" for a free shirt for your avatar! 
• In Art, we created an oil pastel winter sunrise art piece! 

 Weekly Wrap-Up: November 29 - December 3

Wow! Welcome to December! Time is just flying by! 

Reminders:

• Please ensure students have winter boots and all winter gear with them everyday for the winter season.  
• Please ensure students bring at least 2 clean masks with them each day.
• Fun Lunch Orders due soon
• Virtual Assembly with Earth Rangers next week on Dec 9!
• Donations to the Calgary Food Bank can be brought in at any time! We have a friendly challenge set up between the Grade 1 classes to see which class can bring in the most non-perishable food items! 

We Are Learning About...

Science

• Animal Senses and Changes during Autumn and Fall 

English Language Arts 

• Walking Stories about ourselves - I am strong when..., I can show respect when...
• Winter Story Prompts - can you use the sight word of the week "SNOW" to create a story? 

Math 

• Representing numbers, addition facts to 10, using a number line and manipulatives to solve addition problems, number bonds and number facts to 18 
• Practice skip counting by 2s to 20, 5s to 100 and 10s to 100 
• Doubles practice (1 + 1 = 2 all the way to 10 + 10 = 20) 

Social

• Final review of rights and responsibilities before we move into our community landmark project! Stay tuned for details! 

REMINDERS

 Hello Parents!

I hope you are having a good week so far! 

Please do not send your child to school if they are sick, even with mild symptoms of a cold.  We are doing our best as a school community to limit transmission of any viruses or sicknesses.   

 Reminders for the Week

• Parent-Teacher Conferences Thursday and Friday 
• No School Friday
• Taste Test Wednesday/Thursday afternoon
• Book Fair - Wednesday morning - check it out, Thursday morning, bring money to purchase books
• Food Drive - we are collecting non-perishable food for the Food Bank.  You can send in donations at any time! 

 Friday Wrap Up 

Reminders:

• Please book a parent-teacher conference if you have not already.  There are several openings on Friday morning.  
• Fun Lunch - November 24
• No School Friday November 26 due to Parent-Teacher Conferences 
• Hip-Hop Residency - look for video link to be sent out shortly from the school 

We had a special zoom meeting story time with a host from CBC Kids, Tony!  - We played a funny game and read us "Paddington the Magician" 

English Language Arts

• Focus on explicit practice and learning of weekly sight words 
• Picture prompts and sentence starters anchor chart - we are going to be starting simple story writing 

Math 

• Representing double digit numbers multiple ways
• Open-ended word problems 
• Addition with sums up to 10, bridging into sums up to 20 

Science

• Review of our five senses
• Introduction to animal senses and how animals change their appearance/prepare for seasonal changes

Social 

• Rights and Responsibilities - introduction - what are my rights as a child? What are my responsibilities

 Monday November 14 Reminders

• Have you booked a Parent-Teacher Conference yet? 
• Winter Gear - please ensure all of your students items are labelled with their name if possible! 
• Virtual School Meeting - Wednesday November 17 @ 6:30pm
• Fun Lunch orders due by November 20
• We need Casino Volunteers - please see Mrs. Taylor's email 
• Hip Hop Residency this week - wear casual clothes on Friday for special videotaping! 
• On Wednesday, we will have a virtual Zoom meeting with a host from CBC Kids, Janaye! She will read us a story! 

 Friday Wrap Up - November 5

Hello Families! What a wonderful week! I hope you have a fabulous weekend! See you Monday boys and girls! 

Reminders:

• We only have school Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next week 
• Parent-Teacher Conferences will be November 25/26 - booking information coming soon 
• Label if possible all hats/gloves/outdoor gear with your child's name in case they are misplaced or left outside 
• Please ensure you send at least two (2) fresh clean masks in your childs backpack each day. 
• Homework - will be posted this weekend and due to the upcoming short school week, it will be due the following Friday, November 19. 

This Week... We Are Learning About...

• Zones of Regulation - green, red, blue, yellow - ask me about this ! My goal is to be in the green zone during classroom learning time! Yellow zone is a great zone for gym and recess! 
• Math
• patterning, extending a pattern, making our own pattern with 2-4 elements, what is a pattern core, number bonds for 6, 7, 8
• Solving beginner addition word problems 
• Skip counting by 5s and 10s 
• Social
• What groups do I belong to? (cultural, religious, extra-curricular/sports, family, etc)
• Where is my family from? 
• English Language Arts 
• Practicing writing and reading our weekly sight words 
• Engaging in Literacy Centers
• Using picture prompts to write at least 3 sentences independently. 
• Remembrance Day reflections and class discussions