Hi Families,
What a gorgeous week of Fall weather! Students are enjoying being outside at various time of the day, participating in guided Phys. Ed. activities, free play and explorations of nature during lunch and recess. Please ensure your child is coming prepared for being outside at different times of the day, as our mornings are becoming quite cool and usually require a light sweater or jacket in addition to a t-shirt.
Ask your child about:
- learning, practicing and counting down with our new poem about ladybugs*
- exploring the parachute during outside Phys.Ed.
- generating a vocabulary list for talking about 2D shapes vs 3D objects*
- listening to the book "Shhh!" to springboard our discussion on our sense of hearing*
- identifying mystery sounds in a "Guess the Sound?" activity*
- brainstorming words that come to mind when viewing an image, as part of a shared writing Found Poetry
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| Our completed Found Poetry shared writing. Ask your child about the process. |
- reviewing/learning new Animated Literacy characters: Ff, Cc, Bb, Ll, Gg*
- completing Word Work to support these letters, at our just-right literacy level
- honouring the Indigenous children who were sent away to residential schools in Canada on Orange Shirt Day*
- discussing "Which place looks quiet?", "Which place looks noisy?" and "What would you hear in each picture?" when viewing "Looking Over Broadway" by Red Grooms and "Rooms by the Sea" by Edward Hopper*
- exploring what is means to be indigenous*
- recognizing Orange Shirt Days by finishing the writing prompts:
- I matter because...
- School should feel...
- sorting 2D shapes and 3D objects*
- creating a hearing collage that includes items with different sounds*
- identifying and labeling vertices, faces and edges on models of 3D shapes: cube and pyramid*
- developing our awareness of school citizenship through a shared reading of "Rights and Responsibilities"
*Materials/visuals or templates for these activities re available on Google Classroom to support home learning routines, or in the case of a prolonged absence from school*
Some reminders for the upcoming weeks:
Friday, October 9th is a Professional Development Day - No school for students
Monday, October 13th is the Thanksgiving holiday - No school
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Ms. Thomas
