Hi Families,
This week, ask your child about:
- learning about expanding our ideas in familiar writing tasks*
- journal writing at our just right literacy level:
- On the weekend...
- learning about the digraph /ch/ and the character Chauncy Chipmunk*
- identifying words with the /ch/ digraph in the beginning, middle and end within Chauncy Chipmunks story*
- using environmental print, just-right texts and personal connections to identify additional words that have the /ch/ digraph in the beginning, middle and end*
- self-assessing our work using a co-developed checklist for conventions of writing in Word Work*
- practicing our weekly poem "Charlie's Chow Cafe" to share at home*
- learning about letter writing through sample picture books: Dear Panda, Dear Mr. Blueberry, Can I Be Your Dog? and Dear Teacher*
- developing personal models for solving increasing pattern problems using classroom materials*
- transferring concrete models to picture and symbols models
- comparing data regarding rolling numbers on a dice*
- playing the Sort it Right! game from the City of Calgary, connecting to Rights and Responsibilities within our community*
**Materials/visuals or templates for these activities are available on Google Classroom**
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Ms. Thomas
