Hi Families,
What a lovely week to celebrate the beginning of Fall! We managed to wrap up a couple of tasks this week, while continuing with our literacy and math routines.
Ask your child about:
- observing, counting and recording the numbers of spots on 10 ladybugs*
- exploring hexagons, rhombuses and trapezoids with Shape of the Day*
- reviewing/learning new Animated Literacy characters: Rr, Hh, Jj and Kk*
- completing Word Work to support these letters, at our just-right literacy level
- journal writing: On the weekend...
- smelling mystery spices and flavourings to access "smell memories" - who, where and when does it remind you of?
- looking at the piece of art "Pie Counter" by Wayne Thiebaud*
- discussing how artists make images that appeal to our senses of smell and taste
- creating a food collage that includes foods with different tastes: sweet, salty, spicy, bland, juicy, etc.*
- self-assessed our work using our collage success criteria*
- celebrating the changing of the seasons by viewing the book "Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn"*
- illustrating what we enjoyed from Summer (Goodbye Summer), and what we look forward to in Fall (Hello Fall)
- stamping leaf patterns to connect to our new Fall poem: Autumn Leaves*
- sorting warm and cool watercolours to paint the leaves (warm) and background (cool)*
- laughing at "The Very Grouchy Ladybug" with our buddies from Ms. Bouchard's class*
- participating in an "un-taping ceremony" to celebrate each others works of art
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| Autumn Leaves Art What's your pattern core? Do you have a shape or direction pattern? Which colours are warm? Which are cool? |
- participating in our Lake Bonavista School Terry Fox run with our cohort
*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*
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| Sea of Blue! Getting Ready to Run for Terry Fox! Thank you School Council for our LBS Shirts! |
As part of our literacy learning, we are beginning to explore logging on to school computers, using the same information that was sent home earlier in September. Navigating a keyboard is tricky but worthwhile work for early literacy learners. If you would like to support your child at home, you can open just a blank Word document, and have them practice typing their Student Number (which is their login at school) and password.
A reminder that tomorrow is a PD Day for teachers, no school for students.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Ms. Thoams
