Hi Families,
We had our first experience with cooler weather and snow this week. Everyday, your child will spend time outside, for instruction and/or recreation, and need to be dressed so they are safe and comfortable.
This week, ask your child about:
- identifying responsibilities at home using our poem, "This is the Way I Help at Home" as a springboard*
- created a detailed illustration to accompany our poem, demonstrating at least two responsibilities we have at home
- reviewing/learning our last Animated Literacy characters: Yy, Qq, Zz and Ee*
- journal writing at our just right literacy level using the sentence frames:
- "On the weekend..."
- "School is a safe place because..."
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| School is a safe place because the teachers will put a bandaid on your owie. They also pay attention to you. |
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| School is a safe place because it is clean and there is supervisors. |
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| School is a safe place because my teacher keeps me safe and my friends stand up for me. |
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| School is a safe place because I feel like a family here. Oh, my heart 💕 |
- sorting 3D shapes based on their different physical attributes and characteristics*:
- Roll/Can't Roll
- Apex/No Apex
- All Faces the Same/Faces Different
- generated clues with math specific vocabulary to help students identify a mystery 2D or 3D shape*
- demonstrated different ways of recording numbers through a Roll it, Write it, Tally it, Show it activity (grade 1s numbers to 20, grade 2s numbers to 100 and drawing a place value model for tens and ones)*
- discussing different family structures using the book "A Family is a Family is a Family"*
- illustrating our own family focusing on details that identify each person and makes them unique
- brainstorming different ways families are unique: language/culture, celebrations/traditions, sports/hobbies, etc.
- developing symbols to represent the different ways our families are special (i.e. if Halloween is a big celebration in our family, what symbol can we use to represent this?)
- recalling a ladybug's body parts, and listening to non-fiction texts to determine the purpose of each body part
- participating in a Design Thinking activity with Mrs. Proctor and Ms. Durnford based on the book "Stuck"*
- practicing COVID adapted procedures for lockdowns
*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*
To end the week, students completed a Guided Drawing, where they follow step-by-step instructions and develop visual perceptual and visual motor skills. Using a checklist, they then completed the additional criteria, self-monitoring for completion.
To finish the work period, students participated in a Gallery Walk, viewing other student's work, and looking at the unique details each person added. In a Sharing Circle, students volunteered compliments on the work they saw.
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| Happy crab in a fish tank. |
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| Swimming with the octopuses. |
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| Hanging out on the beach. |
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| Self-monitoring using a checklist. |
Please see the additional blog notes regarding:
- Headphones
- Waste Reduction Week
- Upcoming Walking Field Trips
- Halloween at Lake Bonavista School
Some Important Upcoming Dates:
- Thursday, October 29th: LBS Halloween Celebrations (details to follow)
- Friday, October 30th: Professional Development Day, no school for students
- Tuesday, November 3rd: Photo Retakes
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Ms. Thomas
