Hello room 75!!
Please, please, please remember to wear/bring BOOTS and snowpants to school on days like today! Most of the week, there will be snow on the ground, and when you are outside at recess on the playground, compound and field, you will get wet. Outdoor shoes for this weather should be boots, sneakers get soaked and then the socks are wet and the shoes become uncomfortable to put back on.
One thing we will work on as a class when coming into the school, is to make sure that we are putting our things away so that we don't lose them; especially our gloves and our hats or toques. Decide with your parents where you will put these items everyday, so that you know where they are and they don't go walking! EG...You will put your hat/gloves into the outside pocket of your backpack, or your gloves into the pocket of your winter jacket and your toque in your back pack etc...I currently have 2 toques and two gloves (though not the same pair) that were left behind. We need to make sure to put our things away upon entry in the morning and after lunch! I know that we can take care of our winter clothing, so that we can be warm and comfortable when playing outside.
We started our day this morning by welcoming our St.Mary's College and University Student Teacher, Mrs. Litman to our class. She will be with us everyday for the next six weeks!
In Math we discussed different strategies we could use to get better at Math. Then we reviewed our exploration of Place Value from last week. Our class goal in Math is to be able to share with a family member specifics of what we learned in math class. Today's lesson was a short one, but we did discuss why understanding place value is important. Ask your child to share with you what they remember from today's lesson.
We were able to listen to Marek share his book project on the first book from the Bone's series. He was confident and excited to read what he had written in his powerpoint on the 4 characters he felt were important to the story. He did a great job of summarizing what had happened and of increasing the audience's interest in the book, by asking them suspenseful questions at the end of his presentation. Way to go Marek. (picture to follow, I am currently having technical difficulty)
Nick finished his project and was proud of sharing written report with the class. His presentation, though short, was engaging enough that many students are now interested in reading his book! Way to go Nick! (picture to follow, I am currently having technical difficulty).
In word work, we are focusing on the many different ways the long a (the letter name sound) is written. We talked about the bossy e: a_e; e.g. name; ai e.g. rain; eight; e.g. sleigh; ay e.g. say. We created a chart and students worked to generate and sort different words they could make with the long a sound. Ask them to share with you some of the words they came up with. We will continue to explore the long a sound over the next couple of weeks. Tomorrow, students will be given some specific words that they will have to sort and learn how to spell in a sentence...
In writing we are beginning our exploration into poetry writing. Our first poem we will be working on is an ACROSTIC poem about Remembrance Day. Ask your child to share with you what an acrostic poem is. PS I will give you a hint...They choose a word, this time the words are either PEACE, POPPY or REMEMBER, then they write the poem...
E.G.
Remember those who have lost their lives.
Eleventh month, eleventh, day, eleventh hour, eleventh minute.
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Ask your child to share with you the word they chose to write their poem about. We will continue to work on this tomorrow, when the students will finish their rough copy, edit their work and then type it up for their good copy. To help the students think of words that are associated with Remembrance Day we looked it up using Wikipedia, as well as we watched a video on Youtube called Pittance of Time. If the link does not work, then just type on the youtube website "Pittance of Time Official Song". The video helped the students to see and think about the importance of why we remember each year on Remembrance day.
We ended our day with French! They each received their second lesson from the same French teacher. Ask them what they learned about today. Next French class will be with a new teacher and will be on Monday, November 18th.
Important information:
Many fundraising forms went home today. Please be sure to go through your child's communication folder and read through them. If you are interested in ordering any of the items, please do so by November 15th
CHEQUE WRITING CAMPAIGN: DUE NOVEMBER 5TH (tomorrow)
POINSETTIA; COOKIE DOUGH; KNITWITS; COCO BROOKS AND SPOLUMBO'S ARE ALL DUE IN BY NOVEMBER 15TH! ( I think I got them all:)
No School Monday, November 11th- Remembrance Day.
Homework:
-Come up with 5-10 words that use the long a sound and sort them, by a_e; ai; eight; ay, like we did in class, write them on a piece of paper and bring in tomorrow, then we can add them to your list at school tomorrow.
-read 15-30 minutes (you will get a new reading log sheet tomorrow!)
-Mathletics 15-30 minutes
Question for the blog:
What did you learn in French today that you would like to share with the class? Be as specific as you can.(We will be sharing the blog in the morning!)
A demain mes amis!
Mme. Handelsman!