Upcoming Important Dates:
November 7 Photo Retake Day
November 10 Remembrance Day Assembly
November 11 Remembrance Day: No School
November 21-27 Book Fair
November 24-25 Parent Conferences
Halloween
We had SO MUCH FUN on Halloween! It was so exciting to see all of the different and creative costumes. Some of our favourites from our buddy class were a bowl of cereal, a spongebob and a filing cabinet. Thank you to all of the families who came to our parade in the gym - we loved seeing all of your faces in the crowd!
Buddies
We read the story How to Make Friends with a Ghost this week with our buddies. Then, we got to pick our own Halloween-y creatures to illustrate and write about together. Some ideas we had were vampire, mummy, jack-o-lantern, witch, black cat, frankenstein, monster. We worked with our buddies to create a 4 corner planning page about the Food, Bedtime Routine, Activities, and Hazards of our chosen creature. Ask me more about the creature I brainstormed for!
Inside Out
On Tuesday we enjoyed our PJ day and watching the movie Inside Out together. We have been working with the new physical education and wellness curriculum and are excited for students to be learning about their feelings and self-regulation.
In grade one, students are exploring personal characteristics, feelings and emotions to understand self. By the end of the year, students will:
- recognize how emotions (love, sadness, frustration, joy) can be expressed
- identify and communicate feelings in a variety of contexts
- identify responses to emotions (focusing on breathing, taking a movement break, seeking out a supportive adult, identifying feelings)
- reflect on feelings and emotions that result from personal experiences
In grade two, students are exploring roles, responsibilities, and self-regulation and their connections to self-understanding. By the end of the year, students will:
- explain the benefits of self-regulation
- describe strategies that support self-regulation and practice a variety of self-regulation strategies (breathing techniques, physical activity, nutrition and hydration breaks, thinking before responding, recognizing challenges and obstacles)
- explore ways communities work together to support self-regulation
- identify signals that support self-regulation
Math
This week we continued our learning with representing numbers using tally marks, ten frames, written form, standard form and base 10 model. We also learned how to make a bar graph - with the focus on our favourite halloween candy, of course! See photos below!
Language Arts
Last week, we did an assessment from the program called Words Their Way to see where we are in our own spelling abilities. Ms. Gierl & Ms. H read words out loud and we were challenged to hear all of the sounds in each word and write them in a list form. At first the words were easier like bed or fan. But eventually the words got a little more challenging like chewed or camped. This assessment will inform how we organize our word work groups starting next week. More information is on the way about the words each group and child will be practicing!
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