Friday, Nov. 28, 2014

Highlights

Many students and teachers wore jerseys for national "Jersey Day" today.  This tied in with our current Social Studies discussions about "Groups We Belong To" and to "How Do We Tell It's a Group?"

Homework

Reading:  Students are encouraged to read a variety of different books including the home reading books sent home, library books and online books.  The website "Starfall" can also be used to support students with their reading:  Starfalll

Students had a spelling quiz today on the list 4 words.  These will be handed back on Monday.

Please review the spelling words from the past 4 weeks.  Sometimes students are able to commit these words to short term memory, but need frequent review in order to spell these words consistently.

Reminders

Please continue to send a water bottle with students each day.  This ensures students stay hydrated, while minimizing frequent interruption to learning when students ask to leave the classroom to go to the water fountain.

Ask Me About

Pick at number between 1-20.  Have your child try to figure out the number by providing clues about whether your number is more or less than what is guessed.

STAY WARM THIS WEEKEND!

Thursday, November 27, 2014

Highlights

We are working hard on our celebration of learning.

Reminders

·      Our Celebration of Learning Presentation is the evening of December 18, 2014.

·      https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/e610d71a-e48b-49b2-bbf9-bead4bb0f549

·      Please send a plain (i.e., without logos or graphics) t-shirt (choose either solid grey, solid white, or solid light blue) to school by December 9. Please provide a labeled ziplock bag in which to store the t-shirt at school. This t-shirt will be used as your child's dance costume for the Celebration of Learning.

·      Friday, November 21 is a non-instuctional day.

·      December 4 (evening) & December 5 (all day): Parent/Teacher conferences.

Homework

Spelling List #4 – Quiz tomorrow.

Practice reading the song that we will be performing at our Celebration of Learning on December 18: Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall

Home Reading: Please record your daily home reading on the Blue Reading Log. Keep this log in your purple folder. 

Mrs. Diduch- The paper Reading A-Z books may be returned to school after being read three times and exchanged for new books. For parents and students who prefer to use a mobile device, the Reading A-Z titles are available for purchase as ebooks. 

Diduch: Please bring your identity boxes in tomorrow.

Read, Read, Read! (15 mins/ day)

Ask me about

Our dances. 

Wednesday, November, 26, 2014

Highlights

Mrs. Diduch- We spent time working with the computers. We looked at our blog and explored where IRIS is. We worked in photo booth and are learning to put pictures into IRIS.

Ms. Bain- Mrs. Gibson read us the story “My mouth is a Volcano” and we talked about interrupting.

Reminders

·      Our Celebration of Learning Presentation is the evening of December 18, 2014.

https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/e610d71a-e48b-49b2-bbf9-bead4bb0f549

·      Please send a plain (i.e., without logos or graphics) t-shirt (choose either solid grey, solid white, or solid light blue) to school by December 9. Please provide a labeled ziplock bag in which to store the t-shirt at school. This t-shirt will be used as your child's dance costume for the Celebration of Learning.

·      Friday, November 21 is a non-instuctional day.

·      December 4 (evening) & December 5 (all day): Parent/Teacher conferences.

Homework

Spelling List #4 was sent home yesterday. Practice sounding and printing the following words:  word, today, what, do.  

Practice reading the song that we will be performing at our Celebration of Learning on December 18: Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall

Home Reading: Please record your daily home reading on the Blue Reading Log. Keep this log in your purple folder. 

Mrs. Diduch- The paper Reading A-Z books may be returned to school after being read three times and exchanged for new books. For parents and students who prefer to use a mobile device, the Reading A-Z titles are available for purchase as ebooks. 

Read, Read, Read! (15 mins/ day)

Ask me about

Mrs. Diduch- What transparent and opaque is.

Ms. Bain’s Class – What did I learn about interrupting?

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Highlights

Mrs. Diduch- We started our new round of Math Work Centers.

Ms. Bain- We looked at pictures of landmarks in Calgary as part of our social studies curriculum.

Reminders

·      Our Celebration of Learning Presentation is the evening of December 18, 2014.

·      Please send a plain (i.e., without logos or graphics) t-shirt (choose either solid grey, solid white, or solid light blue) to school by December 9. Please provide a labeled ziplock bag in which to store the t-shirt at school. This t-shirt will be used as your child's dance costume for the Celebration of Learning.

·      Friday, November 21 is a non-instuctional day.

·      December 4 (evening) & December 5 (all day): Parent/Teacher conferences.

Homework

Spelling List #4 was sent home yesterday. Practice sounding and printing the following words:  word, today, what, do.  

Practice reading the song that we will be performing at our Celebration of Learning on December 18: Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall

Home Reading: Please record your daily home reading on the Blue Reading Log. Keep this log in your purple folder. 

Mrs. Diduch- The paper Reading A-Z books may be returned to school after being read three times and exchanged for new books. For parents and students who prefer to use a mobile device, the Reading A-Z titles are available for purchase as ebooks. 

Read, Read, Read! (15 mins/ day)

Ask me about

Mrs. Diduch- Discuss a goal that I might choose to work on to improve my learning. We are going to be setting goals this week to monitor during the month of December.

•    Keep my work area tidy
•    Listen carefully
•  Respect others need for quiet
•  Get involved in class discussions
•   Offer help to others
•  Get started right away
•  Think before I act
•  Use manners
•  Move safely in the Classroom

Ms. Bain’s Class – Our “Me cubes” in Social.

Monday, Nov. 24, 2014

Highlights

Ms. Bain's class- It was Miss Dixon's (student teacher) last day with us.  We definitely will miss her!

Mrs. Diduch- There was a substitute in for Mrs. Diduch today.


Homework

Spelling list Nov. 24-28  (Link)

New spelling list this week-  Please write each word 5 times:  get, from, or, sit

Beside each word on the spelling list, there is also a sample sentence which students may practice writing.  Please remind students to practice their best printing and include a finger space between words.

Home reading


Reminders

Parent teacher conferences next week


Ask me about:

Ms. Bain's class:  What did we give Miss Dixon at the end of the day?

Mrs. Diduch's class:  What was your favourite part of the day?

Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014

Highlights

-We had our last day of our dance residency with "Three Left Feet."  Both of our classes finished their winter dances and we will be practicing for our "Celebration of Learning" in December.

Homework

-Home reading

-Please continue to review the spelling words from the 3 lists

Reminders

-No school Friday

Ask me about:

Mrs. Diduch's class- Count backwards from 20.

Ms. Bain's class- Did your lego boat float or sink?


 

Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014

Highlights

Ms. Bain's class- We planned and constructed houses out of lego with a partner.  This is part of our building unit in Science.

Mrs. Diduch's class- Counting game

Reminders

-No school Friday

Homework

-Spelling test tomorrow on the list 3 words

-Home reading

Ask me about:

Mrs. Diduch's class:  What are 3 ways we learned how to represent numbers?  (Answer: pictures, numbers and words)

Ms. Bain's class:  What sections or rooms did you include in your lego house?

Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014

Highlights

Ms. Bain's class- We are working on number combinations in math (e.g., 12 is 5 and 7; 12 is 4 and 8; etc.)

Mrs. Diduch's class- read the book "One" by Kathryn Otoshi

Homework
-Our spelling words for today are:  fast, and, this, my  (Please write each word 5 times)

-Home reading book

Reminders

-No school Friday

Ask me about

Ms. Bain's class- Ms. Bain has 8 apples.  Some are green and some are red.  How many green and red apples could she have?  (e.g., 2 red and 6 green; 3 red and 5 green; 4 red and 4 green)

Mrs. Diduch's class- What sounds like a xylophone?

Monday, November, 17, 2014

Highlights

Mrs. Diduch- Ms.Goldenberg visited our class this morning to read us a virtue story.

Ms. Bain- We sang our season song. We know the chorus now.

Reminders

Our Celebration of Learning Presentation is the evening of December 18, 2014. Please start collecting plain coloured shirt that are blue, gray, or white and black pants/tights. These are the costume that the students should wear the day of the performance

Ms. Diduch- If you have clear plastic egg cartons. Please send those in for our math counting lessons.

Homework

Please continue reviewing the multi-letter graphemes. Mastery is important before we start the next set of graphemes.

The new spelling list was sent home today. Check in your folders.

Read, Read, Read! (15 mins/ day)

Ask me about

Mrs. Diduch- Zentangles art.

Ms. Bain’s Class – The Mitten and planning my Lego house.