What a fun day! After editing a packed morning message for missing /oo/ words and showing 5 in as many ways as we could, we learned the Thriller dance as a body break. We used snap cubes as number lines to build number sense, then learned how to visualize and pick out important information from word problems with a pumpkin seed question. The students did an awesome job on their literacy centers and guided reading today! In the afternoon our class got to do Thriller again in music, then we enjoyed a special Halloween sing-along concert with Paulo! We finished our day with yummy Halloween snacks -- thank you so much for your contributions!
Mail Pockets
- No new mail went home today
- Please return your poetry duo-tangs if you have not already done so.
Words of the Week
Each week we will focus on a set of high frequency words that we are using in our poems and morning message. Feel free to practice these and look for them in your own books! This week we are focused on the /oo/ digraph.
too good look food soon cool book boo!!! spooky
Volunteer Opportunities:
- We would love to welcome morning literacy volunteers into our classroom from 8:00 to 8:30 each morning. If there is one morning a week that works for you, wonderful, but drop-ins are always welcome, too! Just let me know the day before, please. This role will involve helping to create sight word rings, as well as reading one-on-one with students.
- On Wednesday, November 8, Grade Ones will be visiting Fort Calgary for a special experience exploring an Aboriginal perspective of Alberta's history. We would appreciate 1 more volunteer to join us, please!
- On Tuesday, November 14th the grade ones will be making bagged lunches for Calgary's working homeless population with the Sandwich Foundation. We are requesting 5 volunteers from 1:00 pm (until 2:45) to help with this extremely fun and meaningful experience!
Thank you very much for considering! Please email Elysa ([email protected]) or Danielle ([email protected]) if interested to confirm your availability.
Please and Thank You!
- Please consider contributing used magazines for a down-the-road collage project exploring the colour wheel in science.
- Thank you so much to those of you who contributed pumpkins for our pumpkin math inquiry this past week!
Good to Know...
- Please do not order Fun Lunch for next Wednesday, as we are at Fort Calgary! (Forms going home tomorrow)
- Our weekly scheduled library exchange is Wednesday. Please return your books by then to exchange for a new selection.
Upcoming Dates
Nov. 5 – Daylight Saving Time – Fall Back
Nov. 7 – Photo Retakes
Nov. 8 - Grade One Field Trip to Fort Calgary (do not order Fun Lunch for this day - sorry!)
Nov. 8 – School Council Mtg. at 6:30
Nov. 10 – Remembrance Day Assembly at 10:45am (Musical Theatre students will be performing)
Nov. 14 - In-School Volunteer Field Trip: The Sandwich Foundation (1:00 pm)
Nov. 17 – NO SCHOOL – PD Day for teachers
Nov. 22 – Fun Lunch - Opa
Daily Challenge
Can you sort your candy into groups? What sorting rules did you make, and what was your biggest group?