November 23 – Jersey Day dress up
November 25 – Pro D Day
Starting today all students may wear Christmas accessories with their uniforms: socks, tights, head bands etc
New for this week: ed, oe, oa (refer to booklet for pronunciation)
Short week, short list. Test on Thursday, Nov. 24. Here are the words as printed in their planners: six, my, not, ten bed
We continue on with adding another verse:
. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Christ, the Lord.
Parent-Teacher conferences tomorrow. I hope everyone has signed up to meet with me. (see earlier blog post with link). If this day does not work out for you, please email me and we can arrange for an after school meeting. I would like to meet with all of you regarding your child’s progress. (this Thursday after school is still available for any takers!)
Bowling: Field trip on Friday, Nov. 18 from 1:30-2:30 pm.
Spelling test Friday, Nov 18: Hope you have been practising these 10 words at home: was, that, you, be, she, cat, on, red, for, are
Bible Memory: (test on Friday, Nov 18) Luke 2: 9, 10 . 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Home practise is essential. Thank you.
Home Reading: Please take the time to read with your child in the levelled book I have put in their planner pouch. It is nice to see the progress some are making as they move up levels of reading! Your home support is so beneficial!
Multi-letter phonograms learned so far: sh, th, oo, ee, er, oy, oi, ch, ow, ou, ay, ai, ea, or, ew, ui, ng, ar, wh, au, aw, ck Please practise these at home as well. (see green booklet I sent home for your reference)
We are excited to have a Remembrance Day Ceremony tomorrow at 10:30am. You are welcome to join us! Each student will be given a poppy to wear. If you would like to send in a donation, the office will gratefully accept it!
Some more of our classroom art under our theme of Fall:
Memory Work: For November and December we will be learning Luke 2:9-12. 9An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. 12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”
This week we learn vs. 9: 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. Please practise at home.
Spelling: I will introduce the words on Monday, Nov. 7 and testing on Friday, Nov.25 (due to the short week coming up, students have an extra week to learn the words) We are now learning 10 words: you, she, that, was, be, for, on, are, cat, red
Phonograms: (refer to green multi-letter booklet I sent home) These are the next three phonograms we will learn this week: ng (as in sing), ar (as in car), wh (as in when)
Parent/Teacher Interview: Here is the second notice for signing up to meet with me on Wednesday, Nov 16. Please take a moment to sign up or let me know (via my school email) if another day after school would be more suitable. Here is the link to sign up:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RV6y1QWcHEbIUB-aBQTKDCIW7BHNVm6MvxrvGGL1gyY/edit?usp=sharing
Remembrance Day Assembly:
We are so excited to be able to meet together again to celebrate Remembrance Day! We would love if you could join us to honour our veterans on November 10th at 10:30am.
October Reading Charts: Students may bring in their completed Reading Chart for October. I sent home the November Reading chart this past week.
Bible: We just completed the story of Noah. Here is our artwork:
Science: We have been learning about the Fall Season and the changes we see in weather, plants (including a mini-unit on pumpkins), animals, and different activities people do in this season. Additionally, we continue to work on our Space Unit and have learned some interesting facts about stars, galaxies, and the 8 planets.
Socials: We are finishing our unit “I Belong to My Family” having learned about our role, rules, rights and responsibilities within a family. This month we begin with exploring “I Belong to My School Community”.
Math: We have completed a unit on Patterning and will begin a unit on 2D/3D shapes. Additionally we are learning to skip count by 2’s, 5’s and 10’s to 100. Addition facts learned (+0,+1,+2, +3,+4) using the counting on method and numberlines.
P.E: We finished a unit on tag games and relay races and currently are working on basketball skills.
Fundraiser for Guatemala High School Team:
Bowling Field Trip: Great fun for everyone!
