September 12 -16th

This was our first whole week together and I am very proud of everyone for their willingness to do their best, be kind and gentle to themselves and others and persevere through the longer days. You are all doing great friends!

Here is an overview of our busy week!

 This week we continued to work together as a classroom family to build our community norms and expectations and beliefs.  We've been looking at this through the lens of the Medicine Wheel and how we can achieve and maintain balance through our mind, spirit, body and heart. This important work will be a part of our holistic lifelong learning frame work which centers on wellbeing and mindfulness focus as we continue through the year. 

I Can Understand the Relationship Between Letters (graphemes) and Sound (phonemes):

As stated in the last blog - part of our literacy program is our work in phonics and understanding how letters can represent different sounds.  This week -group A students worked with the letters I, M and P. We will continue to work on building this knowledge of individual letter sounds over the next few months.  

Group B students have been reviewing some letter pairs that work together to produce one sound (digraphs).  This week they have worked on th, ck and wh.  Next week we will be moving into long vowel patterns.

I Can Explain What Primary and Secondary Colours Are:

in science we examined primary colors and how you use them to create secondary colors through a mixing paint activity. 

I can learn about myself and share my ideas through speaking and written text forms and pictures. 

This week we began a project titled DREAMS, NEEDS and ABILITIES.  We used books as springboards to help us develop our own ideas as we worked through developing our own identities. Students have been doing some deep thinking around this work and will share their projects in the near future. Here are some of the rich literature we used to inspire this project - 

On Thursday we also celebrated and participated in the themes surrounding International Dot Day. This day is inspired by the book, The Dot by Peter Reynolds. In this book, we learned how important it is to "Make your Mark". Students shared that this means to - "Give things a try", "Sign your Name", "Try your best", "Be proud and tell that it is your work", "You can do it", "It means to see what you can do".

We then all explored creating cooperative works of art using dots and different medias. A great deal of fun, team building and creativity filled our afternoon. 

Reminders/Upcoming Events:

*Sept 19 - 22nd  Soccer Residency: please have students dress appropriately to participate outside. 

*Wednesday September 21 - weekly learning commons /book exchange will be on Wednesdays. Please ensure your child's book is returned to school (if they chose to bring it home) by the following Wednesday so they can take out a new book. 

*September 23 - Open House 11:00- 12:30 Parents and Students may come visit the school, see our room, meet me and ask questions. 

*September 26th - Whole school Terry Fox Run

*September 29 – Orange Shirt Day

*September 30 – National Day of Truth and Reconciliation – No School