November 20 - December 1

We have been busy the last couple of weeks of November! Here is a look at some of our explorations, tasks and adventures. 

Literacy - 
We have continued to examine long vowel teams and have covered -
ee /ē/ : beef, street, ea /ē/: stream, dream,  ey /ē/ : monkey
oa /ō/: oat, boat,  ow /ō/: grow, tow,  oe /ō/ toe, rope

Included in this literacy work is our focus on our high frequency words. Here are the last two lists we have worked through - 
 

ask

went

men

read

need

land

different

home

us

move

  

try

kind

hand

picture

again

change

off

play

spell

air

  
Passages, read and rolls and high frequency words will be coming home in yellow literacy folders every week. Please return the folders to school by Wednesday the next week. 

Math - 
We have continued our work on place value as we build our understanding of numbers into the hundreds. We have been using base ten blocks to represent numbers and help us develop a solid understanding of the value of each numeral in numbers. We have also been practicing how to write numbers using expanded form. 
This week we also used the book, One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J. Pinczes as a provocation to explore different ways to build 100. This challenge was a enriching hands-on activity that gave students a solid understanding the different combinations of numbers to make 100. 




Social - 
This week as part of our focus on Community: past and present, we headed out on a community walk to look at buildings in Ramsay that have had some historical significance. This experience was a great way for us to get out and explore the community around our school!


We were also very fortunate to participate in our inline skating residency. Students have showed their resiliency to , learn how to wear protective equipment correctly, learn new skills in addition to having fun! 



Reminders/Upcoming Events 
Wednesday December 6th - library book exchange & return yellow literacy folders
Thursday December 7th - Fun Lunch 
Friday December 8th - Non-instructional Day: no school for students





















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