This Week in Room 21...

 Hello! Happy Friday! It's been an exciting week in Room 21. Take a look!

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This week we continued to explore and review a variety of letter sounds. Students worked on building words using letter cards, reading passages with the target sound,  and playing some games to reinforce the sounds taught.

In math, we looked growing patterns. We read the story "Rooster's Off to See the World", by Eric Carle. The students were asked to identify what if any pattern they noticed in the story. They cut out pictures of the animals that Rooster met while taking a walk around the world and then arranged them to see if they could find a pattern. They noticed that each time a new animal was encountered it was one more than the previous time. 

The following day, students built growing patterns using pattern blocks.  After being given the first three terms of the pattern, they worked with a partner to determine what the 4th and 5th terms would be. Then they identified how much the pattern was growing by. Next week will be our last week looking at patterns before moving on to number. 

In Social Studies, we looked at where we live. We tried to imagine if aliens wanted to come to our house (to invite us to their birthday party, of course!) how would they find it? They would need more than a street address!  The students determined they would need to know what planet we live on, which continent, which county, which province, city, neighbourhood and finally which house!  We also watched a video learning about the provinces and territories. This is part of learning about communities (Gr. 1) and learning about Canada (Gr. 2). The grade one students made a fun flip book showing all the different places they live.  The grade twos labelled and coloured a Map of Canada. 

   

In Science, we learned what a thermometer is, how it works and how to use it to measure temperature. Next week they will try using a thermometer to measure the temperature around different places in the school. The grade ones continue to finish their Signs of Fall poster, as well.

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In gym, we began using scoops and balls to develop our hand-eye coordination. The students learned how to do a basic toss & catch, a toss, bounce & catch and a toss, twirl & catch. Next week, we will look at tossing with a partner.

On Friday, we began the first of 3 sessions learning how to in-line skate. The students showed excellent listening manners while the instructor demonstrated how to put on their pads, helmets and skates.  They learned how to safely drop down on their knees, how to stand up with their skates on and how to skate in a circle. 

Important Information & Reminders:

• Please ensure that your child has both a pair of INDOOR and OUTDOOR running shoes. This helps to keep our school clean and also ensures that students have proper footwear for P.E. whether we are in the gym or outside. 

• If you have not sent in your child's Ack. of Risk form for skating, please do so by Monday.

• Scholastic Book Orders were sent home today. If you would like to order any books you can go online and use the Class Code written at the top of the flyer. I will be finalizing the orders at the end of next week. 

• Library Day is next Wednesday. 

Upcoming Events & Dates to Remember:

Oct. 27 - Halloween Dance @ 6:00-8:00pm

Oct. 28 - PD Day/No School

Nov. 1 - Photo Retakes

Nov. 10 - Remembrance Day Assembly

Nov. 11 - Remembrance Day/No School

Nov. 24 - Parent-Teacher Conferences (pm)

Nov. 25 - Parent-Teacher Conferences/No School 

Dec. 5-8 - Book Fair

Dec. 22 - Last Day of Classes

Dec. 23 - Jan 8 - Winter Break

Jan. 9 - Classes Resume