This Week in Room 21....

 It's Friday! Another week has come and gone. Here's a peek at our week : ) 

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This week we reviewed some more letter sounds and continued building words using the sounds we know. We also learned some new heart words to add to our Sound Wall. We also talked about Thanksgiving and read a variety of books related to the holiday. Students brainstormed things they are thankful for. 

We also talked about giving. We read the book "The Giving Tree".  We recounted ways that trees give to us and thought of ways that we can be giving to trees. 

After reading, "A Little Spot of Giving" students wrote down ways they can show generosity to others. 

In math, the grade one students continued to work on building teen numbers using base ten blocks. We then moved on to talking about numbers to 100. They completed a missing numbers activity and finished up some of their other work.  The grade two's finished up some work on skip counting and moved on to learning about numbers to 200.

In science, we explored the question, 'What is a scientist?' Students brainstormed some ideas about where scientists work, what they do, and what kinds of tools they use. We listened to the story 'Ada Twist, Scientist' about a little girl who asked lots of questions and tries to find the answers. They then drew a picture of what they thought a scientist looks like. After that we watched a video on the Scientific Method. 

In gym, students began a new unit on bowling. So far they have learned how to hold the bowling ball and roll it properly. At this point they have only bowled using 3 pins. 

Important Information & Reminders:

• Library Day is on Wednesday. If your child misses a Library Day we will try to send them on a different day, however, it will not always be possible to do so. Most times they can simply wait for the following Library Day.

Upcoming Events and Dates to Remember:

Oct. 9 - Thanksgiving/No School

Oct. 10 - School Council Meeting (6pm)

Oct. 19 - Halloween Dance? (TBD) - more info. to come

Oct. 22 - PD Day/No School

Oct. 23-27 - Inline Skating

Oct. 30 - Picture Retake Day

Oct. 31 - Halloween