This Week in Room 21...

Hello Everyone and Happy Friday! I hope you've had a wonderful week.  We have been busy as always. Keep reading to find out what we've been up to : )

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In reading we continued to learn/review a variety of letter sounds and use these sounds to build words. We also began to read in small groups using decodable texts to practice developing our decoding skills. 

In writing, we talked about what makes a good sentence (I.e. It needs a capital letter, period and spaces). Students wrote in their journals using some of the pattern sentence starters we have been learning.

In math students in grade one began learning to count to 100 and to build numbers using tens and ones blocks.  The Gr. 2s continued to explore reading, recognizing and representing numbers to 1000 using base ten blocks.

In Science we completed an experiment using the scientific method. We placed some candies in a dish and wondered what would happen if we poured warm water over them. Students made a prediction (hypothesis) and then we tested our ideas to see if we were right. Students drew an observation

In gym we finished off our unit on bowling. For fun the kids got to sit on a scooter a be the bowling ball.

In art we learned about collage and used leaves to create some tiny critter collages. First, we watched a video showcasing the art of Helen Ahpornsiri who uses leaves and other plant parts to create her artwork. Students learned how to draw, design and layer the leaves to create a leaf critter. 

Leaf Art

(video)

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. 16 - Halloween Dance forms due

Oct. 19 - Halloween Dance 

Oct. 22 - PD Day/No School

Oct. 23-27 - Inline Skating

Oct. 30 - Picture Retake Day

Oct. 31 - Halloween

Nov. 7 - School Council Mtg. 6pm

Nov. 8 - Last day of classes before Fall Break

Nov. 9 - PD Day/No School

Nov. 10-14 - Fall Break

Nov. 15 - Classes Resume

Nov. 23 - Parent-Teacher Conferences (4:00-7:30pm)

Nov. 24 - Parent-Teacher Conferences (8:00am-1:00pm)

Nov. 30 - Gingerbread House Night