This Week in Room 21....

Here's a look at our week!

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In language arts we have been writing about different animals in our journals remembering to use proper sentence format-- i.e. capital letter at the start, spaces between words and a period at the end. Students in grade 1 have been writing 1-3 sentences. Students in grade 2 have been writing 3-5 or more sentences. 

In social studies, we began learning about the Medicine Wheel and its importance in First Nations culture. The students listened to a story telling about the significance of the Medicine Wheel to First Nations people and what the various parts of the wheel represent and are beginning to make a booklet to show their learning. 

In math, the students have been working through some math centres to practice the skills they learned counting and representing numbers to 100 or 1000.

In science we talked about some more of the seasonal changes we see in the fall and completed a chart showing how animals prepare for the winter. We also talked about some of the weather we see in the fall, such as wind, but also less common weather phenomenon, like fog. We completed an experiment in which we made fog in a jar. 

In gym, students had their first inline skating session. They did a great job of listening, getting on their equipment and learning the basic skills. Unfortunately, the instructor was not able to come on Thursday so our second session was missed. We will skate again next Wednesday, Thursday and I believe on Friday as well. 

In art, we began a peek-a-boo collage style activity. The students selected the Halloween character that they wanted to use (cat, ghost or spooky eyes) traced them on coloured paper and glued them to their sheet to look like silhouettes peeking through a window or around a corner. Next week they will add the final features. 

 

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.

• Inline Skating - continues next week on Wednesday and Friday. 

      Healthy Hunger is up and running. Below are

      the upcoming fun lunch dates. To order

      please go to the Healthy Hunger website. 

Healthy Hunger Dates: 

DATE	VENDOR
26-Oct-23	Coco Brooks
27-Oct-23	Kernels
3-Nov-23	Kernels
17-Nov-23	Kernels
23-Nov-23	Costa Vida
1-Dec-23	Kernels
15-Dec-23	Kernels
21-Dec-23	Subway

Upcoming Events and Dates to Remember:

Oct. 30 - Picture Retake Day

Oct. 31 - Halloween/Halloween Parade

Nov. 1 - Inline Skating (12:15-1:15)

Nov. 3 - Inline Skating (8:10-9:10)

Nov. 7 - School Council Mtg. 6pm

Nov. 8 - Last day of classes before Fall Break/Remembrance Day Ceremony

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