Ms. Vanderwel's Room

 Ho! Ho! Ho! Happy Friday! Here's a peek at our week : )                     -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We continue to practice for our Winter Concert on Tuesday, December 19. We are asking students to wear all white or a white shirt and black pants for their performance.  We are also asking them to wear a winter toque-- preferably white-- on Tuesday evening.                          ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This week we read the story 'The Hat' by Jan Brett. The students did a 5 Finger Touch n' Tell with a partner being sure to include all the important elements from the story. Then they set to work sequencing pictures from the story and summarizing the story using proper sentence structure and details from the book. This is the fir...

- IMPORTANT REMINDER -    The students had an exciting week shopping at the Winter Market and going to the Book Fair. We also worked on some art, did a number of science experiments and learned about the prairie environment as we prepare to learn about a prairie community-- Calgary now and in the past. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In writing we finished our summary of 'The Mitten' by Jan Brett. Students continue to work on using capitals at the beginning of their sentences, leaving spaces between words and using punctuation at the end of a sentence. Students also continue to develop their skill at using elaboration to add details to sentences and ensure that their sentences are in the correct order.  In math, we have been working on addition to 20 (Gr. 1) and addition of two-digit numbers to 100 (Gr. 2) using a variety of strategies (eg. ten frames, number paths, number lines). Students were challenged to not only solve...