Friday, February 2, 2024

This Week in Room 21...

Hello and Happy Friday! I hope you have had a lovely week. We have been very busy working on a number of different projects. Here's a look at our week : ) 

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REMINDER:  Report Cards are available for viewing in Powerschool. Please log in to your MyCBE account to access your child's report and see their progress.



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In language arts we have been reading fairy tales and fractured fairy tales. A fractured fairy tale is a story in which the original story has been changed in some way. Maybe the characters or the setting or even the plot of the story have been changed. The students identified how the fractured story was the same and different from the original. 




Then they practiced retelling one of the stories using loose parts. Loose parts are just a collection of different objects that can be used to sort of dramatize the story as they retell it. They would build the setting and events of the story and then verbally retell it using the model they had built. 







On Friday, it was Groundhog Day so we watched a video about the history of this holiday and listened to a book of facts about groundhogs. Then the students wrote about what they had learned in their journals. They are still working on remembering to use capitals, periods and spaces in their sentences. 






In math, we finished up learning about addition strategies and did some more graphing. We decided to create a graph about Groundhog Day and whether or not he would see his shadow. Then we watched a news clip to find out what the groundhog predicted. Looks like we're going to have an early spring!



The students also worked on their January calendar. Each month we fill in the dates on the calendar and then students answer questions about the month and calendars in general. For example: "What month of the year is January?" or "How many days are there in 2 weeks?". 





In social, we continued to learn about Nunavut. Students learned that Nunavut is in northern Canada in the arctic. They also learned that this is a tundra environment. Ask your child what a tundra environment is. What kinds of plants grow there? What is the land like? 





Students also worked on creating a large wall map of Canada. They worked with a parent volunteer to paint the provinces and territories. Next we will put it up on the wall, label it and use it to show where the different communities we are studying are located.




In art, we began learning about the elements of art. We focused on line. The students learned about the different types of lines (curvy, straight, zigzag) and that lines can go in different directions (horizontal, vertical, diagonal). They created a collage of different lines. 







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.
  • Google Classroom - Our Google Classroom is up and running. Students can log in at school and at home and click on the various links to practice typing, math skills, reading and even do an art activity (Art Hub) or some exercise (Cosmic Yoga). Your child can go to: classroom.google.com, click on the waffle (nine dots in upper righthand corner of screen), select the Google Classroom icon and log in from there. They have already logged in at school so they will just need to put in their student email address (available in PowerSchool/My CBE Account) and their password (eg. 12345678). It's that simple. If you require assistance logging in the first time, please let me know. 
  • RAZ-Kids - students brought home a sheet with information explaining how to access their online RAZ-Kids account. This is a levelled reading program that students can use to practice reading at home with their parents. Once logged in students can listen to the story, practice reading the story (with adult support if needed) and then take a short quiz to assess their comprehension of what they have read. This is a wonderful compliment to our Home Reading program. If you did not receive your child's login information please email me. Thanks and happy reading! 
  • Healthy Hunger is up and running. Below are the upcoming fun lunch dates. To order please go to the Healthy Hunger website. 




Upcoming Events and Dates to Remember:

Feb. 7 - Winter Walk

Feb. 13 - School Council 6pm

Feb. 14 - Valentine's Day

Feb 15-16 - Teacher's Convention/No School

Feb. 19 - Family Day/No School

Feb. 23 - 100th Day of School!

Feb. 26 - Swimming Starts

Feb. 28 - Pink Shirt Day








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