Our Learning This Week...

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Hello! Happiest of Fridays, Everyone : ) I hope you had a lovely week and have enjoyed the last bit of warm weather we will be having for awhile! It's about to get colder. Please ensure that your child has proper shoes and clothes for the colder weather. Also, please ensure that your child has proper indoor (sneakers) and outdoor (boots) footwear going forward. Students are required to change their shoes to help keep our school clean and optimal for learning. Thank you!

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This week we reviewed the letters /n/ and /o/. As before, students listened for the target sounds in stories, completed making words activities and activiity sheets. We also began to talk about syllables. Students watched a video explaining what syllables are (the beats in a word) and completed some games identifying the number of syllables in different words.


                  


This week we also began to learn about and practice our Reading Stamina. This is when we practice reading books for longer and longer. We talked about the three different ways that you can red a book-- read the pictures, read the words, read the words and pictures. We brainstormed and acted out what it looks like and sounds like when we are practicing our reading stamina.. 




In math, we have continued to practice building teen numbers using tens and ones blocks. Students played a game called "Race to 20". We also continued to work on learning about graphing and how to collect data. 





In Science, we worked on completing a signs of fall sheet. The students have done an excellent job of explaining and representing what happens in the fall.





In gym, we had an awesome week learning how to inline skate. The kids saw a huge improvement in their skating ability over the week. They learned how to do a 'stop drop', make 'bubbles' and use their break to stop. 


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Important Information & Reminders:

Fun Lunch is back! Below are the links to the Healthy Hunger website and instructions on how to set up your account. 

Upcoming Fun Lunch Dates:
  • Oct 24- A&W
  • Nov 21- Edo
  • Dec 12- Pizza Hut


Upcoming Events and Dates to Remember:

Oct. 24 - Halloween Dance (pm)

Oct. 24 - Fun Lunch (A&W)

Oct. 25 - PD Day/No School

Oct. 31 - Halloween Parade (am)

Oct. 31 - Halloween

Nov 8-14 - Fall Break

Nov. 21 - Fun Lunch (Edo)

Nov. 28 - Gingerbread House Night

Nov 29 - PD Day/No School

Dec. 12 - Fun Lunch (Pizza Hut)



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