Ms. Vanderwel's Room

Important Info regarding the upcoming Spring Showcase from Miss Dafoe: The Grade 1 students have been working hard practicing their Spring  Showcase songs. They are representing the colour yellow in the show. They will also be helping the Grade 2 students sing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow".  The showcase will take place on Wednesday, March 15 in the evening. Please have your child start to look for anything YELLOW to wear. It doesn't have to be anything fancy. If they can't find anything yellow it will be ok. Hopefully most students will have a yellow t-shirt. Many thanks! - Miss Dafoe --------------------------------------------------- This week in Language Arts, we began a new activity called 'Author Study'. The students enjoyed learning about our first author-- Kevin Henkes-- and listening to some of his stories.  Below is a selection of the books that Mr. Henkes is known for. His stories are relatable to students because they deal with situations that kid...

 Hello Parents! Happy Friday : )  I'm hoping that this cold weather moves off soon especially before our field trip! This is a reminder that if your child has not handed in their field trip forms yet they will need to do so by Monday. Students without signed forms will not be able to attend the field trip.  ----------------------------------------------------- This week in reading we have been reviewing consonant blends (sn, cr, pl etc.). The students have been building words and identifying the blends in various words. They also created some fun Flower Blends which we will be putting up in the classroom. In writing, the students began working on a new Small Moment about a time they played in the snow. They could write about a time they went sledding, skating, made a snowman etc. The students did a 5 Finger Touch & Tell with a partner outlining their small moment. Then they drew pictures to represent each part of their small moment and began writing a short sentence t...

Hello Everyone! Here's a look at our work this week. Also, please note the important information about our upcoming field trip which is posted below. Thanks! -------------------------------------------------------------------- In reading we have been learning about 'King ed' or the 'silent e'. We learned that when a word has a 'silent e' at the end of it the vowel has to say its name. We practiced making words using our moveable alphabet with 'silent e' in them. We also read some books in our reading groups that had 'silent e' words.  In writing, we continued to add to our 'Small Moment' story. This week we talked about 3 different techniques that author's use to bring their stories to life. For example: talking (dialogue) and movement (action). We also learned that author's "Take Small Steps" in their stories to build suspense and create pictures in their reader's minds.  Link: https://youtu.be/8jOzhiACB68 In m...