Week 14

- December 08, 2018

IMPORTANT DATES...

DECEMBER 10 to 12 Christmas Paint Days (3:30-5pm)

DECEMBER 21 PJ & Stuffie Day
Afternoon Christmas Movie

DECEMBER 22 Winter Break
to JANUARY 6

LANGUAGE ARTS

READING While they are reading the students are practicing the Eagle Eye, Lips the Fish and Stretchy Snake strategy. Eagle Eye serves as a reminder to look at the pictures for clues when reading a book. Lips the Fish looks at the beginning and ending sound of a word. Stretchy Snake reminds the students to "S-T-R-E-T-C-H" it out and to say each sound slowly then say it fast. Chunky Monkey breaks a word into chunks that the student's already know.

RAINBOW WORDS 1C worked on the Yellow Rainbow Words: see, she, so, some. Next week, we will focus on reviewing our Rainbow Words ranging from Red to Yellow Rainbow Words.

BOOK STUDY Based on the The Gingerbread Man, the students have studied the characters, setting, beginning, middle and end of the story. 1C sequenced the events of the story by cutting out images and putting them in the correct order. The students used their imaginations and wondered what they would look like as a gingerbread girl or boy AND also designed their very own gingerbread house!

MATH

1C learned about one-to-one correspondence. The students can correctly identify which two groups has more or less based on one-to-one correspondence and counting extras. The students learned a new math game called "War" with ten-frame cards.

SOCIAL STUDIES

1C has started their journey to learn about Christmas Around the World. We have discussed our family traditions and learned about Christmas traditions that we hold in Canada. So far, they have visited the countries of Canada, Mexico, Brazil and South Africa. The students learned that in Mexico, poinsettias are grown to symbolize the star of Bethlehem. They also bust open piñatas shaped like stars that have candy and fruit inside. In Brazil, they watch fireworks on Christmas Eve. In South Africa, people with break open Christmas crackers to reveal a small gift.