Week 10

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MESSAGE FROM MS. STAROSTECKI

If you have not already done so, please bring in a family photo. If you do not have a hard copy, you can send me a digital copy and I can print out the photo at school.

1C did an amazing job representing their class and school at the Munsch-O-Rama field trip and the Remembrance Day Ceremony. They made their teacher very proud this week. 

REMINDERS


NO SCHOOL on November 13th (Midterm Break).

MILK PROGRAM will begin on Tuesday, November 14th. You can order milk tickets on your PowerSchool account. 

SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDER due by November 17th.  As you may have noticed, I have changed the day that the book order is due. I want to make sure we have enough time for everyone to order from the December book order. The December book order will be sent home on Friday. 

HOME READING The books will be exchanged every Friday. You may also read books from home or the library, just make sure you log it! Our classroom goal is to read (or have a book read to us) at least 7 books per week.

LIBRARY Please bring back your child's library book each Monday so they may exchange it for a new one. 

NO SCHOOL on December 1st (PD Day).

MATH

This week, 1C's math goal this week was to correctly identify small arrangements of objects or dots without counting, this process is called subitizing.


LANGUAGE ARTS

LISTENING GAMES I read the book, Owl Moon by Jane Yolen to 1C this week. Our phonological awareness activities were focused around the book this week. On a cold winter's night, beneath a full moon, a young child and father trek into the woods to go owling. In a place filled with moonlight, mystery and magic, father and daughter hope to catch a glimpse of a great horned owl.


WORDS THEIR WAY Throughout the week, the students explored the -at word family with words like cat, bat, sat, hat, mat, fat.  They read 

RAINBOW WORDS Next week, we will be working on the following Orange Words: they, to, up, we, with.  I encourage for you to practice Rainbow Words with your child to increase their exposure and improve their word recognition. I will be informally assessing each student at the end of each week to see if they are able to read and recognize their Rainbow Words. 

DAILY 5 The Grade 1's continue to work on their goal of 15 minutes during Read to Self. This week they made it all the way to 12 minutes and 5 seconds! Fantastic reading Grade 1! While they Read to Self the students are practicing the Stretchy Snake, Eagle Eye, Lips the Fish strategy. 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. 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. Keep up the great reading 1C!

SOCIAL STUDIES

This week, 1C students talked about the significance of Remembrance Day. We discussed and shared our thoughts about war, peace and what it means to wear a poppy. Next week, the students will be writing a classroom book about what they think peace feels like, sounds like, tastes like, looks like, and what peace feels like. 

SCIENCE

This week, in our Creating Colour unit. We discussed the terms transparent and opaque. Transparent means that light can pass through an object - you can see through the object (i.e. a window or a glass jar). Opaque means that no light can pass through an object (i.e. a wall or a tree). Next week, the Grade 1s will be carrying out a transparency test on various liquids.

Highlights of the Week...

Munsch-O-Rama



Remembrance Day Ceremony 








Enjoy the long weekend!

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