Blog 15

Hello Parents! Now that casual day is over, all we have to remember is the Terry Fox run will take place tomorrow from 10:00am to 11:30 am. Please send your children to school in their gym clothes tomorrow.  I also sent home math and spelling tests today, please sign and send back. There is a lunch form that I sent home concerning Monday, September 30^th 2013. This day got missed so if you would like to pay for your child’s lunch that day, please send it back as it is not included in the lunch program for September. Here is what we did today!

Math

Grade 1

Today we began our new unit in math, which is focused on number patterns. I think it is great because they just finished the patterning unit, so they already have been practicing how to create patterns and how to finish them. We looked at how we see patterns using numbers. Together we worked on the bunny rabbit question, and then they finished it in their Math Makes Sense books.

Homework: pg. 140 – 141

Grade 2

Students continued reviewing the importance of numbers and everything that we use numbers for on a daily basis. We practiced how to skip count by 2’s, 5’s. 10’s. We connected this with the place value system and looked at how we can represent numbers in different ways.

WORKSHEETS: “LineMaster 3”

MMS: pg. 30

UOI

Grade 1

Students were given a scenario that stated a certain rule that was very extreme, and not realistic. In groups, students fixed the rules, and thought of more realistic ones for that particular situation.  They had to act this out in front of the class, and we had a class discussion on the rules that the students created. We have a very dramatic bunch! They love to act J

Grade 2

The grade 2s were introduced to Japan today and had to find it on the world map. Students had to plot Japan on their world map worksheet. They were then divided into groups and each group was given information about food, clothing, transportation, shelter, leisure and other important information. As a group they had to read this information and present it to the class. They then filled out graphic organizer worksheet about Japan.

French: Mme. Stella

Novel Study

Grade 1 & 2

We recapped what we have read so far in our novel “Flat Stanley”. Like I mentioned yesterday, most of the students had trouble making text to self-connections. We went through this again today and finished and corrected the flat Stanley work from yesterday.

Gym: Mr. Browning

Art: Ms. Pattenick

Language

Grade 1 & 2

Both grades reviewed the consonant sounds. We are slowly moving from vowels to consonant bends now, and practicing what sound they make together. I find this really helps with their reading skills. They practiced in their Letter and Sounds workbook.

Homework:

Grade 1: LS – pg. 17 – 18

Grade 2: LS – pg. 11 – 13

Quiet Reading

Grade 1 & 2

Both grades got to silently read today as I completed more DRA assessments.

Have a great evening everyone!

Terry Fox Run tomorrow!

Ms. Rossi