November 22-27

Hello Parents,

It was so nice to have a chance to meet most of you at our Parent-Teacher interviews. Thank you for taking time out of your schedule to come and talk about your child’s learning. Remember that your child will benefit from the partnership we have in their learning journey. Grade 1 is a HUGE year! The children learn so much - new word wall words, how to read (for most of them), how to write sentences, how to work collaboratively, be responsible for an agenda and homework only to name a few! It is the most wonderful thing to watch them grow as the year goes on!

Our students learned a lot about Digital Citizenship last week. They know how to be responsible and safe while using the internet. They do understand that they need to ask an adult before going on any computer or Ipad device that can access the internet. To ensure safety, it is advisable that you monitor your child while they are using internet sites. We taught them to type in “xxxx for kids” for Google searches.

Please remember to have your child review their word wall words each night for 5-10 minutes. They are expected to know all these words by sight.

In Language, students will continue to practice descriptive writing. They are responsible for using a descriptive writing checklist to ensure that they have met all the success criteria. The writer’s checklist is integrated in the descriptive writing checklist.

Last week, in Math, the students showed 1 and 2 more and 1 and 2 less using ten frames. They were also given a bunch of counters and asked to organize them in an efficient way to count (Ex. by 2’s 5’s and 10’s). It was interesting during our “Share Out” to hear all the different ways the groups came up with answers to the following inquiry math question: There were 12 legs in the barn. What animals could there be in the barn? Students had access to pictures of barn animals with the number of legs written on each animal. Then they went off to collaborate to figure out possible answers. Great teamwork and collaboration was visible throughout the groups! Last week, we also did a small lesson on odd and even numbers. This week, we will be focussing on showing numbers using anchors of 5 and anchors of 10. Example: 8 is 3 more than 5, 7 is 3 less than 10. In addition, each week, the students will work on an inquiry math problem.

In Science, we are exploring our knowledge about Seasons and Seasonal Changes. This week, we will focus on the Winter season (clothing, animals, activities, celebrations, food, weather etc).

Important Dates:

• St. Cecilia Feast Day Liturgy - Monday, November 23rd at 1:15pm
• Advent Mass - Tuesday, December 1st at 10:45am
• Homework calendars are due back by Friday, November 27th

The new poem will go out on Friday, December 4th. There will not be a poem going out on Friday, November 27th since that is when the homework calendar is due.

Have a wonderful week!!

Tiffany Lawless