Halloween is past us now and we are into November. By the end of this month, we will have celebrated 3 Canadian holidays (Thanksgiving, Halloween and Remembrance Day), received one report card, enjoyed 60 days of school and be only 3 short weeks from Christmas!Just a reminder that Wednesday is picture retake day, Friday library books will be returned, and the Friday lunch order will be Tacos (for $3.50 each).
Because the 11th of November is a Tuesday (no school that day) we will be holding a school Remembrance Day assembly on Monday which will begin at 10:15am in the Tom Karren Gym. Please encourage your child to wear a poppy this week in honor of those who have fought and died for our country. Teach them and talk to them about the consequences of war and the gratitude you feel for the freedoms we enjoy.
Our busy, buzzy goal this week is to 'bee' friendly. Talk to your child ab
out ways they can develop and improve their friendship skills, including being better friends to those they play will already, being a better friend to the members of their family, and just as importantly, being a better friend to someone they don't know as well.
This week in science we are finishing our unit on five senses. We will talk about taste and do a taste party on Friday that introduces and discusses the five food groups. Please make sure that your student has a healthy snack in their Friday lunch that they can use as an example for an activity. Note - they do not need to share their snack with anyone, they only need enough for themselves. After Remembrance day we will be starting a new unit - part I of Creating Colors. We will also be focusing on Remembrance day this week as our classroom theme, and doing several Language Arts activities related to it. We are finished our basketball unit in gym and are working towards completing a games unit.
Last week a reading folder came home with your student containing three poems. Please ensure that you read through those poems with your child, helping them sound out words they don't know. Encourage them to track (move their fingers from word to word) so that they begin to see the words that go with certain sounds, and gain a true understanding of the direction and flow of text. These folders will come home about once a month, and need to come back to school within a few days. If you have not yet returned this duotang, please do so soon.
We are having a contest on our class website with pumpkins we designed in Math last week. Just scroll down to see what we created, and vote on the side bar for your favorites (note you can vote for more than one at the same time). We'll close the poll on Friday and see who's group got the most votes. Also watch the website for upcoming Halloween pictures from the wonderful Halloween party our classroom helpers organized. A big thank you to all those involved.
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