Oct 1st-3rd

 

High Frequency Words

We will be working on spelling the First 300 High Frequency words with a spelling test each Friday. During the week please practice reading, writing and nicely printing these words. The words this week are:

there, use, an, each, which, she, do, how, their,  if

Phonics- ck spells /k/

-When we hear the /k/ sound at the end of a word after a short vowel we spell it CK, like at the end of the word duck.  CK together is called a consonant digraph because it is two letters that come together to make one sound.

- Please check your child's red folder this weekend and read the decodables we practiced this week

- If your child did not draw, or finish, their picture you could encourage them to do so

Writing- Types of Sentences

-We continue to practice writing different types of sentences this week

-We looked at various picture prompts and then wrote an exclamatory, statement and question pertaining to what we thought the picture was about 

Representing Quantities

-We learned that quantity is a word that tells us how many things there are or how much of something we have.

-We talked about different ways to represent numbers 

-We estimated the number of doors on the east side of the school

-Afterwards, we used different methods(tallies, groups of 5, pairs) to count the actual number of doors 

-We then talked about the most efficient way to make recording and counting easier

October Calendar

-We created a October Calendar page in our visual journal

-We wrote down all of the important days throughout the month

-We then decorated the page with stickers and stamps

Yayoi Kusama Pumpkins

- We learned about the artist Yayoi Kusama

- Kusama is a Japanese contemporary artist who is famous for her immersive installations as well as pumpkin sculptures

- We created pumpkins of our own, inspired by her work

- We learned about complimentary colours, line and value

A Message to Our Students and Families

We don't know when we will see you next, but we hope it is soon. Take care of yourselves, and the people around you. Thank you for all of your support.

With love: Ms. Penford and Mrs. Sharma