Oct 5th- 9th

Update from last week

- We apologize that the spelling test and UFLI decodables did not come home on Friday and that library did not happen

- There was a shortage of subs in the system and so our class had to be dispersed to different grade 1 and 2 classes

- Because of this the regular schedule for Friday was not followed

- We caught up on all of these things this week and you should see the spelling tests, decodables and new library books in your child's bag.

High Frequency Words

We will be taking a pause from spelling the First 300 High Frequency to focus on spelling numerals as it is required in our math curriculum. Our spelling test will be next Friday. During the week please practice reading, writing and nicely printing these words. The words this week are:

eleven

twelve

thirteen

fourteen

fifteen

sixteen

seventeen

eighteen

nineteen 

zero

Phonics

- We looked at words with VCe patterns and exceptions
- When the letter C is followed by a silent E it spells /s/. and when the letter G is followed by a silent E it spells /j/
- Two exceptions for the silent e pattern are:
    - VE - some words with VE have vowels that make the short sound not the long sound (e.g. give, live and have). This happens because in English words are not allowed to end with a v.
    - Scribal O - In some silent e words there is an O that sounds like a short U. It is believed that a long time ago scribes had a hard time reading the U next to similar looking letters so they changed it to O to make it easier to read. (e.g. come, done, love, none, and some)
- 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

The Leaf Thief

-We listened to the story by Alice Hemming

-We worked with a partner to talk about what happened at the Beginning, Middle and the End

-We then sequenced the story with pictures and words in our journals

-Be sure to ask your child what their favourite part was.

Decomposing Numbers

-We practiced decomposing quantities into groups of 100s, 10s, and 1s

- Decomposing numbers is like breaking apart a big number into smaller, easier-to-count parts.

- This helps us understand the value of each digit and makes counting larger numbers easier. 

Science Centers

- In Science we are learning about Matter

- We got to explore different properties of matter in hands on centers

- We learned about absorbency, mass, length, malleability, transparency and reflection

-Some of the things that we learned or noticed were:

"paper towel absorbs water easily."

"the blocks were heavier than the stuffy"

"you can see yourself in the mirror but not in fabric."

"things like clay you can squish. but not a stick."

A Little Thankful Spot

-We read the story by Diane Alber

-We brainstorm so many things to be thankful for!

-We then drew a tree and filled the branches with all of the things we are thankful for and wrote about it

-Some of the top things we are noted are:

"my family"

"my Grandpa"

"my pets"

"my mom"

"my brother"

"the sunshine"

"myself"

"yummy food"

Weaving

- Our grade 4 buddies helped us learn how to weave

- Weaving is a great way to build skills like fine motor coordination, math patterning, and hand eye coordination