January 31, 2019

Thursday! 

During language we worked on a new blend AI/ai. We brainstormed words that had the blend ai. We watched a video of a llama saying words that have the blend ai in them... after this silly video we got to work on our phonics journals. When we were done with this we worked on a word search and learned more words with ai in them.

During inquiry into math, we practiced subtraction and did some activities to prepare for the math test! Our friends are READY for this test!

During our UOI we talked about fun activities that we do in WINTER! We talked about the weather outside and how FREEZING the temperature has been. We closed our eyes and pretended to start to build a snowman... We wrote in our journals what comes first, next, and last.

Reminders

• Our spelling test will be on Monday:
• Now
• Down
• Look
• Too
• He
• She
• We
• Me

• Math test on Friday! 
• Practice the poems!! :)
• 5 DAYS UNTIL THE BOOK FAIR!! :) 
• Remember to re-register for St. Judes for next year!! 😊 We are looking forward to seeing your kiddos next year!! 
• WORDS OF THE WEEK: 1. sing 2. ring 3. king 4. sail 5. tail 6. mail

January 30, 2019

Welcome Back Wednesday!

Happy to be back with the kiddos today!

We enjoyed a morning of hugs and catching up! They filled me in on how the past week has been and all that they learned with Ms. P. It sounds like they had a great week!

We started our day off learning and brainstorming words for the blend ng! This was awesome because our friends were able to come up with LOTS of words that have NG in them. After we brainstormed the words we finished our phonics journals and worked on a fun activity where we would sort the words that have NG in them... this gave us EVEN MORE words to add to our list!

During Math today we reviewed subtraction. We used manipulatives to practice our facts. We got to use our white boards and dice. We had fun doing this with all different numbers. Our friends are READY TO GO for the math test on Friday!

During UOI we talked about what trees look like in different seasons. We talked about our 5 senses and the different smells of each season. We drew a picture of a tree on the board... then we went through the different seasons and the colors (or lack there of) that you see in the different seasons. After this we wrote in our journals about our favourite thing about winter!

Indoor recess, snack, French and Music.

Reminders

• Bake Sale Tomorrow during lunch time after the students finish their lunch! :) 
• Casual Day Tomorrow!! 
• Our spelling test will be on Monday (giving them through the weekend to study more) -- I added the list to the blog. I will also send an email.
• Now
• Down
• Look
• Too
• He
• She
• We
• Me

• Math test on Friday! 
• 5 DAYS UNTIL THE BOOK FAIR!! :) 
• Remember to re-register for St. Judes for next year!! 😊 We are looking forward to seeing your kiddos next year!! 
• WORDS OF THE WEEK: 1. sing 2. ring 3. king 4. sail 5. tail 6. mail

Field Trip to Science Centre!

Field Trip to Science Centre

We had so much fun on the field trip!! I was very impressed by their knowledge of the constellations and the planets! #ProudTeacher

Reminders/Announcements

1. I will send some information home over the next week regarding the poem that your child has to memorize for the contest. Just waiting for some verification before I send those! (No one can have the same poem in S.K.)

2. For any updates this week while I'm away you may refer to the other SK blogs:

 Mrs. Blair's SK Blog  and  Ms. Bannon's SK Blog

3. Giving you a heads-up early: ITS OUR TURN FOR THE BAKE SALE NEXT WEEK!! We have to bring in items to sell at the bake sale... please send in peanut free items next Monday(28TH) and Tuesday(29TH) (when I am back - 28th & 29th!) 

4. Next Thursday is Casual Day - January 31, 2019.

January 17th, 2019

Thursday

Started our day off with an assembly about jumping for hearts... We heard from a very knowledgeable speaker about how important all of the money we raise is and where it goes to. There were a number of children who benefit from the money that students raise and it can actually help save their lives!

During UOI we had a presentation! We learned about Uranus today. Once our presentation was completed we had some students working on their writing portion of the assignment because they forgot or did not have it at school! While they worked on that other students made a space crown! The students LOVED their hard work. They were practicing putting the planets in order and asking each other what colour their planets were. Each of them were experts on their own planet.

During Math today we practiced differentiating between addition and subtraction. We practiced the symbols and then we completed a worksheet. We used new strategies to complete this assignment! The students love math so much! It is definitely their favourite!

REMINDERS/ ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. Please have your child at school around 8:30 tomorrow. The bus is leaving at 9:00 AM. I don't want anyone to be left behind!! -- PLEASE BRING LUNCH -- Students are to wear their regular uniform on the field trip.
2. Worksheet sent home is just practice. Does not have to be completed tonight. Can be done over the weekend!


Important Dates:
Feb 1 - Subtraction Test

SJA Annual Oral Competition

• JK – Grade 3 In-School Oral Competition at SJA – Thursday, February 7th
• More information to follow this coming week! 
• Grade 4 – 8 In-School Oral Competition at SJA – Friday, February 8th
• SJA/Maples Interschool Competition at TMA – Wednesday, February 13th

January 16th, 2019

SPACE DAY!!

We were SO excited to start our day for Space Day! We couldn't wait to tell our friends about our costumes and share information about our planet. I over-heard friends telling people from other classes about their planets!

During morning meeting, we learned a new blend! We learned the sound for the blend CH/ch. We listened and sang the CH Jolly Phonics song while we wrote in our phonics journals.

For gym class today we went to Ms. Bannon's room for a go-noodle workout! We danced around the room for a couple different songs.

After recess and lunch we began our awesome space presentations! Ms. Gray picked a planet out of the cup and then that person presented. Our friends presented about their planets, talked about the number of days/years around the sun, and informed us about astronauts. Everyone's presentations were great and very entertaining.

During our inquiry into math, we worked on a space subtraction page. We used manipulatives to practice taking away the second number! Once we were done with this we packed up our belongings and got ready for Music!

WE HAD A BLAST DURING MUSIC! We sang songs about planets and practiced following the rhythm with scarves. It was so much fun! The kiddos LOVED this activity. Our music teacher is awesome!

Reminders/Announcements

• Everyone is coming on the field trip!! We are so excited for our fun trip to the Ontario Science Centre!! :) 
• Friday is the FIELD TRIP!! Don't forget to send a lunch with your child. Lunch WILL NOT be provided to them at the field trip. They need to bring their lunch! :) 

January 15th, 2019

Time Crunch Tuesday!! 

We started off our day by listening to some qu songs and interesting stories about the letters together. All day long we heard the songs over and over and over again from friends repeating the catchy songs...

During Math we worked on SUBTRACTION!! We talked about the symbols and what they meant... the difference between a + and a -... We learned a new strategy for subtraction, which was drawing dots on the page of the total number and then x-ing out or erasing the second number that needed to be taken away... Whatever is left over is the answer! We used manipulatives to complete some activities with Ms. Gray and we had SO much fun during math today that we did not want to change subjects!

During our UOI we practiced our CONVERSATION... Part of having a conversation with someone is LISTENING!!! We have been a little off on our listening to directions or just in general listening when other people are talking to us... so, Ms. Gray had us get with a partner and talk for 60 seconds about our planet... sharing information about our planet and listening to the information about the other's planet. We changed partners multiple times and refreshed our memory for each of the planets. After switching a few times, we met on the carpet and each of us shared one thing that we learned about someone else's planet! Some of us still need to work on our listening skills...

After this, we refreshed our memories for how long it takes for each planet to make it 1 rotation around the sun...

Mercury = 88 Earth Days

Venus = 225 Earth Days

Earth = 365 Earth Days

Mars = 687 Earth Days

Jupiter = 12 Earth Years

Saturn = 29 Earth Years

Uranus = 84 Earth Years

Neptune = 165 Earth Years

We were having so much fun during UOI we did not want to go to recess... However, once we found out Ms. Gray was on duty we jumped with joy and ran to get our coats on! 

We had a busy afternoon with Snack, French and then Library today! :) 

Words of the Week: 

1. Quiz  2. Queen  3. Quack

4. Chick  5. Bench  6. Cheese

Reminders/Announcements

• PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE send back the permission slips for the field trip. If students are not able to come on the trip, please let me know so that I can plan accordingly. The forms were sent home before Christmas Break... you can just send me an email verifying that your student can attend the field trip if you have misplaced the form. Thank you! :) 
• Summative writing piece went home yesterday and needs to be completed at home along with the creative component due on WEDNESDAY!! 
• WEDNESDAY IS SPACE DAY!! & Summative Presentations! If students don't have an astronaut costume, that is okay!... You can have the kiddos wear white... 
• Friday is the FIELD TRIP to the Ontario Science Centre!! Woo!! 

January 14th, 2019

Ms. Gray's Back!! 

I had a lot of friends hugging me and telling me they missed me. It made me feel better after a rough few weeks. I appreciate all of the support from the kiddos and the parents! You have all been so wonderful with your emails, well wishes and prayers. Thank you for your kind words. 

Today we started off our day with some brainstorming of words that begin or have Qu/qu in them, after that we worked in our phonics journals. We were so excited to get to work in our journals. When we were finished with that we asked Ms. Gray for a word search to get our brain thinking even harder to challenge ourselves! Today we were coming up with some interesting words that were not English so Ms. Gray had NO idea how to spell them or what the words meant... We had a lot of French words on the board that our friends found from around the classroom! 

We had lots of fun at Gym, Recess and Lunch!! Then back to class to work on some academics! 

During our inquiry into math we worked on subtraction in our math books! We are definitely learning to grasp the difference between addition and subtraction! We will be working on this over the next couple of weeks. This is another short unit that we are working on. Practicing at home with some manipulatives (silverware, socks, crayons, or anything that they can count...) will be helpful for the little ones to start to make their thinking visible!

During UOI today we worked on our summative writing assignment, some of our friends did not have the research to go with the assignment. We tried our best to complete this assignment however, Ms. Gray ended up sending this home with each of the students to finish at home! They were told "BEST writing for this project!" The entire summative project is due on Wednesday! Which is SPACE DAY! We can dress like astronauts. :) 

Recess - Snack - French

During our Journal time today we worked on our writing and labeling an illustration. We drew a picture of our family and then we wrote about them. 

During Music today we had SO much fun learning about instruments, reading a story and playing instruments! We love music!

Words of the Week: 

1. Quiz  2. Queen  3. Quack

4. Chick  5. Bench  6. Cheese

Reminders/Announcements

• We have an extremely busy week ahead!! 
• PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE send back the permission slips for the field trip. If students are not able to come on the trip, please let me know so that I can plan accordingly. Thank you! :) 
• Summative writing piece is going home today to be completed at home along with the creative component due on WEDNESDAY!! 
• WEDNESDAY IS SPACE DAY!! & Summative Presentations! 
• Friday is the FIELD TRIP to the Ontario Science Centre!! Woo!!