Dates to remember:
November 20 – 25 – Bully Awareness and Prevention Week,
Wednesday, November 23, 2016, pizza day
Friday, November 25th – Snowflake Dance, 5:00 – 8:30 p.m.
As you are aware, Mrs. Jennifer Roy. beloved mother of Mason Shaver (Grade 5), Reed Pruner (Grade 1) and Lexi Pruner (SK), died last week. We began our week with a short prayer service to pray for Reed and his family. The children made cards and pictures to send to Reed to let him know that we are thinking of him. If you have any questions or concerns about how your child is reacting to Reed’s loss please send a message in the agenda or leave me a phone message.
This week this is what we will be working on:
Reading:
Writing
Thanks,
Your partner in education,
Gayle O’Callaghan
November 20 – 25 – Bully Awareness and Prevention Week,
Wednesday, November 23, 2016, pizza day
Friday, November 25th – Snowflake Dance, 5:00 – 8:30 p.m.
As you are aware, Mrs. Jennifer Roy. beloved mother of Mason Shaver (Grade 5), Reed Pruner (Grade 1) and Lexi Pruner (SK), died last week. We began our week with a short prayer service to pray for Reed and his family. The children made cards and pictures to send to Reed to let him know that we are thinking of him. If you have any questions or concerns about how your child is reacting to Reed’s loss please send a message in the agenda or leave me a phone message.
This week this is what we will be working on:
Reading:
- We are continuing to work on making connections this week. This week during read-aloud we will be reading Amazing Grace, by Mary Hoffman and Oliver Button is a Sissy by Tomie dePaola. The children will be learning how to make the connections between two stories as well as their own experiences
- We are working hard on stretching out words and using rhyming words to help us decode and spell.
Writing
- Word Wall Words – are, down, eat, my, they
- Capitals, punctuation, and leaving spaces
- How to plan a sentence
- Using names and colour words
- Naming 2D shapes and identifying the attributes of shapes
- Sorting and classifying shapes based on specific attributes (number of sides, corners, points, types of lines)
- Lines of symmetry
- Making 2D shapes using a variety of materials
- The lives of saints
- The Church calendar, preparing for the beginning of Advent
Thanks,
Your partner in education,
Gayle O’Callaghan