Wow! Can you believe we are into November already?​​

Dates to Remember: 

Monday, October 31st

Halloween (no costumes please but students are invited to dress in orange, black or purple)

Thursday, November 3rd  

Picture retakes

Friday, November 4th

Literacy Field Trip (Delta Hotel Fredericton, leaving BPS at 10am) - students will meet author Ellen Delange, I Will Always Be Happy To See You

Sock hop at 12:30 for K-2 students

Literacy

Word Work: This week we will be looking at the an word families. We will also be introducing the oa and ow blend (long O sound). Check out these videos to help learn these new vowel combinations:

https://youtu.be/lq8fLHVf91o?list=PLnHyYcvGscwEhUhPDWkOgBlC2V_QzWmkm

https://youtu.be/6NKs3klP2ak

Sight Words: Our sight words this week are: know, said, be, me, you.  We will practice these all week during mini-lessons, independent work, and guided work. We are also practicing printing our sight words at the end of each week.

Reading: Students continue to practice their reading daily, using choices such as Read to Someone, Read to Self or Listen to Reading. Students also work in small guided groups, working on reading strategies with the teacher.

Writing

​This week will begin with a Halloween writing piece. Throughout the week we will continue to focus on our previous writing strategies and review last weeks goals, using the word wall and uppercase letters. This week we will focus on using punctuation in our writing.

Math

Last week we completed a math assessment (be sure to check you Show What you Know books this week). This week we will begin a new unit on addition and subtraction to the number 12. We will be looking at the number line and making various combinations of numbers on ten frames. Below are the links to the videos we will using this week:​

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OS0wzijcxg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-wG4X_dYLc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVjvswqL-Ow​

Halloween Candy

In an attempt to help us promote a healthy lifestyle and healthy food choices, please consider limiting the amount of Halloween treats that are packed for snacks/lunches over the next few weeks.​