​Weekly What’s Up: March 25-29 , 2019

It’s so nice to see the snow melting!  Please remember to send an extra pair of socks and mitts with your child as I foresee a lot of soggy recesses in the future.  Students are also welcome to leave a change of clothes in the classroom.

This week and next we will be working on self-assessing and goal setting in preparation for Student Led Conferences.  Your child will have a selection of their work to share with you as they discuss their learning. Appointment confirmation slips will be sent home in the report card envelop.  I look forward to seeing you and your child.

Literacy:  Please continue to listen to your child read/read to them each night.  When you are reading with your child try stopping throughout the book to ask them questions about what is happening, how they think the characters are feeling and if there are words that they don’t understand.  We are focusing on making personal connections to the story during our read alouds.  Does the story remind of something that has happened to you?  Do the characters remind you of anyone you know? 

We are reviewing nouns, verbs and adjectives during word work. 

In writing we are working on adding details to our writing using adjectives.  We want to paint a picture in the reader’s head.  We are also working on editing our writing pieces.  Last week I introduced the students to a new tool that we’ll be using in literacy.  Eetchy the Caterpillar is designed to help students expand their vocabulary and knowledge.  We are using Eetchy during read alouds and will begin using him during writing this week.

Math:  This week our numbers will be 112-116.  You can ask your child to show you the number as tens and ones, get them to skip count to that number, make an addition or subtraction equation with that number as the answer, etc. 

We are continuing to work on representing numbers to 100 in several different ways.  Please practice skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s. Students are continuing to work on identifying coins by their name and value.  Some students are working on adding two digit numbers while others are continuing to work on building their mental math strength with sums to 20.  We’re beginning to work on solving and writing our own word problems.  We will continue working on our measurement unit. 

Dates to Remember

Monday, March 25: Papa John’s

Tuesday, March 26: Tots n Taters, breakfast program, I will be out of the classroom, but at the school for the day as part of our purposeful play/extended day study.  Ms. Hallett will be the supply teacher.  

Wednesday, March 27: Library Books Due

Thursday, March 28: Great Canadian Bagel                                                                         

Friday, March 29:  Tots n Taters, York Care visit

Monday, April 1:  Report cards will be issued at the end of the day

Have a great week!​