Dear Children and Families,
Reminders:
HOME READING: All students need to be reading for 15
minutes every night. You could listen to
someone read, read a home reading book, read using Raz-Kids, read our POWER
words, read a favourite book you have at home.
-It’s still cold! Dress warm every
day with snowpants, boots, jackets, hats and mitts!
Important
Words:
POWER WORDS: away, make, no, up,
like
These are words we are learning to read
and spell.
ACADEMIC WORDS: data, tally, survey, bar graph, pictograph map,
legend, compass rose, scale
These are words that we are learning to
understand the meaning of in math and social studies.
Today:
We practiced reading to self and reading
to someone.
We tried out some
yoga moves for our body break.
We put on our
thinking caps today and wrote a reading response about the story Where would I
be in an Evergreen Tree? Ask me what connection and question I wrote in my writing journal.
In math we used tally marks to
collect data for a survey. Then we created a pictograph
Ask me what I did during music and gymnastics this afternoon.
We talked about using
maps to help us learn about people and places during Social Studies.
We made a map of our classroom today.
Tomorrow’s
Class Leader:
Ellie (remember to bring a stuffy to share, it must fit in your backpack)
A guest teacher named Mrs
Wright will be with the students tomorrow, Mrs Collins is back Friday, Monday
and Tuesday. See you all on Wednesday.
Ms. MacMillan
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