Wow! Last week flew by so fast!
I Can Appreciate How Language, Traditions, Celebrations, and Stories of Families, Groups, and Communities Contribute to Their Sense of Identity and Belonging.
We started off the week with reading a non-fiction book about the Lunar New Year. We also had a chance to read a story that explained the Chinese Zodiac. This week in art we also took the opportunity to draw and paint some tigers.
Literacy:
This week's red words were: many, here, once, buy
One of the ways we practice these words is by playing games with them during literacy centres. This week many students chose to play "Go Fish" with the red words. Our practice words were written onto card stock in pairs and then we followed traditional "Go Fish" rules. This game can easily be replicated at home. All of the red word lists can be found in our Google Classroom.
We also returned to our study of phoneme/grapheme relationships (phonics). This week the majority of the class looked at the 'bl' blend and a few students worked on the long vowel pattern 'ie'.
Ms. Yasin's Math Group:
This week in math groups with Ms. Yasin, students reviewed the mental math strategy of using doubles to solve problems. Hit The Button was their favorite game! Students extended their learning by exploring "doubles plus one" as a math strategy. Dominos helped visualize what doubles plus one looks like. Students used this knowledge to sort dominos based on if they could see doubles, doubles plus one, a number bond to 10, or none of those on the domino.
Reminders:
Monday, February 7 - Learning Commons / Book Exchange Day
Tuesday, February 8 - Carnaval - please help students to dress warmly for the weather
