This week has been an exciting week with lots of learning!
In math, we started off with making patterned chains using halloween colours. Student’s tried to be creative with making more complex patterns like ABCC, AABCC, etc. Then we explored some measurement with several pumpkins in our classroom. We ordered them from biggest to smallest, guessed which pumpkin would have the most seeds, then counted the collection of seeds for each pumpkin. We grouped the seeds into fives and tens and recorded our learning in our math journals.
We completed a variety of writing tasks throughout the week: writing about our weekend, a jack-o-lantern journal entry, and our halloween costumes. The focus was to add more details and lengthen our writing. We have also focused on printing the letters G and C. It is great to see how many connections they are making daily to our learned letters, their sounds and words they know that make those sounds. Students are also very excited to be moving forward in their sight word list found in their show and share book. Being able to read those words at the snap of a finger without sounding them out, will support them with progressing in their daily reading development.
Students watched an artist to learn how to draw a pumpkin (website: Art hub for Kids). First they practiced in their drawing books, and then they sketched our actual pumpkins by drawing the shapes they saw which included the dents and scratches as they saw them. We also made a piece of halloween art using crayon resist and mixed our own colour of orange to apply over the crayon picture.
Thank you to everyone who participated in carving pumpkins for our pumpkin patch. I hope that everyone has a safe and happy halloween.
Next week, we will be working on a project for our Remembrance Day virtual assembly. Students will be recorded holding a piece of their own art and telling what peace looks like to them. Their name will not appear on the video, but their faces will be a part of the presentation and this will be shared families for our Remembrance Day ceremony. This presentation is covered by the consent for use at school document you filled out at the beginning of the year. If you have any questions or would prefer that your child not be recorded, please email me before 5 pm on November 2nd.
Reminders:
Saturday October 31 - deadline to provide the school with any service photos for Remembrance Day - please send them to me by Saturday at noon so that they can be added into the short video remembering our personal connections to our service members. Students will view this at school during our learning about Remembrance Day.
Monday, November 2 - Home Reading Exchange
Thursday, November 5 - Home Reading Exchange
Tuesday, November 10 - Video of Remembrance Day Assembly will be available to families
Wednesday November 11 - No School
