Last week of February

Hi all.  I hope everyone is staying warm during this cool down period.  Hard to believe that this is our lest week of February already.  Can you believe, including this week, there are only 17 weeks of school left?

Language Arts

Spelling:

This week we have our 4th review spelling test.  It will cover the following 20 words;

some, did, many, time, there, how, say, each, then, other, we, put, find, want, house, up, out, will, down, school

Writing:

We will be continuing with our persuasive letter to our parents about wanting to get a T. Rex.  It is a fun focused piece of persuasive writing where the kids can come up with crazy ideas for the T. Rex to do for their parents.  One example that the students have come up with so far is that "the T. Rex. can pick up all the smelly dog poo in the yard so you do not have to mom"!  They are coming up with some very convincing reasons to get their parents to buy them a T. Rex.

Word Work:

With it being a review week in spelling, there will not be a word family.  We will continue to do our making words activity.  This activity is progressing very well.  Even though the process is the same each week, they are becoming more and more independent each time, using their prior knowledge of previous lessons to build the words in the current lesson.  They are building their vocabulary and becoming more confident with their letter sounds through this activity.

Math

This week in math we will be finishing up our unit on Addition to 12, as well as our Monday math unit, Measurement.  We will be doing self assessment checklists that show "What Can I Do"?  Look for these in their agendas in the coming weeks.  As soon as we are finished our unit tests, we will be moving onto subtraction from 12.

Science

We are finishing yet another unit in Science.  Our 5 senses unit will be wrapping up very soon.  The students have become very knowledgeable in their 5 senses and can tell what parts of their body they use for each sense.We will also be discussing the Winter Season and how we use our senses to tell us that it is winter outside.

Health

In health we have started our Health and Wellness unit.  We will be looking at healthy eating and healthy activity.  We have started looking at Canada's food guide and the 4 food groups, (Fruits & Vegetables, Grains, Milk & Alternatives, Meat & Alternatives) and ideas of how much we should be eating from each food group every day.  

Odds and Ends

I will be away on Tuesday for professional development. This Friday, all swim forms are due back.  As well of Friday, we have a wear PJ day as well as a pancake breakfast served up for all the students.

I hope everyone has a wonderful week.

Some 100 day pics and creations.

Wednesday was our 100th day of school  The students of 1A came up with some very creative ways to display the number 100.

100 Elastics (necklace)

100 Beads (necklace)

100 Feathers (Flowers)

100 Stars (Star Mural)

100 Froot Loops (Olympic Rings)

100 coffee stir sticks (pot holders)

100 beads (necklace)

100 Froot Loops (Butterfly)

100 Stickers (The number 100)

100 Pennies

100 piece puzzle

100 stickers

100 lego pieces (The number 100)

100 jewels (shark under water)

100 Day!!!

Good  day everybody.  I hope everyone had a wonderful Family Day long weekend.  I sure did with some much needed R&R with my family.  This week we will be celebrating 100 day.  I hope everyone had a chance to come up with a 100 creation.

Language Arts

Spelling:

This weeks spelling words are as follows;

up   out   will   down   school

Writing:

This week we will begin our persuasive writing unit.  Persuasive comes in the form pf a convincing argument for something.  It tells your opinion and tries to make people feel the same as you about the topic.  It gives facts and examples to support your opinion.  On Thursday we will begin talking about persuading our parents to buy a T-Rex for us.  

Math:

Over the course of this week and next, we will be wrapping up our unit on addition to 12.  I encourage parents at home to periodically ask their children addition questions that add to no more than 12. 

Science:

We are finishing up our unit on senses this week. We have 2 senses left to talk about.  Smell and hearing.  We will be talking about good/bad smells, and we will talk about different kinds of sound (loud/soft, high/low), as well as what we use for these senses.

I hope everyone has a wonderful week this week.  It's hard to believe tomorrow is our 100th day!

Valentines Day this week!!!

Good afternoon parents.  Welcome back after another short week.  We have a couple of busy weeks ahead of us.  A letter went home today regarding Valentines Day this Friday.  There will be a sweet treat for all the students during lunch as well as hot lunch for those of you who ordered.  There will be another letter coming home Wednesday regarding our 100th day celebration that will happen next Wednesday, Feb 19th.

Language Arts

Spelling:

Our spelling words for this week are as follows:

we   find   put   want   house

Writing:

In honor of the Winter Olympics, for writing, we will be doing some Olympic themed writing activities over the next couple of weeks.  We will do some informative pieces, as well as some imaginative work as well.  We are still focused on making sure we have beginning capitals as well as ending periods.


Math

In math we are continuing our Monday math, Measurement.  Our focus today is comparing two items based on area.  For example, (the piece of paper has a smaller area than the desk).  We continue to focus on ensuring we are comparing the two objects to each other, stating both in our comparison.  The other measurements we have discussed and will be discussing are length (longer/shorter), height (taller/shorter), volume (what container could hold more), and size (bigger/smaller).  We will continue as well with addition to 12 over the remainder of February.

Science

We are continuing our 5 senses unit.  We have finished talking about sight and the eye, as well as taste and the tongue, and will be moving on to touch the rest of this week.

Health

We finished up our unit on bullying and we have just begun our unit on healthy eating and healthy activity.  The 4 food groups and recommended servings is the first thing we are discussion and will spend a couple of health classes on this.

Odds and Ends

Again, because the Winter Olympics are on, we will be following our Canadian athletes and cheering them on as best we can, looking at results of events.  The students are really excited to see things as they happen.  I have the results of the Men's moguls event streaming on our smart board at lunch today, and when the students saw that we finished with a Gold and a Silver medal they were so excited.  It is great to see the pride and excitement even at this age.

Also a reminder that next Monday, February 17, is Family Day and there is no school.  Another long weekend.

I hope you all have a wonderful week!

Mr. Aasen