Remembrance Day Assembly Tomorrow

Good afternoon,

Today we started our day with morning activity. We wrote in our journal about how we spent our weekend. We had to write 10 sentences and use lots of juicy words.

After morning activity, we learned a new letter blend. Today we talked about "th." Your child should be able to tell you what sounds those letters make together. We did a hunt for words that start with th, words that have th in the middle, and words that end in th.

During gym we continued to work on our throwing. Today we used smaller balls which made it a little bit harder.

After gym we continued reading our new novel, The One and Only Ivan. We learned a bit more about our narrator, Ivan. He is a mighty silver back gorilla. Today we learned what Ivan looks like and where he lives. Ivan lives in a mall. He has an enclosure with a jungle painted on it. We started working on a title page for our new novel study.

After recess, room 7 had music and room 8 did word work.

When room 7 came back from music we did social studies. We are going to be learning about a prairie community. We did a KWL chart about the prairies. We wrote down some things we know and some things we wonder. Ms. Binks and Mr. Fisher will use this info to decide how we are going to do our prairie unit. Many students seemed interested in the animals on the prairies and the history of our First Nations peoples.

This afternoon we got our new spelling words. Many of them had the th sound that we learned about this morning. We also learned about the homonym may/May. This will come up on our test on Friday. One of the bonus words will be the month May. Students will need to pay close attention to the sentence and remember to include a capital letter.

This weeks word wall words are,

the
that
them
day
may
made
was
of
if
a

Following spelling we did math. We did a review of the days of the week and then some problems around this.  We are posting a homework question below similar to the ones we did in class.

Homework question! If your child answers this question and brings it in, they will have a chance to enter the superstar student draw.

If today is Thursday and Mr. Fisher goes fishing on Tuesday how many days does he have until he leaves?

The Remembrance Day assembly will be tomorrow. If your child attends Girl Guides or Scouts, they are welcome to wear their uniform.

Several of our staff members are participating in "Movember." They are asking for votes for the WORST mustache. Every dollar counts as a vote. They are hoping to raise $300 dollars. Please bring any donations to Ms. Binks or Mr. Fisher.

Fun lunch forms were sent home today and are due back on Nov. 18th.

We have challenged the students to all bring in a food bank donation tomorrow. We are hoping to get at least 20 items.

Reminder, Jacket Racket is underway. Please bring in any gently used winter coats. They will help keep other Calgarians warm.

Have a great evening!