Week 30

Looking at the ceiling art during our Art Walk

Hi everyone! It has been a busy week with lots of new exciting things going on here in 1PB. On Monday we had our very first swimming lesson. It was a chilly walk but the kids had so much fun. if your child has been in swimming lessons before could you please send their report cards to me ASAP to give to the instructor. Tuesday we also had the districts occupational therapist and OTA in the classroom here to work with the children on their printing skills. We worked on our 'flagpole letters.' Christine and I have been on the children this week to continue to better our printing skills, specifically starting our letters at the top. Class pictures were this week and all of the children were looking sharp! We also had the Jump Rope for Heart kick off assembly this morning and the students had a blast. You will find the fundraiser envelope in their kanga pouches tonight.

Language- This week we focused on working with R blend words. We also learned about what past tense is. Identifying the past tense verb in writing was very difficult for the children to do but we continue to practice throughout the day. Perhaps something you could do during home reading as one of your reading questions. We continue to work on our reading comprehension skills every single day. We are slowly becoming more confident in pulling out the keywords in the question to help us fine the answer in the reading.

Math: We continue to work through our various Fairy Tale math centers this week practicing our measurement skills. The students had a checklist of items in the classroom that they had to use a paperclip to determine how many units each item was in length.

Social: This week we continue to look at how family dynamics can be similar and different from our own. We have talked about and celebrated that families come in all different shapes and sizes just like us as individuals but we discussed what are some of the most important things about a family. The children came up with some beautiful answers. Next week I will need all of your help again helping your child come up with traditions your family may have.

Science: We continue to learn about the various aspects of spring. We introduced the names for certain baby animals that tend to be born in the spring and have written about why spring is so moody sometimes as it has been this year.