November 21 - 24

Hello families, 

This week we have been working very hard on our Best Part of Me writing. Students decided on the best physical part of them and brainstormed ideas about what it looks like, feels like, and what they can do with it. They then use sentence frames to put their ideas into complete sentences. From there, students focused on improving the neatness of their writing, thinking about "sky, grass, dirt" letters, proper spacing, and appropriate use of lowercase and uppercase letters. They then did a final copy and a self-reflection on their work. 

In math, we've been working on creating some base ten donuts as a parallel task to our base ten creatures. Students were asked to create 3 specific numbers on their donuts, and then create a donut of their choice. 

We've been continuing to learn about colours and enjoyed colour mixing with paint and going on a community walk to search for primary and secondary colours. 






Here is what we've been up to in our Word Work Groups this week! 

In Ms. Midgley's group we learned about the digraph "ch." Students sorted pictures based on whether they start with c, h or ch. We learned about the Animated Literacy character Chauncy Chipmunk who chops cheddar cheese. Ask your child about the sound and action for "ch." 


In Ms. Gierl & Ms. Greens's groups we continued learning about short and long A sounds. We dug a little deeper into the role of King E and how when there are paired vowels, King E tells the vowel to say its name. Students sorted short A words, long A words, and oddball/rule breaker words like "have" and "what." Ask your child about King E!


In Ms. Greenhall's Word Work Group students have been learning about consonants. This week we reviewed the letters T, G, P and N using the Animated Literacy actions. We then cut and sorted pictures that start with these letters. Ask your child about the actions and sounds for T, G, P and N. In Ms. Lacour's Word Work Group students have been learning about vowels. This week we continued with short "A" and looked at the "AN" and "AD" word families. We then sorted pictures to match the corresponding words. Ask your child about words in the "AN" and "AD" family.



Card Club Days for Grade 1/2 (For students who returned signed forms)

Cards are only to be brought to school on card club days. 

Students attend card club from 11:40-12:00 instead of going outside for lunch recess. 

  • Monday, December 5th 


Winter Concert

6:00 Concert  

  

7:30 Concert  

16 - Scherer  

  

7 - Burnham  

17 - Adamson  

  

3 - Kassam  

4 - Link  

  

5 - Bouchard  

2 - Brown  

  

6 - Cooper  

12 - Gierl   

10 - Green  

  

13- Romanko  

  

11 - Midgley  

  

8 - Greenhall   

 

 

 

  • Concert is for Grade 1-6.  Kindergarten will have their own event in the Spring 

 

  • Dress Rehearsals 9:30 am (6:00 show) and 12:45pm (7:30 show) will be on Dec. 15  

 

 

  • Each LBS family will receive 2 tickets to the concert.  We will also have a sign-up sheet in the office for up to 2 more tickets should they become available.   

 

  • Guests are able to attend Dress Rehearsals for their designated show without a ticket.  

 

 

  • Some families have a child in each concert.  These families will be contacted to ask which concert they would like all of their children to be in and they will receive 2 tickets to that concert.  

 

  • Students in Grades 1-4 can wear what they like to the concert.  No hats please so we can see everyone’s smiling faces when they are on the stage! 

 

Thank you, 

 

Julie Kawchuk 

jrhayneskawc@cbe.ab.ca 

Upcoming Dates

  • Every Tuesday afternoon - Library book exchange 
  • November 21st-27th: Virtual Book Fair 
  • Thursday, December 1st - Banzai Fun Lunch
  • Thursday, December 15th - Waffles and Chix Fun Lunch
  • Thursday, December 15th - Winter Concert (AM & PM)

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