December 5-9

Hello families, 

This week was the first time since October that we had every student here!! It was so nice to have everyone back in the classroom on Wednesday and Thursday. Fingers crossed we are done with all the sickness for awhile! 

In math this week we learned about number lines! We enjoyed playing some number lines games as a class. We also played a holiday math game. 

In science, Mrs. Carreño continued to teach us about liquids! Students learned about water drops with some experimenting. We also learned about mixing liquids together and mixing liquids with solids. 


In social studies we continued talking about cedar and started learning about the Seven Sacred Teachings. We started with the teaching of the buffalo which represents respect. We talked about ways that we demonstrate respect and students drew and wrote about it. 







Word Work Groups

In Ms. Greenhall's Word Work Group students have been learning about consonants. This week we reviewed the letters L, J, K, and W using the Animated Literacy actions. We then cut and sorted pictures that start with these letters. Those who finished early tried to spell the items in their pictures and then moved onto a literacy game. Ask your child about the actions and sounds for  L, J, K, and W. 

 In Ms. Lacour's Word Work Group students have been learning about vowels. This week we continued with short "O" and looked at the "OP" and "OT" word families. We then sorted pictures to match the corresponding words. Ask your child about words in the "OP" and "OT" family

In Ms. Midgley's group, we learned about the digraphs 'Th' and 'Wh.' We learned about the two sounds that 'Th' make and learned about the Animated Literacy character The Thick Thorny Thing - ask your child about the action! We also talked about the difference between the 'Th' sound and the 'F' sound as many children mix up these sounds. We talked a lot about proper mouth position and used mirrors to practice the different sounds. We learned that in 'Wh' the h is silent! Students are not expected to know the difference between 'W' and 'Wh' in their writing, but when they are reading we want them to know that they both make the same sound. We learned the Animated Literacy character Whistling Whale - ask your child about the action for this sound! Students have been LOVING the Scratch Garden videos about each digraph. Next week we will review all of the digraphs we've learned.



In Ms. Romanko's word work group some worked with the blend 'pl'. We learned that we can hear both the sounds 'p' and 'l' in the blend and sorted pictures that began with p, l, pl. Another group reviewed vowel patterns in one syllable words in preparation for adding 'ing' to words next week. The third group worked to unscramble paragraphs as well as reading comprehension.

This week in Ms. Gierl & Ms. Green's Common Long Vowel word work groups we learned about "a_e, ai, and ay" words. This was our last week learning about the vowel A so we had a "check in" where we challenged ourselves to apply the spelling patterns we've learned. Teachers read 10 words out loud and the students worked independently to practice and check their accuracy with the patterns "a, a_e, ai, ay." Ask your student which words they got correct and which words they need to keep practicing!

Today we said see you later to Mrs. Carreño. She has finished her second last practicum - yay! We are excited to be welcoming her back to the classroom for her final practicum on Valentine's Day and she will be with us until the end of April!


Room 4 & 11 AARCS Fundraiser


We are excited to celebrate the holiday season with some spirit days during the last week before break! 


Hello LBS families:  

  

Our Winter Concert is almost here!    

  

-Students in the 6:00 show need to be here at 5:40 pm Dec. 15 - doors will open at 5:40 pm 

-Students in the 7:30 show need to be here at 7:10 pm Dec. 15 - doors will open at 7:10 pm 

  

-Winter Concert Tickets are being sent home with your oldest or only student today  

  

-You need to bring the tickets to the concert with you, due to fire code capacity requirements of our gym we will be checking and collecting all tickets  

  

-every person attending the concert requires a ticket including babies and small children  

  

-if you receive tickets and are not able to attend, please send back to school with your child     

  

-if you are successful in securing tickets from the waitlist, they will be sent home at a later date  

  

Thank you! 

 

Julie Kawchuk  


Upcoming Dates

  • Every Tuesday afternoon - Library book exchange
  • Thursday, December 15th - Waffles and Chix Fun Lunch
  • Thursday, December 15th - Winter Concert (we are in the 12:45pm and 7:30pm shows)
  • Thursday, December 15th - AARCS Fundraiser
  • December 19-22 - Holiday Spirit Week
  • Thursday, December 22nd - Last Day of Classes Before Winter Break
  • Friday, December 23rd - No school
  • Monday, January 9th - Classes Resume 

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