May 21-24

Hello families, 

Here's our weekly update! I didn't take many photos this week - oops! 

Literacy

This week in UFLI we learned about long vowel teams. We learned the general rule that "when two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking." We specifically looked at the "ai" and "ay" sound, as well as "ee" "ea" and "ey." 




Here are our words for next week: 
Students are not expected to remember which words use ir, ur, or er - we just want them practicing and knowing the "er" sound when reading! 

The green list words come from the high-frequency list and use some of the vowel teams we've been learning - ay, ea, and ee. 


Math

In math we finished up our learning about measurement and have moved on to shapes! We started by looking at the difference between 2D shapes and 3D objects and discussed the attributes of 2D shapes. We began learning how to sort shapes! Grade 1s are sorting based on 1 attribute and grade 2s are sorting based on 3 attributes. 




Social Studies

We wrapped up our learning about Meteghan and began looking a little at the prairie communities, specifically Saskatoon. We enjoyed watching the travel video for Saskatchewan and learned a little about the history of Saskatoon. 


Health & Wellness 

We're continuing to explore financial literacy. This week we looked at needs and wants, and goods and services. Students worked on a sorting activity to determine which were goods and which were services. 









Upcoming Dates
  • Saturday, June 1st - Parents' Day! 
  • Thursday, June 13th - Saucy Bread Company Fun Lunch (last fun lunch!)
  • Friday, June 21st - National Indigenous Peoples Day
  • Thursday, June 27th - Last day of School - Early Dismissal at 12:15pm

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