October 15-18

Hello families! 

Here is our weekly update! 

This week we have been busy with our Art Card fundraiser! This took a lot of our time this week so the blog may seem a bit shorter than usual! We are working on some all-season artwork so our art cards this year will be able to be used for all occasions! This is our biggest fundraiser of the year and provides classes with money to purchase materials for special events and to enhance our classrooms! I won't share any photos of our artwork yet! 

We reviewed the letters C and U this week. Ask your child about the action and sound for each letter! We also reviewed expectations for writing and sounding out words, as well as sentence writing for grade twos. 

Decodable passage for the letters and heart words we've learned so far! 

UFLI Roll & Read 


We have successfully completed our Daily LA rotations this week with the addition of the teacher table! When working at my table, students were working on sounding out words using Elkonin boxes. We also read some books together. Other groups were working on sorting items based on their beginning sound. 

 



In science, we continued investigating matter! We learned that objects are made out of several different materials. Students went on another hunt around the school to find objects that were made of each material. 


 

 

In math, students had fun developing a survey question to ask their classmates. Grade 1s came up with a yes or no question, and grade 2s came up with a question and 5 possible answers. After asking all of their classmates, they recorded their data in a tally chart and created a pictograph. We've also been continuing with our opening task where students show numbers in different ways. We are going to be exploring place value more next week! 


 

Updates from LBS



 
** Please note the library will be closed for book exchange next week due to the book fair set up!


(We love Canva apparently!) 

Upcoming Dates

  • October 21st-25th - Scholastic Book Fair
  • Thursday, October 24th - Papa John's Fun Lunch
  • Thursday, October 24th (PM) & Friday, October 25th - Parent-Teacher Conferences
  • Monday, November 4th - Picture Re-takes
  • Friday, November 8th - PD Day - No School 
  • Monday, November 11th - Remembrance Day - No School
  • Tuesday, November 12th & Wednesday, November 13th - Fall Break - No School
  • Thursday, November 14th - School Council Meeting (PM) - Grade 1/2 teachers presenting 
  • Friday, November 29th - PD Day - No School

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