November 25-28

Hello families, 

Here's our weekly update! 

This week students were working hard on a summative assessment for our patterns unit! Students had fun creating pattern art and used a checklist to make sure they were using specific types of patterns in their art. They also had a peer check their work to make sure they were including the correct patterns. On Monday, students planned their art, and on Tuesday they completed their art using crayons and watercolour paint. They look awesome!! 

We worked on some skip counting a bit this week as well, including counting by 5s and 10s. This was pretty tricky for a lot of students and might be something we come back to after solidifying our understanding of place value. Here are the skip counting expectations for each grade: 

Grade 1

  • 1s to 100 starting at any number
  • Backwards from 20 to 0 by 1s
  • 5s to 100 starting at 0
  • 10s to 100 starting at 0
  • 2s to 20 starting at 0
Grade 2
  • 1s to 1000, forwards and backwards starting at any number
  • Forwards by 20s, 25s and 50s starting at 0
  • Forwards by 2s and 10s starting at any number

In literacy, we learned about L-blends such as sl, fl, gl, etc. and reviewed the letters W and J - we'll continue J on Monday and meet our J character! During Daily LA groups we continued working on CVC words using the Pink Box material for some groups, and other groups worked on word families. bossy e words, or even began novel studies! 



Words for next week (grade 1s can choose either list):
In social studies, we learned about family. We discussed how families can all look different and that's ok! We read some stories about family and students drew and labelled a picture of their family. We mostly focused on the people who live with us instead of all of our extended family members. 




In science, we continued learning about the properties of materials. Students chose two properties to compare and used a Venn Diagram to show their thinking! Students also chose a secret item in the classroom to describe and then had to have a classmate guess what their mystery item is! 




We also enjoyed learning about different Indigenous tools and the materials they are made out of! Students chose one object to focus on and listed its' purpose, materials needed to build it, and listed properties of the object. 




Please continue to search your homes for loose parts - our grade 1/2 team is still looking to build our collection! 

  • Monday, December 9: 12:30-2:30
  • Tuesday, December 10: AM 
  • Wednesday, December 11: 12:30-2:30 
  • Thursday, December 12: AM or PM (whenever volunteers are available!) 
In addition, I will be looking for a couple volunteers to help with some buddy class activities on Monday, December 16th from 12:30-2:30 and Friday, December 20th from 9:00-11:00ish. (Ms. G's class already has some volunteers to help so we won't need many for these days!) 



Fill a Sock - This year LBS will be caring for our shared community of Calgary through the ‘Fill a Sock’ campaign through The Mustard Seed. This is a collaborative initiative for our learning community! Please ensure that purchased items are in their original packaging, and note that no food items (candy, chocolate etc.), or hand sanitizer and mouthwash will be accepted. Items will be collected from Monday December 2nd until Monday December 16th. Thank you for your support!

Weekend "Homework"

The LBS staff were up to something this week! We had some secret spirit days to surprise students with each day. Can you figure out what each days theme is? Think alliteration... (i.e. M______ Monday). Sorry the pictures are kind of fuzzy! 


Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday


Upcoming Dates
  • Friday, November 29th - PD Day - No School
  • Monday, December 2nd - Scholastic Book Orders Due
  • Tuesday, December 3rd - Studio Bell Field Trip 
  • Thursday, December 5th - Coco Brooks Fun Lunch 
  • Friday, December 6th - Ms. Yip's class day in room 11! 😥
  • Thursday, December 12th - Winter Event - More information to come 
  • Thursday, December 19th - Saucy Bread Company Fun Lunch
  • Friday, December 20th - Last Day before Winter Break 
  • Monday, January 6th - Classes Resume
  • Friday, January 31st - PD Day 
We are excited to share that the LBS Winter Event will be taking place on Thursday December 12th - stay tuned for more information to come regarding performance schedule and time. LBS students and their household family members are welcome to attend. With over 360 students at our school, this will help keep the numbers manageable. Thank you for your understanding - we are looking forward to seeing you there!

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