Curriculum Connections

MATH
We are currently working on Unit 1: Patterning
Although we are almost finished this unit we will continue to encoroprate these outcomes into our daily math activies.

Children need to be able to:   

  •  Demonstrate and understanding of repeating patterns with 3-5 elements. They most be able to describe, compare, and create patterns using manipulatives, diagrams, sounds, and actions.

Demonstrate an understanding of increasing patterns by describing, reproducing, extendind, and creating patterns using manipulatives, diagrams, sounds,  actions, and numbers to 100.

We will soon begin Unit 2: Number to 100 
Encourage your child to:

  •  Say the number sequence(skip count) from 0-100 by:
       2s, 5s, 10s, forwards and backwards, using  starting points that are multiples of 2,5,10.
       10s using starting points from 1-9
       2s starting from 1
  • Demonstrate if a number to 100 is ODD or EVEN
  • Count a given set of money with pennies, nickels, and/or dimes to $1.00
  • Describe order or position using ordinal numbers( first, second, third......)
  • Represent and describe numbers to 100 concretely, pictorially, and symbolically.
  • Compare and order numbers up to100.
  • Estimating numbers to 100 using referents
  • Illustrate, concretely and pictorially, the meaning of place value for numbers to 100.

    Try the SPOOKY SEQUENCES and SPLAT SQUARE games on the following site
    http://resources.oswego.org/games/



HEALTH

We are currently learning about safety: safety on the school bus, fire safety at school and at home. We will also learn about Halloween safety. To complete our study there will be a little TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT SAFETY activity. We will also discuss the features of a great Poster and design one around the topic of SAFETY. We hope to have these completed in time to enter them in a contest on October 14.

LANGUAGE ARTS

I will be sending home the first 100 basic sight words. I will sent 25 every Monday for the next four weeks. Please review these words and practise any your child is having trouble reading instantly. If you would like to move onto higher level words just go to my sight words button and download the other lists.
 
Weekly Spelling activities and Tests are going well. Please encourage your child to write interesting sentences... after all they only have to do 4 sentences.

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We are just about to begin our unit on BATS.
We  will discuss:
  • the different text features of NON FICTION text
  • fact vs opinion
  • writing an acrostic poem
  •  the features of writing a Report/Paragraph

Finally, we will write a report/paragraph about BATS. The children are very interested in this topic and they will hopefully learn a great deal in the process.


 

 









































































THESE ARE NOTES FOR MUCH LATER

Language Arts

Christmas is almost upon us ....

 Besides practising for the Christmas concert we are learning about winter celebrations like Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, and Ramadan. We will also be reading and writing about REINDEER. Be sure to ask your child to tell you a few facts about  reindeer. They might just surprise you. Hopefully we will get a fine day to drop our letters in the mailbix to Santa. tha kids worked very hard on this project.

So it is time to write our letters to Santa. Children will create a Christmas Wish List and address an envelope with the help of their parents. At school we will learn the parts of the letter, how the letter gets from school to Santa, write the letter, and finally mail it to Santa. Hopefully, Santa will write back... be sure to write the return address clearly.

We will also read and write about Reindeer and how other cultures celebrate the season.

ONCE UPON A TIME.....
Mrs. Chafe's class was working on a FAIRY TALE unit.
We will be reading traditional FT and discussing their common features.  We will also read fractured versions of the traditional tales and finally the children will write their own versions. It promises to be an enchanted unit of work.
 
 
 
           
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