Friday, October 27, 2017

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Pumpkins, pumpkins, pumpkins! We have started our investigation of pumpkins, integrating language (reading books about pumpkins, oral discussions to build vocabulary, learning about the 5Ws and H in asking questions to guide our inquiry) and math (counting the number of seeds, measuring the pumpkins). Next week, we will continue our exploration by roasting the seeds to make a delicious snack, and write simple sentences about pumpkins.

I took some pictures from our messy, but informative, learning about pumpkins today, and I will post them when I get a chance to (I will blur out the faces of the students, but you will see what they were doing).

Here is the homework assignment for this week:

Subject	Assignment	Due Date
Reflection Letter	Share reflection letter with a parent and have them reply (or sign the letter)	Monday
Math	Subtraction Practice Sheet	Thursday
Oral Language	Ask your child to describe the outside and inside of a pumpkin to you (e.g., What does it look like?  How did it feel?)	Thursday
Reading	2 books (they can be in the Home Language, read with someone else); students can also use Bookflix (the link is provided in the “Links” tab)	Thursday

Have a wonderful weekend!

Cheers,
Mrs. Kwong

Friday, October 20, 2017

Dear Parents/Guardians,

We had a fabulous time on our Fall hike to the Valley yesterday!  It was a wonderful learning opportunity, as we looked for things related to our study of Autumn.  It was great to hear lots of students asking, "What's that?" and building their English vocabulary.  If you have a chance, ask your child what they saw on the walk.  They can answer both in your home language, and list some items in English as well.  

Starting this week, I will be using this website and email to give you news about our class, instead of sending a letter home in the Purple Folder.  This will help the environment, and also make it easier to translate if necessary.  If you have given me your email address (on the yellow form), I will also be sending out emails with news and updates.

Here is a summary of our learning the past 2 weeks:

Oral Language: following simple instructions, introducing ourselves, days of the week

Reading: Books and poems about Fall, focusing on vocabulary building

Writing:  Finished our All About Me Book, Fall Words Book, Colours of Fall book, writing about our Fall Walk, Reflection Letters

Math:  finished Place Value unit (quiz coming home today); adding with and without regrouping

Letters (focus): a, s, t, p

Sight Word (focus): it, is, was, see, and

Vocabulary:  Fall (pumpkin, hay, football, flowers, squirrel, turkey, leaf, acorn, apple, carrots, Canada Geese, pine cone, jacket, autumn, pants, sweaters, coat, migrate, flock, ripe, costume, rake), Colours (red, orange, yellow, blue, green, purple, brown, black, white, gray)

Here is the homework assignment for this week:

Subject	Assignment	Due Date
Reflection Letter	Share reflection letter with a parent and have them reply (or sign the letter)	Monday
Math	Addition Practice Sheet	Thursday
Oral Language	We will be learning about Terry Fox, a special Canadian, this week in class.  As a school, we will be raising money for cancer research, in honour of Terry Fox, and having a School Walk/Run event.  At home, have your child tell you about Terry Fox and what it means to "persevere".	Thursday
Reading	2 books (they can be in the Home Language, read with someone else); students can also use Bookflix	Thursday

I hope you'll enjoy the beautiful weather we will have this weekend!

Cheers,
Mrs. Kwong

Homework: 10/13/2017

Students in both the Grade 4 & 5 ESL classes have been very responsible and have been returning their Purple Folders regularly at the beginning of the week!  Here is the homework that came on today:

Subject	Assignment	Due Date
Reflection Letter	Share reflection letter with a parent and have them reply (or sign the letter)	Monday
Math	2-3 Digit Additon Practice sheet (please note the word problems on the back are optional)	Thursday
Writing	All About Me Page – my home & phone number (don’t forget to draw a picture of your home!)	Thursday
Reading	2 books (they can be in the Home Language, read with someone else)	Thursday

If you have not returned the yellow "Class Information Form", please return it with your child on Monday, as I would like to create our class parents email distribution list.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email or call me.

Cheers,

Mrs. kwong

Curriculum Afternoon Presentation

Hi,

I just realized I forgot to send home the Curriculum Afternoon Powerpoint package last week, with the Grade 5 ESL students.  Instead of sending it home now, here is the link to the Google Slide presentation:

Grade 4 & 5 Newcomer ESL: Curriculum Afternoon Presentation

If you have any questions or concerns about our program, please feel free to contact me.

Cheers,
Ms. Kwong