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
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Assignment
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Due Date
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Reflection Letter
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Share reflection letter with a parent and have them reply (or sign the letter)
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Monday
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Math
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Addition Practice Sheet
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Thursday
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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
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Reading
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2 books (they can be in the Home Language, read with someone else); students can also use Bookflix
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Thursday
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I hope you'll enjoy the beautiful weather we will have this weekend!
Cheers,
Mrs. Kwong
