Freezing Thursday!

We started our day with a spelling test and the students had an opportunity to practice their poems for the in class oral competition on Monday, February 5th.  The students did a great job! We went over the expectations for a successful presentation and had the students practice.

Inquiry into Language
We practiced the formation and sound of the blend sound ng.  The students brainstormed short words that had the "ng" sound and worked on their printing skills with an activity sheet.  The students also worked with partners and had to determine which words were real or nonsense words.  Here is the link to the song: ng song

Gym
Here is a link to Ms. Yustin's blog :http://sjaayustin.blogspot.com/

UOI
The SK's continued working on their melting snowman/lady activity.

Daily 5
The students were engaged in Literacy Centers with partners today and enjoyed reading with their Reading Buddies.

Math
The SK's practiced their subtraction skills, using a variety of strategies.  The students worked individually or with a partner.  We worked on a few review questions to prepare us for the test on Friday.

Reminders:
-Subtraction math test is on Friday, February 1st.
-In class oral presentations will take place on Monday, February 5th.
-Book Fair is from February 4th to 8th.
-100th day of School will be held on Wednesday, February 13th.  Students will dress up like they are 100 years old on that day!
-Spirit day is on February 14th, students may dress up in Valentine's Day colours (red, white, pink).
-The school will be closed for a PD day and Family day on February 15th & 18th.
-Bake Sake: February 26th & 27th.
-Pancake Day is on March 5th.

Welcome back! Happy Wednesday!

We started the day off with a few space summative presentations, with students that were away earlier this month.

Inquiry into Language
We practiced the formation and sound of the blend sound th.  The students brainstormed short words that had the "th" sound and worked on their sentence printing skills in their journals and printing booklets.  Here is the link to the song:th song

Gym
Here is a link to Ms. Yustin's blog :http://sjaayustin.blogspot.com/

French
Here is the link to Mlle. Hou's blog: http://mllehousja.blogspot.ca/

UOI
The SK listened to a read aloud story called The Mitten by Jan Brett and worked on their sequencing and sentence printing skills with a The Mitten activity.

Daily 5
The students were engaged in Literacy Centers with partners today.

Math
The SK's practiced their subtraction skills, using a variety of strategies.  We worked on word problem skills, the students worked individually or with a partner.

Music
The students enjoyed music with Ms. McMillan.  Here is a link to her website to see what the students were up too:https://mrsmcmillanmusic.blogspot.com/

Reminders:
-Bake sale: Wednesday, January 30th & Thursday, January 31st.
-Casual day is on Thursday, January 31st.
-January spelling test: Thursday, January 31st.
-Subtraction math test is on Friday, February 1st.
-In class oral presentations will take place on Monday, February 5th.
-Book Fair is from February 4th to 8th.
-100th day of School will be held on Wednesday, February 13th.  Students will dress up like they are 100 years old on that day!
-Spirit day is on February 14th, students may dress up in Valentine's Day colours (red, white, pink).
-The school will be closed for a PD day and Family day on February 15th & 18th.
-Bake Sake: February 26th & 27th.
-Pancake Day is on March 5th.

counting with her hands to solve the subtraction problem

Due to weather conditions the school will be closed today. Be safe everyone!

Cold and snowy Monday!

I hope everyone is keeping warm! The SK's did not have French or Music class today, due to the weather.  We also had a few students who were away earlier this month and presented their space summative assignment.

blend sounds of the week:
th & ng

words of the week:
them
moth
thick
ring
song
hang

Show & Share for Friday, February 1st:
Vivahn
Savera
Elijah
Noah

Inquiry into Language
We practiced the formation and sound of the blend sound th.  The students brainstormed short words that had the "th" sound and worked on their printing skills with an activity sheet.  The students also worked with partners and had to determine which words were real or nonsense words.  Here is the link to the song:th song

Gym
Here is a link to Ms. Yustin's blog :http://sjaayustin.blogspot.com/

UOI
The SK's continued working on their melting snowman/lady activity.

Daily 5
The students were engaged in Literacy Centers with partners today.

Math
The SK's practiced their subtraction skills, using a variety of strategies.  The students worked individually or with a partner.  We worked on a few review questions to prepare us for the test on Friday.

Reminders:
-Bake sale: Tuesday, January 29th & Wednesday, January 30th.
-Casual day is on Thursday, January 31st.
-January spelling test: Thursday, January 31st.
-Subtraction math test is on Friday, February 1st.
-In class oral presentations will take place on Monday, February 5th.
-Book Fair is from February 4th to 8th.
-Pancake Day is on Tuesday, February 5th.
-100th day of School will be held on Wednesday, February 13th.  Students will dress up like they are 100 years old on that day!
-Spirit day is on February 14th, students may dress up in Valentine's Day colours (red, white, pink).
-The school will be closed for a PD day and Family day on February 15th & 18th.
-Bake Sake: February 26th & 27th.

Fantastic Friday!

We started our day again visiting the grade 1 farmers markets, the students enjoyed lots of yummy and healthy snacks!  We also listened to a few show and share presentations today.


Inquiry into Language
We combined our Unit of Inquiry activity with our language today.  The students worked on the written portion of the melting  snowman and snowlady activity.  We first brainstormed and finished the sentence "My snowman/lady melted because...."  The students used their imagination to finish the sentence and each wrote a sentence or two.

Gym
Here is a link to Ms. Yustin's blog :http://sjaayustin.blogspot.com/

French
Here is the link to Mlle. Hou's blog: http://mllehousja.blogspot.ca/

UOI
The SK's continued our Winter unit that correlates with the Seasons unit.  The students worked on creating a melting snowman/lady using shaving cream, white glue and construction paper.

Daily 5
The students were engaged in Literacy Centers with partners today.

Math
The SK's practiced their subtraction skills, using a variety of strategies.  The students worked individually or with a partner.

Reminders:
-Bake sale: Tuesday, January 29th & Wednesday, January 30th.
-Casual day is on Thursday, January 31st.
-January spelling test: Thursday, January 31st.
-Subtraction math test is on Friday, February 1st.
-Book Fair is from February 4th to 8th.
-Pancake Day is on Tuesday, February 5th.
-100th day of School will be held on Wednesday, February 13th.  Students will dress up like they are 100 years old on that day!
-Spirit day is on February 14th, students may dress up in Valentine's Day colours (red, white, pink).
-The school will be closed for a PD day and Family day on February 15th & 18th.
-Bake Sake: February 26th & 27th.