Posted: November 29, 2013
Congratulations goes out to Lucas Theriault for being named St. Andrews' Star of the Week for the week of November 29th!
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Posted: November 29, 2013
Last week our class participated in a writing contest put on by James M. Hill's production of the Wizard of Oz. Each student was asked to write about what they would wish for if they were stuck in the Land of Oz with Dorothy and her companions.
Two students from our class won an Honourable Mention and each received a free ticket to the performance.
A BIG CONGRATULATIONS goes out to Brooklynn Donovan and Ellie Matheson!
Posted: November 25, 2013
Long Vowel o sound: oa
Pattern Words: coat toad loaf oak toast
Sight Words: there they this all mother
Posted: November 19, 2013
A few things to keep in mind...
Scholastic Book Fair-- taking place this week in the library
Christmas CD on sale now for $10. This CD features all the classes and the choir singning favorite Christmas caroles.
Parent-Teacher Meetings: Thursday evening and Friday morning (appointment times will be sent home with Report Cards)
Food Drive-- a list of items and the dates they will be collected was sent home last week in a memo
Mango Challenge-- trying to have students physically active for 60 mins. each day!
Posted: November 19, 2013
Don't forget to wear BLUE to school on Wednesday for our Bullying Awareness Assembly!
Posted: November 18, 2013
Pattern Words: (Long e sound) feed sleep dream leaf mean
Sight Words: don't make about for their
Note: The spelling test will be on Thursday for this week only.
There is no school for students on Friday, Nov. 22nd as it is Parent-Teacher
Meetings.
Posted: November 12, 2013
The spelling words this week are looking at the Long Vowel o sound.
Pattern Words: bone note broke nose pole
Sight Words: man after them then from
In Math we are still practicing our skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s (forwards and backwards) to 100 from different starting points. To practice at home just ask your child to count out loud for example: "starting at 25 skip count by 5s to 90".
We have also been counting coins: dimes, nickels, pennies and some have been using quarters. Have your child count the change you have in your pocket. This would be good practice as well.
Posted: November 4, 2013
A Big Happy Birthday goes out to our two November Birthdays:
Lucas Theriault celebrated his birthday on Nov. 1st and Abby McIntyre will be celebrating her birthday on Nov. 11th.
Posted: November 4, 2013
This week we are working on the Long Vowel i sound. There are 3 different letter patterns that make this sound: i_e , -igh and -y.
pie bite ride line time write night right high my
Posted: October 26, 2013
There will be no spelling words this week. Students will only have a Math Riddle Sheet and reading to complete. Homework will not be sent home on Halloween night. Don't forget that we will be celebrating Halloween at our Jamboree on Oct. 31st. I can't wait to see you in your costumes!
Posted: October 20, 2013
It's hard to believe that we have already been in school for almost two months! We have such a fantastic class and we have been working together very well. The following is a list of learning objectives that we have been covering so far this school year. Math: We have completed a unit on Data Management (concrete graphs & pictographs, tally marks). We are now working on the unit Numbers to 100. We will be learning about ordinal numbers, odd/even numbers and counting forwards/backwards to 100 by 2s, 5s, and 10s from different starting points, using a number line, a hundreds chart, and money.Reading: We have been working on building our stamina and independence for Daily 5. So far we have been working on Read to Self, Read to Someone, and now Work on Writing. We are also doing Guided Reading and strategies for reading from our CAFE Menu. Writing: We are focussing on the 6 traits for writing. We have been working on Ideas/Content and Organization. Right now we are having strong "hooks" and beginning sentences.
Posted: October 20, 2013
Spelling Words for this week: Long Vowel a sound save game same take place page rain said play stay
Posted: October 9, 2013
Happy Thanksgiving! See you back at school next Tuesday!
Posted: October 5, 2013
Happy Birthday to Alyssa who celebrated her Birthday on October 4th and to Kylie who will be celebrating her birthday on October 8th.
Posted: October 5, 2013
Just a reminder that there will be no school this Thursday, Oct. 10th and Friday, Oct. 11th due to teacher meetings. Therefore, there will be no spelling words or test this week. There will be a math sheet to complete and reading aloud each night.