Pumpkin Carving Pictures

Well...we did it! We carved one of our pumpkins today. Almost every student put their hand inside of our pumpkin to pull out at least one seed. I 'll add a photo of our finished product tomorrow (I forgot to take a picture). 😊

Math

We have been focusing on a multitude of number sense skills during October. We will continue these skills in November along with the inclusion of addition. Presently, math is being taught as whole class lessons, so all students are exposed to all concepts. Learning expectations for each student are individualized. 

Outcomes focused on this month:
1. Subitize (recognize at a glance) and name familiar arrangements of 1 to 5 objects or dots.
2. Relate a numeral, 1 to 20, to its respective quantity.
3. Recognize numerals 0 to 100.
4. Say the number sequence 0 to 100 by: 
    • 1s forward between any two given numbers 
    • 1s backward from 20 to 0
    • 10s forward from 0 to 100.
5. Demonstrate an understanding of conservation of number (able to understand that 
    the number of objects remains the same even when rearranged). 

Halloween

We will be celebrating Halloween after lunch on Thursday, October 31st. Students will be able to put on their costumes after eating their lunches. As the afternoon is still considered learning time, instead of a Halloween party, we will be participating in a few spooky experiments and eating a special snack. 

REMINDERS: 
1. There will be no school on Friday, November 1st.
2. Don't forget to change your clocks (Fall Back - we gain an hour) on November 3rd.
                 

Friendly Reminder

1. Your child's IPP was sent home a few weeks ago. I am still missing a few Signature Pages. Please review theIPP and return the Signature Page. Please contact me if you have any questions or would like something changed.

2. Please fill out the swimming questionnaire sent home on Tuesday. I know there are still seven months before our lessons, but the YMCA is making their schedule now and they are looking at staffing to determine the cost of the lessons.

3. Auburn Bay School is supporting the food bank's We Scare Hunger campaign. We have a goal of collecting 1800 lbs of food. Please help us meet our goal!

Our Day

We had a wonderful day at school today! It seems like the cold bug has made a brief visit to our class last week and it was great to have everyone back at school "almost healthy".

Our morning activity was a coloring activity. Although students can choose what colouring page, they would like to colour, there is an expectation that they try their best to colour within the lines. Some students have the expectation of using three or more colours.

We spent some time talking about Thanksgiving this morning. We talked about what families may eat during their Thanksgiving meal and students listened to a Thanksgiving story. The story was quite funny and everyone had fun making turkey sounds "gobble, gobble".

The students were very energetic this morning so we had a movement break before we began our core word activity. 

This week is a core word review week. We are participating in activities that include the four words that we have previously learned. Today we focused on the word help. Students completed a handout where they had to colour the word help, sequence the letters in the word help, search for and circle the word help and print the word help. The searching activity was a little harder than the previous searching activities that we have participated in, as there were multiple words beginning with the letter Hh and the students had to look at the second letter to locate the correct word. Chris Usih, the Chief Superintendent of Schools at the CBE, visited our classroom during this activity. Nick was able to share what we were doing.

This morning was the first "instrument" day in Music class. Students either played the xylophone independently or with their Grade 2 buddy. 

During math class, we are continuing to work with numbers up to 20. Students are participating in activities that would allow them to experience great success. I am hopeful that the activities would continue to lead to an increase in their work stamina long with their level of independence.