Christmas Concert!

The SKILL class will be performing on Tuesday, December 10th @ 5 pm. Doors open at 4:30 pm. Please take your child to the SKILL class upon your arrival and you may pick him up after the concert from the classroom. 

If you are unable to make it for the evening performance, you are welcome to attend the dress rehearsal on Tuesday, December 10th from 1:15 - 2:15 pm. 

What Are We Learning?

Mathematics

- We begin each math class by counting to 100 one to two times. A few students have earned Kinder Surprises for counting to 100 without any assistance.

- We are continuing to work on our number recognition skills. We have been focusing on the numbers 1-100. We have had one student earn his "I can recognize numbers to 100" Kinder Surprise incentive. 

- We are working on addition facts to 5 in a large group. Students are taking turns finding sums to questions on the SmartBoard and using manipulatives on a 10-frame.

- We are working on the concept of counting on and subitizing using the 10-frame. Students are learning that if we fill up the top row then we can look and see that it is full and say the number "5" rather than counting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 

Literacy

- We begin each literacy class reviewing the letters of the alphabet and letter-sounds.

- Students have been working on reading and writing CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words. Expectations are individualized. We are working on the beginning and ending sounds, along with the medial vowel. 

- Writer's Workshop is presented as a whole class activity where everyone helps decide on a topic, the picture, the sentences and sounding out the words.

- Students are divided into Literacy groups at least twice a week. Students are grouped based on areas of need.

                

Core Words

- The core words introduced during the month of November were: in, it and what. 

- Students are learning how to read the core words introduced this year

         

Physical Education

- Students have learned about stick handling and are now participating in floor hockey games.

       

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Important Reminders

Parent-Teacher Conferences are this week. Please book a time to come and visit with me. If you are unable to attend during the scheduled time, I will be available during my lunch hour (11:30 am - 12:00 pm) and most days after school. It is important that we spend some time together, reviewing your child's progress, updating IPPs and making new goals for the upcoming term.

Early Dismissal
* Thursday, November 21
No School
* Friday, November 22
* Friday, November 29

Save the Date:
Christmas Concert: Tuesday, December 10th @ 5 pm
 * The concert begins promptly at 5 pm.
 * If you are unable to attend the evening concert, everyone is welcome to attend the dress rehearsal on Tuesday, December 10th. It is usually held after lunch. The exact time will be provided closer to the date.

Last Week

We celebrated Cooper's 10th birthday at school last week. The students enjoyed singing Happy Birthday to him all morning and we had a great time dancing to a Happy Birthday song. Cooper's mother came in to share some snacks with us and she even brought all of us a cup with their names on it. We absolutely love them! We also joined the students, staff, and parents of Auburn Bay School in a Remembrance Day assembly on Friday morning. It was our longest assembly and we did great at being quiet and respectful for the whole assembly. 
  

               

Ms. Danielle also visited our class this week. Her focus this week was on hand dominance. Being able to throw balls and bean bags made this activity in the classroom made working with Ms. Danielle very popular on Wednesday.

 

Our Thursday morning work activities included large floor puzzles and blocks. Owen's mom visited us for a little while and helped Nick complete his puzzle.

Free Choice!

Halloween Pictures

Remembrance Day Assembly (poppy donations)

Auburn Bay School will be recognizing Remembrance Day on Friday, November 8th. Every student will receive a poppy. If you would like to send in a monetary donation for the poppy, please send it to school in your child's green communication book by Friday, November 8th. All donations will be going to Canada's veterans and their families. Thanks in advance!

Cold Weather Guidelines

As the cold weather is upon us, the following are Auburn Bay School's cold weather guidelines.

1.  We will stay in if it is colder than -20 degrees outside. The wind chill will be taken into account.  So if it's -15 degrees but -23 degrees with the wind chill, we will stay inside.  This decision is made around 11:00 a.m. ALL STUDENTS are still asked to “dress for the weather” every day, as there may be emergent needs to go outside and to be safe when traveling back and forth to school.  

2.  The following are precautions to take in -0 to -20 degree weather: 

     - Students must be dressed for the weather (cold-weather attire).

     - If students let an adult know they are too cold, they will be taken inside for  
 a couple of minutes to warm up and then sent back outside.