Day 55

A quick reminder: please ensure you are practicing the Christmas concert with your child. The Christmas concert is fast approaching and we need to make sure our parts are memorized and we are saying them slowly, loudly, and clearly.


Important Update:

Parents we have some exciting news!!!!! We would like to thank Carrie-Anne and her family for donating some books to our classroom library! We really appreciate the new books to read.

We would also like to thank Thea's parents for donating 4 Tablets for our classroom!!!! Everyone is so excited to begin using them for our literacy centres!

Calendar: the special helper puts up the date, adds to our weather graph, and counts days at school.

French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com

Math: 
Students in grade 1 - students completed their time, temperature and money tests. Once they were completed students filled in the journal part in their math books explaining something they have learned this unit. 

Students in grade 2 - students completed their time, temperature and money tests. Once they were completed students filled in the journal part in their math books explaining something they have learned this unit.

Agendas: Students wrote reminders

1. Parent teacher interviews Thursday 
2. Grade 2's math homework - skating story and problem
3. Practice for the Christmas concert!
4. Spelling Test Friday - spelling words uploaded to blog 

gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca

Unit of inquiry:

We began our new UOI on Structures. Students discussed what a structure was and gave some examples. Students then discussed different materials we use to build with, we thought of some great materials such as; concrete/cement, brick, wood, plastic, metals, fabrics, mortar. Students were then put into three groups. and told they had a store. In their store they only had four shelves to put items on. They were then given pictures of items and told to sort them onto the four shelves based on their materials. Students then labeled the shelves, and glued the pictures on.

Language:

Students worked on their spelling books and then a journal prompt about Christmas. 

Our guest speaker and science fair

Day 51

Calendar: the special helper puts up the date, adds to our weather graph, and counts days at school.

French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com

Math: 
Students in grade 1 - worked on review coin amounts and adding coins

Students in grade 2 - Students worked diving money among three friends to get an equal amount:

Agendas: Students wrote reminders

1. Casual Day tomorrow 
2. Bake Sale tomorrow - proceeds to goto the French program
3. Science Fair Thursday, parents are welcome to visit the school between the hours of 2:15-3:15 to see our displays 
4. Practice for the Christmas concert!
5. Spelling Test Friday

art: sjamrskerr.blogspot.com

gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca

Unit of inquiry:

We continued to work on our science fair experiment. In order to practice please have ask students to discuss with you what we have been doing!

Language:

grade 1 - students worked on plural nouns. We learned that if a noun ends in "y" and we want to make it plural we must change the 'y' to 'i' and then add 'es.' We then discussed words that would get an 'es' and an 's' when making them plural. Students who did not finish this work sheet brought it home for homework. 

Next we worked on compound words. We learned that some words you can join together to make a new word. We thought of some examples:
such as horse and shoe = horseshoe 
basket and ball = basketball 

We then completed a search and find, where we were given two pictures and we had to put them together to get the words we needed to locate in the search and find. For example we were given a picture of a light and a picture of a house put together that is lighthouse. 

grade 2 - Students learned what a diagram is! We discussed how a diagram points out the important parts in an object/picture etc. Students then worked in their Ontario Writing books on the activity of creating a diagram they had to choose between a diagram of:

• parts of a fish
• parts of the body
• parts of a bird 
•  parts of a flower

Students then used the computer to research of the diagram they chose. Tomorrow they will draw their diagram.

Novel Study 

Today we read some of chapter 11, students volunteered to stand in front of the class and read a page!
A special thanks to:
Adam 
Shane
Himmat 
Alyssa 

******Students were told that tomorrow we will be having a special speaker come in to talk to us about our Media Unit. Students were very excited to hear this!

Day 50

French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com

Math: 
Students in grade 1 - worked on creating an amount of coins with a set number of coins. Students worked a money package, finding the value in a set of given coins, skip counting a set of coins by 1s, 5s, 10s, 25, finding the higher and lower value of a set of coins. 

Students in grade 2 - worked on making 95 cents and 75 cents using six coins. Students then continued to work on their money packages.

Agendas: Students wrote reminders

1. Bake sale Tuesday and Wednesday 
2. Casual day Wednesday 
3.  Spelling test Friday 
4. Practice Christmas concert part 

Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.

gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca

Unit of inquiry:
Today we began working on our science fair project. 

Language:
Students in grade one: Practised putting their new learned spelling words into use, they used them to fill in sentences based on their meaning, words that begin with and end with the same sounds, opposites and rhyming.

Students in grade two: Practised  putting their new learned spelling words into use by filling in a crossword with clues, writing a short blurb using some of the words and using the word meanings to fill in the blanks.

Journal: we worked on a winter journal about snow. We also worked on sentence starters as we have been using And to start our sentences. We discussed how and is a compound word that joins two sentences together. 

Day 48

Note from the parent guild:
From November 9-20, parent guild will be having a gift card campaign and cookie dough fundraiser. Perfect for the Christmas season, which is just around the corner. All funds raised will go towards a PA System!! GET OUT THERE AND SELL SOME COOKIES AND GIFT CERTIFICATES!! The class that sells the most will win a pizza party!!"
Calendar: the special helper puts up the date, adds to our weather graph, and counts days at school.

French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com

Math: 
Students in grade 1 - worked on picking items to create sandwiches and pizzas. Once they completed building each they had to add up the costs for each item to find out how much their pizza and sandwich cost to purchase. 

Students in grade 2 - Students worked a money package, finding the value in a set of given coins, skip counting a set of coins by 1s, 5s, 10s, 25, finding the higher and lower value of a set of coins. 

Agendas: Students wrote reminders

1. Lunch orders due tomorrow- No exceptions 
2. Book orders due tomorrow
3.  Summative presentations start tomorrow for those who are done. 
4. Cookie Dough/Gift Card orders due tomorrow 
5. Students are all bringing home the story for our Christmas concert. Each student has been assigned a paragraph that they and a few others must memorize.
6. Picture Orders due
7. Spelling test tomorrow 

Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.

gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca

Unit of inquiry:
Students continued working on their summative assessment, some students presented their commercials today. Check out Aarnav's neat commercial:

Language:

grade 1 - students worked on common and proper nouns. We made a list of words we know that are common - person, place, thing and a list of proper nouns - start with a capital because they are a specific person, place, or thing like a name of a person, place, day or month etc.  

Then they fixed sentences to capitalize the proper nouns and circled the common nouns. If students did not finish they brought it home to complete. 

grade 2 - Students continued to  work in their Ontario Writing books on the activity of creating a poster for a toy for sale. Today they began their good copy. 

Novel Study 

We finished our self to text connections by making a list of things about Henry Green and things about ourselves and then how we have some things in common with Henry. Next we read the story A Bad Case of the Stripes and used a Venn  diagram to make a text to text connection about the character Camiloa Cream in the story A Bad Case of the Stripes and Henry Green in the story Chocolate Fever

Day 47

Note from the parent guild:
From November 9-20, parent guild will be having a gift card campaign and cookie dough fundraiser. Perfect for the Christmas season, which is just around the corner. All funds raised will go towards a PA System!! GET OUT THERE AND SELL SOME COOKIES AND GIFT CERTIFICATES!! The class that sells the most will win a pizza party!!"

Calendar: the special helper puts up the date, adds to our weather graph, and counts days at school.

French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com

Math: 
Students in grade 1 - worked on learning the names, values, and pictures of all Canadian coins. They then used paper money to make 8 and 10 and 5 cents as well as added coins up to find the value of a set of coins. 

Students in grade 2 - Students worked on the loonie and toonie page in their money booklet. They wrote the names, values, and picture for each coin and then worked on different ways to make those values and what items they could buy with that coin. 

Agendas: Students wrote reminders

1. Lunch orders due Nov 20
2. Book orders due Nov 20
3.  Summative presentations start tomorrow for those who are done. 
4. Cookie Dough/Gift Card orders due Nov 20
5. Students are all bringing home the story for our Christmas concert. Each student has been assigned a paragraph that they and a few others must memorize.
6. Picture Orders due
7. Spelling test Friday

Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.

gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca

Unit of inquiry:
Students continued working on their summative assessment, they will be presenting their products on Friday. Please ensure all materials are sent back to school tomorrow for us to work on.

Language:

grade 1 - students worked on rhyming words and pairs. We made a list of words we know that rhyme first: 

Then they read a short story and circled the rhyming pairs and then they matched up rhyming words on the back 

grade 2 - Students completed their Ontario Writing Assessment where they had to write a persuasive advertisement for a candy they have invented. When that was finished they began to work in their Ontario Writing books on the activity of creating a poster for a toy for sale. 

Novel Study 

We practised self to text connections by making a list of things about Henry Green and things about ourselves and then how we have some things in common with Henry. Next we read the story A Bad Case of the Stripes and used a Venn  diagram to make a text to text connection about the character Camiloa Cream in the story A Bad Case of the Stripes and Henry Green in the story Chocolate Fever

Day 46

School Update:

With the money made from Movie Night Sales SJA was able to purchase two projectors for the school ! Thank you so much for your help!

With the fundraiser of cookie dough and gift cards the school is hoping to raise enough to purchase a PA system for the school. Order forms are due Nov. 20th as a way to ensure all gift cards are sent home before the Christmas holidays to be given as gifts.

Note from the parent guild:
From November 9-20, parent guild will be having a gift card campaign and cookie dough fundraiser. Perfect for the Christmas season, which is just around the corner. All funds raised will go towards a PA System!! GET OUT THERE AND SELL SOME COOKIES AND GIFT CERTIFICATES!! The class that sells the most will win a pizza party!!"

Calendar: the special helper puts up the date, adds to our weather graph, and counts days at school.

French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com

Math: 
Students in grade 1 - worked on learning the names, values, and pictures of all Canadian coins. They then used paper money to make 10 cents in three different ways.

Students in grade 2 - Students worked on the penny, nickel, dime, and quarter page in their money booklet. They wrote the names, values, and picture for each coin and then worked on different ways to make 5cents, 10 cents, and 25 cents

Agendas: Students wrote reminders

1. Lunch orders due Nov 20
2. Book orders due Nov 20
3.  After School Care invoices due Nov. 16
4. Cookie Dough/Gift Card orders due Nov 20
5. Students are all bringing home the story for our Christmas concert. Each student has been assigned a paragraph that they and a few others must memorize.
6. Picture Orders due
7. Spelling test Friday

Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.

art: sjamrskerr.blogspot.com

gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca

Unit of inquiry:
Students continued working on their summative assessment, they will be presenting their products on Friday. Please ensure all materials are sent back to school tomorrow for us to work on.

Language:

grade 1 - students worked on r controlled vowels such as ar, ir, or, ur, er,  we made a list of words we knew for each and then worked on a worksheet that had us put our new found skills into practise.

grade 2 - Students completed their Ontario Writing Assessment where they had to write a persuasive advertisement for a candy they have invented. 

Day 43

Calendar: the special helper puts up the date, adds to our weather graph, and counts days at school.

French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com

Math: 
Students in grade 1 - learned to tell time to the quarter hour. We discussed how you must skip count by five around the clock. We also discovered that this was the five times table for multiplication! This made us very excited. We then practised together as a class showing time to the quarter hour on a digital and analog clock on the board.

Students in grade 2 - began learning about Canadian coins. We began by colouring the coins based on their metallic colour. We then cut out the coins to begin to make a coin booklet.

Agendas: Students wrote reminders

1. Lunch orders due Nov 20
2. Book orders due Nov 20
3.  After School Care invoices due Nov. 16
4. Cursive letters to be complete f, p, u, y
5. Students are all bringing home the story for our Christmas concert. Each student has been assigned a paragraph that they and a few others must memorize.
6. Picture Orders due
7. Spelling test tomorrow

Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.

art: sjamrskerr.blogspot.com

gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca

Unit of inquiry:
Students began writing out their advertisement for their chosen products for their summative assessment.

Language:


grade 1 - students worked on vowel diphthongs ou, ow, oi, oy
We made a list of words we know that have each of the vowel diphthongs in them.

We then completed a worksheet about vowel diphthongs 

grade 2 - continued to work on their product advertisement. 

Day 42

Calendar: the special helper puts up the date, adds to our weather graph, and counts days at school.

French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com

Math: 
Students in grade 1 - reviewed telling time to the hour and half hour. We reviewed the difference between am/pm and when they occur. We also learned about the words noon and midnight.

Students in grade 2 - learned about temperature and how to read a thermometer. We discussed the seasons and when the weather is warm/cold. We discussed that sometimes during the winter it can get very cold to the point where it goes into the mind digits or negative digits. We also discussed how sometimes in the summer it gets very hot and this is called being in the positive or plus digits. We then took a thermometer and stuck it in a glass of cool water we recorded the temperature. We then boiled water and poured it into a cup. We then stuck the thermometer into the cup and recorded the temperature.

Agendas: Students wrote reminders

1. Lunch orders due Nov 20
2. Book orders due Nov 20
3.  After School Care invoices due Nov. 16
4. No school Wednesday - students are encouraged to visit their local cenotaph to pay respect. Houses points will be awarded for those who participate in Remembrance Day assemblies.
5. Students are all bringing home the story for our Christmas concert. Each student has been assigned a paragraph that they and a few others must memorize.
6. Please have your child design a picture of their product for the summative assessment.
7. Picture Orders due Nov 13

Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.

gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca

Unit of inquiry:
Today we had a Remembrance Day assembly during our UOI time. We wore the poppy we made yesterday and discussed the Importance of Remembrance Day.

Language:

Students in grade one: learned about silent consonants and vowels we read the story Silent Letters Loud and clear. We discussed how silent letters are seen not heard and that you must memorize/practise these words in order to learn their spelling. We then made a list of some words we know with silent letters. Afterwards we put our knowledge into action by completing a worksheet on silent letters.

Students in grade two: finished working on their donut advertisement 

Day 41

Calendar: the special helper puts up the date, adds to our weather graph, and counts days at school.

French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com

Math: 
Students in grade 1 - reviewed telling time to the hour and half hour. We learned the difference between am/pm and when they occur. We also learned about the words noon and midnight.

Students in grade 2 - we discussed the importance of a calendar and how to use it in relation to time. We talked about days of the week, months of the year, ordinal numbers of days/numbers in a month. We also talked how to tell if a month has 30 or 31 days. The grade one's also joined us for this lesson to learn the importance of the calendar as well.

Agendas: Students wrote reminders

1. Lunch orders due Nov 20
2. Book orders due Nov 20
3.  After School Care invoices due Nov. 20
4. No school Wednesday - students are encouraged to visit their local cenotaph to pay respect. Houses points will be awarded for those who participate in Remembrance Day assemblies.
5. Students are all bringing home the story for our Christmas concert. Each student has been assigned a paragraph that they and a few others must memorize.
6. Students are bringing home their summative assessment outlines. Please read over and discuss with your child their ideas!  ****** this needs to be done for tomorrow please ******
7. Picture Orders due Nov 13

Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.

gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca

Unit of inquiry:
Today we discussed our summative assessment for the end of this unit. Students were to have their topic today as per the outline. The students who came with their ideas had them approved and will begin working on it tomorrow. Students who did not have their topic must have them by tomorrow. Please feel free to begin brainstorming tonight with your child about their product and send the ideas in tomorrow!

Language:

Students in grade one: worked on their spelling words of the week involving short a sound

Students in grade two: worked on their spelling words involving long u sound.

journal prompt: today students discussed what they will be doing for Remembrance Day.

Daily Five: 
Today we read the story A Poppy is to Remember. We discussed why we remember and why it is important to. We then made our own Poppy's which we will wear to our Remembrance Day assembly tomorrow 

Day 40

Calendar: the special helper puts up the date, adds to our weather graph, and counts days at school.

French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com

Math: 
Students in grade 1 - reviewed telling time to the half hour in analog and digital time

Students in grade 2 - began a time package focusing on quarter hour, half hour, and minutes

Agendas: Students wrote reminders

1.No School Friday - PD Day
2. Math homework due Nov 9th
3. Spelling test tomorrow
4. No school Wednesday - students are encouraged to visit their local cenotaph to pay respect. Houses points will be awarded for those who participate in Remembrance Day assemblies.
5. Students are all bringing home the story for our Christmas concert. Each student has been assigned a paragraph that they and a few others must memorize.
6. Students are bringing home their summative assessment outlines. Please read over and discuss with your child their ideas!
7. Lunch orders due Nov. 20th
8. Book orders due Nov. 20th
9. Picture previews sent home

Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.

gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca

Unit of inquiry:
Today we continued our media booklet. We looked at a product advertisement. We looked at a box of cheeze -its  and decided what the advertisement was about, the intent of the commercial and the purpose of it, we also discussed the different techniques used on the product.

Language:

We also wrote our spelling test today!

Students in grade one: made a list of five nouns, adjectives, and verbs for winter!

Students in grade two: continued working on their graphic organizer, they are designing their own donut. They also drew a picture of their donut. We brainstormed different words we can use for our advertisement about the donut. They have to choose the product's name. Catchy phrases to gain the reader/listener's attention. They have to describe the size, colour, taste of the donut. Students will be working on this for a few days.

Day 39

Calendar: the special helper puts up the date, adds to our weather graph, and counts days at school.

French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com

Math: 
Students in grade 1 -
reviewed telling time to the hour and half hour. Students used their clocks to show me different times. We reviewed how the minute hand is always at the twelve when we are telling time to the hour. Students then worked on reading analog and digital times, and putting them on clocks.

Students in grade 2 - practised telling time by quarter hour and minutes. Students reviewed using their clocks they made and then completed work in their math makes sense books.

Agendas: Students wrote reminders

1.No School Friday - PD Day
2. Math homework due Nov 9th
3. Spelling test tomorrow
4. No school Wednesday - students are encouraged to visit their local cenotaph to pay respect. Houses points will be awarded for those who participate in Remembrance Day assemblies.
5. Students are all bringing home the story for our Christmas concert. Each student has been assigned a paragraph that they and a few others must memorize.
6. Students are bringing home their summative assessment outlines. Please read over and discuss with your child their ideas!

Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.

gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca

Unit of inquiry:
Today we began a media booklet. We looked at a tv commercial and decided what the commercial was about, the intent of he commercial and the purpose of it. 

Language:
Students in grade one: wrote their Ontario Writing assessment. They were required to write a list of recess rules. We have been learning about list writing over the last few weeks and students were reminded to use:
numbers, bullets, or hyphens
have a title
use a capital
use a period
and give 6 rules.
Students then drew a picture of them playing at recess

Students in grade two: continued working on their graphic organizer, they are designing their own donut. They also drew a picture of their donut. We brainstormed different words we can use for our advertisement about the donut. They have to choose the product's name. Catchy phrases to gain the reader/listener's attention. They have to describe the size, colour, taste of the donut. Students will be working on this for a few days. 

Day 38

Calendar: the special helper puts up the date, adds to our weather graph, and counts days at school.

French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com

Math: 
Students in grade 1 -
reviewed telling time to the hour. Students used their clocks to show me different times. We reviewed how the minute hand is always at the twelve when we are telling time to the hour. Students then worked on reading analog times and writing them in digital.

Students in grade 2 - practised telling time by quarter and half hours. Students reviewed using their clocks they made and then completed work in their math makes sense books.

Agendas: Students wrote reminders

1.No School Friday - PD Day
2. Math homework due Nov 9th
3. Spelling test Thursday
4. No school Wednesday - students are encouraged to visit their local cenotaph to pay respect. Houses points will be awarded for those who participate in Remembrance Day assemblies.
5. Students are all bringing home the story for our Christmas concert. Each student has been assigned a paragraph that they and a few others must memorize.

Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.

art: sjamrskerr.blogspot.com

gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca

Unit of inquiry:
 Today we reviewed what the three main focuses of media are 1) to inform the audience 2) to persuade/convince the audience 3) to entertain the audience. We also reviewed fact vs. opinion definitions. We also reviewed what point of view is. Today students learned about gimmicks and how advertisements use them to persuade us to buy their product. We played a game on the Internet making an ad for cereal boxes using different gimmicks. Students really enjoyed learning the process about making an advertisement and how gimmicks work. http://mediasmarts.ca/game/co-cos-adversmarts-interactive-unit-food-marketing-web 
scroll to the bottom of the page where it says Play Co-Co's AdverSmarts

Language:
Students in grade one: reviewed asking and telling sentences. Students reviewed proper punctuation for asking (question mark) sentences and telling sentences (period or exclamation mark). Students were given a package where they read sentences and put the proper punctuation at the end. They also learned about how the word I is a proper noun. They then corrected sentences that had the word I used in correctly in the sentence. Students who did not finish this package brought it home for homework.

Students in grade two: began working on a graphic organizer, they are designing their own donut. We brainstormed different words we can use for our advertisement about the donut. They have to choose the product's name. Catchy phrases to gain the reader/listener's attention. They have to describe the size, colour, taste of the donut. Students will be working on this for a few days. 

Day 37 - Nov 2

Calendar: the special helper puts up the date, adds to our weather graph, and counts days at school.

French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com

Math: 
Students in grade 1 -
created their own clock to use in class. Students then worked on telling time to the hour, the difference between AM and PM. Also what they do at different times of the day.

Students in grade 2 - created their own clock to use in class. Students then worked on telling time to the hour, the difference between AM and PM. Also what they do at different times of the day.

Agendas: Students wrote reminders

1.No School Friday - PD Day
2. Math homework due Nov 9th
3. Spelling test Thursday
4. No school wednesday - students are encouraged to visit their local cenotaph to pay respect. Houses points will be awarded for those who participate in Remembrance Day assemblies.

Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.

gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca

Unit of inquiry:
 Today we reviewed what the three main focuses of media are 1) to inform the audience 2) to persuade/convince the audience 3) to entertain the audience. We also reviewed fact vs. opinion definitions. We also reviewed what point of view is. Students then wrote a media journal entry describing a type of media they saw. What the purpose of the media was for and how they knew this. They also wrote about the target audience and described the type of media in detail.

Journal: Students made a detailed list of fall activities.

Language:
Students in grade one: Practised putting their new learned spelling words into use, they used them to fill in sentences based on their meaning, words that begin with and end with the same sounds, opposites and rhyming.


Students in grade two: Practised  putting their new learned spelling words into use by filling in a crossword with clues, writing a short blurb using some of the words and using the word meanings to fill in the blanks.