Outside play

Playing outside is healthy, fun, and part of the curriculum. It encourages curiosity, physical education & safety practices, large motor development, and socialization & play with others.

We go outside to play every day which can be difficult when children are not dressed appropriately for the weather. Therefore please make sure you send your child to school with a warm jacket, snow pants, hat, mittens, and boots.

Also, having a change of clothes at school is helpful in case they get wet when outside.

Counting

As your child continues to learn new and more difficult concepts in math their counting skills are being put to the test.

For many of the concepts we work on, especially measurement & simple addition, it is very important your child is able to count a group of objects. Not being able to count a group of objects correctly can hurt your child's confidence in their abilities or keep them from grasping other concepts (like addition).

When you practice counting with your child make sure they:
- are pointing to each object they count
- assign only 1 number to that 1 item (not counting 1,2,3 when still pointing at the same object)
- count each item only once (have them line up the objects or move them to the side to remember what they have already counted)
- don't skip any numbers or objects

Spending the time to strengthen your child's counting skills will go a long way in assisting them learn new strategies & mathematical concepts.

Learning Goals

The learning goals this week for literacy include:
- the letter name & sound for Gg & finding words that start with Gg
- blending sounds together to make/read words
- shared reading of a big book as a class to reinforce reading strategies & concepts of print

The learning goals this week for numeracy include:
- completing work on measurement with non-standard units
- counting on from a known number
- adding on one (simple addition ex: 3 plus 1 more is 4 etc.)

Weekend Practice

This weekend practice measuring things around your house using everyday items.

You could measure how wide a pillow is with pencils, or how long a sock is with small building blocks, or how many hands tall a chair is etc.

Success Criteria to keep in mind when measuring:

I will be successful if I . . .
- line items up end to end on both sides
- count items correctly
- say/state what I used to measure.

Example: This chair is 10 HANDS tall or this sock is 5 BLOCKS tall

Learning Goals

This week the students have been investigating the letter Ff and finding words that make the f sound.

They are also learning about measurement and how to measure using non-standard units like snap cubes, Lego, markers, erasers etc.

Family Day

We hope everyone has a wonderful family day weekend spending quality time together and having fun!

We will see you back on Tuesday!

Interviews

Tomorrow is a PD Day for parent teacher interviews. Interviews are tonight & tomorrow morning. Please arrive on time as we have many parents to see in a short time.

We look forward to discussing your child's progress. We applaud you for your continued interest & hard work in helping your child succeed and be the best that they can be!

Post Office and . . . Pancakes!

In honour of Valentines we have set up a post office in the classroom and are learning how to write a letter and mail it to our friends!

Please continue to write your Valentine's cards at home and bring them to school as soon as possible.

Also, the students made and ate pancakes today for Shrove Tuesday! They were yummy! :)

Pink Day

Tomorrow is pink day! Come to school dressed in pink and/or bring in something that is pink!

Report Cards

Report cards are going home today. Please check your child's backpack & read over the report card with your child. Praise them for their accomplishments & discuss any areas that may be of concern. Interviews will be later this week. Please contact your child's teacher if you have not yet scheduled an interview.

Snow Storm

Check out the boards website at www.tcdsb.org or follow them on twitter at @TCDSB to get updates about bus cancellations or school closures.

Carnaval

Tomorrow is wacky hair, hat and/or clothes day! Show up in something wacky & you might get a treat!

Learning Goals

This week we will be focusing on:

- the letter Ll
naming & writing the letter, making the sound & finding words that start with Ll

- the numbers 4 & 9
counting & making the number in different ways

- success criteria
co- creating success criteria & using the correct terminology

Carnaval

Carnaval week is here! Thank you to all the students who wore their winter hats & scarves to school today.

Tomorrow is dress like Bonhomme day so dress in red & white to show your school spirit!

February Calendar

Valentine Cards
Valentine's day is quickly approaching.  A list of names will be going home shortly to assist your child in writing their Valentine's cards.  Please send the cards to school BEFORE Valentine's day so the student's will have plenty of time to hand them out.

Carnaval Week
The week of February 4th is Carnaval week.  The students will be participating in winter activities all week.  Please look at the calendar to see what is happening on which days.

Scholastic Book Orders
Many of the students have begun to read and practicing to read at home is very important to strengthen the new skills they are learning.  Hearing stories read to them as well as reading short books themselves will help develop their reading, listening and thinking skills which will only help them succeed in the future.  Scholastic's offers many different types of books at very reasonable prices.  If you would like to place an order follow the directions on the back of the flyer.

Pink Day
Send your child to school dressed in pink and/or bringing in something that is pink.

Parent-Teacher Interviews
First term report cards will be going home in February and interviews will follow shortly after.  Please make an appointment with your child's teacher to discuss their progress in term 1.  There will be a PD Day on February 15th for interviews.

Family Day
Family day is February 18th and there is no school.  Have fun celebrating the day with your families!