Month: October 2020

This week did an activity called “Me In A Bag”. We shared between 3-5 things that are our personal belongings that we loved and that are special to us.  We shared by walking around the classroom where people put their stuff on other people desks and we guess who owned their special stuff. Most of the guesses were correct on their pictures, stuffies and creations. For example, someone brought a realistic airplane, a clay dragon planter that holds plants, a picture book from Disneyland and Lego creations.  The people who brought pictures were easy to guess and the people who did not bring pictures at all were hard. One of our classmates, brought cool rocks that looked like a crystal and gold! We brought our special things that we love to represent ourselves and our classmates learned more about each other.  

Also this week… 

On Monday, we got new words for word work or words their way, and usually there are 25 words in a word work or words their way set. Also on Tuesday it was a sunny day and we had fun during music we played the xylophones and we played autumn leaves and the notes are easy but the 3rd row of notes are like high easy difficulty. 

Sincerely  

Hudson 

Over the last two weeks we have talked a lot about gratitude. We wrote letters to Ms. Lewis and Ms. Delvecchio to share our appreciation for all of the hard work they are doing in the office. We also talked about the things we are grateful for in our lives outside of school. Clearly, Division 9 is grateful for many things!

I wish you all a plentiful and happy Thanksgiving!

Over the last week we have been learning the routines for our weekly Spelling activities.  Some of you will be familiar with the Words Their Way program, and for others it will be quite new and different from other weekly spelling practice.

Students will receive a collection of words that represent particular spelling patterns they need to learn. We are all working at different levels – and that’s okay! This week you will receive a letter outlining our weekly routines and your child’s homework responsibilities.  I encourage you and your child to play the word games together.  Learning is always best when you’re having fun!

Here is the letter that was sent home explaining our weekly routines.

spelling – student and parent letters

 

So many of our day-to-day routines have changed due to the new protocols we have to follow at school. We have new bell schedules, new break times, and let’s not forget how much of our day is taken up by hand washing! So, our first mini unit in Math is all about telling TIME!

We have stared by learning about the different measurements of time – seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years. We wash our hands for 20 seconds. We spend 15 minutes outside at recess. We go to school for 6 hours a day. I’m definitely looking forward to a two week Winter break! It is important that we understand how long each of these measurements of time is. Next we are learning how to read an analogue clock.

Parents, you can help your child with their understanding of time by talking about it in your daily activities. You can ask your child these types of questions:

• “How long do you think it will take you to _____ (clean your room, finish your homework, walk the dog, etc).”
• “You started ____ at ___ (time). Now it is _____. How long did it take you?”
• “I am starting to make dinner at 5:30. This recipe says it will take about 10 minutes to prepare and 30 minttes in the oven. What time will it be ready?”

 

Over the last few weeks, Div. 9 has been observing and collecting, questioning and hypothesizing. With the help of author Keri Smith and her book “How to Be An Explorer of the World”, we have been looking at the world around us through new and curious eyes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We spent some time looking more closely at things that we see every day – our school! We investigated the weeping willows at the city park and discovered so many new and interesting things. We looked at the tree from afar, close up, as a home for many different beings, the root system, and as a part of our community’s history. They observed the shapes, colours, and patterns within the trees; compared them to other types of trees, and made some excellent hypotheses about how they came to be.  They are starting to ask questions and build their curiosity about the natural world around them. Stay tuned to see where these curiosities take our learning next!