Nov. 17

 Hello everyone!

We had a morning meeting today all about asking questions. We looked at a silly picture from the book Wacky Wednesday by Dr. Seuss and asked lots of questions about the things that we could see (ex: "Why is that boy sitting the wrong way?" "Why is there a cat in their classroom?"). We read the story together and asked some questions about the book as well. We will be practicing this skill over the next few weeks to help us think about what we are listening to and reading. 

We filled in our calendar and then practiced our Letter Sound Bingo game. Ms. Byrne thinks we are almost ready to try playing on our own! Hopefully next week we will get to try. 

After our first recess, we worked on the letter L. We made a poster on our SmartBoard full of L words. We completed our printing book page about L and tried to write a sentence using "I love..."

After lunch we had mindfulness and then practiced our letter sounds. Ms. Byrne taught us a game called word ladder. We started by writing numbers 1-5 on our whiteboards. Then, Ms. Byrne gave us a clue for our first word - "A cup that you might put hot chocolate in." We guessed "mug" right away! We sounded out m-u-g together for word #1. Then, Ms. Byrne told us we were going to change only 1 letter to spell the next clue, and she showed us a picture of a pug. We changed the m to a p and spelled word #2. We kept getting clues about each word until we had spelled 5 words all together: mug, pug, bug, big, pig. 

Next, we read a book about our sense of hearing. We learned more about how our ear works and how our ear drum sends messages to our brain. We learned that our sense of hearing can help keep us safe, and that it is important to protect it by not listening to loud music or wearing ear plugs if we need to be around a loud noise. We will be doing an experiment with our sense of hearing tomorrow!

We tried logging onto Mathletics by ourselves today. It was tricky, but we're getting there! Ms. Byrne had given us 2 jobs on Mathletics that practiced making 2-digit numbers. Once we finished these, we had 200 points and were able to open the special secret world! It only opens for a few minutes before we go back to Mathletics and earn more points to open it again. 

In P.E. we have been using the scooters. Ms. Byrne taught us a horse and carriage game that helps us practice our balance and core strength, plus it is so much fun! 

Reminders:

Thursday, Nov. 18 - Booking opens for Parent-Teacher Conferences. These will be held online through Microsoft Teams. You should have received an email through SchoolMessenger with more information on how to book an appointment. Conferences will take place on Nov. 25 (evening) and Nov. 26 (morning). If you have any issues booking an appointment, please call the office or send me an email so that we can get it sorted out! 

Have a great evening!

-Ms. Byrne