March 14

 Hello everyone,

We started our day with our Wow Word review. The word "said" gave us some trouble, but we got it in the end! We got our new words for this week. They are:

1. I'm

2. did

3. all

4. back

5. of* 

Of is our red word, or heart word, for this week. We talked about how both letters in "of" are not making their usual sounds, so we have to learn the whole word "by heart." We also took some time to talk about the word "I'm." We talked about the apostrophe and what its job is. We thought about other words that use apostrophes like "I'd" and "I'll." We practiced how to make an apostrophe.

For our bonus words this week, we focused on the "all" family. Our bonus words are:

1. ball

2. tall

3. hall

4. wall

5. small

We filled in our calendar and practiced naming some 3D shapes with a song. 

After snack and recess we had literacy centres. This week, most of our reading groups are focusing on blends (st, bl, pl) and/or vowel pairs (ai, oa, oi). Notice if any blends or vowel pairs appear in our home reading books this week so we can talk about them!

After lunch, we played the making words game. The mystery word today was "hallway." We found 9 words hiding in hallway altogether!

During science we are learning about how we see colours, what makes colours look different to our eyes, and how rainbows are formed. Today, we watched a video showing how you can make a rainbow at home using a glass of water. Some of us had already seen this rainbow appear in our houses! We looked at pictures of prisms to see how they can bend white light to split it into all its other colours. 

We had iPads booked for Mathletics today, to make up for our time last week, when we had booked the iPads, but they didn't work. Luckily, today they were working great! We had our most successful Mathletics day ever! SEVEN people earned a Mathletics certificate today. We have several other people who are very close to earning one. We'll see if they can earn those last few points throughout the week.

In gym today we started Jump Rope for Heart. We're excited about the idea of winning prizes, so please see the note sent home regarding how to raise money for Heart and Stroke. 

Reminders:

- An important email from Mr. Hebert will be sent out later today. Please read it and discuss with your children as you deem appropriate. 

- Spring Break - March 18th is the last day of classes before Spring Break. Classes will resume on March 28th

Student Shoutouts:

Kye - saw another students' paper fall on the floor and went to pick it up right away

Nathan, Mila & Serena - for earning our very first Silver certificates in Mathletics!

Have a great evening!

-Ms. Byrne