AFS Room 5

Reminders: No school on Friday (PD day). Walk to the gully on Tuesday afternoon. Remembrance Assembly on Friday, Nov.8 at 10:30 am. No school on Nov.11.

Highlights: - Beginning to play Tchoukball in Phys.Ed. If you have never heard of tchoukball, here's a video showing the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkHGO3pLMlE -Learning contour lines and sketching techniques while drawing pumpkins. Thank-you to everyone who donated pumpkins for us to use. - Reviewing how to add 3 and 4 digit numbers. Students are practicing different methods of addition, and discussing which methods are most efficient. -Working on “Show Not Tell” when writing about emotions. For example, instead of writing, “she was happy,” we discussed how we could describe how she looked and acted instead. -Continuing to practice cursive writing. -Beginning to explore our Metis Museokit from the Glenbow Museum. Students discussed what an artifact is and how we care for them. We also looked at how to sketch in detail when looking at various artifacts. -Students brainstormed different variables that could be changed when planting seeds

Highlights: -Continuing our Seed Dispersal STEM Challenge. Students built a model using various materials to demonstrate one type of seed dispersal. Students will share their model with the class on Monday. -Continuing our work with skeleton sentences. Students are beginning to develop a larger vocabulary that they can incorporate into their writing.  -Practicing “Long a and e” spelling patterns – Unfortunately I didn’t notice the spelling site I gave to you at the beginning of the week cost money after a certain amount of days, so here are some other spelling sites that are free!              -spellingcity.com             -spellingtraining.com -Looking for strategies for adding several 3 and 4-digit numbers in a column -Creating candy corn creatures for Halloween – Ask your child about their creation! -Worked with our Kindergarten buddies to create colorful monsters and helped them to write different characteristics about their monster to share at the Sha

Hi Parents! This week we will be working on "Long A" spelling patterns. I have attached a really great resource down below to practice these at home. If you click on the little icons below each pattern there are online games that your child can do. This is optional, but for those students who need a little extra practice with spelling might benefit from doing this at home. https://www.spellzone.com/unit07/page2.cfm

Highlights: Finishing our Alberta mural.  Introducing our STEM challenge. Each student has chosen one method of seed dispersal and will build a model of it next week. Students are encouraged to bring in recyclables that could be used for their model. Continuing to examine and revise skeleton sentences. We also worked on "show not tell" when writing about emotions. For example, instead of writing, "she was happy," we discussed how we could describe how she looked and acted instead. Focusing on identifying long and short vowels during spelling. Practicing cursive writing Explored numbers further by completing a Place Value Park and played a game called "The Last Number Standing".  Reminders: Continue to read every night and practice addition and subtraction facts at home. If you are able to donate a small pumpkin (the tiny decorative ones are fine) for art next week, please let me know! No school on Monday.

Reminders: Homework: Continue to read every night at home. Students should be able to quickly and accurately recall addition facts to 18, and the related subtraction facts. If your child needs additional practice at home and you would like some suggestions of different ways of practicing the facts, please contact me. We will begin adding and subtracting larger numbers soon, and the quick recall of facts allows students to be more proficient in calculations and apply them to problem solving situations. Picture Day on Tuesday. Students are dismissed at noon on Thursday, Oct.10. There is no school on Friday, Oct.11 (PD day) and Monday, Oct.14 (Thanksgiving.) Watch for info coming soon about volunteer opportunities this year.