Week 8

Dear Parents,

This week we covered the following:

English

· Checkup: Unit 3

· Noun books

· Lesson 1 – Discuss Prewriting and Drafting

Reading

· New words: animals, birds, cold, fall, flowers, full, look, of, see, buds, is, lots, pick, pups, will

· We read the following stories: Animals in the cold, Seasons, Ha Ha Ha (poems)

Math

· Lesson 4.3 – Making a Pictograph

· Lesson 4.4 – Read a Bar Graph

· Lesson 4.5 – Make a bar Graph

· Lesson 4.6 – Use a graph

· Chapter Review/Test

Science

· How do People Use Their Parts?

· How Do People Grow and Change?

· Review And Test Prep

Spelling List – Halloween Words

Bat, dark, boo, spook, candy, corn, black, cat, witch

Show and Tell

· I am pleased with the progress that Grade 1 are making in their presentations.

Important Dates for this week:

· Wednesday, 27 October – Halloween Celebration

· Wednesday, 27 October – No after school clubs

· Thursday, 28 October – Monday, 1 November – Mid-Semester Break, no school

Ayane Kono will be returning to Japan until January. We wish her and her family well and look forward to her return.

If you have any questions please feel free to e-mail me.

Regard,

Robyn Wood