Week 3

Dear Parents,

Yet another busy week!

This week we covered the following work:

English

· Writing a Story – a published model

· Story Characters

· Beginning, Middle and End

Reading

· Long e

· Details from the story

· What Happened?

· Rhyme Time!

· High Frequency Words – cow, table, now, door, there, through, horse, wall, me, he, EEK. Sheep, eating

· We read – EEK! There’s a Mouse in the House

Math

· Lesson 10.1 – Count Tens

· Lesson 10.2 – Teen Numbers

· Lesson 10.3 – Tens and Ones

· Lesson 10.4 – Numbers Through 50

· Lesson 10.5 – Numbers Through 99

· Lesson 10.6 – Place Value Through 99

· Lesson 10.7 – Different Ways to Show Numbers

Social Science

· Vocabulary – living thing, non living thing, food, shelter

· What is a Living Thing?

Important Dates for this week

· Monday, 28 February – Peace Memorial Day, no school

· Tuesday, 1 March – Research Project due

· Tuesday, 1 March – Bye Bye Birdie (see below)

· Wednesday, 9 March – Sports Day practice; please ensure that your child wears closed shoes that they can run in as we will be going to the track. Please ensure that your child has a water bottle.

· Friday, 11 March – Spelling Test

· Friday, 11 March – Chapter 10 Test

Work for next week:

Spelling words – Test, 11 March

Mine, time, dime, nine, lines, side, lie, ties, buy, sky, myself, tried

Dictation:

Mrs. Lines gave me an envelope with nine dimes in it and a flash light. I was glad and giggled.

Words for sentences:

Envelope, flash light, flour, fridge, fright, garage, giggle, glad

As part of our class routine, we have a healthy snack break at 10:15 am daily. Please help to promote good eating habits by providing your child healthy snacks such as fresh fruit or vegetables, crackers, cheese, seaweed snacks, sandwiches, or granola bars.

I have added Mr Harris blog address to the “useful links” in the top right hand corner of this blog. On Mr Harris blog your child will be able to access the websites that they use during computer class.

I hope that you have a relaxing long weekend.

Regards,
Robyn Wood

Week 2

Dear Parents,

It has been a busy week! On Monday we celebrated Valentines Day and we were visited by Mr. Morris Gleitzman. And on Thursday we celebrated Lantern Festival.

This week we covered the following work:

English

· Writing a friendly letter

· Looking at an envelope

· Telling a story about yourself

Reading

· Long u and Long o

· High Frequency Words – morning, found, shout, by, out, show, climb, go, home, woke, nose, whole, huge, use, tune, went, lift

Math

· Lesson 9.5 – Hands On: Activity Probability

· Lesson 9.6 – Problem Solving: Using a Picture

· Chapter Review/Test

Social Science

· Asking Why

· Count with Pictures

· Night Workers

Important Dates for this week

· Wednesday, 23 February – Sports Day practice; please ensure that your child wears closed shoes that they can run in as we will be going to the track. Please ensure that your child has a water bottle.

· Friday, 25 February – Spelling List 6 Test

· Friday, 25 February – Social Science Test

· Monday, 28 February – Peace Memorial Day, no school

· Tuesday, 1 March – Research Project due

Work for next week:

Spelling words – Test, 25 February

Tree, free, see, me, be, keep, deep, we, she, steep, greet, become

Dictation:

We walked up a steep hill to the cottage using crutches.

Words for sentences:

Concert, core, cottage, crane, crow, crutches, diet, drag

Music:

A reminder that Ms Faye has requested that each child brings in a shoe box for tomorrow’s music lesson

Regards,

Robyn Wood

Semester 2 Week 1

Dear Parents,

Welcome back! I hope that you all had a great time with family and friends and that you feel refreshed and ready for the Second Semester.

This week we covered the following work:

English

· Writing a Personal Narrative

· Exploring and Planning your Personal Narrative

· Writing your Personal Narrative

· Publishing Your Personal Narrative

Reading

· Long I

· High Frequency Words – give, good, her, little, try, was, fly, our, kite, like, she’ll, can’t, isn’t, doesn’t, didn’t, it’s, we’ve

· Cause and Effect

· Contractions

Math

· Lesson 9.1 – Equal Parts

· Lesson 9.2 – One Half

· Lesson 9.3 – One Fourth

· Lesson 9.4 – Fractions of a Set

Social Science

· We compared a town, city, suburb and neighborhood

· We looked at how a bridge can help a city as well as what transport goes over and under a bridge.

· Cause and Effect

· We looked inside a factory

Important Dates for next week

· Monday, 14 February – Valentines Day, Please dress your child in Red, pink or white.

· Monday, 14 February – Morris Gleitzman will be visiting us

· Wednesday, 16 February – Sports Day practice, please ensure that your child wears closed shoes that they can run in as we will be going to the track. Please ensure that your child has a water bottle.

· Thursday 17 February – Lantern Festival

· Friday, 18 February – Maths Chapter 9 Test

· Friday, 18 February – Spelling List 6 Test

Work for next week:

Spelling words – 18 February

Made, came, same, trade, ate, plate, pages, day, say, tray, play, Monday

Dictation:

On Monday I made a sandwich over the campfire and then I chopped it into fourths and ate it.

Words for sentences:

Camper, campfire, candle, care, catch, bounce, chilly, chop, claw, command

Regards,

Robyn Wood

Dear Parents,

Welcome back! I hope that you all had a great time with family and friends and that you feel refreshed and ready for the Second Semester.

This week we covered the following work:

English

· Writing a Personal Narrative

· Exploring and Planning your Personal Narrative

· Writing your Personal Narrative

· Publishing Your Personal Narrative

Reading

· Long I

· High Frequency Words – give, good, her, little, try, was, fly, our, kite, like, she’ll, can’t, isn’t, doesn’t, didn’t, it’s, we’ve

· Cause and Effect

· Contractions

Math

· Lesson 9.1 – Equal Parts

· Lesson 9.2 – One Half

· Lesson 9.3 – One Fourth

· Lesson 9.4 – Fractions of a Set

Social Science

· We compared a town, city, suburb and neighborhood

· We looked at how a bridge can help a city as well as what transport goes over and under a bridge.

· Cause and Effect

· We looked inside a factory

Important Dates for next week

· Monday, 14 February – Valentines Day, Please dress your child in Red, pink or white.

· Monday, 14 February – Morris Gleitzman will be visiting us

· Wednesday, 16 February – Sports Day practice, please ensure that your child wears closed shoes that they can run in as we will be going to the track. Please ensure that your child has a water bottle.

· Thursday 17 February – Lantern Festival

· Friday, 18 February – Maths Chapter 9 Test

· Friday, 18 February – Spelling List 6 Test

Work for next week:

Spelling words – 18 February

Made, came, same, trade, ate, plate, pages, day, say, tray, play, Monday

Dictation:

On Monday I made a sandwich over the campfire and then I chopped it into fourths and ate it.

Words for sentences:

Camper, campfire, candle, care, catch, bounce, chilly, chop, claw, command

Regards,

Robyn Wood