Special Notes:
- If you have not signed and sent back the field trip form, please have your child bring them to school on Monday.
- The weather is changing quickly. Students are outside for recess and lunch. Please make sure your child has winter items in their backpack to ensure they are warm enough.
Looking back on learning......
Phonics:
- Students learned how to make a noun plural by adding "s" or "es".
- When words end in hissing sounds (ch, sh, z, x, or s) you add an "es". If they don't have these special endings, we just add "s"
- Example - kiss - kisses, bush - bushes, plant - plants
- Students practice reading out loud with a buddy to help them pause appropriately at punctuation.
Winter Count:
- We learned about an Indigenous tradition called a "Winter Count". Each year as the first snow falls, some Indigenous people reflect on the previous year. They take the time to use images to share things of significance by drawing them on an animal hide. This helps keep oral stories and memories alive.
- We talked about events in our lives over the last year and students picked one that really stood out to them. Some if the things were new animals, trips, getting new pets, having pets pass away, and some family members became very ill and others beating illness.
- Together we put our memories on a "bear hide".
Metis Like Me:
- We read the book "Metis Like Me" by Tasha Hilderman. The book highlights some of the Metis traditions and celebrations.
- Students read and conversed about bannock, Saskatoon berries, crafting with beads, traditional dance/songs and bead work.
- We looked closely at the bead work on moccasins and then students drew a nature picture. Once their picture was done, they used a dot technique with paint to paint their pictures to look like it was done with beads.
Writing:
- Students started informational writing this week.
- They practiced making their own brain webs full of facts and explored. writing jot notes (not full sentences).
- Students learned how to use recorded facts to write answer the question "what is a cavity" using at least 4 sentences.
-Continuing to focus on using full sentences, capitals and end punctuation.
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