Dear Parents,
It was a busy first week back! Some notes:
1. I could still use two more parent volunteers for next Friday morning. We'll be working with Scientists in Schools that day, so it should be both fun and educational.
2. The circulation computer is still down. This is why you haven't seen library books coming home. Unfortunately, I don't have a timeline on its recovery, but in the meantime, we've introduced students to the library computers.
Starfall is an excellent program you can use at home, especially while learning ABC's. If you're interested in
RAZ kids, which works better once you've got the letter-sound combos down pat, please talk to me about getting access through one of the school's subscriptions.
In our classroom, focus has returned to reading and writing. Here are some of the ways that looked last week:
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| Free form writing on the white board |
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| Writing words from our poem |
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| Practicing the alphabet |
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| Writing out the new month. |
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| Journals in the foreground |
Just like every other week, there was lots of other learning going on around these moments. Here are two other things making life exciting in our class:
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| We made a volcano experiment using food colouring, baking soda and vinegar |
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| The new sand in the sandtable holds shapes really well. This is a tunnel through the sand.
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Our students seem to love experimenting with different materials and seeing the ways they interact. Look for more experiments using ice and snow in the next couple of weeks.
