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Word Work - Literacy Centres Sound Pattern Sort Lists with a blue sheet a activities are coming home today. This is an extra support for your child, to help them with learning the patterns. For the sorts that have the following on it: C = Consonant V = Vowel CVCe = Consonant-Vowel-Consonant-e —> This refers to the ending of the word; it usually means that the Vowel is a long sound, as the ‘e’ makes it so. This is referred to as a Bossy E. The activities should not take longer than 15-20 minutes. Parent-Teacher Conferences: You may now book for the conferences, which can be accessed on the Prince of Wales Homepage. IMPORTANT DATES January 17: Fun Lunch (Subway) January 25: Parent-Teacher Conferences 3:30 - 7:30 January 26: Parent-Teacher Conferences 8:00 - 11:00 am (No school for the students) January 31: Fun Lunch (Edo) OUR DAY 77 days under our belt, 103 days to go! We did our first Monday Morning Blah Blah of the year. This consisted of a Wordstorm (bonus word for 37 points, arpilleras), a share of what was done on the weekend with their table group, writing goals and then writing about their weekend. This was followed by Literacy Centres while I pulled students for their Word Work groups. All students that were here did their sorts. If your child has come hoe without their sort, have them bring it home tomorrow. (You may also email me, and I will have a copy on at their spot.) After recess, students finished up their arpilleras. We will add the finishing touches, and then they gluing will begin! After lunch, we started our Activation of Prior Knowledge (math strategies and Grade 2 2-digit addition) with a quick Connect 4 style game, which was followed up with a discussion of vocabulary. Students were shown the following statement: 18 + 12 = 30 + 8 = 38 They were then asked to think about whether this statement is a truth or an untruth. We talked about process (figuring out the problem and showing the work), as well as writing a statement like this. The students were given some quiet time to think, and then they were asked to write their answer in their math journals, making sure to give their reasoning why. They were given two clues: 1). Look at the equation, and think about if it is one equation or more. 2). What does the equals sign mean? This was eyeopening for me, as some students didn’t quite understand what ‘equals’ means. We spent some time discussing and modelling equals, and I will go over this again tomorrow, along with an activity or two. Ask your child about the above math statement, for their take. After gymnastics, we learned some hearing and sound vocabulary (vibration, sound waves, frequency, volume, amplification, pitch), as well as protecting our ears from hearing damage. We will continue with some videos and experiments. Cheerios! Ms Lauf Comments are closed.
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