Important Information:
Word Study – Literacy Map:
We
have started to learn about the Double Graphemes. A letter about the learning of the double
graphemes and a Flashcard set went home with your child yesterday. Please cut up the double grapheme boxes (just
like you did for the single grapheme flashcard set in early September), and use
the flashcard set every day to practice and review the grapheme sounds with
your child.
Continue
to also use the Flashcard set that your child brought home in early September,
of the single graphemes from a-z, by reviewing the sounds every day.
Class Photos are on Thursday, October 8. Dress nicely for class
picture day!
Scholastic book orders for
both Ms. Mui and Mrs. Daniels are due on Friday, October 9. You can pay by cheque enclosed in an envelope
with the Scholastic order form, made payable to “Scholastic Canada”. Or you can now pay online with your credit
card (please bring in the paper order form, with your Payment reference #
written on it for the teacher).
You can vote for
the new school’s name! From
now until October 13. We have 4
choices for the new school’s name. They
are:
1.
Eric Harvie School (business man
who helped make Heritage Day and the Zoo)
2.
Margaret Southern School (business
woman who helped create Fish Creek Park)
3.
Buffalo Rubbing Stone School (large
glacier rock in Panorama Hills)
4.
Norman L. Kwong School
(Chinese-Canadian man who played for the Stampeders)
You can vote for the new name on our school website. Your parents can also vote, so spread the
word! Visit our school website for
details: http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b397/
Highlights:
-
We did our morning math problem: “Put the numbers in order from greatest to
least. 25, 16, 27, 21, 9”
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We learned about the double-graphemes “ur” and “wor” and their sounds.
ur:
“ur the ‘er’ of nurse”
wor:
“wor the ‘er’ of works”
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Ms. Mui’s class: We did 20 minutes
of “Read to Self” in Daily 5! In Math, we
made AB and ABC patterns using sounds (Example for AB pattern: clap, snap,
etc. Example for ABC pattern: tap, pat,
stomp). Then we challenged ourselves and
made more challenging pattern cores using sound: AAB, ABB, AABB, or ABCD. In Science, we made predictions about mixing
primary colours to make secondary colours.
For the Social Studies “Getting to know you” activity, we interviewed Freshta
(ask your child what Freshta likes, how many people are in her family, and what
some of her favourite things are).
--
Mrs. Daniels’ class: We did “Read to
Self” in Daily 5! We started “Work on
Writing” for 4 minutes. In Science, we painted
umbrellas today, by mixing the primary colours with one another to make a
rainbow. We had Music today.
Needed
from Home:
**Old coloured
magazines/flyers. (We will be using these to find different colours for our
Science colour unit.)
We are still collecting
water bottle lids! We are in need of
MANY water bottle lids, so that we can print letters on the top of the lids,
and students can be able to make words out of them and play word work games
soon. Please send in any that you may
have. Thank you!
Homework:
-Complete
the homework for today’s double graphemes “ur” and “wor” and say aloud the
following phrases while printing each double grapheme:
ur:
“ur the ‘er’ of nurse”
wor:
“wor the ‘er’ of works”
(Print
5 times of each letter—1 line each).
Start using the double grapheme Flashcard set your child brought home
today, by cutting up the boxes of double graphemes and practicing the learnt
graphemes with your child daily.
This
week, for the learning of the “er”, “ir”, “ur”, “wor”, “ear” grapheme sounds,
we will be playing this song on youtube to remember the sounds to particular
words: “Her first nurse works early”. Please play this song at home, to help your
child remember the grapheme spellings as well:
-Review
the first single graphemes daily, using the single grapheme Flashcard set (letters
a-z for you to cut up and practice with your child) your child brought home in
early September (also use the youtube Grapheme video, posted at the side of our
blog, made by our Literacy Learning Leader, Mr. Dalderis.)
-Home-Reading – Please
have your child read around 15 minutes every night. (Do a picture walk with your child first by
just looking at the pictures beginning with the title page to the end of the
book, next read the book aloud to them 1 to 2 times, then have then read together
with you 1 to 2 times, and afterwards have them try reading on their own
independently 1 to 2 times. Make sure
when you and your child are reading the words, s/he and you must use your
pointer fingers (index finger) to read underneath the words.)
-Kidsa-z.com Reading – Besides reading the at-home white readers that are going home every day, you may also log on to “Raz-Kids”, using the kidsa-z.com website. The login information is taped on your child’s purple folder. The password is the picture cue.
Mrs. Daniel’s class - the account information is still under her
maiden name: “sbeechey”.
Ms. Mui’s class – the account is under her username: “grmui”
Ask
me about:
-the
sounds of the double graphemes: “ur” and wor”
ur:
“ur the ‘er’ of nurse”
wor:
“wor the ‘er’ of works”
-to show you how I did our morning math
problem: “Put the numbers in order from greatest to
least. 25, 16, 27, 21, 9.”
-the
colours of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple
-primary
colours: red, yellow, blue
-Red +
Yellow = Orange
-Yellow
+ Blue = Green
-Red +
Blue = Purple
-Blue
+ Red = Purple
-Blue
+ Yellow = Green
-Yellow
+ Red = Orange
-when
two primary colours mix together, they make the secondary colours: orange,
green, purple
Important Dates:
-Thursday, October 8 – Class Photos (Dress nicely for class picture
day!)
-Monday, October 12 – Thanksgiving – NO SCHOOL
-Thursday, October 15 – Healthy Hunger (Fun Lunch) – Little Caesars pizza
(Order your child’s Fun Lunch online on the main front page of Panorama Hills
School’s website under the titled link: Online
Ordering for Healthy Hunger LUNCH. Must have order in by the Sunday before the booked lunch
day. Preorders are accepted for dates in advance.)
-Monday, October 19 – Federal Election – our school gym will be
a polling station
-Monday, October 26 – Gr. 1 Virtue Assembly at 12:55 pm of the
virtue “Forgiveness”, in the gym – Classes presenting/performing are Mrs.
Daniels, Ms. Mui, Mrs. Venhuis, and Ms. Purves’ Gr. 1 classes. – Parents/families of the performing Gr. 1
students are welcome to attend.
-Thursday, October 29 – Healthy Hunger (Fun Lunch) – Quiznos
-Friday, October 30 – NO SCHOOL – Non-instructional day
Reminders:
-Every
Friday is Early Dismissal at 1:45 pm. Please pick up your child on time! Thank you.
-Healthy
Hunger (Fun Lunch) – Order your
child’s Fun Lunch online on the main front page of Panorama Hills School’s
website under the titled link (with a lunch bag picture next to it): Online Ordering for Healthy Hunger LUNCH. Must have order in by the Sunday before the
booked lunch day. Preorders are accepted for dates in advance.)
-Reading:
To support children in becoming knowledgeable readers,
the most important thing parents can do is to read aloud to their children and
talk about what has been read. This
nightly process supports children in developing oral language skills (the
ability to talk in a fluid and understandable manner), comprehension
(understanding what has been read), and sparks enthusiasm toward the act of reading. We created this downloadable document to
support parents in identifying the expectations for readers during their years
at PHS:
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