December 9th 2022
Hello families,
This week in math we continued with graphing. Students were presented with the "Pizza Problem" and chose their just right level to collect, record, and represent their data!
In Social Studies we began learning about the Seven Sacred Teachings, beginning with respect which is symbolized by the buffalo and then love which is symbolized by the eagle.
Monday during our low risk writing, students completed their On the Weekend writing.
We then continued with our descriptive writing. Looking at describing snow and popcorn using our five senses as well as thesaurus sheets.
Word Work Groups
In Ms. Greenhall's Word Work Group students have been learning about consonants. This week we reviewed the letters L, J, K, and W using the Animated Literacy actions. We then cut and sorted pictures that start with these letters. Those who finished early tried to spell the items in their pictures and then moved onto a literacy game. Ask your child about the actions and sounds for L, J, K, and W.
In Ms. Lacour's Word Work Group students have been learning about vowels. This week we continued with short "O" and looked at the "OP" and "OT" word families. We then sorted pictures to match the corresponding words. Ask your child about words in the "OP" and "OT" family
In Ms. Lacour's Word Work Group students have been learning about vowels. This week we continued with short "O" and looked at the "OP" and "OT" word families. We then sorted pictures to match the corresponding words. Ask your child about words in the "OP" and "OT" family
In Ms. Midgley's group, we learned about the digraphs 'Th' and 'Wh.' We learned about the two sounds that 'Th' make and learned about the Animated Literacy character The Thick Thorny Thing - ask your child about the action! We also talked about the difference between the 'Th' sound and the 'F' sound as many children mix up these sounds. We talked a lot about proper mouth position and used mirrors to practice the different sounds. We learned that in 'Wh' the h is silent! Students are not expected to know the difference between 'W' and 'Wh' in their writing, but when they are reading we want them to know that they both make the same sound. We learned the Animated Literacy character Whistling Whale - ask your child about the action for this sound! Students have been LOVING the Scratch Garden videos about each digraph. Next week we will review all of the digraphs we've learned.
This week in Ms. Gierl & Ms. Green's Common Long Vowel word work groups we learned about "a_e, ai, and ay" words. This was our last week learning about the vowel A so we had a "check in" where we challenged ourselves to apply the spelling patterns we've learned. Teachers read 10 words out loud and the students worked independently to practice and check their accuracy with the patterns "a, a_e, ai, ay." Ask your student which words they got correct and which words they need to keep practicing!
Check out these responsible work choices students made this week.
Have a great weekend,
Ms. Greenhall
Upcoming Dates
- Thursday, December 15th - Waffles and Chix Fun Lunch
- Thursday, December 15th - Winter Concert (AM & PM)
- December 17th -18th LBS Casino
- December 22nd: Last Day with Students before Winter Break
Classroom Painting
It is our turn for our classroom to be painted starting Monday! We will be temporarily relocating to the classroom next door (Room 9) for the week. As a class we discussed the importance of respecting a new space and being patient as our classroom gets some TLC!
December Spirit Days
Winter Concert
Room 8 will be performing in the 7:30pm show on Thursday * Tickets went out Thursday with oldest siblings*.
- Dress Rehearsal is 12:45pm (7:30 show) will be on Dec. 15
- Each LBS family will receive 2 tickets to the concert. We will also have a sign-up sheet in the office for up to 2 more tickets should they become available.
- Guests are able to attend Dress Rehearsals for their designated show without a ticket.
- Some families have a child in each concert. These families will be contacted to ask which concert they would like all of their children to be in and they will receive 2 tickets to that concert.
- Students in Grades 1-4 can wear what they like to the concert. No hats please so we can see everyone’s smiling faces when they are on the stage!
- You need to bring the tickets to the concert with you, due to fire code capacity requirements of our gym we will be checking and collecting all tickets
- every person attending the concert requires a ticket including babies and small children
- if you are successful in securing tickets from the waitlist, they will be sent home at a later date
Thank you,
Julie Kawchuk
Listen to Reading
The Daily LA Listen to Reading station can be quite distracting for other students if headphones aren't used. If you are able to send headphones for your child to keep in their cubby at school, that would be very helpful.