January 29, 2014

Gg

We have been working on the letter "Gg" this week.  We discovered that this is a tricky letter because it's name suggests it will make the sound like a /j/ (soft "Gg" such as the words gym), but we have been focusing on the hard /g/ sound (such as the word guitar).  We have a pretty good list going, but it is always great to have more /g/ words.  Check in the garage and in the garden to see what you can find together at home!

Our 5 Senses

Mr. Schlamp has been leading us through some fun centers as we explore about our 5 senses this week.  Can your child name all 5?  

We used simple sentences to record some ideas in our books.
I like to feel                      .


You can practice the sight words "I", "like", and "to" at home.  Look for the 5 Senses Book to come home next week to reinforce this reading.

This is our last week with Mr. Schlamp before he goes back to Ambrose University to study more.  We sure are going to miss him.  We wish him the best of luck on his future endeavors in his education journey.

Report Cards

A reminder that report cards go home on Thursday, January 30th.  If you have any questions about them, please feel to contact me at the school.  

There is NO SCHOOL on Friday, January 31st as teacher will be in PD sessions throughout the day.  Please remind daycare providers.

January 23

6

We have been working on the number 6 this week. We have had many questions:

• What is six? 
• What is six bigger than? 
• What is it smaller than?  
• What does it look like?  
• What do groups of 6 look like?

We played a clean up game on the SMART Board.  We had 6 toys and contemplated different ways that we can put them into 2 toy boxes.

 Here are two way we discovered we could do it:

                                

How many different ways can you and your child put the 6 toys away into the two toy boxes?

Mr. T

January 22, 2014

This week we have been looking at the letter 'Ff' and all the fantastic words that start with the /f/ sound. The fabulous classes have compiled a list of many ferocious words.  How many more /f/ words can you find at home?  Are there any in the freezer? Be a detective and fetch as many as you can!

For some more fun, check out the Storybots on Youtube!

Stay warm this week!
Mr. T

January 13, 2014

Gymnastics

Dear Parents,

We have began our gymnastics unit at Beddington Heights as part of our regular scheduled physical education classes.  This unit will last two weeks, and concludes on Friday January 24th.  To begin this unit, we review ways of using the equipment safely.  We are fortunate to have some students from Grade 6 to assist us with spotting on the equipment.  When participating in gymnastics, we ask students to be dressed appropriately and prepared to participate.  These next two weeks, please consider the following:

- Clothes that allow freedom of movement (no special uniforms or outfits are required, sweats and a t-shirt work well).

- Loose fitting/baggy clothing may get caught on equipment.


- Tucking shirts in will help to prevent an accident.

- All jewelry (watches, rings, necklaces, bracelets, headbands, etc) that could get caught on equipment needs to be removed (left in classrooms or at home).

- Students with long hair should have it tied back.  Tying hair back with elastics or scrunchies is recommended.

- Students may wear shorts under clothing if they wish.  Dresses may restrict ability to participate.

- Students continue to wear indoor running shoes (1st preference).  Students may also participate in bare feet or with gymnastics slippers.

Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Mr. T

December 10, 2014

Sorting

We have been working to find different ways to sort objects.  The students told me today they could sort by colour, size, shape.  Today we found a way to sort when some things share common attributes with Venn Diagrams.  We worked in small groups to sort out letters that had just straight lines, just curved lines and both curved and straight lines.

We then extended our diagrams to find out which groups had the most and least by laying them out like a graph. 

"It's easy to see which one has the most, because it's the tallest tower!" 

January 7, 2014

Happy New Year!

Welcome back.  We have kicked off this week with looking at the letter ‘Cc’.  We are focusing on the hard ‘Cc’ sound /k/ but acknowledging the soft sound /s/.  We have discovered that this is a tricky letter because there are also words that sound like they work, but are actually written with the letter ‘Kk’.   My focus is the phonemic awareness (sounds), and if children discover a word like ‘kite,’ I will tell them it is written with a ‘K’ but accept it for the /k/ sound.  J

We are excited to welcome Mr. Schlamp into our classroom this month.  Here’s what he has to say:

“Hi, my name is Mr. Schlamp (Shhhhh-lamp) and I am a student teacher. I am studying to become a teacher at Ambrose University College. I have just started my first practicum in Mr. Trechka’s classroom and I am really excited about it!

I come from a small town in Saskatchewan but I have done all of my post-secondary schooling in Calgary, at Ambrose University College. My first degree is in biology and I really like science!

I hope to get to know everybody in the classroom really well before I finish my practicum at the end of January. “

The students have done an excellent job welcoming him, and Mrs. Christofferson in Mrs. Hassam’s class.  If you see them, please give them a warm Beddington welcome!