Today we worked on our addition and subtraction facts up to 20. Students used triangle math fact flashcards to show the relationship between addition and subtraction. Yesterday we worked on knowing the values of Canadian coins and being able to recognize them based on their size and symbol. We are working on identifying how much various coins add up to and locating the correct coins for a certain amount.
Last week we started to write letters to pen pals in Abu Dhabi. We continued those letters this week. Students are learning how to start and end a letter, how to respond to all the questions someone asks, and how to ask someone questions for information they are curious about. Tomorrow is North Haven's first book fair. Students will go look at the books during the day, and Thursday and Friday they can purchase the items (either during the day on Thursday, or at parent teacher conferences). Healthy Hunger! The Parent Association is offering 4 more options in February and March. Please sign up at www.healthyhunger.ca Proceeds of these Fun Lunches and Snacks help the school directly. Snacks costs as little as $2!! And both lunches have a small option so students don't have to order a full meal if they choose. February 21- Kernels Popcorn February 27- Little Ceases March 13- Kernels Popcorn March 18- Edo Japan North Haven will be hosting an Open House on February 3rd from 5:30-6:30. Join us for an information session, tour the building, visit classrooms, meet a few of the teachers, and learn about the engaging work of North Haven students! Although it is early, planning for the 2020-21 school year is well underway. North Haven School will continue to serve North Haven community members and Harvest Hills students will be redesignated. More information about staying at North Haven and the redesignation for Harvest Hills students can be found on our school website. In order to assist us with our planning and organization for the upcoming school year we ask that you complete the following electronic form by Friday, February 14th , 2020. https://forms.gle/oQBKftEK7J8hZ1bz5. Thank you for assisting us with our planning for the upcoming school year.
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Yesterday we finished writing our biographies about our aliens. Students worked really hard at first making a concept map of the information about their aliens, and then turning those ideas into full thoughts and sentences. We will be proudly displaying these on our bulletin board for parent teacher conferences.
Today we continued working on a graphing task that we started last week. Students sorted beads into different categories based on colour, then graphed the amount of each colour. We have started answering questions about our graphs such as "which colour has the most/least". Yesterday we started a new social studies unit on Canada! Students learned that there are 10 provinces, and 3 territories, and that we live in the province of Alberta. We also talked about different Canadian symbols like the beaver, maple leaf, and our flag. Students were surprised to learn that the entire country of Canada has close to 38 million people living in it, while the state of California has over 39 million people! We looked at the size difference on a map and wondered how that many people could live in such a small area. We also had a Speech-Language Pathologist come to our class today and teach us how to properly introduce ourselves. We practiced the wrong way and the right way to do it. After practicing with a peer, each student had the opportunity to introduce themselves to our Speech-Language Pathologist, Ms. Kos. North Haven will be hosting an Open House on February 3rd from 5:30-6:30. Join us for an information session, tour the building, visit classrooms, meet a few of the teachers, and learn about the engaging work of North Haven students! Although it is early, planning for the 2020-21 school year is well underway. North Haven School will continue to serve North Haven community members and Harvest Hills students will be redesignated. More information about staying at North Haven and the redesignation for Harvest Hills students can be found on our school website. In order to assist us with our planning and organization for the upcoming school year we ask that you complete the following electronic form by Friday, February 14th, 2020. https://forms.gle/oQBKftEK7J8hZ1bz5. Thank you for assisting us with our planning for the upcoming school year. Drumming Assembly We would like to invite you to join us for the drumming assembly on Friday February 7that 10:30am. The North Haven students have been learning to play djembes (African drums) in music class for the past few weeks. The classes have prepared performance pieces filled with interesting and often complex rhythm patterns based on traditional melodies. Come and enjoy the performances and be amazed at the level of skill that our North Haven students have achieved! Today we read a book called "Not Quite Narwhal" by Jessie Sima. It's about a unicorn that was born underwater and thinks he is a narwhal but isn't like the others. One day he goes above water and sees some unicorns playing. He realizes he's a unicorn too and feels happier knowing who he really is. This book is similar to a book we read the other day called "Red: A Crayon's Story" by Michael Hall. Students worked to find the similarities and differences between the books using a Venn diagram and made connections such as the two books having the same problem.
Yesterday we made "aliens" from folding a piece of paper in half, writing our names on them, and cutting out the top portion of the paper. Students had fun colouring them to make unique alien characters. We started writing about our aliens today. We brainstormed some ideas that we want to include like where the alien lives, how it survives (what it eats and drinks), and what kind of special powers it might have. No school tomorrow, have a great weekend! Welcome back! I hope everyone had a restful and enjoyable break! It was so great to see all of you. Today we got back into the swing of things by drawing self portraits of ourselves. Students had previously drawn a self portrait on the first day of school, and we also do one towards the end of the school year to show the progress they've made, not only in their fine motor/drawing skills, but in their conceptual understanding of themselves. In Language Arts, Students wrote about what they did on their break. It was nice to hear that so many of them had done fun activities with family. I heard all about their gifts, and the food and treats they had. In math we played games on ABCya and IXL math, focusing on patterns, addition, and time. We also made some polar bear art using watercolours and tracing cutouts onto white paper. We are in search of new and lightly used pants from our K-grade 3 friends! Please donate any extras if you have some to be given to children when needed. Parent council will be next Monday, January 13th at 6:00pm. All parents are welcome! |
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