A Snowy Day!

Good afternoon!

Was anyone else humming Frosty the Snowman today? Many of the students showed Care for Self by bundling up when they went outside for recess and lunch. A number of students did not have any gloves, though! In Calgary, there is a joke that the weather changes every 5 minutes. Jokes aside, if you can please have an extra pair of gloves, a hat and/or scarf in your son or daughter's backpack, that would help them keep warm in case of a sudden change in weather.

Today we worked on Making 10. Almost all of us knew that 5 and 5 is 10, so that was almost too easy! But there are a lot of other ways to make 10, and with the help of a colourful rainbow, students discovered some interesting number combinations. Can you think of more than one way?

We played a fun game called "Buzz", and the important thing to remember was 10s. We stood in a circle and counted from 1 to 100 but we had to say "Buzz!" instead of the number 10, 20, 30, etc. It was a lot of fun!

Prior to recess we had a brief assembly to follow up on Pillars of Care and Pink Shirt Day, as well as expectations of students and staff during recess, lunch, and after school. Please visit the school's website for more information on supervision times.

We Read to Self as a class today and can't seem to make it past the 5 minute mark, so we will continue to work on building stamina. I loved seeing students read the pictures, and hearing others reading under their breath. A few were reading to our reading stuffies!

To end the day, students had the opportunity to engage in Maker Time. It was interesting to see groups problem solve how to make pieces fit together so a marble would roll along a course. A number of students were explaining their creations to me and I noticed that many were objects that were to "move air" or "roll over" things.

Did your son or daughter practice using their sight words with you these past few days? The words were: any, of, put, play, was. Here is a sneak peak to next week's sight words: two, yes, may, like, he.

Have a warm weekend and see you on Monday!

Ms. Cokar