Our first full week was a busy one!

We continued to learn our new popcorn words and review letters and letter sounds.  Our printing is slowly improving with the “house” analogy–tall letters reach into the “attic,” small letters “sit in the house,” while other small letters “hang into the basement.”  Students who take their time and do their own personal, best printing get TWO stamps!

In numeracy we continued learning about creating, describing, and extending their patterns.  We are working on a difficult concept–finding the “core” of the pattern (the PART of the pattern that repeats).

In health we shared our “All About Me” pages and learned that many of us had similarities and differences, and that it is our differences that make us unique and exciting!  We participated in name games and even wrote our own acrostic name poems!  We worked exceptionally hard.

In social studies we learned more about rules and responsibilities in our homes, at school, and communities and learned about the importance of each.  We came up with some excellent examples for each!

Thursday was an exciting day as it was “International Dot Day.”  We read the book “The Dot” which features a little girl who believes she cannot do art.  Her teacher challenges her to do her best and through her own personal perseverance, the little girl becomes a wonderful artist.  We created our own “dots” and analyzed how every single dot was different, complimenting each artist on their own ideas and abilities as we did so.  We then completed a shared writing piece in which we re-told the story and wow!  We have excellent memories and wonderful vocabularies!

It was a busy week, but another week is upon us! On Friday, we will be having the Terry Fox assembly.

Ms. Holmes