Viernes 21 de octubre

 

Hola a todos,

We had a fun week! Swimming has been awesome! We have all been a little more tired in the afternoon, but so excited to get to go swimming every day! Next week we have swimming on Monday Oct 24 and Tuesday Oct 25. 

Spanish: 

• Our sounds of the week are: M,P, S, L
• We learned all about fall (otoño) and the seasons in Spanish, specifically the colours we see in the fall. We talked about warm and cool colours from Science in Spanish. 
• For Art this week, we created a chameleon using our knowledge of colours from Science:
  
  "El Camaleón de Colores" based on "The Mixed Up Chameleon" by Eric Carle 

ELAL: 

• Our sounds of the week: l, r, u, s
• Our sight words of the week: they, I, at, be, this, have 
• We played 'Roll a Sight Word' to practice our sight words of the week. We are starting to write sentences using our sight words! 
• We read the books "Red is Best", "The Cool Bean" and "Stick and Stone" that focus on being a good friend to others. 

Math: 

• We continued learning all about patterns and creating our own 'fall patterns' with leafs! 
• Practice counting with your child by 5's from 5-100. 
• Practice counting with your child by 2's from 2-20. 
• Use this website to count with your child, use the colour option to colour in the number they count out loud: https://www.mathplayground.com/interactive_hundreds_chart.html 
• Use ABCya and play grade 1 counting math games at home. 

Science:

• We investigated warm and cool colours from the colour wheel. Today, we did an experiment called 'Walking Rainbow'. What would happen if colours mix together using water and food colouring?
• Here are some pictures of the experiment: 

Social Studies:

• We have been talking about respect and living a healthy lifestyle in our community. How is taking care of our minds and body respect? How did indigenous people respect the body of the buffalo?

  

   

Reminders

• A reminder that Friday, October 28 is a non-instruction day with no school for all students.
• Please keep all trinkets at home (stuffies, toys, etc). These items get misplaces at times and cause distractions in class. If you have any questions please email me. 
• If you would like to volunteer for fun lunch, check out available spots here 
• If you aren’t sure if you have clearance for volunteering, please email us and we will be able to help you out dalhousieschoolparentsociety@gmail.com 

Dalhousie Parent Society News

• We are having a playground party on Friday, Oct 21^st from 1:30-3:30 pm to explore our current playground and check out some ideas for the new playground we are hoping to build! Join us with your kiddos and ask any questions that you might have! Bring your loonies and toonies to buy a snack while you hang out!
• We have launched our holiday fundraisers so you can get a jump on shopping for some goodies!
• Check out our Growing Smiles Link to order gorgeous holiday floral arrangements.  Order deadline is Nov 15 and pick up is Nov 29.  Click for holiday magic!
• Purdy’s Chocolates!! Need we say more? Grab some delicious treats for that special someone! Order deadline is Nov 26th and pickup is Dec 13th.  Click for yummy chocolate!  Enter customer number 61732 when you shop. 
• We’ve started a 50/50 draw for the playground! All cash, winner takes half. Please consider buying some tickets to support our new playground build!! We really need your help!

Fun Lunch Contest Time - CONTEST TIME!!

• Win a free fun lunch!!! Nov 15 and Dec 13, bring a reusable straw and show your fun lunch delivery person when you get your Booster Juice to be entered into the draw for a free Subway lunch on Dec 21! Good luck! CONGRATULATIONS to Pari in Room 8 who won the reusable straw contest on October 18! Thank you to everyone who participated!

Fun Lunch Dates 
Oct 26 – Fat Burger (deadline Oct 21)
Nov 1 – The Saucy Bread Company (deadline Oct 27)
Nov 9 – Boston Pizza (deadline Nov 4)
Nov 15 – Subway & Booster Juice (deadline Nov 10)
Nov 23 – Coco Brooks (deadline Nov 18)

If your child is going to be absent and you have ordered them a lunch, please email dalhousieschoolparentsociety@gmail.com before 11am the morning of fun lunch and let us know if you would: 

1. like it sent home with a sibling
2. You would like to pick it up
3. Donate it to the amazing staff

Adios,

Srta. A