Learning Calendar - 

What Our Students of the Day Enjoyed Most

Monday, January 15 - Building a Ship! - Ben
Tuesday, January 16 -Working on the iPad - Leticia
Wednesday, January 17 - Taking the attendance to the office with Maya - Paget
Thursday, January 18 - Mrs. Samson was here! - Taeyin
Friday, January 19 - Playing the Statue Game - Chloe

Rosary Apostolate Visit

This month, students learned about the First Luminous Mystery, Christ's Baptism. We prayed the Hail Mary using gestures to help make this beautiful prayer even more meaningful. At home, you may wish to talk about your own child's Baptism and how it has special meaning for your family.

Literacy

During read alouds, students are encouraged to respond to stories in a variety of ways. They are are invited to share whether they liked a book and why. Do they like the plot, the characters, the rhyming words or, perhaps the illustrations?  The ability to connect to a story is also important as it helps to engage listeners and readers. Does this story remind them of their own experience? Does it remind them of another story, television show or movie?

On Friday, Daniel S. suggested that we read books with flashlights, "just like his older sister". What a great idea!  As a response, we have just introduced "Flashlight Fridays". A story will be read-aloud by flashlight.

Our young writers are making great progress in their journals. Many are creating increasingly detailed stories using text and pictures. Some are using a variety of  strategies to write words, including sounding out words with "rocking fists" and referring to common sight words on the word wall.

Math

 We are busy builders! Creating structures out of wooden blocks, lego, tall stackers and crystals provides little ones with an opportunity to explore many early math concepts, some of which are counting, measurement and symmetry. 

To extend this learning, we are launching a structures inquiry. We will introduce new building materials in our classroom, such as paperboard rolls, popsicle sticks and plasticene.  If you would like to donate paper towel/gift wrap rolls, boxes or other building materials, please feel free to send them along with your child.

Volunteer Opportunities

If you have some spare time and an up-to-date police check on file at school, we'd love to have you help out in the classroom!  We welcome your assistance with guided math and literacy activities as well as crafts. If you are interested, please send a note in your child's communication book.