November 2011 Newsletter
Room 20 – Mrs Shields
As the snow gets nearer, Room 20 continues to “heat” up the classroom!! The students are continuing to work so hard in the classroom. Just a reminder to everyone...please do not send Halloween treats to school for snack or for lunch.
Here is what we are doing this month...
Language Arts
We are continuing with our small group instruction for guided reading during Centers. The Fontess and Ponell reading assessment has been completed. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.
The students are doing an excellent job practicing for their weekly spelling tests. Students will continue practicing their words taken from the short stories we are reading, past spelling tests, and TWAS. Spelling tests will continue to be given every Friday.
We have moved into the Organization trait for 6+1 Writing. The students did a wonderful job working on their ideas and are ready for the next step. We will work on the beginning, middle, and end of our stories. Students will focus on how to put their ideas in order to help their writing flow.
Math
We are coming to the end of our Whole Numbers unit. Students will continue to practice estimation of subtraction questions to wrap up this unit.
We will then move into Multiplication and Division of Whole Numbers. Students will be asked to recall basic multiplication and division facts. Students will also be multiplying 2-digit by 2-digit numbers, as well as dividing 3-digit by 1-digit numbers. Please encourage your child to practice their multiplication and division facts daily.
Social
We are wrapping up our Locations unit with our unit test during the beginning of November. Our next unit, Multicultural Canada, will have students focus on immigration and refugees. Students will be looking at population numbers and how Canada has changed over the years. We will also be researching why cities and towns have the names that they do....for example, why is our town called Esterhazy?
Science
The Human Body unit will wrap up this month as well. We will finish the unit by discussing how all of the systems we have learned so far work together. Students will have a unit test before Report Cards go out at the end of the month. Our next unit, Properties and Changes of Materials, will focus on what matter is and how the changes in matter influence the design of materials and products.
Art – Mrs. Schentag
November will be a time where Arts Ed will turn from the Visual Arts strand to the Drama strand. Students will complete their vegetable/fruit sculpture which was part of their Victor Cicansky artist study. They will also complete a Remembrance Day Poster for the poster competition. We willl culminate the unit with a comparison of traditional First Nations art and First Nations Pop Art.
In our Drama Unit, we will still focus on Pop Culture while students are engaged in drama games and activities. Students will participate in role-playing, improvisation and action/voice activities. The students appear to be very excited about beginning the drama unit. I am looking forward to working with them in this very fun and creative unit of work.
Phys Ed – Mr. Leidl
Students will review the areas of physical literacy they have participated in so far this year (sending, receiving, striking, and evading). They will also be introduced to the dominant movement patterns in gymnastics. Students will review the elements of personal safety and how they can create a safe checklist that applies to their daily lives.
French – Mrs. Orosz
Students will participate in activities around a wacky week school subject timetable in French. They will continue to do general vocabulary review and reinforcement activities, including numbers to 100, games and songs, and specific on-line activities.
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