Friday, September 29th

Hello Families!

We had a very exciting week this week! Thank you so much to all the parent volunteers that helped make our field trip such a great success. We couldn't do it without you, and we really appreciate your support. 

Important Dates:

Wednesday, Sept. 27 - Picture Day 

Thursday, Sept. 28 - Glenbow Ranch Field Trip (Observance of Orange Shirt Day)

Friday, Sept. 29 - National Truth and Reconciliation Day - No School

Thursday, Oct. 5 - Healthy Hunger - Tim Hortons (Snack only)

Monday, Oct. 9 - Thanksgiving - No School

Wednesday, Oct. 11 - School Council

Thursday, Oct. 26 - Healthy Hunger - Papa Johns (Lunch) 

Important Information:

Students may exchange library books on Mondays and Wednesdays.

Our Learning:

Literacy:

• We continued to build our routines and expectations during Daily 5. This week we talked about "working on writing". We talked about how it is important to work quietly, write the whole time, have quiet transitions, get started right away, stay in one spot and build stamina. 
• We talked about brain pockets. Brain pockets help us decide what to write when we are unsure. Our brain pockets are memories, facts, and imagination. 
• We talked about Orange Shirt Day and had learners write what "every child matters" means. They designed an orange shirt to reflect their thinking.

Math:

• We practiced representing numbers in different ways this week. We matched a number to its written form, numeral, and number of dots. 
• We are going to be working towards showing numbers in a variety of ways.

Inquiry:

• Throughout the week, we explored Indigenous stories and videos to learn about Indigenous culture and residential schools. To support this learning, we watched a variety of videos, and we read "The Orange Shirt Story" and "Every Child Matters" by Phyllis Webstad.

Thank you for reading!

Friday, September 22nd

Hello Families!

It was so wonderful to see all the families who were able to come to our Building Our Community of Learners evening last night.  The students were so excited to share their work and classroom with you.  It was truly a pleasure to have a chance to meet and have a quick chat with most of our families.  

Important Dates:

Wednesday, Sept. 27 - Picture Day 

Thursday, Sept. 28 - Glenbow Ranch Field Trip (Observance of Orange Shirt Day)

Friday, Sept. 29 - National Truth and Reconciliation Day - No School

Important Information:

If you have not yet signed and returned your child's Glenbow Ranch Field trip forms, please do so on Monday.  If they do not return the forms, you child will be unable to attend.  

Our Learning:

Literacy:

• We are continuing to build our routines and expectations during Daily 5
• During read to self, we practiced staying in one spot, reading the whole time and are building our stamina for reading
• We are practicing our letter formations and strengthening our understanding of letter sounds and how to blend them together to make words
• In writing we practiced GUMing it when we come a word we are unsure of how to spell
• Ask your child what it means to GUM it
• Next week we will move into expectations of working on writing during Daily 5 and continue to practice our letters and letter combinations

Math:

• We are building our knowledge of the different patterns in our environment and were able to translate some of the ones we can see in our classroom
• Ask your child about the flower pattern problem solving we did, as well as the shorts and pants problem. (HINT: what colour was the 11th flower and how many shorts where in the line up?)
• Next week we will start working towards representing numbers in a variety of ways and connecting that knowledge to patterns

Inquiry:

• We were able to finish our Identity Maps and continued to discuss our individual roles in our classroom community
• As it was International Day of Peace on Thursday and this years theme was Actions for Peace, we had discussed on what peace is to us and how we can take action to make Eric Harvie School a peaceful place for everyone
• Please see below of our dove artwork as a symbol for peace

Thank you for reading!

Friday, September 15th

We had an exciting week in Grade 1/2! 


Important Dates:

Thursday, Sept. 21 - EHS Family Evening (5:30 start)
Friday, Sept. 22 - No School - Non- Instructional Day
Wednesday, Sept. 27 - Picture Day
Thursday, Sept. 28 - Glenbow Ranch Field Trip
Friday, Sept. 29 - National Truth and Reconciliation Day - No School

Important Information:

Library Days:

Learners will have the opportunity to exchange their library books on Mondays and Wednesdays. 

Indoor Shoes: 

We are noticing that some of our learners have shoes with laces and are unable to tie them. This is slowing down our transitions, if possible please send shoes they are able to do up independently. 


Our Learning: 

Literacy:

- We went book shopping in our classroom library and learned how to pick a "just right" book. 

- In our journals, we used the sentence starter "I wish..." and wrote about something that we wished for.  

- We started routines for Daily 5 and learned the expectations for read to self  

- Next week, we will continue to practice routines for Daily 5 

Math:

- In Math, we have continued exploring patterns and created a visual journal page about patterns
- We learned how to create more complex patterns and "name our patterns" by identifying if it is an ABAB, ABCABC, etc. pattern
- Next week, we will continue to explore patterns and will look at patterns in our environment


Inquiry:

- We have started discussions about identity and began creating an identify map

- We also talked about how families look differently for everyone, and drew a picture of our families in our visual journals 

- Next week, we will finish our identity maps, we can't wait for you to see them on Thursday!  


Thank you for reading and please enjoy a couple pictures from this week! 

Friday, September 8th

Welcome to our Winter and Summer class blog! Here you will find reminders of important dates, our learning throughout the week as well as steps for moving forward in our learning.


Important Dates:

Friday, Sept. 15 - Terry Fox Run

Thursday, Sept. 21 - EHS Family Evening (5:30 start)

Friday, Sept. 22 - No School - Non- Instructional Day

Wednesday, Sept. 27 - Picture Day

Thursday, Sept. 28 - Glenbow Ranch Field Trip

Friday, Sept. 29 - National Truth and Reconciliation Day - No School


Important Information:

We will be going on the Terry Fox run next Friday (Sept. 15) at TMC. Things to remember for that upcoming day:

- Sign up for volunteers will come from School Council and in the weekly Connect message

- Please ensure that your child is dressed for the weather

- We are asking that they please wear blue and or orange, which are the Eric Harvie school colours

- Here is the donation link for the Terry Fox Foundation: Terry Fox Donations or bring a "Toonie for Terry" if you can

- Please be on time this day, as we will be leaving at 8:30am to go to TMC


Our Learning:

Literacy:

- We building our routines as we engage in a variety of literacy tasks such as printing, read to self and learning the different letter sounds
- We have begun to write in our journals about things that we like and our favourite things we have done at school thus far
- As we move forward we will continue to create our routines and make letter sound connections within words

Math:

- We have started exploring patterns and are using our name to create name patterns
- Learners are beginning to notice patterns in the environment
- Next week, we will be continuing to expand our knowledge and learn how to create more complex patterns

Inquiry:

- We have started discussions on what makes our identity and each of us unique
- Through books we are celebrating the diversity within our community


Thank you for reading and please enjoy a couple pictures of our learning!