Happy St. Patrick's Day to everyone. We wore green on Friday to celebrate at school. The "leprechaun" left a golden chocolate egg on everyone's desk. I'm thinking the leprechaun didn't want to give up his gold coins---or he couldn't find gold coins :)
This week is going to be very busy at school. We have Student-Led Conferences Wednesday from 5-8pm and Thursday from 4-7pm. I sent home the schedule with your child's report card. This is a nice time to come into the class to celebrate your child's learning. The bookfair will be going on in the library during this time and the Kindergarten class usually has a bake sale at the front of the school.
We will have spelling words from the -ick family this week and only Problem of the Week for math. We are now working on Measurment in math. We worked on estimating and measuring in centimetres on Friday. The students gave examples of "referents" for a centimeter. Some referents (things "about" the size of a cm) include: a pinky nail, the width of a pencil, a small pebble, a button, etc... Knowing a logical referent helps students to estimate lengths acurately.
I will be away for a 2 day workshop this week on Thursday and Friday; however, I will be back at the school by 4pm on Thursday for the student-led conferences.
This week is going to be very busy at school. We have Student-Led Conferences Wednesday from 5-8pm and Thursday from 4-7pm. I sent home the schedule with your child's report card. This is a nice time to come into the class to celebrate your child's learning. The bookfair will be going on in the library during this time and the Kindergarten class usually has a bake sale at the front of the school.
We will have spelling words from the -ick family this week and only Problem of the Week for math. We are now working on Measurment in math. We worked on estimating and measuring in centimetres on Friday. The students gave examples of "referents" for a centimeter. Some referents (things "about" the size of a cm) include: a pinky nail, the width of a pencil, a small pebble, a button, etc... Knowing a logical referent helps students to estimate lengths acurately.
I will be away for a 2 day workshop this week on Thursday and Friday; however, I will be back at the school by 4pm on Thursday for the student-led conferences.