October 22, 2014

Hello families and friends,

Today we worked on the /ng/ sound in word work.  Then in writers' workshop we looked at the writing samples that the students did yesterday and started to make a list of What Makes Good Writing.  Ask your child about some of the things we came up with.

In the afternoon the grade twos worked on creating word problems and the grade ones worked on their doubles facts in math.  Then we watched the Magic School Bus "Gets Planted" and talked about what we learned about plants from the video and made connections to the things that we had already learned about leaves.  Our question for the day is; what are the tiny pores in the leaves called that bring in air for photosynthesis?  Post your answer in the comments below.  We will continue looking at leaves tomorrow, to try and answer why leaves have the shapes and sizes that they do.

Tomorrow we will be going to the Learning Commons.  Please help your child to remember to bring in their library book by putting it into their backpack this evening if they have not already returned it.  If all the students remember to bring them back again this week they will be able to start taking out 2 books!

Picture Order forms went home yesterday.  Those are due back next Wednesday, October 29th.

Next Thursday, October 30th, is the Halloween Howler.

Have a wonderful Wednesday,
Mr. Soulliere