Happy Chinese New Year! Ms. Santiago and I wish you all Health, Happiness and Prosperity in the coming year!
This week we focus on learning new vocabulary and word spellings by using dictionaries. Each child creates their own list of words which they study individually (so no class spelling list for this week)
We welcomed a new student to our class today. Her name is Jenny and we are happy to have her join us from McKinney!
Have a wonderful week!
Love, Mrs. J
Monday, January 26, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Money, Money, Money.....
What is money? When did humans start using money? How do we decide the value of money?
These are some of the questions we are asking as we begin our unit on the History of Money.
We have been reading some very interesting stories about early humans and the beginnings of money. In math we will be learning about Canadian currency and doing activities to reinforce our counting, tallying, and change-making abilities. Now is a perfect time to ask you children to help you make change at the grocery store!
Our poem this week is about money, too!
The Penny
See the shiny penny, brown as it can be, With two maple leaves for all of us to see. It's made out of copper at a mint, A penny's worth one whole cent.
The Nickel
A resting beaver will be found On a nickel, shiny, smooth, and round. The Queen is on the other side. A nickel is worth five cents.
Say it with pride!
The Dime
A dime is the smallest coin of them all, With the Bluenose sailing nice and tall.
A dime is worth ten cents. Don't you agree? Which makes me happy as can be!
The Loonie
When compared to other coins,
A loonie is gold and shiny,
It's worth a dollar at the store, But isn't very tiny,
Used by people in Canada, To buy things big and small,
The real loon floats on a lake, Listen close and hear it call!
The Toonie
A toonie is shiny silver and gold. It has a bear that stands so bold.
A toonie is worth two dollars, that's a lot. It's the largest coin that we've got.
written by James Horner
In other news, we are working at developing sentences that are complete. Today we discussed the idea of a "subject" and a "predicate" and practiced identifying them within sentences. We are quick learners! Everyone had a very good understanding by the end of the lesson.
And finally, a quick note that we are planning our next fieldtrip to the Space Centre for mid-February. A permission slip will be arriving home in the next week, or so.
Thanks!
Mrs. J
These are some of the questions we are asking as we begin our unit on the History of Money.
We have been reading some very interesting stories about early humans and the beginnings of money. In math we will be learning about Canadian currency and doing activities to reinforce our counting, tallying, and change-making abilities. Now is a perfect time to ask you children to help you make change at the grocery store!
Our poem this week is about money, too!
The Penny
See the shiny penny, brown as it can be, With two maple leaves for all of us to see. It's made out of copper at a mint, A penny's worth one whole cent.
The Nickel
A resting beaver will be found On a nickel, shiny, smooth, and round. The Queen is on the other side. A nickel is worth five cents.
Say it with pride!
The Dime
A dime is the smallest coin of them all, With the Bluenose sailing nice and tall.
A dime is worth ten cents. Don't you agree? Which makes me happy as can be!
The Loonie
When compared to other coins,
A loonie is gold and shiny,
It's worth a dollar at the store, But isn't very tiny,
Used by people in Canada, To buy things big and small,
The real loon floats on a lake, Listen close and hear it call!
The Toonie
A toonie is shiny silver and gold. It has a bear that stands so bold.
A toonie is worth two dollars, that's a lot. It's the largest coin that we've got.
written by James Horner
In other news, we are working at developing sentences that are complete. Today we discussed the idea of a "subject" and a "predicate" and practiced identifying them within sentences. We are quick learners! Everyone had a very good understanding by the end of the lesson.
And finally, a quick note that we are planning our next fieldtrip to the Space Centre for mid-February. A permission slip will be arriving home in the next week, or so.
Thanks!
Mrs. J
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Spelling List for January 12-19
Whole Class (all words contain the 'short vowel u')
drum, slump, plum, shunt, shush, bunch, gush, crunch, thump, slush
Challenge Words (all words contain blends + 'ing')
frosting, *spitting, depending, selecting, stretching, grumbling, representing, tangling, *dripping, crashing
*we have learned the grammatical rule of 'doubling consants' when adding the suffixes "ed" or "ing" to a verb. Ask you child to teach you the rule!
drum, slump, plum, shunt, shush, bunch, gush, crunch, thump, slush
Challenge Words (all words contain blends + 'ing')
frosting, *spitting, depending, selecting, stretching, grumbling, representing, tangling, *dripping, crashing
*we have learned the grammatical rule of 'doubling consants' when adding the suffixes "ed" or "ing" to a verb. Ask you child to teach you the rule!
Monday, January 12, 2009
Happy New Year!
Let us take a moment to give our sincere thanks for all the lovely goodies and treats you showered upon us for Christmas. We were very spoiled! We can honestly say we will be nibbling on chocolates for several more weeks :)
As you have heard by now, our computer lab suffered a flood during the winter break and will be out of operation for quite some time. This makes it a little tricky to update the blog - but I'll do my best, nevertheless!
I'll post spelling words tomorrow sometime...
As you have heard by now, our computer lab suffered a flood during the winter break and will be out of operation for quite some time. This makes it a little tricky to update the blog - but I'll do my best, nevertheless!
I'll post spelling words tomorrow sometime...
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