Hello!
What a rainy morning!
As I sit and write this it is pouring rain outside and while the gloominess of the day is encouraging me to take a nap, I am thrilled that the snow is melting away and I am hopeful for the sunny days ahead!
Every year when Spring begins, I am amazed at how quickly things seem to go from now until the end of the year. I feel like we were just getting ready for Christmas, now I am planning for June!
As always, we have been quite busy here in the PLC! As I mentioned in the last post, we have been working on procedural writing. We have written about how to get ready for recess, how to make popcorn, how to brush your teeth and how to make fruit salad! The students are really getting the hang of the format. Check out our goal!
We will continue to practice this writing form in large and small groups, and soon enough, the students will begin composing a procedural text all on their own!
In our reading, we have been working hard and practicing our reading strategies every day! Since the students are at varying places in their reading journeys, students are working on different ways to solve unknown words. Here are the reading strategies that we have been learning about all year. Ask your child which one they use when they are reading and come to a word they do not know!
Good readers use many different strategies to solve words. They also use different strategies to gain a better understanding of what they have read. We have been practicing predicting and inferring as comprehension strategies. We came up with a goal and some success criteria for inferring as a tool to help us remember what we have to do!
Another thing good readers do is ask questions! We have been working on our goal of using the 5 W's as a way to further understand stories we have read or listened to!
We have used this chart to remind us of what each of the questions is about. We also talk about lesson was learned in the story. This has been a good way to practice retelling stories! Please feel free to ask your children about the 5 W's in a story when you are reading at home!
A few reminders:
*Friday April 7th is P.J. Day for OK Clean Water. Bring in a toonie and wear your jammies!
Students are allowed to bring in a stuffie to cuddle!
* If your child is going to be absent, please remember to let transportation know. If you do not have your child's driver's phone number, just call STS at 613-723-9677 and they will let the drivers know. Thank you for support with this!
*The weather is very wet! Please consider sending in extra clothing with your child just in case! We do have some extra clothes, but it always better to be safe than sorry!
I hope you have enjoyed reading about our hard work these past few weeks! We will continue to work on these skills. A reminder that I will continue to post student videos, pictures and work through SeeSaw for you to see. Let me know if you need help accessing the app.
Two weeks until Easter! Wishing everyone a good week and look for more information next week!
What a rainy morning!
As I sit and write this it is pouring rain outside and while the gloominess of the day is encouraging me to take a nap, I am thrilled that the snow is melting away and I am hopeful for the sunny days ahead!
Every year when Spring begins, I am amazed at how quickly things seem to go from now until the end of the year. I feel like we were just getting ready for Christmas, now I am planning for June!
As always, we have been quite busy here in the PLC! As I mentioned in the last post, we have been working on procedural writing. We have written about how to get ready for recess, how to make popcorn, how to brush your teeth and how to make fruit salad! The students are really getting the hang of the format. Check out our goal!
We will continue to practice this writing form in large and small groups, and soon enough, the students will begin composing a procedural text all on their own!
In our reading, we have been working hard and practicing our reading strategies every day! Since the students are at varying places in their reading journeys, students are working on different ways to solve unknown words. Here are the reading strategies that we have been learning about all year. Ask your child which one they use when they are reading and come to a word they do not know!
Good readers use many different strategies to solve words. They also use different strategies to gain a better understanding of what they have read. We have been practicing predicting and inferring as comprehension strategies. We came up with a goal and some success criteria for inferring as a tool to help us remember what we have to do!
We have used this chart to remind us of what each of the questions is about. We also talk about lesson was learned in the story. This has been a good way to practice retelling stories! Please feel free to ask your children about the 5 W's in a story when you are reading at home!
A few reminders:
*Friday April 7th is P.J. Day for OK Clean Water. Bring in a toonie and wear your jammies!
Students are allowed to bring in a stuffie to cuddle!
* If your child is going to be absent, please remember to let transportation know. If you do not have your child's driver's phone number, just call STS at 613-723-9677 and they will let the drivers know. Thank you for support with this!
*The weather is very wet! Please consider sending in extra clothing with your child just in case! We do have some extra clothes, but it always better to be safe than sorry!
I hope you have enjoyed reading about our hard work these past few weeks! We will continue to work on these skills. A reminder that I will continue to post student videos, pictures and work through SeeSaw for you to see. Let me know if you need help accessing the app.
Two weeks until Easter! Wishing everyone a good week and look for more information next week!
Mrs.
Faloon
