Morning

We started the day practicing our song and dance for the Christmas concert. Students are doing a great job memorizing our dance routine!

Phonics

We continued exploring the short/long Aa.

We watched a Jack Hartmann video 

Students really enjoyed this video, it had great examples of words that have short and long Aa sounds.

After, students worked on a worksheet

Journal

Students worked in their journals and wrote about what they did on the weekend

Math

Data Management: We continued learning about tally marks. We did a few graphs together as a class where students were asked a yes or no question. After, tallied the results together.

We wanted to see how many friends like chocolate. After, Syra used tally marks to show the number 9.

After, students worked in their workbook and came up with their own question to ask their peers.

Some of the questions the students came up with were: Do you like to swim? Do you like Mcdonalds? Do you like Ice cream? Do you like Hamburgers? 

Students asked their peers different questions and then counted and showed data using tally marks.

Gym with Mrs. Jans

After gym, students practiced the Christmas song & dance

Unit of Inquiry: Sensational Senses

Students continued learning about their sense of taste. We brainstormed a list of food items that are sweet or salty. Students mentioned their favorite food/snack and had to describe if it is a sweet or salty taste.

After, students created a sweet or salty chart and drew pictures of food items that belong in each category.

Once students completed their work, they read a book independently.

French with Mlle. Jessica

Thank you,

Ms. Ayoub

Christmas Concert

St. Jude's is hosting an International Christmas celebration, on December 12, 2017 at 6:30 pm. Extended family/friends are welcome!

 Each class will be singing a Christmas song in English and in a different language. Our class is singing Jingle bells. We will sing the song in English with some Arabic lyrics. The Arabic song is laylet eid by Lebanese singer, Fayrouz as it has the same beat as Jingle bells. Students will be required to sing only 1 sentence in Arabic and the rest of the song will be in English. I have attached the lyrics to the song so that students can practice pronouncing the Arabic part.

Christmas Concert Uniform

Students will be dressed in red & black. (red shirt and black pants) and a red Santa hat. You can find Santa hats at any Dollarama store or Wal-mart.

Students will also hold little bells that I will be purchasing from the store.

If you can please send in $2.00 with your child by Friday, Novmber 24^th so that I can go purchase the bells so that we can start practicing the routine with the bells.

Thank you for your support and cooperation J

Monday, November 20

Morning Routine

Today we changed the job chart and have new helpers this week!

Mila is helping us with the Calendar this week

Victoria is our new weather reporter 

Kai is the plant feeder this week

Happy Birthday, Kai!

This morning we celebrated Kai's birthday!

Music with Ms. Hayward

After music, students started to practice for the Christmas concert. Students are learning to do the actions for the song as well as memorize the lyrics to the song Jingle Bells.

Phonics

Students are starting to review long and short vowel sounds. Today we focused on the long and short sound for the letter Aa.

We brainstormed words that have the short and long sound

After, students worked in literacy stations and practiced writing, reading and creating words and letters out of playdough.

Gym with Mrs. Jans

Math: We are continuing learning about graphs and how to sort objects based on their attributes.

Students looked at a picture in the Big math book and came up with ways on how to sort the animals in the picture.

Some students suggested we group the animals based on their color. Some said we should organize them based on how many legs they have.

After, students were placed into groups and had to guess what my sorting rule was.

After, students discovered tally marks and how to make them. Students know that tally marks help us count objects.

We did tally graphs together as a class. After, students worked in their workbooks and created tally graphs based on if people have pets. Students went around the classroom and asked their peers if they have a pet at home.

We counted how many boys/girls there are in the class.

After, students did their own tally graphs in their workbook.

After, students wanted to find out what pet is the most favorite (dog or cat)

French with Mlle. Jessica

After french we practiced our Christmas song routine

Thank you,

Ms. Ayoub