The week was a short one but we packed a lot into it!

This week we focused on short vowel "o". We have created a large list of CVC words with short o and have been writing sentences with these words. The students have been using their knowledge of letter-sound relationships to write independently. We also have many high-frequency words up in our classroom that the children are beginning to reference when completing writing tasks.

Yesterday, I read The Peace Book by Todd Parr to the students. Afterward, they each created their own page for a classroom book by finishing the sentence starter "Peace is_______" and drawing an illustration to go with it.

The whole school came together at an assembly yesterday to honour Remembrance Day. We created ripped paper poppies to decorate the wall outside the Gym and discussed the significance of the poppy as well as the importance of taking time to remember all those who fought for our freedom.

We continued to practice number representation in Math this week. The students have now learned to represent numbers through dice, tallies, ten frames, equations (addition and subtraction), a number line, pictures, number words, and fingers.

Thanks to everyone who either sent in a family photo with your child or emailed me a photo for your child to share. If you have not done so already, please send in a family photo after the break that we can put up on our classroom's family tree. I'd like for every student's family to be represented, if possible. Thank you for your support. My email is jllarmer@cbe.ab.ca

I wish you all a relaxing Fall Break and look forward to seeing everyone back at school on Wednesday, November 15.

Please note the following dates:

Nov. 15 - Picture Retakes

Nov. 20-24 - Book Fair

Nov. 23 -  (4 - 8pm) and 23 (8am - 12pm) Parent-Teacher Conferences

Nov. 24 - No school for students