Wednesday Math Game

Dear Families,

Captain John Palliser has been working on improving our student’s fluency in math. We believe that playing math games help students to develop stronger fundamental number concepts, such as counting, one to one correspondence, and computation strategies. Games can be used both in the classroom and at home. Each Wednesday, your child’s teacher will be sending home a math game for you to enjoy throughout the week. The game will also be posted on your child’s blog. We encourage you to continue to play the games throughout the year. Most of the games will require minimal supplies such as: dice, a deck of cards, pencil/paper, or counters/tokens. These items can be purchased at most dollar stores. If you require assistance obtaining required materials please let your child’s teacher know and they will be able to assist you.

Students have been working hard learning addition strategies.  Currently, we have been working on “making 10”.  Finding all the ways to make 10 and getting proficient at knowing number partners that make 10.  This week we are sending home a fun game to get kids even quicker at knowing their 10 partners to in fun way!  We hope you enjoy your first family math game!

Yours in learning,

Ms. Anderson, Mrs. Halsall, Mrs. Holman, Mrs. Hoogers, Ms. Lamboo, Ms. McCullough,

Mrs. Patel, Mrs. Ross, Mrs. Taylor-Schryvers, & Mrs. Wacker

Making 10

Materials: One deck of cards

Objective: To makes sums of 10

Instructions:

Take out the face cards (kings, queens, jacks and jokers).

Aces count as 1.
Place 9 cards face up in 3 rows with 3 cards in each row.

How to play:

Player 1 finds cards with the sum of 10, saying the number sentence each time.

For example, pick up the cards 8 and 2 and say “8+2=10”

Player 1’s turn continue until they cannot find anymore sets.

Player 2 looks to see if player one missed any sets.

Place new cards face up in the missing spots.

Player 2 tries to make their set of 10.

Variations: 

·      Try using 3 or more cards to make 10.

·      Add in the face cards and make a larger number as the target i.e. 15

How are buildings heated?

Our School's Boiler

We had lots of fun in science today. We learned ways to heat or cool down a room. We thought of 6 ways to cool down a room if it is too hot and 8 ways to warm up if it is too cool. Ask your child what ways they remember. One way to keep a room comfortable is to turn up the heat or turn down the heat. 

We went on a in school field trip to see our school's heating system. Our heater is in the basement.

 Our school has a new boiler system. 

 There are lots of pipes to circulate the hot water. 

The hot water is warmed to 85 degrees before it leaves the tank.

Homework

• Look at your families heating system and thermostat.
• Does your family turn down the heat at night like the school does?
• How does each room in your house get it's heat?

We are Silent

ME to WE is leading another campaign which will take place on Wednesday, January 31. 

This time it is WE are Silent and all students are encouraged to participate. Take a vow of silence to turn up the volume on the struggles of young people fighting for their basic human rights, such as access to clean water and education. Everyone deserves the chance to live the life they choose - not one chosen for them by poverty, illiteracy and happenstance. 

                         Their voices matter. Your voice matters. How will you use it?

Pick up your pledge form during lunch this week and let your silence make an impact. 

Our younger students (K, Gr. 1/2) may want to take the pledge of silence for a single 45 minute block. Perhaps the Gr. 3/4 will take the pledge for the entire  morning. Maybe our Gr. 5/6's will strive to be silent for the entire school day. Listen for announcements beginning this week and plan to be part of this meaningful campaign.

Plenty of Patterns Spirit Day

Tomorrow we are celebrating another spirit day here at CJP. So wear all your patterns wherever you can (socks, pants, shirts) - floral, stripes, plaid, etc. We can't wait to see all the patterns in our classroom!

Curriculum Newsletter

February 2018 – June 2018

GRADE ONE and TWO

Mrs. Halsall, Mrs. Holman, Mrs. Hoogers, Ms. McCullough,

Mrs. Taylor-Schryvers, & Mrs. Wacker

Montessori students will be introduced to and work with a variety of Montessori Materials as they pertain to their learning.

Language Arts Language learning takes place in and across all subject areas. Oral language and listening skills are developed through: Classroom discussion Partner sharing Following instructions Songs, stories, poems and rhymes Reading skills will be developed through: Independent reading Reading with a partner Guided reading (reading with teacher guidance) Reading with older buddies Class read-alouds and discussions Decoding strategies Comprehension strategies, including but not limited to predicting, visualizing, making connections and inferencing Writing skills will be developed through: Using pictures, words and sentences to represent ideas Personal stories and journal entries Informational writing Poetry Word study Instruction on decoding/segmenting (sounding out words) Spelling practice Word families (rhymes) Alphabetizing Parts of speech, such as nouns, verbs, and adjectives Technology The use of technology will be integrated across the curriculum.

Math Number Sense Represent numbers using pictures, words and symbols Compare and order numbers Exploring place value Counting forwards and backwards by 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s Number Operations Adding and subtracting numbers to 18 (grade 1) Adding and subtracting two digit numbers with regrouping (grade 2) Problem solving Shape and Space (2D and 3D Shapes) ·       Sort, describe, compare and construct 2D shapes and 3D objects ·       Identify 2D shapes as part of 3D objects in their environment Shape and Space (Measurement) ·       Use standard (centimeters) and non-standard (paper clip) measurements to solve problems ·       Order and compare objects to solve problems Probability and Data Management ·       Gather and record data to answer questions ·       Construct and interpret graphs to solve problems

Social Studies Community in the Past Students will demonstrate an understanding of community Students will demonstrate an understanding of how various people worked together to build Calgary as a community	Science Students will learn about hot and cold temperatures through: ·       Recognizing the effects of heating and cooling ·       Identifying methods of heating, cooling and maintaining temperatures Students will learn about magnetism through: Exploring magnets Testing the effects of magnets on a variety of materials Students will learn about plants and animals through: ·       Learning about the needs of living things ·       Describing and classifying plants and animals
Physical Education Students will be work on fundamental movement and health skills through: Floor Hockey Gymnastics Dance – Sound Kreations (artist in residency) Soccer Kickball Lacrosse Students will have use of the gymnasium for Physical Education 3 times each week. In addition to going to the gymnasium students will have movement activities in the classroom each day.	Health and Life Skills Students will: Demonstrate safe, caring, welcoming and respectful behavior inside and outside the classroom Learn to communicate and solving problems – Montessori Peace Education Exploring their feelings and work on developing empathy Learn about nutrition and how to live a healthy active lifestyle Continue to work on Zone of Regulations, green zone in control and ready to learn, yellow zone lose of some control and difficult to learn, red zone you have lost control and unable to learn and blue zone is not feeling our best.
Music -Mrs. Schulz & Miss Nair Students will: ·       Continue to learn a variety of folk songs and singing games that give opportunities for developing in-tune singing, and exploring the musical elements of beat, rhythm and pitch.  ·       Read, write and create simple melodic patterns on the music staff using the notes la, so and mi using their rhythmic patterns of ta, titi, and quarter rest. ·       Have musical concepts reinforced through movement and listening activities, as well as through playing a variety of non-pitched and pitched percussion instruments.	Art Students will explore elements of art such as: ·       Texture ·       Space ·       Shape Students will work with a variety of medium ·       Paint ·       Charcoal ·       Pencil Crayons ·       Watercolours ·       Oil pastels Students will analyze, evaluate and respond critically to art works by looking critically at: ·       Their own art ·       Art of classmates ·       Art of professionals Students will use techniques learned in art to communicate their understanding in other curricular areas.