Our class spent the week
consolidating our learning experiences from our weather unit inquiry. We did
our last experiment on the water cycle and revisited the list of wonderings we
documented in the beginning of the unit. The students also did their summative
assessment and shared some of their favorite unit related learning activities.
We finally finished our
umbrella project! It was a collaborative project from start to finish. All the
students participated in the planning, researching and designing of their
umbrellas. We had teachers, parents and grandparents who stopped by our class
to help write and translate our weather vocabulary words in their mother
tongue. Four of our parents, Kathy, Yoong, Sunhee and Xiao Mei, helped supervise
the activity and diligently worked on sewing and putting together our
provocation umbrella, which our class decided to recycle. Well done, everyone!
In math, we have been doing
daily problem solving activities using strategies. The students are given their
daily word problem to solve independently using strategies we learn from our
exploration work. We also continue to practice skip counting by 1, 5 and 10
forward and backward. At home you can help your child practice this skill in
your mother tongue.
Our literacy lessons focused
on investigating letter combinations that make a particular sound. We made lists of words beginning and ending
with sh, ch, th, thr and wh. We also continue to work on our book making
activity. The students are beginning to see themselves as writers and are
taking more risks in their writing.
Thank You
Our class would like to say
thank you to all the teachers, parents and grandparents for stopping by to help
us with our project. A special thank you to: Kathy, YunJae’s mom, Yoong,
Andrew’s mom and Xiao Mei, Peter’s mom for putting in days of work to help us
finish our umbrella project. You are all amazing!
Help
Our new unit of inquiry, Communication kicks off next
week. We would appreciate it if you could send us your old communication
devices such as telephones, cell phones, walkie-talkies etc. You could either donate
them to the class or lend them to us through the duration of the unit.
School Reminders
ISPP Hat:
The ISPP hat is a part of our school P.E. kit. Students MUST wear their hat to
P.E. and recess. Parents need to go to the Finance Office to pay for a
replacement hat if their child loses their hat.
Swimming: Please see the link
below from Miss Paula about ISPP swimming.
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/158011f82c7ad624
Class Reminders:
· Short Week: Monday, October 31st is a holiday. Classes
will resume on Tuesday, November 1st.
· Readers and
Reading Log: Readers and reading logs
need to be sent back to school daily. Your child needs to practice writing
their sight words.
· Pick–Up: You need to call or email Chantha in the ES office if
there are changes in your child’s pick-up arrangement. If you are leaving the
campus before 2:30 pm you also need to
collect a gate pass (from the office) to be able to exit the school with your child.
If your child is going home sick, the nurse will give you a gate pass when you
collect your child from the clinic.
· These are the things that your child needs to bring to
school daily:
yellow folder
book and reading log
water
bottle, snack and a hat
Children
need to have a hat to be able to play on the field or participate during
outdoor P.E activities.
· Please remind your child of their After School
Activity for each day.
Have a great weekend!
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