Friday, Jan 23, 2026

Upcoming Dates

January 28                               Fun Lunch - Subway

January 29                               NO SCHOOL for Kindergarten - Kindergarten Assessments

January 30                               Non-Instructional Day - NO SCHOOL

February 11                              Wear Red and Hearts for Valentine's Day

February 12 & 13                     Teacher Convention - NO SCHOOL

February 16                              Family Day - NO SCHOOL

February 25                              Fun Lunch - Coco Brooks Pizza

February 26                              PINK Shirt Day

February 27                              Non-Instructional Day - NO SCHOOL

March 17                                  Wear Green for St. Patrick's Day

March 18                                  Fun Lunch - Subway

March 19 & 20                          Parent/Teacher Conferences

March 19                                  NO SCHOOL for Kindergarten

March 20                                  Parent/Teacher Conferences - NO SCHOOL

March 23-27                            Spring Break - NO SCHOOL 

Recommended areas to focus on at home to help your child:

**Highlighted areas are the ones we are either focusing on right now, or the ones that they need the most support with.

- Reading every night:

• focusing on fluency (can they read without stopping to sound out each word),  
• expression (changing their tone of voice to match the punctuation and dialogue of characters), and 
• comprehension (ask your child questions about the story while they read or after they finish). 

- Math

• addition and subtraction, both with and without regrouping (this could be practiced using worksheets or card games like addition or subtraction war)
• skip counting by 2s, 5s, 10s, and 25s (a great activity to practice this is by counting coins)
• Reading time on an analog clock. 
• Place Value: expanded form, written form, standard form, and block form 
• 3 digit Addition and Subtraction with regrouping 
• 10 more, 10 less, 100 more, 100 less: Write down a set of numbers and have your child calculate what the number would be if you were to have 10 more, 10 less, 100 more, or 100 less. 
• Skip counting by 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 6s, 7s, 8s, 9s, 10s, and 25s
• Counting money (especially coins) is a great way to practice skip counting. 
• Adding and Subtracting decimals
• using money to pay for items, whether in a store or pretending at home is a great way for kids to practice adding and subtracting decimals in a hands on, practical way. 
• Multiplication and Division facts 

- Writing:

• spelling (you could also practice this skill playing games like 'Horse' using a basketball, net, and choosing different words to spell). 
• printing mechanics (are the letters legible, is their a clear size difference with capital and lowercase letters, are their spaces between the words)
• punctuation and capitalization 
• Using nouns, adjectives, and verbs within their writing
• Opinion writing: have your child tell you their opinions on things either in verbal or written form, but have them give at least 3 reasons why they have that opinion, and have them further explain each reason as well. 
• Persuasive writing: have your child write about something they want, and ask them to give at least three reasons why they should get it, and have them add lots of detail to their writing. 
• Writing letters, focusing on formatting and expanding ideas. 

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Literacy:

- We started the week with a picture prompt and completed our Comic Book project by creating a cover and binding the books together with yarn. 

- We wrote scripts for our coding project, and learned about synonyms. To apply our knowledge of synonyms, we completed a write the room activity where we had to write down the words we found, and then find and write down the word that paired with it. 

- In phonics, we reviewed the ee and ea vowel team. We listened to a fun song to reinforce the rule, and then completed a sorting activity in our phonics books. 

- We have been learning new vocabulary words each day, and creating a word wall with them in our classroom, so that we can use more interesting vocabulary in our writing. 

Math:

- We started our new unit on Multiplication and Division. We learned the basics about the two different operations, discussed how they are inverse operations (just like addition and subtraction), and then we began learning our basic facts. We completed a multiplication chart, and started a worksheet brochure on multiples of 1. Each day, we will be starting our lessons with a warmup activity by completing a page from these brochures (there is a different one for each of the multiples, we will be starting the multiples of 2 once we finish our current one). Then we will be working on strategies to memorize facts and complete equations for both multiplication and division. We have already learned the finger rule for multiples of 9, and the cookie method for division. 

Science/Social:

- We had a busy week with coding our robots to visit different Alberta regions. While half of the groups were coding on ipads, the other half were building the 3 landmarks/landforms that their robots would visit around Alberta. We used various materials such as cardboard, 3D paper shapes, pipecleaners, tissue paper, and popsicle sticks for our designs. Yesterday, some of our groups got to present our finished journeys to the class, and we will finish our presentations on Monday. 

Art:

- We did an artist study on Georges Seurat, and looked closely at his famous painting "Sunday Afternoon on the island of Le Grande Jatte". We learned about important elements of his artwork, such as his use of colour, pointalism, and how he painted sailboats in almost all of his paintings.  We made our own mini sailboat using pointalism, and next week we will be creating our own pointalism artwork.