Friday, January 16th, 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. 

- 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. 

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Literacy:

- We started every morning this week sharing our Holiday Memory Books and practicing our public speaking/oral storytelling skills. 

- We learned about what dialogue is, the grammar we use to show that someone is speaking in a story, and how dialogue can be used to tell a story. To practice these skills, we made comic books! On Monday, we made a visual journal page to plan out the key elements to the comic book (3 characters, setting, main idea, beginning, middle, end), and then for the rest of the week we drew out our stories scene by scene, and used dialogue between the characters to tell the story. Next week, we will be making a cover for our comic books, and binding them together. 

- We wrote our Friday Letters again, where students share what they learned during the week, and then you get to respond to your child's letter! The students get very excited when they see you have written back to them, and it creates a fun keepsake for you to have at the end of the year.

- In phonics, we learned about the Hornet rule for mapping syllables, and reviewed the AI and AY rule for spelling and reading. 

Math:

- We spent a few days reviewing everything we have learned over the past few weeks in our place value unit, and then completed a place value unit test. 

Social:

- Last week, we began learning how to code robots in math, and this week we were paired up with partners from Mrs. Coleman's class to map out and code a journey through Alberta. We chose 3 different regions of Alberta to stop at, and then chose a location and a landmark/landform to visit in those locations. Next week, we will finish our coding journey by having our robot visit each of these landmarks and share facts about the site and the region it is in.