January 6, 2020

Welcome back Room 4! I am so glad to be back and I have missed everyone very much.

Today we started our day reviewing our basic facts and identifying a number of ways to add to 10. During this time we took time to chat with our classmates about our breaks so that once we were done our adding work we could share with the class and begin our winter break journals. After journaling we went to gym and then we used counters to determine how many counters we had and as many ways as possible to add up to that number. We finished our morning with word work centers. After lunch we began a new learning opportunity- we took 10 minutes after lunch to practice mindfulness. This is a school wide initiative to improve focus during the afternoons. We are practicing calming breathing. We also set new years resolutions for 2020 and finished the day with some time for Raz kids.

What to expect this week:
Math- We will be reviewing addition to refresh our memory of our work from before the term.
ELA- We are practicing various writing prompts to get back to our wonderful writing work, students will have a writing prompt task later this week to check in on our story writing progress. Spelling lists will go home tomorrow. Home reading begins again tomorrow.
Science- Please bring in your materials this week for the magnet project (recycled items). We are finishing up magnets and moving onto hot and cold temperature.
Social Studies- Finishing up prairies and moving into Inuit study.
Health- Reviewing class expectations, goal setting.
Art- We may begin our window to Iqaluit this week or next depending on Prairie wrap up.

Reminders:
- Please return report card envelopes :)