Mr. Pereira & Mrs Daniels, Grade 1

Have a safe and happy holiday! See you in January Circle of Courage Spotlight Ben and Jaxon Friday January 12, 2017 To learn more about the Circle of Courage Spotlight click here. ****Home Reading**** Please send back clear home reading book bags every Tuesday and Thursday to get your new books! The volunteers exchange the books in the morning so it is important that students hand them in first thing when they arrive. Just a reminder to parents that book truck books can be returned to any city library to avoid late fees. They should not be returned to school as we have very few book truck visits.  Important dates: Friday Dec. 22 - Non-Instructional Day. No school for students Monday Jan. 8 - Classes Resume

Students are invited to bring a non-electronic game to school tomorrow that they know how to play and will be able to teach their peers. :) Also feel free to dress in your holiday or winter attire tomorrow!  Report Cards went home with students yesterday. Please check their folders.  White envelopes (just the envelope) need to be  signed  and  returned  to school tomorrow. Thank you very much to all those students who returned their envelopes already:):).   Just a reminder to parents that book truck books can be returned to any city library to avoid late fees. They should not be returned to school as we have very few book truck visits.  Important dates: Tuesday Dec. 19 - Report cards go home Wednesday Dec. 20 - Wear Royal oak blue to school Thursday Dec. 21 - Wacky winter clothes day-wear your festive winter attire to school. Thursday Dec. 21 - Last Day of Classes (Winter Break) Thursday Dec. 21 - bring a board-game to school Friday Dec. 22 - Non-Instructional Day

Report Cards went home with students today. Please check their folders.  White envelopes (just the envelope) need to be signed and returned to school tomorrow or Thursday. Thank you very much.  Ginger bread STEM building challenge We were very innovative in their building ideas. We had to be very patient waiting for the glue (icing) to dry. We found out that it was easier to lean to crackers together, creating a more stable structure. What a fun afternoon! Way to go future engineers.  Ask me about: What was the hardest part about building your structure?  What was easiest? Important dates: Tuesday Dec. 19 - Report cards go home Wednesday Dec. 20 - Wear Royal oak blue to school Thursday Dec. 21 - Wacky winter clothes day-wear your festive winter attire to school. Thursday Dec. 21 - Last Day of Classes (Winter Break) Thursday Dec. 21 - bring a board-game to school Friday Dec. 22 - Non-Instructional Day. No school for students Monday Jan. 8 - Cla

We had our first whole-school carolling event in the gym today. We are definitely feeling Jolly!  Join us on Wednesday morning if you missed out today.  We have begun to design our gingerbread houses and tomorrow we will be constructing a solid structure entirely out of graham crackers and candy goodness! students are invited to bring in candy to decorate their houses tomorrow.  On Thursday students are invited to bring in a non-electronic (no ipads or noise makers ;)) game to school that they know how to play and will be able to show their classmates how to play cooperatively.  This encourages student's leadership abilities, sharing and turn taking.  Please bring your games in Thursday morning.  Ms. Barley popped in for a quick visit and some carolling this afternoon with her new little guy, Bowen. So nice to see her and meet baby Bowen:)  1) Carolling:  Is happening Wednesday from 9:15-9:45. All are welcome to join us!  2) Gingerbread building challenge:  On Tuesday De

Fun Friday today! We had our buddies today. Mr.Pereira's class exchanged holiday cards today and Mrs. Daniel's class went on a holiday scavenger hunt! Ho, Ho, Ho!  Next week is fun filled, so much school spirit. Here is a list of what to expect: 1) Caroling:  Is happening on Monday from 1:15-1:45 and Wednesday from 9:15-9:45. All are welcome to join us!  2) Gingerbread building challenge:  On Tuesday Dec 19th Students will be asked the question "How can I engineer a gingerbread house that can stand on its own?" We will be providing the graham cracker cookies and icing to build the foundation of the gingerbread houses, however, if students would like to decorate their gingerbread house they are encouraged to bring their own candy. 3) Report Cards:  will be going home Tuesday dec 19th. 4) Royal Oak School Spirit day:  is Wednesday Dec 20th. Students are encouraged to wear blue 4) Wild, Whimsical, Wacky Winter Wear Day:  is on Thursday Dec 21st. Students are encourag

Story writing Students were given 4 pictures of 2 dogs playing, then they were asked to order them any way they wanted. Next students were to write a story based on what they thought was happening in each photo. We were focusing on adding uppercase letters and punctuation where appropriate. Students are encouraged to give their story "voice" and add juicy words to their sentences. Ask me about: What was your story about? What happened first? Then what happened? How will your story end? Mrs. Daniels class had a sequencing challenge today in order to demonstrate how we can work together respectfully to put the story of "Charlotte's Web" together. Great work everyone.!!! ***Mrs. Daniels class can you please bring in a plastic bag tomorrow so I can send home some sparkly art work ;) Report cards: Report cards will go home with students next week on December 19. If you know you will not be here, please send to the school a large self address

Report cards will go home with students next week on December 19. If you know you will not be here, please send to the school a large self addressed envelope (8 1/2 x 11) with proper postage. If we receive the envelope with postage we will be able to mail the report card to your home. Thank you. Circle of Courage Spotlight Amy and Brett Friday December 15 To learn more about the Circle of Courage Spotlight click here. ****Home Reading**** Please send back clear home reading book bags every Tuesday and Thursday to get your new books! The volunteers exchange the books in the morning so it is important that students hand them in first thing when they arrive. Important dates: Monday Dec. 18 - Fun Lunch Tuesday Dec. 19 - Report cards go home Thursday Dec. 21 - Last Day of Classes (Winter Break) Friday Dec. 22 - Non-Instructional Day. No school for students Monday Jan. 8 - Classes Resume

Domino and Dice Math! Circle of Courage Spotlight Amy and Brett December 15 To learn more about the Circle of Courage Spotlight click here. ****Home Reading**** Please send back clear home reading book bags every Tuesday and Thursday to get your new books! The volunteers exchange the books in the morning so it is important that students hand them in first thing when they arrive. Important dates: Monday Dec. 18 - Fun Lunch Tuesday Dec. 19 - Report cards go home Thursday Dec. 21 - Last Day of Classes (Winter Break) Friday Dec. 22 - Non-Instructional Day. No school for students Monday Jan. 8 - Classes Resume

Math In Math we have been practicing our addition skills using domino's and dice. Student's are asked to count how many dots on each domino and then add them together, making a number sentence. Some students chose to really challenge themselves and were adding very large numbers together. Later this week we will be rolling dice and adding those numbers together and making number sentences. We are practicing our addition skills as we will be applying our knowledge to solving and creating Math stories next week and into the new year. Literacy We have jumbled up our literacy groups this week. Some students are with the same teacher, others have moved to a different group. Our grouping system is designed to meet individual student's needs and target similar skills and strategies in reading. Students have the opportunity to work with different teachers throughout our literacy block to support and develop reading comprehension. Music Ask me about what Holiday songs ha

What a fantastic day at the ATP watching Charlotte's Web. It was a really good show, with lots of music and acrobats. Thank you to all of the volunteers who came along with us! There is no school for students tomorrow. We will see you all on Monday! Reminder that the Naturalization Committee is meeting Monday evening at 7pm, please join us if you are interested in joining this Royal Oak venture. Don't forget! The Royal Oak School Christmas market Dec. 9 from 1-4pm Next week..... Circle of Courage Spotlight Amy and Brett December 15 To learn more about the Circle of Courage Spotlight click here. ****Home Reading**** Please send back clear home reading book bags every Tuesday and Thursday to get your new books! The volunteers exchange the books in the morning so it is important that students hand them in first thing when they arrive. Important dates: Thursday Dec. 7 - Charlotte's Web Field Trip Friday De

Math:  We are continuing to introduce formal addition and have been experimenting with addition games and using manipulatives (blocks or counters) to build our confidence when working with and writing addition sentences. We will be introducing the plus (+) and (=) signs and what they represent.  Literacy: We continue to work on our reading strategies in our morning literacy groups. Please encourage your child to use their strategies when practicing reading at home. For example, “looking to the pictures for a clue” or “sounding out the word”. Other strategies that may be useful are “skipping the word and reading on” then come back to see if the word makes sense after reading the whole sentence. We are beginning to talk about story sequencing and have experimented making comic strips to introduce story writing. Talk to your child after reading together about what happened first in the book? Then what happened next?   How did the story end? This will reinforce what we will