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January 10th, 2018

Dear parents and guardians,

Welcome back! It is hard to believe how much we have learned already since we have been back! We are continuing to review our sight words and have been working hard to spell them correctly during writing tasks. Please review the words with your child a few at a time, mixing up the order so that they are reading the words rather than memorizing the list. 

We have been working with the consonant digraph "ch" this week. We are learning to read words with the "ch" sound at the beginning or the end of the word. Practice with this skill will help the students read words quickly and more fluently. Please have your child point out words that contain "ch" or "tch" during daily home reading. 






We began a new centre routine this week. Ask your child about the centres and what they are doing at each. 

In math, we have been working on solving addition problems quickly and efficiently, using mental math strategies. Our main focus has been having the students count on from the bigger number. Have your child explain to you the steps of solving an addition problem in their heads.

For your reference, the steps we have taught are as follows:
1. circle the bigger number
2. put the bigger number in your head
3. start from the bigger number, and count on using the smaller number.
4. write your answer. 

This week, we read the story "The Gingerbread Cowboy" as well as "The Gingerbread Girl". We made and decorated paper gingerbread people that we will be doing more activities with in the days to come. Stay tuned for updates!







In science, we have started discussing the sense of smell. Ask your child about things that can potentially harm your sense of smell. In the coming days, we will discuss how to protect your sense of smell.


Reminders:
- Please send any empty wrapping paper tubes to school with your child as we are collecting them for a project :).

- Please send your child with appropriate gear for the cold weather, including hats, scarves, mittens,  boots, a warm jacket and snowpants. If you choose, you can send an extra change of clothes in your child's backpack in case they get wet outside.

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