Mrs. Andrews' Class

 All week long we have been reading stories about Orange Shirt day. We learned about residential schools and some of the things that happened there.  Here are some of the students' thoughts about the stories we heard. "It is important to tell these stories so we can learn history"  "We learn about mistakes of the past, so we don't do it again." "We learned that some kids died." "I learned that their belongings, words and hair was taken from them." "They were taken away from their parents, home and their life." "The nuns didn't care if they were sad, or hungry, tired, or scared, injured or sick." From these mistakes, we learned... "It's important to celebrate day." "we should take care of others." "we should be nice to people." "every child matters, even if you are an adult." Yesterday as we discussed the Orange Shirt Day stories, a lot of feeling words came up.  We have c

  Reminders: LIbrary Books:  If your child has library books at home from last year, please send them in as we would love to have them back on our bookshelves and in our classrooms. September 28th: Terry Fox Run during gym September 30th:  Orange Shirt Day - wear an orange shirt or something orange to honour those who were in residential schools and to affirm that every child matters October 1st  is our first Spirit Day.  The students have chosen Pajama Day.  Students may wear a clean pair of pjs, but we ask that stuffies and toys stay at home. Here are some notable activities from the week: During Language Arts, we are reviewing the graphemes (letters with their sounds).  This is a good review for all students as they it helps them be more aware of letter sounds when they are reading and writing.  This week we reviewed the letters; o, s, qu and b.  Along with reviewing the letter names and sounds, we are also learning/reviewing how to print the letters properly so that their printing

 We explored the naturalization area this afternoon and we found a few pieces of evidence of small crawling, and flying creatures, but the students want to find more.   They want to take a walk with their families tonight to look for evidence of small, flying and crawling creatures.  What will you find? If you would like, take some pictures and email them to Mrs. Andrews and we can talk about this week.  hlandrews@cbe.ab.ca

   Reminders: September 24th and 25th are Parent Teacher Conferences .  They will be virtual conferences.  Please follow the link sent to you from the office to sign up.  Sign up closes on Monday the 21st at noon.  If you need help, please contact the office or myself (hlandrews@cbe.ab.ca) and we can help you book a conference.  October 1st is our first Spirit Day.  The students have chosen Pajama Day.  Students may wear a clean pair of pjs, but we ask that stuffies and toys stay at home. Here are some notable activities from the week: During Language Arts, we are reviewing the graphemes (letters with their sounds).  This is a good review for all students as they it helps them be more aware of letter sounds when they are reading and writing.  This week we reviewed the letters; a, c, d, f, and g.  Along with reviewing the letter names and sounds, we are also learning/reviewing how to print the letters properly so that their printing becomes more efficient.  Remember, we always start pr

 Reminder:  Please return all demographic forms and media consent forms.  Make sure you sign both sides of the orange form. Today we watch a show on Disney Plus called, "Weird, But True."  We watched an episode about our senses.  We learned that smell helps us taste.  Here is an experiment to try at home.  Try eating different foods with your nose plugged.  How do they taste?

  Reminders: Soft Entry begins at 7:50 am.   Students should arrive at or shortly after 7:50. We would like all students to try to be inside the school by 7:55, please. The 7:58 bell means ‘start learning in your classroom’, not ‘enter the school now’. Here are some notable activities from the week: During writing, we were learning how to create a complete sentence.  We learned that a sentence needs 4 main things; Capital Letter at the beginning, a complete idea, finger spaces between each word and punctuation.  Here is a video we watched to help us remember these 4 things.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh7hCqyfaPs In Math we were working on sorting shapes by one or two attributes.  Here are some examples of their work.             This next week will do a little more work on sorting and then move into patterns. In Science, we will continue learning about our 5 senses and how they help us become good observers. In Social Studies, we have been learning about different communities.  T

  HOW TO LOG INTO YOUR CHILD'S GOOGLE ACCOUNT You will need: 1. Your child's gmail address that you received back in March 2. Your child's 8 character (or longer) student password   Step 1:   G o to  https://accounts.google.com/    Step 2:  Enter in your child's entire gmail address   Step 3:  Enter your child's 8 character (or longer) student password. If you have not completed this step you will not be able to log in. Still need to reset your password to one that is 8 characters or longer?  CLICK HERE Step 4:  Click on  the dots on the top right of the screen. Click on Google Classroom.  The second picture shows you  where to find the different Google tools Step 5.  Enter the classroom code:  rl3yblc       

 We are enjoying making new friends in our class. Today in math we sorted our names by different attributes such as; first letter, number of letters, or contains a letter.                                                                          We are learning about communities.  One community that we belong to in our Family!  Check out some of our pictures.

 It was so amazing to see so many children in the school on Friday!  I really have missed being with them.  This past week we focused on learning and practicing routines to keep us healthy.  It really amazed me how well they adapted and reminded each other, including me, which door to enter in through to the classroom or to sanitize our hands and put our mask on before we leave the classroom. On Friday we began reviewing the Zones of Regulation by talking about how we would feel in different situations and then moving to a pylon with the matching colour. Throughout the year, we will continue to learn about the Zones of Regulation and strategies we can put in our tool kit to help us be the best learners we can be.                                                             Looking ahead to next week we will begin looking at sorting objects  by 1 or 2 attributes and learning how to describe the sorting rules.  In Social Studies we will start looking at the concept of community and how it