Jan 19, 2024

Important Information and Dates:

Grade 1s have Roots of Empathy two times next week (Tues and Thurs)

Lacrosse starts next week

Grade 1s continue to work hard on their government testing for reading and mathematics

Swimming is from Jan 29 - Feb 1- please contact your classroom teacher if you have any questions or concerns

Our Week;

In math, the grade 1s have started to work on addition. To get them thinking about addition, we have been engaging in different games. Ask your child about Race to 100 and Bump it. The grade 2s have been continuing equality/inequality, reviewing single digit addition strategies and doubles and focusing on fact families. 

In literacy, we have been looking closely at the characters in the Wild Robot- understanding who are the main characters and what are the personality traits of each character. We continue to enjoy drawing, discussing, predicting, inferring and questioning while we read. The students have many wonderful insights and connections to share. Ask your child what Roz did to help the animals on the island stay warm. 

The grade 2s, on Thursday, had the opportunity to play with the Sphero Indi Robots that are new to EHS. We are starting to talk about coding (plugged and unplugged) as part of the computer science curriculum. The students were very excited to try out the robots and in the future they will be able to share what they have learned with the grade 1s. 

We had another week of cold weather, but next week looks warmer. Please ensure your child comes to school with snow pants as there is lots of snow on the school grounds to play in. Have a great weekend!