Friday April 19th

My apologies for the late post and we usually post on Fridays and it is now Sunday.

Important Dates and Reminders:

-Return all library books after 2 weeks, return them if your child wants to keep them longer and we can renew it for them.  We have Mrs. Carde our librarian emailing us about a lot of overdue books.

-Return all book communication folders so we can send a new writing sample of your child's work home by the end of the month.

-Glacier and Sunrise's assembly is this coming Friday April 26th starting at 9:30 to about 10:15.  We hope you can join us.

Our Week:

-We have been working hard on preparing for our assembly.  Ask your child what we have been working on and what group they belong to (hint: singing with Mrs. Coulson: Oh What a Wonderful World, creating art and poems with Ms. Disher, creating a dance/creative movement and acting piece with Mrs. Pelton).

-Math: Both groups continue to work on addition and subtraction as well as the basics of fractions.  Grade one is working on the concept of one half while grade 2 continues with unit fractions up to one tenth.  Grade 2 is learning to write fractions or equal partitions of groups or shapes in various ways: 1/2, one half, 2 equal parts, etc.

-Writing: Grade One and Two are working on acrostic poems as per curriculum expectations and will be working in the future on rhyming couplets.  Kids have been practicing acrostic poems using their names and characters from our class read aloud, The Wild Robot.

-Reading:  We are taking a break from our round 3 literacy groups to reassess how students are doing before we regroup again for round 4.  All groups have been working overall on reading fluency and comprehension.

Have a fantastic night!

 Important Dates and Information:

Friday April 19- Non Instructional Day, no school

Friday April 26- Peace Assembly Disher/Pelton Classes, 9:30 am and finishing between 10 to 10:15 am

Mrs. Pelton’s Grade 1 acting/drama groups took home their lines for their parts. Please practice these lines with your child at home. 

Return blue folders. We will be sending home another piece of writing at the end of April

Our Week:

Both classes have been working hard on the different pieces for the assembly. The students are excited to share their work with everyone. The assembly is all about our learning with the book The Wild Robot. Ask your child what pieces they will be a part of. Hint: MC speaking, drama/acting, dance, poetry, visual art and music/singing.

In Math, Ms. Disher’s Grade 2 group finished up their ice cream sundae fraction math and Mrs. Peloton’s Grade 1 Group worked on missing quantities in subtraction and addition, less or more (with 1 and 10) and understanding that when we share a quantity equally we need to have the same number.

We continue to work on our Social Studies/Coding project. The students have been very engaged and creative in creating their own community with different names for their places etc. They have enjoyed coding their Indi robot cars to drive down their roads and have been good problem solvers when they need to make a change when something doesn’t work how they planned. 

Have a wonderful weekend in the sun!

 Friday April 5th

Reminders/Important Information:

-No school Friday April 19th due to PD Day

-Grade 1/2 Glacier/Sunrise Assembly on Friday April 26th during the day...more information to come about time and length

-Return blue folders.

Our Week:

-Ask your child about The Wild Robot art we started this week.

-Ask your child about what an acrostic poem is and what they did for their names (hint: poem in which certain letters of each line spell out a word, name or phrase when read vertically-SPRING or their names)

-Ask your child what they are doing in their math groups (hint: Grade 1's are learning about subtraction and the basics of fractions: 1/2, Grade 2's addition and subtraction of numbers within 100 practice and review to build speed and accuracy, created Ice-Cream Fraction sundaes to learn about unit fractions up to 10th).

-Ask your child what we are doing in Social Studies and Science (hint: a project combining both subjects-create a community on poster paper and code a sphero car to move from your house to your school giving 3 to 5 instructions-predict, test and debug!)

-Ask your child what they are doing in their daily reading group and who their teacher is for this group.

-Ask your child about Music (hint: using the deer skin drums!)

Have a fabulous weekend!

 Friday March 22nd

Important Dates and Reminders:

-Have a great spring break!  School starts back up Tuesday April 2nd.

-Please see the EHS connect on the school website for important information and updates.

-Please return blue folders once you have had the chance to look at the work inside.  February we sent home a writing sample and March we sent home some math.  April we will send another sample of your child's work.

Our Week (was short but lots of great stuff!):

-Ask your child what happened in our Wild Robot Escapes book 2.  We are excited that a movie is coming out in the fall!

-Math: Grade 1's are working on learning about 1/2 and Grade 2's are learning about 1/4, 1/6, 1/8 and 1/10.  Both grades are working on the understanding that fractions involve dividing/sharing/partitioning into equal pieces or groups.  Below are some great stories and resources about fractions and what we are learning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbWFfWwyB5s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2hedXKaXD8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=362JVVvgYPE

-Literacy:  We continue to work every day in our literacy groups.  Ask your child what they have been working on.  We are focusing on comprehension and reading fluency (using all the phonemic awareness and phonics and applying it to how we read).

-Science and Social Studies:  We are moving away from our community unit in Social Studies to start some Science after spring break!

Have a great Spring Break!

*Due to technical difficulties, Friday March 15th post could not be posted until now.

Important Dates and Information:

Student Led Conference March 21 and 22

Eric Harvie School will be hosting our student-led conferences the evening of Thursday March 21 and the morning of Friday March 22. This round of conferences will be 21student-led and will provide each learner a chance to show what they have learned as well as provide time for families to engage with the classroom teachers. Families will be asked to sign up for a 30 minute time block to allow for ample time for students to show-off their learning, and as well to provide time for conversation.

The Sign-up for conferences will open Saturday March 16th at 8:00 am and close on Wednesday March 20th at 4:00 pm. Please sign up for a 30 minute time slot under your child’s team of teachers. 

Please bring back blue home folders.

Upcoming Scholastic Book Fair- March 20-22

March 21 Subway Fun Lunch

Mon, Mar 25 - Mon, Apr. 1: Spring Break- NO SCHOOL, classes resume Tues, April 2

Our Week:

We had a wonderful time at Telus Spark on Monday. The students were fully engaged in learning and exploring various aspects of science. Ask your child what they enjoyed the most.

In literacy, both classes worked on writing about their experience at Telus Spark which they will share with you at Learning Conferences. 

Ms. Disher’s grade 2 math group and Mrs. Pelton’s grade 1 math group began learning about fractions this week. Learning new vocabulary about fractions is important. Ask your child what a whole and a half are. How many halves make up a whole? Both groups will continue working on addition and subtraction as we learn new math concepts.

The community walk down to The Tuscany Club was fun and it was nice to have no ice on the side walks! Ask your child why The Tuscany Club and the shopping center area is located in the middle of Tuscany.

We look forward to talking with you at Learning Conferences and having the opportunity for the students to share all their hard work.

 Friday March 8th

Important Dates and Information:

-Thank you to everyone for returning their field trip forms for Monday's trip to Telus Spark.  Please refer to the letter that went home regarding what to bring for the trip (i.e. dress for the weather, pack a lunch, snack and water).  The bus will be leaving at 8:35 SHARP from the school.

-Blue Folders: a March sample of work went home in your child's blue folder today if they were at school.  The work is for current Math learning and has a reflection page attached to it with the learning outcomes your child has been working on. Your child has also shared "2 Stars" (things they do well) and "1 Wish" (something they wish to get better at/work on).  The work is yours to keep.  Please return the blue folder.

-Student Led Conferences: Thursday March 21 in the evening and Friday March 22nd in the morning.  More information to come.

-No school Friday March 22nd - students back to school after spring break April 2nd

Our Week:

-We started new literacy groups.  Ask your child who their teacher is and what they have started working on.

-Ask your child about our class read a-louds, The Wild Robot Escapes: who are the main characters and what is the setting?

-S.S.: Ask your child about our community walk today.  Ask them what a "landmark" is and to give you an example.

-Science: We started talking about matter and energy.  Our trip to Telus Spark is the start of the unit.  The kids are really excited to go!

Have a great weekend!

 Friday March 1, 2024

Important Dates and Information:

Return blue folders that went home February 9th, we will be sending home another work sample on March 8th.

Return home reading folders when ready for a new book.

Field Trip Monday March 11. Permission forms are due March 6. Here is the link to the Telus Spark website. Ms. Disher's class is still looking for volunteers for her class.

https://www.sparkscience.ca/

Community Walks both Sunrise and Glacier classes- Friday March 8 and Friday March 15 from 10:45-11:30am. Please refer to the School Messenger email that was sent out for more information.

Our Week:

For literacy Ms. Disher's students shared their Wild Robot setting writing with each other. Their loose part Wild Robot art pieces turned out very well. Mrs. Pelton's class continued to work on procedural writing. 

In math, the grade 1 students focused on learning about subtraction as taking away and looked at the friendly numbers of 10 with subtraction. We learned that addition goes hand in hand with subtraction because if you know that 4 + 6 = 10, then you know that 10- 4= 6.  The grade 2 students worked on thinking of addition for subtraction and vice versa to help with missing addends/subtrahends. 

For Pink Shirt Day on Feb. 28, both classes watched the wordless picture book on the Smartboard I Walk with Vanessa written by Kerascoët. The students engaged in conversations about kindness, empathy and inclusion. For Wellness the rest of the week, we continued our talk about kindness by reading and writing about what a true friend is all about and thinking of powerful positive words to write with pastel. 

For Social Studies, we continued to look closely at Tuscany community and started to learn about the word landmark and where the landmarks in Tuscany are located. 

Have a good weekend everyone!