Thursday, April 12

Agenda Message:  New spelling words. Practice Question.

Regarding Practice Question: Some children received a small piece of paper with a question on it. If your child has one, they can practice to ask the question tomorrow, as we are interviewing my mom (who, of course, is a Senior Citizen).

NOTICE REGARDING GRANDPARENT/ARTIFACT PROJECT - ANY TIME YOU ARE FINISHED OF YOUR QUESTIONNAIRE OR ARTIFACT, FEEL FREE TO SEND IN. YOU DON'T NEED TO WAIT!

NEW SPELLING WORDS: (all children tested on first 6 words - last two are optional)
THE FIRST FIVE WORDS ALL HAVE SHORT VOWEL SOUNDS. TOP TWO WORDS ARE FROM THE 'OP' WORD FAMILY.

top
stop
men
fix
fox

experiment
pain

parallelogram
sports

Math: Yesterday we made 2 D pictures to review the names of the shapes( check them out in the hallway).  Today we played a game with our Buddies to review how many sides and corners on these 2D shapes. Here are the shapes. Can you find them around your home.

Here is a video to explain sides and corners. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OlcnbZ3uO8

Game with Buddies today. 

Gym: We've had fun this week playing a strategy and active game of Tic Tac Toe. Ask your child. 

Reading To Kindergarten Students: Grade 1 did a great job reading their story. Here are some pics. 

Science: We have begun looking at The Sense Of Sight. Here is a video about the eyes. As well, ask your child what they learned from the teacher: 

- your eyelids and eyelashes protect your eyes (along with tears)

- the black part is the pupil

- colored part is the iris

- your pupil becomes smaller when it is too bright

- your pupil becomes larger when it is darker

- a regular eye exam is important

- if you are nearsighted, you can see things better when they are close (things far away are fuzzy or blurry)

- if you are farsighted, you can see things better that are far away (and things up close are fuzzy or blurry) 

We tested different tools to see what could give us a better close-up view of an object. We tested magnifying glasses, microscope, computer camera and CCTV. The CCTV was the BEST! 

Here is a video about the eye: https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/eyes-movie.html