February 27th

 My favorite part of the day was:

-curling during gym

-seeing everyone in the class

-creating our eagle 

-doing the english centers

-getting to play in the snow

Adios!

Feb 13th -15th

Hola families! Here is our learning journey this week: 

Spanish:
We have been writing about our muñeco de invierno. In our guided reading groups we read "El sapo y la seta" to practice reading with the syllables sa-se-si-so-su. 

                                          

English:
We created valentine cards to healthcare workers to spread love. We have continued working in our guided reading groups. 

Math:
We have been continuing working with addition and subtraction in our math centers. 

Science: 
We have been working with our 5 senses in centers. 
Ask me: What was my favorite center? 

Social: 
We have been learning about the Eagle as part of the seven sacred teachings. 
Ask me: What does the Eagle represent in the seven sacred teachings?

Reminders:
There will be no school due to Teachers’ Convention on February 16 & 17 as well as February 20 due to Family Day

Pink Shirt Day will be on February 22.  Everyone is encouraged to wear pink as a symbol of kindness.

We have our ongoing Food Drive as part of Kindness month.  Donations are gratefully accepted in the donation boxes found at either the front or the back doors of the school. 

Please see the separate email sent out regarding our Celebration of Learning.  Booking details will follow.  At the same time as our Celebration of Learning, we will be hosting a Scholastic Book Fair.  We hope to see you there for both events!

Our Spring Concert will be held on March 22 & 23 at 6:30pm.  You can see which classes perform when in the separate email sent out.  Srta. Primak is also looking for helping with prop creation.  You can sign up here if you can help out.

Notes from the Music Room

 

The March concert is fast approaching.  An email was sent to families with the dates and information pertaining to the concert, which will be held here at the school.  Two nights of beautiful renditions of Latin American songs and Spanish songs performed by the talents and voices of our Dalhousie students.  I for one can’t wait to show you what they have accomplished.  Do send me a note letting me know if your child will not be present at the concert.  For some songs the children are assigned instruments and partners.  For children to find themselves without their partner on the night of the concert is terribly distressing and confusing, which leads to a not so pleasant concert experience.

Please go the videos and lyrics to the songs the children are working on.  Children who have taken the opportunity to work on the songs at home have taken great enjoyment and pride in singing them.

The Grade 1s are learning two Venezuelan folk songs:

The first song is:

 

Los chimichimitos estaban bailando el coro corito

Tamboré

Los chimichimitos estaban bailando el coro corito

Tamboré

Que baile la niña tamboré

Que baile el niñito tamboré

Que baile la gata tamboré

Que baile el gatito tamboré

Los chimichimitos estaban bailando el coro corito

Tamboré

Los chimichimitos estaban bailado el coro corito

Tamboré

Que baile la vieja tamboré

Que baile el viejito tamboré

Que baile la mona tamboé

Que baile el monito tamboré

Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-awBRtaAog  

Weekly Learning Journey Feb 7- 10th

 Spanish: 

We have been working on our muñeco de invierno. We will start to describe our muñeco using our winter clothing and parts of the body vocabulary. We have been continuing our guided reading groups this week we focused using the syllables la-le-li-lo-lu to read the Spanish books. 

ELAL: 

We have been working on our writing journals with the theme of kindness this month. We have been continuing our guided reading groups. 

Math: 

We have been working with addition and subtraction word problems and centers.