Stone Soup

Stone Soup is a European folk story in which hungry strangers convince the people of a town to each share a small amount of their food in order to make a meal that everyone enjoys, and exists as a moral regarding the value of sharing.

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Today we read several versions of Stone Soup. On Monday, we will be making our own stone soup. Just like in the story we ask that everyone contribute a little so that we can have a feast. We ask that every child bring in a small contribution for our soup. Please have the items chopped and ready to go so we can get the slow cooker started quickly. We will be making vegetarian stone soup so that all children will be able to participate. 

Possible donation ideas:

onions

green onions

garlic

salt and pepper

carrots

celery

potato

sweet potato

can of diced tomatoes

can of corn

vegetable broth

zucchini

bell peppers (red, green, yellow etc.)

This is not an exhaustive list. Any item that you would put in a vegetable soup would be great. 

Please also send a bowl/container and a spoon so your child can enjoy the soup in the afternoon just before recess. 

Jack and the Beanstalk

Today we watched a short version of Jack and the Beanstalk, Mickey and the Beanstalk.

Following the movie we had a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) challenge. Students were given 20 pieces of spaghetti, 20 mini marshmallows, 1 large marshmallow, and 2 long pieces of masking tape. With these materials they were to build the highest tower for Jack to climb that they could with there team. 

We hope to get the pictures of the towers onto Iris next week.

Golden Ticket Reward

We have been working very hard in rooms 20 and 21 to be safe, caring, welcoming, and respectful. The students set a goal to earn 150 Golden Tickets so that they could earn a big reward. It looks like we will be able to make this goal by Thursday, November 28th. Students may wear PJs to school on this day and bring a stuffie if they wish. We will be watching Hoodwinked in the afternoon. This movie relates to our learning on Folk and fairy tales.

Skip Counting

Skip counting is an integral part of the math curriculum. It is part of our pattern unit as well as number sense. Please help your child with counting. The following are the end of year targets for each grade:

Grade 1:
Say the number sequence 0 to 100 by: 
• 1s forward between any two given numbers 
• 1s backward from 20 to 0 
• 2s forward from 0 to 20 
• 5s and 10s forward from 0 to 100.

Grade 2:
Say the number sequence 0 to 100 by: 
• 2s, 5s and 10s, forward and backward, using starting points that are multiples of 2, 5 and 10 respectively 
• 10s, using starting points from 1 to 9 
• 2s, starting from 1.

Building Houses

We have started a new science unit, Building Things. Tomorrow we will build houses, just like the three little pigs. We will required some building supplies for this project. If you are willing to donate any of the following items please send them in tomorrow. We will be creating other projects from recycled materials during December.

• boxes
• tape
• popsicle sticks
• cups
• straws
• paper towel rolls (we can not use toilet paper rolls)
• cotton balls
• lids
• ribbon
• paper
• rubber bands
• other items from your recycle bin

Tens Go Fish

This is a fun game to practice making ten (a key mental math concept).

Celebration of Learning

Hello Families,

This Thursday is our Celebration of Learning! Students and teachers are excited to share their work and learning with you. Classrooms will be open from 6:15 to 7:45 pm. Families are encouraged to visit their child's classroom any time during the allotted time frame. Please allow for at least 30 minutes to spend looking at your child's work and projects. Don't forget to check out all the bulletin board's outside of the classrooms too!

We are also encouraging families to visit the lost and found for missing items. It is also a great time to check to see if your child's indoor shoes still fit. Don't forget to check out the Scholastic book fair in room 10. All proceeds go directly to our school library.  

We look forward to celebrating with you this Thursday!