La gazette de 1ère année

École Captain Michael VandenBos

Mlle Goss, Mme Jacquie, Mme Jarvis & Mme Laszlo
May 2011
What’s New: Mathematics:
Students are developing familiarity with telling
Phys. Ed. Preparation:
time to the hour and half-hour, and are
As part of the curriculum expectations,
encouraged to continue reviewing this tricky
students are required to be appropriately
concept at home, paying particular attention
dressed for all Physical Education activities.
to counting by 5-minute intervals to note the
Please be reminded that on Gym days,
passage of time. Students will continue to count various
students should wear comfortable pants or shorts, a t-
sets of coins to determine how much money is available to
shirt or light long-sleeved shirt, and running shoes.
purchase small items, and to make change (to 20 cents).
Whether we are indoors or outdoors, jeans, skirts,
Mid-month, the students will study the measurement of
dress-shoes, flip-flops, and Crocs are not acceptable
mass and capacity. At the end of May, our students will be
Phys. Ed. attire. Due to safety concerns, students that
introduced to fractions, including whole, half, third and
are not appropriately dressed will not be allowed to
quarter fractions. Students will explore this concept by
participate in Phys. Ed. activities.
separating concrete objects and by creating visual
Our Gym days are indicated on our monthly class calendar
representations of items that could be shared. If time
so please take note and help your child to arrive prepared!
permits, we will then review the Data Management skills
In Each Subject previously taught, extending the students’ ability to
Language: organize and interpret data using bar graphs, pictographs,
As the students continue to build independence in and other graphic organizers.
reading and writing, we now expect that they apply their
Science:
understanding of oral language structures to all reading
In the month of April, students began to
and writing tasks. When reading, students are encouraged
learn about the various forms of Energy and
to relate their oral vocabulary knowledge to unfamiliar
specific types of Input (push/pull, sun, wind,
words in order to make accurate inferences about the
electricity, etc.) vs. Output (movement, light,
text. When writing, students are expected to use their
sound, heat). This month, we will further
oral knowledge in order to compose complete and
investigate the importance of the sun as the Earth’s primary
grammatically correct sentences.
source of energy, as well as the dependence of all living
(capital letter) subject + verb + complement (punctuation)
things on the radiant energy it provides in order to grow and
Subject = who? what? be healthy. To accompany our discussions about life cycles,
Verb = did what? (action word) we recently received caterpillar larvae, which will allow the
Complement = with whom? what? where? when? why? students to observe first-hand the magical transformation
how?, etc… (the rest of the sentence into butterfly! Students will also learn about the ways in
and describing details) which the sun affects our seasons and weather, and how
These elements must be included in these changes affect the activities of many living things.
every sentence that students compose. We will wrap up our Energy unit with a special project…
Kites!
Home Reading Program:
Parents are reminded to please monitor their child’s
**To cover the cost of materials, students are
reading progress to ensure that a given text is read as
required to pay $5.**
many times as necessary for it to be read with ease. Once
Payment is due by Friday, May 6th, 2011.
fluency is achieved, students should make an effort to add
expression to their voice, an important skill of all good
Social Studies:
readers. If your child experiences difficulty with the
This month, the students will continue to examine maps.
text, please remind your child to check their Reading
Strategies sheet to see if there is a way they can help
themselves work through this. If still unsuccessful, please
Reminder: Monday, May 23rd is a holiday.
return the book to school promptly for teacher assistance Students are not to come to school on this day.
with decoding and pronunciation – it will then be returned
home for further independent practice.