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Adventures in Room 4: Weekly Update
Date: Friday, September 21, 2018
Looking Back
This is a list of concepts/activities covered this week that are meant
to spark conversation about learning.
Ask Me About…
● All About Me Art
● Write to Self - Journal writing
○ A Bad Case of the Stripes: the importance about being true to yourself
○ A Boy Called Bat: Writing about my favourite room
● The Important Book: generating opinion writing, planning our ideas, and using descriptive
detail to write about the imporatnt thing about our favourite thing
● Reading Comprehension: Good readers check for understanding by asking questions and
rereading when unsure before continuiing with the story
● Read to Others: EEKK, Check for Understanding
● Reading buddies with Ms. Fraser’s Gr. 1 Class
● Math: Fact families for addition/subtraction and Doubling numbers using addition
○ Sharpening the Saw: Fast Families and Making Doubles Bingo
○ Visualization strategies for doubling
● Read Alouds: A Bad Case of Stripes, I Don’t Like Snakes, A Boy Called Bat
● Gym: Revenge Dodgeball
● Fine Arts - Concentration Games (ask me about the dots)
● Terry Fox’s Dream and Why He’s a Hero
● School-wide Terry Fox Run
Looking Ahead
A Peek at the Week…
Monday ● Fine Arts
Tuesday ● Coffee Talk: Reading with My Beginning Reader (9-10am)
Wednesday ● Fine Arts
● Library Exchange
Thursday ● Photo Day
Friday ● Orange Shirt Day
Notes:
● As the days become cooler, students need to dress for the weather and have a pair of
indoor shoes to change into on wet days.
● This update is CASL compliant. Please refer to the Belfast Website for other important
dates/events to the school community.
● Belfast Website: h
ttp://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b203/