Happy Monday everyone,

The students were introduced to procedural writing in our language period.  We also call this "How to" writing.  In other words, it is step by step instructions.  Ask your child one of the transition words we use in procedural writing, such as First, then, next, after that, and finally.  The students will be working on this writing task for the month of November.  We also started a new unit in math: Patterning.  We created linear patterns using pattern blocks. Ask your child how many times a pattern has to repeat for it to be a pattern and what is meant by "the core" .  The grade one students put labels of different body parts on their new friends in Science.  The grade two students learned about Diwali for Social Studies.  Our read aloud today was Enemy Pie.  We discussed how characters in books have different character traits.  Ask your child which character trait they shared with the class about themselves.