Where is Ms. Mohammed?!

Dear Students and Families,
I hope everyone enjoyed their summer vacation and the new start to the school year is going well.
I miss you all at Thorncliff Park Public School.

Thank you to all the comments left about where I have gone!
I am at a new school on the West End of Toronto. I am teaching ESL for the 2013-2014 school year!

I wish you all the best !

Miss Mohammed

Happy Summer

Dear Families,
I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer!
Ms. Mohammed

Some interactive games for you and your child

Math
Money -
 A great videos and games on how money is made from the Royal Canadian Mint
http://www.mint.ca/store/mint/learn/kids-and-teachers-1000008

• http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/money_games.htm
• http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/money/moneycoins2mark.html
• http://www.homeschoolmath.net/online/money.php

Science
Energy -
Living and Non-living things -

http://www.eia.gov/kids/

• http://www.linktolearning.com/grade1science.htm
• http://classroom.jc-schools.net/sci-units/energy.htm#1
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/energy_electricity_forces/energy_transfer_storage/activity/
• http://powermin.nic.in/kids/types_of_energy.htm

Other interactive websites that are safe for kids:

http://www.cbc.ca/kids/games/

Money

We are learning about money.

Also we are adding money up to 20 cents.

A great song to sing with your child

Earth Day is coming up

http://carrotsareorange.com/20-earth-day-activities-kids/ 

Community Helpers Videos

Community's Needs and Wants

Our class has come up with a great definition of A Community

 A Community is a place where people live, and get things people need and want.


So we came up with ideas and definitions of a Need and Want.

A need is something we must have to survive. Food, clothing, shelter.

A want is things that are really nice. Such as expensive things like jewelry, toys, video games etc.. we don't need them to survive but they are really nice!

Telling Time

Dear Parents,
We wrapped up telling time before the Easter break.
Please review the time with your child

They should know how to tell time
- to the hour

- half hour (half past)

- quarter past

- quarter to

Happy Easter

Dear Families,
Happy Easter all of you and have a great long weekend!

Miss Mohammed

Telling Time

We will be continuing learning to tell time after the March Break. Here are some interesting videos to help your child remember what we are learning...


There are 60 minutes in an hour.

The small hand is the hour hand.

The long hand is the minute hand.

We count by 5's

AM - Morning
PM - Afternoon/ Night

Art: Creating Paper Flowers - BLENDING

We learned about Blending...

Pictures Coming soon...

Primary and Secondary Colours

Dear Parents,
In Art today we learned about Primary and Secondary Colours!

Please ask your child about them!
We also talked about how Red, Blue and Yellow are colours without any white or black in them. Also that colours were first created using plants. We inferred that red came from roses, yellow from dandylions and chrisanthimum and blue from hydrangeas.

3D Shapes

3D Shape Videos

Please remember
#Faces
#Vertices (Vertex)
#Edges

  

Finally here is a website to explore shapes: http://www.learnanytime.co.uk/Maths/Shape.htm

Happy Chinese New Year

Student's dragons and line-art coming soon!

Happy February

Happy February

February we will be learning the following:

Language Arts: Active listening, asking questions, reading leveled books, short and long vowels, new sight words each week

Mathematics:

• (beginning) time - reading digital analog clocks
• (continuation) temperature 
• 2D/3D shapes
• addition and subtraction up to 20

Science: The human body (their functions internal and external)

Social Studies: We will continue discussing our community – focusing on different jobs that help our community function and grow.

The Arts: Identifying primary and secondary colours, different types of lines, and adding detail to drawings

 

Remember:

 

13th - 100 days of school!

14th - Happy Valentine's day

15th - PA DAY

18th - Family Day

 

No School Jan 25th

NO

on Friday January 25th, 2012



2D Shape Review Math Links and Games

Here are some fun math games and links to assist your child in reviewing 2D shapes. Please rememmber to use the name of of the shape, # of verticies and # of sides.

• Flash Cards: http://www.kidsgoflash.com/flashcards/shapes.html
• Game: http://www.coolmath-games.com/0-newone/index.html 
• http://www.kidsgoflash.com/games/find_the_shape.html
• http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/shape.htm
• http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/kindergarten-math/shapes.html
• *Adding game: http://www.thekidzpage.com/learninggames/math_picture_puzzles/addition-to16-monkies.html

Here is a REALLY FUN art activity you can do at home:

http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2013/01/shape-princess-craft.html

Source: http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2013/01/shape-princess-craft.html

 OR

http://littlepageturners.blogspot.ca/2010/07/mouse-shapes.html

Creating pictures and structures with 2D Shapes!

Dear families!

 

How exciting as we wrap up 2D shapes. Students have been working hard on counting verticies and sides! Also they're doing a great job remembering the names of the shape.

 

 

Have fun viewing the videos. Students worked in groups of 2-4 and made their 2D pictures and structures!

 

 

 

Spelling List 11

These are the new words added to our word wall.

LIST #11

This week's spelling words are:

1. Ears
2. Mouth
3. Skin
4. Eyes
5. Nose

Bonus Word HINT:
We all have 5 _____!

Dear Parents,

            This is just to let you know that every Monday your child will bring home 5 new spelling words to practise. However, you should know spelling does not count towards your child’s Language Arts mark. My spelling program is to encourage the recognition of words and use of phonics to help assist your child in becoming active in their reading and writing skills.

            To help your child with their writing please consider the following.
Visit this website to help your child learn the words:
http://www.spellingcity.com/  
Give your child the opportunity to write down: 

-         Shopping / Grocery lists

-         Writing stories

-         Keeping a journal/diary

-         Writing letters and cards for friends and family

-         Buying word cards from Dollarama

Are just a few ways to encourage your child to start writing.

Please visit http://fun-in-first-tpps.blogspot.com/ for other tips and what is going on in Room 137.

Have a great week,

Miss Mohammed

Science - 5 senses

Dear Parents!
We were experimenting on Friday! We got a chance to use all our 5 Senses to explore things like smelling what coffee is. Tasting lemon. Hearing a drum. Touching sandpaper. Seeing a butterfly close up!

Check out our pictures!

TEXT TO SELF CONNECTION

We've been making Text to Self connections since October. Here is a review of what it means...

Today we read a great book.

Franklin and the Tooth Fairy!
We made a lot of connections!
Ask your child what they wrote and you'll see their answers on here soon!

TEXT to SELF

This book reminds me when...

5 Senses

Dear Parents!

In Science we are learning about the 5 Senses!

Your children learned about all 5 before the holidays. We sang this song to remember the 5!

- Sight (eyes)
- Hearing (ears)
- Touch (hands)
- Taste (tongue)
- Smell (nose)

Also here is a great video you and your child can watch to review the senses

We also talked about how we are lucky when we have all our 5 senses beacuse some people may not have them. So we should be thankful and help others who may not be able to see, hear, taste, touch or smell things.

Have a Happy Day

Thank you - FOOD DRIVE

This is a little late 

But thank you for all that donated for the Christmas/Holiday/Winter Food Drive