I can hold a cricket bat the right way.
I can practice hitting a ball from a tee or a gentle toss.
I can throw a ball toward a target.
I can follow simple cricket rules during games.
I can show fair play and respect during competition.
Students participated in a Cricket Residency this week. The instructors started our sessions by sharing that cricket was declared Canada’s first national sport in 1867 by Sir John A. Macdonald (lacrosse replaced it 1.5 years later). Throughout the residency, students practiced skills such as batting, bowling, running, and fielding. Your child should be able to explain how to hold the bat, how to hit the ball and how points are scored. This was a great opportunity for students to learn a bit about this popular sport and to try it out for themselves. Thank you, Parent Council, for generously funding this experience!
Learning Intentions:
I can share my ideas through pictures, letters and words.
I can use sounds I hear and UFLI lessons to help me spell words.
I can add details to make my writing clearer.
I can write stories, facts, and opinions for different purposes.
I can organize my writing with a beginning, middle, and end.
I can edit my writing for spelling, punctuation, and neatness.
In Literacy, students continue to grow their reading and writing skills in many creative and exciting ways. Over the past few weeks, students have had opportunities to further develop their confidence as your authors by practicing ways to make their writing more detailed and interesting, using expressive words such as adjectives and synonyms. Using picture prompts, word banks, and their imaginations, students worked hard to create engaging stories full of creativity and personality. They also had fun exploring onomatopoeia, which are words that imitate the sounds they describe, such as WHOOSH, BANG, and CRASH! These combined experiences will help the students appreciate the writer E.B. White as we read his classic novel, Charlotte’s Web.
At Home Learning:
Literacy:
Ask your child to write step-by-step instructions for a simple activity, such as brushing their teeth. They should include words like first, next, then, and finally.
Math:
Your child brought home basic facts to practice. Please have them complete the work to build faster recall.
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