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In Math this month, we are focusing on composing and decomposing numbers. Using number bonds has been a big focus and we are getting pretty good at using them! This is a simple activity you can do at home with dice or by just throwing out numbers to your child! The main thing to remember is the two smaller circles (or squares, hearts, etc. - parts) get put together to make the big number! Part-part-whole! We will also be delving into data management and making graphs, surveying our friends and so much more! A fun game we love to play to practice our numbers to 10 is "Ten and Out" - we play counting by 1s, as well as by 2s! This is a great game to play at home - get your little to teach you!

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We have big news in our class! We have learned all of the letter sounds (short vowels only) and are now segmenting (stretching each sound apart) and blending (putting sounds together to form a word) CVC words! CVC words are words that are consonant, vowel, consonant. Students have been very interested in writing their own books in our class! It seems becoming an author is rather exciting! We started with  just free writing and recently have been using our knowledge of sounds to use sentence starters for our books, such as "I can..." Syllables have been a big focus and we are moving into rhyming words and word families. Students continue to love Epic! Books online. If you wish to use it at home, you can use our class code ipe3144. The books available to you after school hours is limited, but could be helpful on snow days or PA days!

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February - Black History Month
February 2nd - School Assembly
February 6th - Mrs. Barrett's last day and Mrs. Diamond's first day as new Vice Principal!
February 8th - Queen's University Tinker Trailer visit to our classroom
February 14th - Valentine's Day/Class trip to the Amherstview Library
February 17th - Report Cards go home
February 20th - Family Day - NO SCHOOL

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Don't forget to use our class code RC493562 ! We have purchased quite a few classroom books thanks to your purchases - so thank you!