Today was a beautiful fall day!

Highlights of Our Learning
-We will be having a school-wide lock down practice tomorrow, so today we reviewed possible reasons for a lock down and expected behaviours. We tried sitting in our lock down location for about five minutes, and the students were very responsible and did a great job.
-We practiced correct formation for a group of letters known as the "downers". These letters are lowercase l, t, f, i and k and these letters are formed by making top-down strokes. See if your child can recall the chant that accompanies each letter to ensure they are printing accurately. Also, have them show you some of their best printing at home.
-We have been working on skip counting by 2's to 20 and today we started skip counting by 5's. We sang a number of songs to help us remember the numbers and we also looked at the patterns (visual and numeric) that exist when counting by 5's. All children cut out the numbers 0, 5, 10, 15...50 and we will be working on ordering and naming these at a later date.
-We created colour posters in the afternoon. Please ask your child what colour they worked on and who their partner was.
-We have been learning a lot about the "Zones of Regulation" and trying to demonstrate behaviour in the "Green Zone" has been a target for the students (focused, ready to learn, listening, right level of energy etc.). Please have your child tell you about all of the zones...green, yellow, red and blue and what strategies they have learned to bring themselves back to the desired green zone if they feel other emotions.

F.Y.I.
-Scholastic book orders are due in by tomorrow at 3:10.
-Our BWS Parent Council will be hosting a school dance on Thursday, October 24th.
-October 31st will be "Orange and Black Day". Students are welcome to dress in these colours, but costumes are not to be worn to school.

Have a great evening!