Jan 6-10

Happy New Year! Hope you had a wonderful holiday season. 

ELAL

Students enhance the accuracy and artistry of expression through creative and critical thinking processes.

Establish a plot, point of view, setting, and problem through creative writing.


Create texts that show, rather than tell, story events.



What Did Students Do?
This week, students examined how to make engaging story beginnings to hook their readers. They learned about specific types of leads that they can us to craft a beginning. They browsed classroom and school library books to identify examples of these beginnings. Students experimented with creating great beginnings by using a picture prompt and tried to make three different beginnings based on the picture. See below for some examples of these story leads and some of the resources used to support student learning.

As the week went on, we introduced our writing project - Journey. We looked at the wordless picture book and discussed how the writing task would unfold. Students were provided with a brief outline for what the project would include. Throughout the project, students will learn, practice and apply narrative writing techniques such as using descriptive detail, dialogue, creating mood and using figurative language to engage readers. Students will have opportunities to conference with their teacher throughout the project to receive feedback.

Students began writing and crafted a beginning for their story. Ask them to tell you more about it. 

    

   






Ask Your Child:
-What picture prompt did you choose? 
-Tell me about your beginnings. 
-Tell me about French and the school supplies you learned
-Tell me about Science and the new unit that was started
-Tell me about Math and how to use the grid method to multiply

Green Communication Folders
Students brought home their communication folders on Friday. Please take a moment to review the work with your child. Please return the folders with work samples to school.

Alien Inline Skating Forms
Forms for this amazing opportunity went home this week. Please return ASAP.



Coming Up at Sibbald        

January 20th – K-5 Alien Inline Skating residency  

January 27th – K-5 Alien Inline Skating residency  

January 27th – Report Cards available through PowerSchool  

January 30th – Grade 5 Field Trip to the Hangar Museum  

January 31st – Professional Learning Day for teachers – no school for students 

February 3rd – Fun Lunch  

February 5th – Storyteller Jeff Stockton to visit Andrew Sibbald  

February 6th – Storyteller Jeff Stockton to visit Andrew Sibbald  

February 12th – School Council Meeting – Grades 3 and 5 to share Teacher Report  

February 13 & 14th – Teacher's & Support Staff Convention – no school for students  

February 17th – Family Day holiday – no school for staff or students 













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