This week we have started new rotations for Daily 5 in English. We are also learning about the difference between facts and opinions.
In math we also have new rotations and we are practicing using a ruler to measure objects using centemeters.
In Spanish we are starting some rotations as well, such as reading with the teacher, practicing vocabulary (los verbos, verbs), reading syllables and some cards to practice speaking.
Tomorrow is our library day.
Notes from the Music Room
I am happy to say that we are moving along with the preparation of the music for the Spring Concert in March. Please keep an eye out for an email in the next week asking for help from our wonderful volunteer community. I will be needing help with props and other performance essentials.
The kindergarten students are learning a new song with very simple vocabulary words:
Hola amigo mio y
Cómo estás tú?
Mucho gusto
We will also be working on simple steps for the Mexican folk dance la Raspa.
The Grade 1s are learning two Venezuelan folk songs:
The first song is:
Los chimichimitos estaban bailando el coro corito
Tamboré
Los chimichimitos estaban bailando el coro corito
Tamboré
Que baile la niña tamboré
Que baile el niñito tamboré
Que baile la gata tamboré
Que baile el gatito tamboré
Los chimichimitos estaban bailando el coro corito
Tamboré
Los chimichimitos estaban bailado el coro corito
Tamboré
Que baile la vieja tamboré
Que baile el viejito tamboré
Que baile la mona tamboé
Que baile el monito tamboré
Our Grade 2 students are busy working on the instrumentation for our Guatemalan song Vamos a la Mar.
Our Grade 3 students are becoming exerts at playing all three different xylophone parts for our song El Barreño.
Our Grade 4 students are creating a very exciting instrumental accompaniment part for their song Al Tambor with the djembe drum, the xylophone and the ukulele.
The Grade 5 students are working very hard at the lyrics for the Zarzuela song La Tarantula. Please remind your child to visit his teacher’s Google classroom to work on the difficult pronunciation of the lyrics to this song. This song will be performed at our March concert as well as at the Jubilee for our Que Pasa concert in May. Details will follow in the next few weeks.
Dalhousie School News
Dalhousie students participated in a reading party today. Ask your child what we did in our class!
Families will be able to view online student report cards for grade 1-12 students on Jan. 30. Report cards for the 2022-23 school year can be viewed, downloaded and printed. Please see here for more information on how to access your child’s report card. A reminder that there is no report card in January for Kindergarten. Please see the separate email that was sent with this information.
A reminder that February 3 is a non-instruction day with no classes for all students.
The next Dalhousie School Council/Parent Society meeting will be held through Teams on February 8 at 6pm. All are welcome to attend.
Dalhousie Parent Society Updates
www.dalhousieparentsociety.com – check out our website for all this info and more!dalhousieschoolparentsociety@gmail.com – email us if you have questions about anything!Check out our Facebook and Instagram pages as well! Search for Dalhousie Parent Society
***FUNDRAISERS***PLAYGROUND COMMITTEE – we are trying SO hard to get the funding to build a new playground but we need more help! Check out the sign up if you are interested in becoming part of the playground committee! Did you know? You will be supported by the Parent Society in your volunteer role. We have a Playground Lead who will have your back through the whole process!
***FUN LUNCH***Volunteers need to have police clearance to volunteer for fun lunch, please email dalhousieschoolparentsociety@gmail.com if you would like us to confirm. WE NEED VOLUNTEERS! Feb 7, 15 and 21st need some spots filled! View the sign up here.
Don’t forget to send students with reusable straws if they have ordered Booster Juice! If they show a fun lunch volunteer they will be entered to win a free Subway fun lunch on March 21.If your child will be absent and you‘ve already ordered fun lunch please email dalhousieschoolparentsociety@gmail.com before 11:00am and let us know if you’d like to:-Pick up the order from the office after 12:30pm-Donate it to the amazing Dalhousie staff-Have it sent home with a siblingUpcoming dates:February 1 - OpaFebruary 8 - Boston PizzaFeb 15 – Fat Burger & Booster JuiceFeb 21 – The Saucy Bread Company
This week we are learning the parts of the house in Spanish and what activities are done in each one. (Yo puedo cocinar en la cocina - I can cook in the kitchen)
Link to music website:
Hello parents,
If you have not already, please fill out the Kindergarten to Grade 4 Intent to Return Form or the Grade 6 Plans Form by January 27.
Registration for the 2023-24 school year is ongoing. Please visit the CBE website to register a younger sibling. Submission must be received by February 14 at noon.
Report cards will be viewable through your MyCBE account on January 31. Please contact the office if you need help with this. If you have any questions about the contents of the report card, please contact your child’s teacher.
February 3 is a non-instruction day with no classes for all students.
The next Dalhousie School Council Parent Society meeting will be held through Teams on February 8 at 6pm. All are welcome to attend.
A reminder that we are a nut and allergy aware school, so no nuts or products containing nuts should be brought to school. Additionally, due to dietary/medical restrictions and preferences, students are not permitted to share or trade food at any time. In the same vein, we ask that no food or toys be sent to school for birthdays or other celebrations. There may be occasion for a class celebration in relation to learning, during which the teacher may ask for healthy and food specific donations.
NOTES FROM THE MUSIC ROOM
We will have our Spring concert in the evening the week of March 20. Exact date and time are still to be confirmed. You will be informed in a few weeks when your child will be performing.
Please refer to last week’s update for the lyrics of the songs that your children are working on.
In addition to the songs mentioned last week, I would like to share with you a song that we are all learnin: Un Barquito de Cascara de Nuez (the little nutshell boat). The link to the Youtube video is below. For anyone familiar with children’s music from Spain back in the 70s, this is the voice of Miliki (and the cartoon character that’s singing is him as well). I am teaching the words to the G1-5 students and the kindergarten students will become “familiar” with the song rather than be expected to fully learn the lyrics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfzUom7wAjY
Un barquito de cáscara de nuez,
adornado con velas de papel,
se hizo hoy a la mar para lejos llevar
gotitas doradas de miel.
Un mosquito sin miedo va en él
muy seguro de ser buen timonel.
Y subiendo y bajando las olas
el barquito ya se fue.
Navegar sin temor
en el mar es lo mejor,
no hay razón de ponerse a temblar.
Y si viene negra tempestad
reír y remar y cantar.
Navegar sin temor
en el mar es lo mejor.
Y si el cielo está muy azul,
el barquito va contento
por los mares lejanos del Sur.
And since you have read this whole message, I would like to share with you a special treat. I use the website www.musicplayonline.com for a number of activities with the children. The CBE has purchased the rights to use this site for us this year. Unfortunately, it’s not free, so this is a treat for me. This website has a student access code. Many of the children are familiar with this site since I used it quite a bit during our COVID days and am still using it from time to time. Below are the instructions to access the use of the site, which is only to be used by our Dalhousie Students:
Navigate to:
Login as:
Click on "Student"
Enter the code:
In the text field, enter the code: d667951
This week in Spanish we are reviewing making and counting syllables. We are learning some reading strategies to help us sound out unfamiliar words.
In math we are using non standard units of measurement such as blocks, dominoes, pencil bags, shoes, markers, etc. in order to measure things in the classroom.
In English we are practicing how to tell the summary of a story.
Hola Familias,
This week we have been learning about liquids. We did two experiments to learn about viscoity and density.
Today wascrazy sock day!!!!
This is the time of year when we begin planning next school year’s organization, especially in terms of our enrollment and student population projections. Please indicate whether or not you anticipate that your child/ren will attend Dalhousie School again next year. We realize that plans may change over time and would ask you to kindly let the office know in these cases, so that we may staff with accurate numbers. If you have more than one child at Dalhousie, please fill out one form for each child currently Kindergarten to Grade 4. Families do not need to do anything to continue their child’s registration at Dalhousie as it for automatically rolls over for the next year for existing Dalhousie Kindergarten to Grade 4 students, assuming that they are not out of area, unless we hear from the family that their child will be attending elsewhere.
Similarly, if you have a child in Grade 5, please indicate whether your child will be continuing on to Senator Patrick Burns or attending another school next year. Again, we realize that plans may change over time and would ask you to kindly let the office know in these cases, so that we have accurate numbers. Please complete this form by January 27, 2023. Grade 5 Dalhousie students will be designated to Senator Patrick Burns, unless we hear otherwise from families. If your child is continuing on to SPB, you do not need to do anything.
In all cases, if you have any questions about registration at any level, please call the office, who will be happy to help you.
A reminder that we are a nut and allergy aware school, so no nuts or products containing nuts should be brought to school. Additionally, due to dietary/medical restrictions and preferences, students are not permitted to share or trade food at any time. In the same vein, we ask that no food or toys be sent to school for birthdays or other celebrations. There may be occasion for a class celebration in relation to learning, during which the teacher may ask for healthy and food specific donations.
Dalhousie Parent Society Updates
www.dalhousieparentsociety.com – check out our website for all this info and more!dalhousieschoolparentsociety@gmail.com – email us if you have questions about anything!
***FUNDRAISERS***
PLAYGROUND COMMITTEE – we are trying SO hard to get the funding to build a new playground but we need more help! Check out the sign up if you are interested in becoming part of the playground committee!
***FUN LUNCH***
Volunteers need to have police clearance to volunteer for fun lunch, please email dalhousieschoolparentsociety@gmail.com if you would like us to confirm. Don’t forget to send students with reusable straws if they have ordered Booster Juice! If they show a fun lunch volunteer they will be entered to win a free Subway fun lunch on March 21. If your child will be absent and you‘ve already ordered fun lunch please email dalhousieschoolparentsociety@gmail.com before 11:00am and let us know if you’d like to:-Pick up the order from the office after 12:30pm-Donate it to the amazing Dalhousie staff-Have it sent home with a siblingUpcoming dates:January 18 - Subway/Booster JuiceJanuary 24 - Papa Murphy’s February 1 - OpaFebruary 8 - Boston Pizza
The Grade 2s are learning a song from Puerto Rico calle Vamos a la Mar.
This is a complicated musical piece with more intricate base, alto and soprano xylophone parts, in addition to bongos.
Vamos a la mar,
A comer pescado.
Fritito y asado,
En sarten de palo.
Vamos a la mar,
A comer pescado.
Boca colorada,
En sarten de palo.
Feliz Año Nuevo! Happy New Year!
***Library day is tomorrow.
We started our week by reviewing some concepts in math such as math facts to 20 and addition of two digit numbers using expanded form and a number line.
In English Language Arts we are brainstorming and writing about our winter break (activities, places we visited, food we ate, etc.).
In Spanish, studenrs are finishing our vocabulary learning about animals. Students will continue with an oral practice in which they will de...
