Similar to last year, students in CSSI have the opportunity to explore task boxes daily. Task boxes provide an interactive, hands-on way for students to learn basic skills and concepts. Literacy and Numeracy concepts are woven into each task, and problem solving, oral language, visual discrimination and fine motor skills are also reinforced. Students have the opportunity to explore more numeracy-focused task boxes in the morning, and more literacy-focused task boxes in the afternoon. Task boxes are personalized for students, and are developed based on the skill level of students.
Students were very excited today to see the new task boxes for November.
Below, you will find examples from our morning Numeracy Task Boxes:
This task box reinforces colour discrimination, number recognition and counting with one-to-one correspondence.
This task box requires number recognition, counting with one-to-one correspondence, and fine motor skills are reinforced with the action of students rolling play-dough body parts for each worm.
This task box requires number recognition and visual discrimination skills.
The following task box requires students to recognize numbers to 15, use one-to-one correspondence, but also introduces the ten frame as a new number recognition/counting strategy.
This task box requires students to recognize numbers to 10, use one-to-one correspondence for counting, reinforces number printing skills, and helps to strengthen fine motor skills as students must roll and shape leaves out of play-dough to match the number.
Task boxes are a highlight of the day for our students, and they work so hard at the skills required to complete each box.
Weekly Reminders:
Tuesday November 5th: Swimming
Monday November 11th: No School-Remembrance Day
*** Please remember that we participate in outside Recess everyday. Please ensure your student comes to school with the appropriate outerwear in order to play outside.
