Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Homework

1.  Read 

2.  Spelling - No spelling this week due to the shorter week. 

PHOTO DAY 

Tomorrow is our individual photo day.  Please come wearing your best smile :-)!!

FAMILY MATH NIGHTS

Tonight is the second of three family math nights with Thor Fridrikson.  This is a great way to learn fun ways to play math games with your family.  All are welcome.  We hope that you will be able to participate in one of our 3 nights of fun.  Sessions run from 6:00-7:00 pm.

Oct. 21 & 22 - PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS & EARLY DISMISSAL 

October 21 and 22 afternoons.  I look forward to meeting with you :-). 

Reminders:
1.  Oct. 14, 15 - Family Math Nights - 6-7:00 pm

2.  Oct. 15 - Individual Photo Day 

3.  Oct. 19 - 1:00 pm - Assembly - all welcome :-)

4.  Oct. 21 & 22 - PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS & 12:30 pm DISMISSAL 

5.  Oct. 22 - Halloween Family Dance

6.  Oct. 23 - No School - Teacher Professional Development Day

7. Oct. 28. - PAC Hot Lunch

Have a great week!

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Homework
1.  Read 

2.  Spelling - No spelling this week due to the shorter week. 
3.  Learning Logs - Juliana and Micah*

FAMILY MATH NIGHTS

Tonight is the first of three family math nights with Thor Fridrikson.  This is a great way to learn fun ways to play math games with your family.  All are welcome.  We hope that you will be able to participate in one of our 3 nights of fun.  Sessions run from 6:00-7:00 pm.

FRIENDSHIP FRUIT SALAD

Thank you to all families for your most generous contributions to our Friendship Fruit Salad in honour of Spencer's last class day with us. 

We wish Spencer and his family well and know that we will see them soon!  Safe travels!

Oct. 21 & 22 - PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS & EARLY DISMISSAL 

October 21 and 22 afternoons. Sign-up boards are by the front office.  I look forward to meeting with you :-).  Please let me know if you need an alternate time to meet.  

Reminders:
1.  Oct. 13, 14, 15 - Family Math Nights - 6 pm * (Change in dates) *

2.  Oct. 15 - Individual Photo Day 

3.  Oct. 19 - Assembly - all welcome :-)

4.  Oct. 21 & 22 - PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS & EARLY DISMISSAL 

5.  Oct. 22 - Halloween Family Dance

6.  Oct. 23 - No School - Teacher Professional Development Day

7. Oct. 28. - PAC Hot Lunch

Have a great week!

Thursday, October 8, 2015

Homework
1.  Read 

2.  Spelling - Quiz - Thursday
3.  Speaking - presentations tomorrow Ethan, Grayson, Michelle, Brooke, Evan,

                           and Aaron :-)

                           Don't forget to bring in your HOME READING logs on speaking days.  

4.  Scholastic Book Orders: due Tuesday, October 13

FRIENDSHIP FRUIT SALAD

Tuesday will be Spencer's last day with our class.  Spencer and his family will be travelling north to start new adventures.  To celebrate this change in our lives, we are building a friendship fruit salad.  

If you can help by sending in a piece of chopped up fruit for Tuesday, your addition would be welcome.  Ms.Pawliuk will supply the topping :-).  

We wish Spencer and his family well and know that we will see them soon!  Safe travels!

Oct. 21 & 22 - PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS & EARLY DISMISSAL 

October 21 and 22 afternoons. Sign-up boards are by the front office.  I look forward to meeting with you :-).  Please let me know if you need an alternate time to meet.  

Reminders:
1.  Oct. 12 - No School - Thanksgiving

2.  Oct. 13, 14, 15 - Family Math Nights - 6 pm * (Change in dates) *

3.  Oct. 15 - Individual Photo Day 

4.  Oct. 16 - Hot Dog Day

5.  Oct. 19 - Assembly - all welcome :-)

6.  Oct. 21 & 22 - PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS & EARLY DISMISSAL 

7.  Oct. 22 - Halloween Family Dance

8.  Oct. 23 - No School - Teacher Professional Development Day

9. Oct. 28. - PAC Hot Lunch

Have a great week!

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Homework
1.  Read 

2.  Spelling - Quiz - Thursday
3.  Speaking - presentations tomorrow Danika, Julianna, Jordyn, Emma, Avalon,

                           and Hailey :-)

                           Don't forget to bring in your HOME READING logs on speaking days.  

4.  Scholastic Book Orders: due Tuesday, October 13

SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB

Each month, students have an option to purchase reasonably priced books through the Scholastic Book Club. This is an option that your family may choose to participate in.  If you have items that you wish to purchase as gifts, please let me know with your order.  I will be happy to make sure these items are passed directly to you.   Please make cheques payable to Scholastic Book Clubs.  Thank you!!

Oct. 21 & 22 - PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS & EARLY DISMISSAL 

October 21 and 22 afternoons. Sign-up boards are by the front office.  I look forward to meeting with you :-).  Please let me know if you need an alternate time to meet.  

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING?

Students have been working hard!  Some focus areas that we have been working on and will continue to work on in Core Learning areas include:

Reading: 

-3 ways to read a book

-picking 'just right' books

-building reading stamina 

-identifying genre:  non-fiction (fact/information books) vs fiction (stories)

- reading for comprehension (understanding and being able to summarize what we have read = retelling)

-text features:  author, illustrator, publication date, table of content & glossaries (non-fiction)

Writing:

-Proper Nouns - specific people, places, and things - please encourage your child to always use a capital for their first and last name

-Ideas - being able to pick and develop a narrow topic (one idea)

-Super Sentences - using adjectives to describe nouns and prepositional phrases - sentences tell: who, did what, where and when

Math:

-Counting On Strategies focusing on numbers 0-100 -  adding strategy

-Number Properties:  odd/even, tally marks, describing numbers

-Story/Word Problems with a specific focus on skills of  Logical Reasoning & Organized Lists

Thank you for supporting these skills at home whenever possible as well!!   :-)  

Reminders:
1.  Oct. 12 - No School - Thanksgiving

2.  Oct. 13 - Family Math Night - 6 pm

3.  Oct. 15 - Individual Photo Day 

                      Family Math Night -  6pm

4.  Oct. 16 - Hot Dog Day

5.  Oct. 19 - Assembly - all welcome :-)

6.  Oct. 21 & 22 - PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS & EARLY DISMISSAL 

7.  Oct. 21 - Family Math - 6 pm

8.  Oct. 22 - Halloween Family Dance

9.  Oct. 23 - No School - Teacher Professional Development Day

10. Oct. 28. - PAC Hot Lunch

Have a great week!

Monday, October 5, 2015

Homework
1.  Read 

2.  Learning Log - Please sign and return.  Thank you!

3.  Speaking - presentations tomorrow Benjamin, Spencer, Detroit, Keiran, Talia,

                           and Adria :-)

                           Don't forget to bring in your HOME READING logs on speaking days.  

Oct. 21 & 22 - PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS & EARLY DISMISSAL 

October 21 and 22 afternoons. Sign-up boards will be by the front office.  I look forward to meeting with you :-).  

Reminders:
1.  Oct. 12 - No School - Thanksgiving

2.  Oct. 13 - Family Math Night - 6 pm

3.  Oct. 15 - Individual Photo Day 

                      Family Math Night -  6pm

4.  Oct. 16 - Hot Dog Day

5.  Oct. 19 - Assembly - all welcome :-)

6.  Oct. 21 & 22 - PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS & EARLY DISMISSAL 

7.  Oct. 21 - Family Math - 6 pm

8.  Oct. 22 - Halloween Family Dance

9.  Oct. 23 - No School - Teacher Professional Development Day

10. Oct. 28. - PAC Hot Lunch

Have a great week!

Friday, October 2, 2015

Homework
1.  Read 

2.  Learning Log - Please sign and return.  Thank you!

3.  Speaking - new topic -  presentations start Tuesday :-)

                           I will also collect HOME READING logs on speaking days.  

Oct. 21 & 22 - PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS & EARLY DISMISSAL 

October 21 and 22 afternoons. Sign-up boards will be by the front office.  I look forward to meeting with you :-).  

Reminders:
1.  Oct. 12 - No School - Thanksgiving

2.  Oct. 13 - Family Math Night - 6 pm

3.  Oct. 15 - Individual Photo Day 

                      Family Math Night -  6pm

4.  Oct. 16 - Hot Dog Day

5.  Oct. 19 - Assembly - all welcome :-)

6.  Oct. 21 & 22 - PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS & EARLY DISMISSAL 

7.  Oct. 21 - Family Math - 6 pm

8.  Oct. 22 - Halloween Family Dance

9.  Oct. 23 - No School - Teacher Professional Development Day

10. Oct. 28. - PAC Hot Lunch

Have a great weekend!

Thursday, October 1, 2015

Homework
1.  Read - 

2.  Spelling - Unit 2 - Mark  /10

3.  Speaking - new topic for next week

Oct. 21 & 22 - PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS & EARLY DISMISSAL 

Families will have an opportunity to meet with me on the afternoons of Wednesday and Thursday October 21 and 22. I will forward sign-up information to you asap.  Thank you for your understanding.  I look forward to meeting with you :-).  

Reminders:
1.  Oct. 12 - No School - Thanksgiving

2.  Oct. 13 - Family Math Night - 6 pm

3.  Oct. 15 - Individual Photo Day 

                      Family Math Night -  6pm

4.  Oct. 16 - Hot Dog Day

5.  Oct. 19 - Assembly - all welcome :-)

6.  Oct. 21 & 22 - PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS & EARLY DISMISSAL 

7.  Oct. 21 - Family Math - 6 pm

8.  Oct. 22 - Halloween Family Dance

9.  Oct. 23 - No School - Teacher Professional Development Day

10. Oct. 28. - PAC Hot Lunch

Have a great week!