Post for November 17th-21st

• The kids are bringing home a swim letter I am looking for volunteer drivers so please keep your eyes open for it.
• Also tomorrow is Rock your Mocs. If your child has moccasin shoes or a version of them they can wear them. 
• Tuesday is Pajama day and hot lunch. The kids are also singing in the spirit  assembly at 8:30 in case you’re interested.
• No school Thursday PM and Friday AM due to interviews
• Remember to book your interviews online for Thursday afternoon and evening and Friday morning. I need the  report card envelopes back but not the report card. Feel free to bring your child to interviews if you think this is best for your child.

 

 

Look forward to seeing you all later this week in the healthy form.

Dear Parents,

Finally those SLA are out of our way and we can get on with the normalcy of things.

We started our spelling program this week, so here is the routine. On Monday the words will go home with your child in their agenda. If you think a word is misspelled or you can't read it, please have them login to spelling city and they can check  their words under their spelling group heading.  Logins will be put in agenda on Monday. They might already know it. In their agenda is their login and group name. I will test on Friday unless it is a short week than it will be Thursday. Also each week their will be assignments for your child to complete, this is a optional activity but it will help them learn the words.  If you have any concerns or questions please email me.

Our RAH (reading at home) program is off and running. YOUR JOB is to sign their agenda each time they read and record the minutes.  Every Friday I have a parent that will count the minutes in your child's agenda to see if they have reached 400 minutes. When they have accumulated this much they get an apple on the wall, a certificate and a small treat. After they have read 1200 minutes which is three apples they get a free lunch at A&W.  At the end of the year we have an ice cream party with Mrs. Barker class and in order to be eligible your child must have one apple on the wall (400 minutes of reading in the year).   Also I have some big prizes for my top two winners and I do a draw for other prizes for those that have apples on the wall. I hope this clears things up.

Mathletics, is a new program our whole school is signed up for. I will each week assign some topics that we have covered in class, you can have your child do the activities as supplemental work and it will help them in the classroom on their learning. Again, this is optional but I suggest using for success in their learning. Logins are glued in agenda, if some have gone missing I am regluing a new batch on Monday.

Thanks for your support.

Dear Parents,
A couple of notes for the week.

TERRY FOX

• I could use a parent to walk with us on Friday.
• If you want to bring a toonie for a donation for Terry Fox you can

SLA

• We start next week and they will take about two weeks
• There is a practise test on QUEST A+
• I have links posted on blog under the heading SLA

Classroom Happenings: If at any time you have expertise or stuff that would help our learning drop me a line, I would love to have you.

• We are working on patterns, so this means skip counting back and forwards. If you want to follow up at home you  can use MATH UNDER THE SEA  or Study Ladder websites.
• Science we are studying Sound and Hearing
•  In Social we are just studying geography so feel free to talk about the world and maps with your child

KATE AND PIPPIN, A DAY IN THE LIFE.

Welcome Parents,

It is a new and fresh year. I am sending home today a letter about the grade three class. I wait till now to do it as it takes a week to get settled as families and as students. Now that the dust has settled it is time to get each other.  

We spend lots of time the first bit creating a community in the classroom and getting comfortable as a group. So it may seem routines and work are slow to get started but laying a strong foundation for team work and cooperation is the best in the long run.

I hope to see all of you at the Meet the Teacher night. If you can not attend as life is busy and I understand,  I will send all papers home the next day with your child.  The essential piece of information I need is your email.

Let's have a great year.