October 7, 2015

Hello families and friends,

This morning we continued work on building our literacy skills.  The classes have begun to rotate between practicing Read to Self, Read to Someone, and Work on Writing.  The teachers have also been doing small group work with the students during this time.  During our snack time, the classes started being called down to the gym for the individual student photos.  This took up a good chunk of our morning, so we only had a short session for our math rotations today.  Ask your child what they have worked on the last couple days.

In the afternoon we continued working on our personal family piece for our Canada Flag art.  This is tied in with the singing of Oh Canada that we will be doing on Friday.  If you have not returned the orange form that was sent home at the end of last week/earlier this week, please do so tomorrow!  They are necessary for scheduling purposes, as students that do not have consent for filming need to be done all together.  Thank you for your assistance in this.  We finished off our day with Mrs. Kinsman and Mr. Southworth.  Ask your child what they learned.

The class website is up and running.  On it can be found a monthly calendar, with important dates on it.  Please check here for upcoming dates and events, links to websites used in class (such as Raz-Kids, Mathletics, Tumblebooks, etc.), and photos of events happening in the room.  Also, if you have not returned the consent to post and publish forms that went home earlier this year please do so as soon as possible if you would like your child's picture/work to be posted on the site!

Next Tuesday we will begin our Home Reading program.

EDIT:  On Friday, students are asked to wear their red and white for the recording of Oh Canada!  Also this Friday, from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., the Harmony wing classes will be performing our One World Drumming work with the Hope wing.  Hope to see you then!

Have a wonderful Wednesday!