Valentine's Day - February 14th

Valentine's Day is a special day to celebrate love and friendship.  A tradition for Valentine's Day is to give and exchange cards.  Students are encouraged to make/create cards for their friends in class.  If your child wants to do this, my only request is to make sure that they are bringing a card for each person in class.  I am sending home a class list of everyone's name to help them.  This is of course optional, but it is a great opportunity for your child to practise their writing. 

Word Wall Words: Feb. 11 - Feb. 14

Our word wall words to practise this week are:

just

because

around

put

came

New Books for Homework Program

Today your child has chosen 3 books to read this week for their homework.  2 borrow-a-book and 1 that's "just right" for them.  It's called an A-Z book and it looks like this:

These books are at your child's reading level - should be a little challenging, but they must be able to understand what they are reading (i.e. give a good retell, answer questions about the story).  Please make sure that you make an effort to read these books with your child and discuss the story with them afterwards.
Happy reading!

Word Wall Words: Feb. 4 - Feb. 8

Our word wall words to practise this week are:

eat

best

saw

stop

name

Skating Tomorrow!

After a short time away, I'm happy to be back in class and get back into our regular routines - I missed the children!  Mr. Ngo did a wonderful job with the class while I was gone, and I am thankful for all of his hard work and effort. 

Tomorrow is our last skating day.  Please remember to make sure that all students bring their lunch to school, warm mittens or gloves, thin hat (to fit under their helmet), scarf and snow pants if you have them.
It's going to be very cold tomorrow, so it's extra important that we are all dressed properly.

Word Wall Words: Jan. 7 - Jan. 11

Our word wall words to practise this week are:
know

thing

long

school

most

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful 2 week break from school!  Now we're back to class and ready to learn!  As the weather gets colder outside, it's more important to make sure that students are dressed properly.  Please make sure that your child comes to school with a warm winter coat, winter boots, hat, scarf, mittens/gloves and snow pants (if you have them).  It's more fun to play in the snow when you're dressed warmly!  Thanks for your help.  Happy 2013!