Thursday, October 29, 2015

Homework 
1.  Read
2.  Spelling - UNIT 5 - Post Test Score /10
3.  Speaking - new topic - for NEXT WEEK (given out earlier due to busy week)
4.  Panago Pizza - orders due;  Nov. 3 for Nov. 6 

5.  Picture Packages - orders by Nov 4 if purchasing.  Thanks!!

Halloween Fun! 
Friday:  morning activities, PJ's, lunch. 
Thank you for for the $5 to cover the cost of food and to our FABULOUS volunteers!  It is impossible to have these days without your support :-).

To my FABULOUS Volunteers:
Please meet in the classroom at 8:30.  This will give you time to review the lunch items that we will prepare with the students.  If you are able to bring with you your favourite paring knife and a pizza roller if you have one, your support would be greatly appreciated :-).  Please feel free to join us in PJ's or dress up, or come as you are...whatever your comfort level is.  Thanks for choosing to join us!

Reminders:
1.  Nov. 3- 6 - Scholastic Book Fair - Library
2.  Nov. 10 - Remembrance Day Assembly:  10:30 am - All welcome!
                Service Uniforms may be worn (Brownies, Scouts, etc.)
3.  Nov. 11 - No School - Remembrance Day
4.  Nov 13 - Skating - Mac Park 1:00 - 2:00 pm.
                Volunteers needed Parent skaters welcome!!  Please join us if you can.
5.  Nov. 27 - Assembly - 1:00 pm -  All welcome!

Have a SPOOKTACULAR night!

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Homework 
1.  Read
2.  Spelling - UNIT 5 - Quiz:  Tomorrow
3.  Speaking - new topic - for NEXT WEEK (given out earlier due to busy week)
4.  Panago Pizza - orders due;  Nov. 3 for Nov. 6 

5.  Picture Packages - orders by Nov 4 if purchasing.  Thanks!!

Halloween Fun! 
Friday:  morning activities, PJ's, lunch. 
Thank you for for the $5 to cover the cost of food and to our FABULOUS volunteers!  It is impossible to have these days without your support :-).

To my FABULOUS Volunteers:
Please meet in the classroom at 8:30.  This will give you time to review the lunch items that we will prepare with the students.  If you are able to bring with you your favourite paring knife and a pizza roller if you have one, your support would be greatly appreciated :-).  Please feel free to join us in PJ's or dress up, or come as you are...whatever your comfort level is.  Thanks for choosing to join us!

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Have a great week.

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Homework 
1.  Read
2.  Spelling - UNIT 5 - Quiz:  Thursday
3.  Speaking - new topic - for NEXT WEEK (given out earlier due to busy week)
4.  Learning Log - 19* ;-)                                                
5.  Taco Del Mar - tomorrow
6.  Panago Pizza - orders due;  Nov. 3 for Nov. 6

Halloween Fun! 
Friday:  morning activities, PJ's, lunch. 

Thank you for for the $5 to cover the cost of food and to our FABULOUS volunteers!

It is impossible to have these days without your support :-).

To my FABULOUS Volunteers:
Please meet in the classroom at 8:30.  This will give you time to review the lunch items that we will prepare with the students.  If you are able to bring with you your favourite paring knife and a pizza roller if you have one, your support would be greatly appreciated :-).  Please feel free to join us in PJ's or dress up, or come as you are...whatever your comfort level is.  Thanks for choosing to join us!

Have a great week.

Monday, October 26, 2015

Homework 
1.  Read
2.  Spelling - UNIT 5 - Quiz:  Thursday
3.  Speaking - new topic - for NEXT WEEK (given out earlier due to busy week)
4.  Learning Log - 19* ;-)                                                
5.  Taco Del Mar - Wed., Oct. 28

Parent Teacher Meetings

Thank you to the many families with whom I have met.  I appreciate your time and support.  If you were unable to make these time, please let me know if you'd like to meet.  

Friday Festivities!
On Friday, our class will participate in Fall themed activities during the morning.  Students may dress in PJ's and we will make a 'nutritious and delicious' lunch.  Thank you to parents who will join us as volunteers!  It is impossible to have these days without your support :-).

If you have already indicated to me, or would like to help out, could you please still return the form?  If volunteers could bring a pizza cutter and paring knife, your help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks !!

Have a great week.

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Homework 
1.  Read
2.  Spelling - UNIT 4 - Post Test Score
3.  Learning Log - please sign and return, asap. Thank you!
4.  Taco Del Mar - Wed., Oct. 28

NO SCHOOL TOMORROW
Tomorrow is a Non-Instructional Day for students.  Teachers will be in session at various locations throughout the city and province.  We hope that you have a great long weekend.  :-)

Have a great LONG weekend!  I look forward to seeing you on Monday!

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Homework 
1.  Read
2.  Spelling - UNIT 4 - Quiz:  Tomorrow
3.  Speaking - Avalon, Jordan, Ishaan, Boston, Michelle, Evan
                          Don't forget to bring your Home Reading Duo for our draw!!
4.  Taco Del Mar - forms by Tomorrow for Wed., Oct. 28

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

Tomorrow afternoon is the second PTM date.  I look forward to meeting 
with you :-).   12:30 pm DISMISSAL 

 
NO SCHOOL
Friday is a Non-Instructional Day for students.  Teachers will be in session at various locations throughout the city and province.  We hope that you have a great long weekend.  :-)

Reminders:

1.  Oct. 28. - PAC Hot Lunch

Have a great week!

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Homework 
1.  Read
2.  Spelling - UNIT 4 - Quiz:  Thursday
3.  Speaking - Danika, Jordyn, Julianna, Emma, Avalon, and Hailey
                          Don't forget to bring your Home Reading Duo for our draw!!
4.  Physical Literacy Research Consent - please return by tomorrow.  Thanks!!
5.  Taco Del Mar - forms by Thurs., Oct 22 for Wed., Oct. 28

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

Tomorrow and Thursday afternoons.  I look forward to meeting with you :-). 

12:30 pm DISMISSAL 
 
NO SCHOOL
Friday is a Non-Instructional Day for students.  Teachers will be in session at various locations throughout the city and province.  We hope that you have a great long weekend.  :-)

Reminders:

1.  Oct. 28. - PAC Hot Lunch

Have a great week!

Monday, October 19, 2015

Homework 
1.  Read
2.  Spelling - UNIT 4 - Quiz:  Thursday
3.  Speaking - Benjamin, Detroit, Kieran, Talia, Adria
                          Don't forget to bring your Home Reading Duo for our draw!!

4.  Physical Literacy Research Consent - please return asap.
                Thank you to the MANY FAMILIES who have already returned this form!!
5.  Taco Del Mar - forms by Thurs., Oct 22 for Wed., Oct. 28

THANK YOU!!
Thank you to Julianna and her Grandmother, who baked the most delicious and SPOOKTACULAR cookies.  Thank you for your kindness.  We all appreciated the sweet and spicy start to our week :-).

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

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

12:30 pm DISMISSAL 
 

Reminders:

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

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

3.  Oct. 28. - PAC Hot Lunch

Have a great week!

Friday, October 16, 2015

Homework 
1.  Read
2.  Speaking - new topic: Halloween - presentations next week
3.  Physical Literacy Research Consent - please return asap.
                Thank you to the MANY FAMILIES who have already returned this form!!

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

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

Reminders:

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

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

3.  Oct. 22 - Halloween Family Dance - CANCELLED..sorry!!

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

5. Oct. 28. - PAC Hot Lunch

Have a great weekend!

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Homework 
1.  Read
2.  Speaking - new topic: Halloween - presentations next week
3.  Physical Literacy Research Consent - please indicate your preference & return;
                Thank you to the MANY FAMILIES who have already returned this form!!!

FAMILY MATH NIGHTS

Tonight is the last day of our 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 our last night if you haven't made it out already.  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. 19 - 1:00 pm - Assembly - all welcome :-)

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

3.  Oct. 22 - Halloween Family Dance

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

5. Oct. 28. - PAC Hot Lunch

Have a great week!

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!