Family Presentations

Last we completed our family presentations.  I was proud of how well the students did and wanted to share a few pictures.

Fall Color Day

Just a reminder that tomorrow is Fall Color Day (Oct 31).  Students may choose to wear casual pants and a fall colored shirt, or otherwise just wear school uniform.  (not a play clothes day and no costumes, please!)  Thank you!

Spelling Test

I will introduce the 5 new words today, and the test will be on Thursday, Oct.31.  Please practise printing these words at home:  six, all, my, not, ten.

Parent/Teacher Conferencs

On Friday, Nov. 1 there is no school as we are having Parent/Teacher conferences.  Please stop into my classroom as you drop off your child or pickup your child and schedule a 15 minute conference, if you so wish.  I hope to accommodate as many parents as possible, and would love to chat and share with you how your child is progressing.

Reminder

Friday, October 25th is a Pro D Day!

Picture Day

Tomorrow, Tuesday, October 22nd, is Picture Day. We will do both group and individual pictures. Students are asked to wear their navy blue sweaters or hoodies in the pictures.

Skating

Last week I sent home a blue paper regarding our Skating Field Trip on Nov. 6.  Please return this permission form as soon as possible.  Thank you.

Multi-Letter Phonograms

On Monday, I will be sending home a multi-letter phonogram booklet for you to use at home to help your child learn the multi-letter phonograms.  As we begin our Spell to Write and Read program, we will be focussing on specific multi-letter phonograms.  Here are the first 5 we will be learning for the upcoming weeks:  sh, th, oo, ee, er.   Please use the booklet I send home to help your child learn these phonograms. 

Spelling

Parents:

Now that we have finished reviewing our single letter phonograms, our uppercase/  lowercase letters, and worked on beginning, ending, middle sounds, we are now ready to begin our spell to read and write program. Monday, Oct.21 I will introduce 5 Spelling words that we will practise daily and on Thursday, Oct. 25  I will test the students. Home support is greatly appreciated. Here are the words we will be learning for the students to spell independently: top, but, and,cat, red

Picture Day

Just a reminder that Monday, October 22 is our individual and class picture day.  Students are expected to be in full uniform (sweaters included).  Thank you!

Sight Word Booklet

These are the words we have learned so far from our Sight Word Booklet.  a, big, down, go, in, little, my, red, the up, you, and blue. Please check to see if your child is able to read these words at sight, and continue practising if needed.  This week we will learn:  find, help, is, look  
Oct. 21-24:  not, run, three, we
Oct. 28-Nov. 1:  away, can, for, here, it
Just a reminder that these are not spelling words, but sight reading words to help your child on the beginning road of reading.  Thank you for your support.

chapel

Our Chapel focus this month is prayer. We are memorizing the Lord’s Prayer as our memory verse and the children are learning the components of prayer. Our Chapel leader, Mrs. S, has started Prayer Journals where each class has a stuffy and a Prayer Journal to take home. The students may keep the stuffy and prayer journal for one week and will fill it out at home and bring it back each Monday. Our first student is Chelsea and the children are excited to see who will take the stuffy home next.

Memory Work

We are learning the Lord's prayer from Matthew 6:9-13.  "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread."  Please practise this section with your child, as we also practise daily.  Students should know this by October 15.   Thank you for your support in your child's learning.

Soup Picnic

On Thursday, October 10, the high school Food Class will be serving our classes a soup picnic created from veggies from our Highroad garden.  The students will be served one bowl of veggie soup and a bun.  If you think your child might not like the soup, then sending a lunch will be helpful.  We will be having our lunch early that day to accommodate  serving the whole school with hot soup.

Field trip Pictures

Although the weather wasn't the best we still had a great time at the Taves Farm.  Thank you to all the parents who came along and helped to make this a good experience for all!

Class Presentations

Today I sent home a yellow paper which tells all about our family oral presentation.  Please help your child fill out the form for the presentation and take time to practise it with them. I will help students as needed, but it is important for them to practise ahead of time so they are familiar with what they want to say.  Make sure they choose a visual to accompany their presentation as well as the filled out yellow paper.  At the bottom of the page I have indicated the date your child will be doing their presentation.  If you have any questions, please come ask! The students know about this upcoming presentation and are excited to share!

Assembly

Today we had an assembly with all the primary classes.  Our topic was Healthy Relationships.  We learned about JOY.  Jesus first , then Others, then Yourself.  This is how we create joy. Bible text:      John 15: 12, 13   My command is this: love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this.    We were challenged to show this in life by being a bucket filler and not bucket dipper.  Please ask your child about what does mean to be a bucket filler vs. a bucket dipper.