Our week for October 2-6

 Hello Grade One Families:

We had a great week of learning together.  Please remember that their MWW (Making Words Work) Folder is due back every Friday completed.  A new worksheet will be distributed every week.  Here are some reminders for our upcoming week.

1) Monday is Day 4 of our cycle and it's Library.  Please return Library books in their large ziplock bag so we can get new ones.

2) Our October Reading Log went home today.  We are learning to read for at least 10 minutes/day.  We are learning to use our decoding strategies too!  Reading Logs are encouraged to be returned after 20 days of reading.  Have fun!

3) Our Friday Letter went home too.  Please read with your child about our week.  We are learning to do a Recount of our week.  We started with a graphic organizer today.

4) Our MWW words for Lesson #36 are Short 'i' words and Heart words

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Our worksheet is due back by Friday.  If your child has no time at home to complete they are welcome to complete at school as their MWW words are written on Monday into their agenda.

5) Our Decodable Text will come home to be put in our Blue Reading Folder to read nightly at home for 10min/night.  It is called Gil and His Pig.   We read our Decodable Texts each Monday as a whole class.  We read individually every day and Buddy Read too!  We work with the words in our MWW lessons.  

6) Tuesday is Meet the Staff and Family BBQ.  Meet the Staff is from 6:30-7:30 pm.  Our Room is 214.

7) Photo Day is Wednesday October 4 and it is Walk to School Wednesday.  

8) Friday is our Terry Fox Walk/Run.  Please have your child dressed appropriately to be outside for our walk.

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to call or ask.

Looking forward to seeing you all on Tuesday!

Have a great weekend with your children!

Mrs. Petramala🌞

Our Week for Sept 25-29

 Hello  Grade One Families:

We will be celebrating Orange Shirt Day on Friday.  It's a day to honour children that survived residential school, and to remember the lives that were lost. Wearing orange is a symbol of respect and mourning. National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is on Sept.30.  We honour this day as Every Child Matters.

Here are some reminders for our upcoming week.

1) Monday is Day 4 of our cycle and it's Library.  We will be allowed to choose 2 Picture books per week. 

2) Our MWW (Making Words Work) aka Spelling is starting on Monday.  We will be learning how to decode and encode 10 words per week.  Our worksheet will be due back by Friday each week or Thursday if it's a short week. Thank you for being partners in our Spelling and Reading Journey!

Our weekly words are:  Short 'a' words and Heart Words

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3) Our Reading Folder will be going home on Monday as well.  Our Reading Sheet is a Decodable Story that compliments our words of the week.  You do not need to return this folder weekly.  I will send every Monday another Decodable Story that your child can put into their folder each week. We will be reading Decodable Stories in our Reading Groups as well each week.   A Monthly Reading Log will be sent home shortly for October.  I highly recommend your child to read at least 10 minutes/night.  More information on this will be sent home shortly.

4) Our Gym days are Day 4 & Day 5.  Please have your child dress appropriately to participate.

5) Upcoming Dates:

Tuesday October 3- Meet the Staff Night and Family BBQ

Classroom Visits are from 6:30-7:30 PM  we are Room 214

Wednesday October 4- Photo Day

Friday October 6 - Terry Fox Walk/Run

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to call or ask.

Happy last weekend of Summer with your children!

Mrs. Petramala🌞

Our week for September 18-21

 Hello Grade One Families:

We had a great week and learned lots.  We had our first Fire Drill too!  Today we went home with our Friday Letter.  Please read with your child and return on Monday with their agenda too.  This is how we will communicate daily with each other.  I will be sending home shortly log in information for your child's gapps account and some programming information too.  Please return their black BEE(Bring Everything Everyday) bag and their agenda daily to school.  Agendas are $6.50 and are payable on School Cash online only.  We were not able to have Library today as we had a Fire Drill practice.  Library will be next cycle.  We will be able to take out 2 Picture Books each week.  Decodable Readers/Sheets will be sent out starting in October.  

1) Monday is Day 5 of our cycle.  

2) We have Gym on Day 4 & 5 (we will need appropriate footwear to participate fully)

3) Library will be on Day 4 

4)Our Sharing Star is due on Monday September 18

5) Friday September 22 is a PA Day.  There will be no school for students.  

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to call or ask.

Have a wonderful weekend with your children.

Mrs. Petramala🖉

Our week for Sept. 11-15

 Hello Grade One Families!

Welcome to Grade 1.  I am so glad to have you all here!  Looking forward to a great year together.  Today in your child's BEE Bag, there is a Student Information sheet.  If you could fill out promptly and send back to school as soon as possible that would be greatly appreciated.  We also went home today with our first Friday Letter.  Every week we will write you a letter about our week at school.  Please read with your child and send back to school every Monday.  Feel free to write them back too!  Please also be aware that we will require an Agenda.  They are $6.50 and are available to pay only by school cash online.  This will be a very important communication tool for us this year.  

Here are some reminders for our upcoming week.

1) Monday is Day 5 of our cycle

2) We have Gym on Day 4 and Day 5 

3) Library is on Day 4 of our cycle and will start this week.

4) I will send home notes/programming  information periodically in your child's BEE bag.  Please check nightly for any pertinent notes

5) We will be celebrating DOT Day on Friday September 15. 

What is International Dot Day?

International Dot Day is celebrated every year on the 15th of September. This holiday was created by a teacher named Terry Shay back in 2009 as a way of celebrating creativity, courage, and collaboration. The whole event is inspired by a children’s book called ‘The Dot’, which is written by Peter H. Reynolds.

‘The Dot’ tells the story of an encouraging teacher and a student who does not believe in her own abilities. The teacher encourages the student to start small, believe in herself, and just see where it goes. What begins as just one small dot on a piece of paper, develops into a work of art and leads the student on a journey of confidence, bravery, and self-discovery. The story in ‘The Dot’ has been an inspiration to children and adults all over the world, and it plays a central role in the celebration of International Dot Day.

International Dot Day is designed to inspire creativity all over the globe, showing people, both young and old, that there is beauty, power, and great potential in creativity.

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to call or ask.

Looking forward to a great year together!

Have a wonderful weekend with your children.

Mrs. Petramala🏫