Our week for April 29 - May 3 2024

 Hello Grade One Families:

We have a lot happening in Rm 214.  Later this week there will be a note coming home regarding our Fun Fair Classroom Basket. Please stay tuned.  We are very fortunate to have Deborah Kerbel, author of Sun Dog visit our school on May 1st. Next week is Canadian Children's Book Week.  There are author's visiting schools across Canada and our school was selected!

Please also stayed tuned to an upcoming Book Fair at Rick Hansen PS!

Here are some more reminders for our upcoming week.

1) Monday is Day 1 of our cycle.  

2) Our MWW words for Lesson # 54 are: 

make cape fade plate skate shade  who

Sentences: 1. Who will be at the lake? 2. Blake was late to the game.

Our Decodable Reader is called Cave in the Maze

Our MWW worksheet is due back by Friday

3) We will have Walk to School Wednesday.  Please park around the school and enjoy walking your child to school that day.

4) Our Friday Letter went home today.  Please read about our week and comment too.

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 April 22- April 26, 2024

Hello Grade One Families:

Here are some reminders for our upcoming week.

1) Monday is Day 1 of our cycle and it's EARTH DAY!  We will be wearing blue, green or brown to celebrate EARTH DAY!  We are learning to be kind to the EARTH everyday!

2) We will have a Fire Drill (weather permitting) on April 22.

3) Thursday is Library (Day 4)

4) Our MWW words for Lesson # 53 are review words and digraph review:

shrimp shrug throb thrift spring strong  

💙 Words are:  could  would  should or for

Our sentences are:  

1) The string is so long.

2) Where did they go last spring?

Our MWW worksheet will be due back by Friday.

There will be no dictation next Friday as it's a review week.

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

To all those who celebrate Pesach/Passover, which begins Monday evening, I would like to wish you and your families a very happy celebration.

Have a wonderful weekend with your children.

Mrs. Petramala🌎

Our week for April 15-19, 2024

 April Showers bring May flowers!  Please dress for the weather as we are outside weather permitting for two recesses.  Please make sure we have extra clothes at school at all times too.

Here are some reminders for our upcoming week.

1) Monday is Day 1 of our cycle.

2) Library is on Thursday - Day 4 of our cycle.

3) Our MWW words for Lesson # 52 are: (nk) and heart words

pink link tank bunk trunk thank there where

Our sentences are:

Where is the bank?

There is a rink for the kids.

Our Decodable Reader is called Stink in the Bank

We will be focussing on Comprehension to Text.  We will be orally answering questions about the text as well as some of our Reading Groups will be answering questions in complete sentences too.

Please remember to have your child Read and Log daily.

4) Yearbook applications for the front and back cover are due back by Friday April 19.  I have extra applications if you need another one.

5) Our Friday Letter and our Assessment Folders went home on Friday.  Please take some time and read through our work. We are working on Writing Goals in the classroom.  We know what our Writing Goals are and we are working on them daily in class.  

We are learning to Think it, Say it, Write it and Re-read to make sense.  We are learning to use a Writer's checklist too.  See below for an example.

To all those who celebrate Vaisakhi, wishing you and your family a very happy celebration.

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 April 8-12, 2024

 Attention Parents:  Early Dismissal on Monday April 8 @ 12:40 pm due to the expected Solar Eclipse.

We will be coming home with a short read aloud about a Solar Eclipse.  We will read it to you as our homework on Monday night.  Please be safe.  

Ontario Science Centre has a great video that you can enjoy together as a family.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfGv1nm9nLo

Here are some reminders for our upcoming week.

1) Monday is Day 1 of our cycle.

2) Library is on Thursday - Day 4

3) Our MWW words for Lesson # 51 are:  ng words and heart words

wing rang sang long song lung  or for

Our sentences are:  1. This song is not long. 2. Would you sing for me?

Our Decodable Reader is called King and Ash Sing.

Please have your child read a few times throughout the week for phrasing and expression.  

We will be focussing on these comprehension questions. 

Who brings a book of songs?

How do we know King’s mom likes the song?

How many songs did they sing?

What kind of song do you like to sing?

We will be building our oral fluency and then be building on to complete sentences.

Our MWW worksheet is due back by Friday each week.

4) Our Friday Letters went home too.  Please read through about our week and feel free to comment too!

5) Calling all ARTISTS!  Yearbook cover applications are in the Library.  If your child would like to help design a cover for our Yearbook, (Front or back) all applications are due back by April 19. Winning designs will be on the cover or back cover.  

6) Happy Eid to all who celebrate on April 10. Eid Mubarak.

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

Have a wonderful weekend with your children.

Mrs. Petramala 🌞