Our week for Oct.27-31, 2025

 

We will be talking about Halloween all week.  We will talk about Halloween safety too!  Please refer to the Halloween letter that was emailed out via EDSBY last week for more details.  

Here are some reminders for our upcoming week.

1) Monday is Day 2 of our cycle.

2) Library is on Friday (Day 1)

3) Our MWW words 

Group A—short i words and 💓 words

fit him dip pig kid win  💓to, do, of, see   Sentence: Do I dim it?

The decodable text is called Gil and His Pig

Group B-  short u words and 💓words

spun plum dust rugs bump tusk 💓look, book, are, was Sentence: The cubs are fast.

The decodable text is called Gus the Pup

Our MWW worksheet is due back by Friday.

4) We went home with our Friday Letter.  Please help read with your child and send it back to school on Monday.

5) We went home with our poetry folder too.  We read 3 poems this week.  We are to read with our best expression and complete the worksheet. Return on Monday.

6) We will be running the Battery Blitz until Friday, October 31.  Please look for old/used batteries and bring them to school to be disposed of safely.

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 October 20-24, 2025

 

Happy Diwali to all who celebrate!

Here are some reminders for our upcoming week.

1) Monday is Day 3 of our cycle.

2) Library is Day 1 (Thursday)

3) There are no MWW words this week, as it's a 4-day week.

4) No School on Friday (it's a PA Day)

5) We went home this week with our assessment folder.  Please look through all the amazing work with your child and send it back empty on Monday.  Please sign that you have received and viewed the work.

6) We went home with our poetry folder.  We are to put in our folder, read, and complete the activity part.  Return on Monday completed.

7) Please support your child to read and log on their October Reading Log.  I strongly encourage us to read for at least 10-20 minutes each night.  

8) Our Friday Letter went home too.  We are learning to write a recount of our week. 

 

A note from our office:  If your child is late in the morning or at lunch, please make sure they get a late slip at the office before entering the classroom. If not, you will be called.  

Please continue to look around your house for old or used batteries and bring them to school.  We are collecting batteries until Oct. 31.  

A note about Halloween in our classroom will go home later this week.  

We will be going outside on Wednesday, weather permitting, to do some outdoor learning.  Please make sure your child is appropriately dressed.  It will be in the afternoon after photos are taken. :)

Class photos are on October 22.  Retakes will be in November.  

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 October 14-17, 2025

 

Wishing you all a very happy and healthy Thanksgiving with your families.  Remember there is no school on Monday.  School will resume on Tuesday, October 14.

Here are some reminders for our upcoming week.

1) Tuesday is Day 4

2) Library is on Day 1 (Thursday). Please return books in the large Ziploc bag.

3) There will be no MWW words this week, as it's a short school week.  We will be learning a poem called 5 Little Pumpkins.  We will go home next weekend with our poetry folder.

4) We went home with our Friday Letter.  We wrote 10 things we are thankful for.  Please read with your child.

5) We also have our Blue Reading Folder at home too; please read and log as well.  I highly recommend reading known texts a few times/week to support fluency and comprehension.  

6) We have our Battery Blitz for the whole month of October.  Please bring old/used batteries to school, and we will dispose of them in a safe environmental way.  There are boxes outside the Learning Commons.

  

This is a reminder if you would like to purchase a Tuck shop card on School Cash Online. The card is $20.00 and each item at the Tuck shop will cost $2.00.  This means that with each purchase the card is punched. Cards are laminated with the students first name and teachers name. 

This is the final weekend to buy the cards until the winter holidays and second session. Cards will be delivered to classes at the end of next week and Tuck Shop will open on October 31 at morning recess selling popcorn and cookies. 

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 October 6-10, 2025

 

Rick Hansen is running a Battery Blitz from October 1 to 31. We are collecting old and used batteries of all sizes. Batteries can be brought to school, and we have boxes that will dispose of them in a safe environmental way. Boxes are outside the Learning Commons. Have fun going through your house this weekend to collect old and used-up batteries! 

Here are some reminders for our upcoming week.

1) Monday is Day 4 of our cycle

2) Library is on Wednesday (Day 1)

3) Our October newsletter was emailed out via EDSBY. Please refer to this email and read to learn what is happening in our classroom. 

3) Our MWW words are starting this week. MWW stands for Making Words Work. We work with these words all week on decoding and encoding strategies. On Friday there will be a dictation. (encoding)

We have a yellow duotang coming home next week with a supplementary worksheet. This worksheet is due back by Friday each week. We write our words in our agenda on Mondays. We also will be coming home with a blue reading folder. This is to be kept at home, and we will have a decodable passage coming home every week that we have MWW words. Please put this passage in the blue reading folder.  We will be reading this passage in class as well. We will use our decoding strategies taught in class so far. I encourage the students to read nightly for 10-20 minutes. Reading familiar texts is beneficial because it helps develop reading fluency, builds confidence and vocabulary, and reinforces memory through repeated exposure to patterns and language.

Group A—Lesson #35 words: Short a words and Heart words

map, rat, sad, lap, bag, tab 💓, the, I, a, said

Our sentences are

1. The cat sat. 2. I said I had a bag.

The decodable passage is called Bag of Hats and Caps

Group B—Lesson #38 words:  Short Vowel Review words and Heart words

flag, mask, slip, hint, plot, lost 💓 the I a said

Our sentences are:

1. It is not the last stop. 2. The kids got to camp.

The decodable passage is called Brad Quits

4) We went home with our Friday Letter.  We are learning to write a recount. Please read with your child and return on Monday.

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. 29 - Oct.3, 2025

 

On Tuesday, September 30th, it is orange shirt day.  We celebrate this day as every child matters !  

Orange Shirt Day, held annually on September 30th, is a day to commemorate the residential school experience for Indigenous children, with wearing an orange shirt symbolizing the loss of culture, freedom, and self-esteem experienced by these children. It honors survivors and remembers the children who were lost and never returned home. The initiative, inspired by residential school survivor Phyllis Webstad, serves as a visible act of remembrance, a tribute to survivors, and a commitment to reconciliation, reminding us that "Every Child Matters." 

Our Terry Fox Run/Walk is on Wednesday, October 1, at 9:30 am.  A link is attached if you would like to donate to Rick Hansen's page for Terry Fox.  Also, if you are able to volunteer your time from 9:30 am to 10:30 am Mrs. Lummiss is seeking volunteers.  You can reach her at jennifer.lummiss@yrdsb.ca. Please have your child dress for the weather.  We are outside, weather permitting.  Our raindate is Oct. 3.  

The link is : https://schools.terryfox.ca/RickHansenPSAurora

Please copy and paste the link address into your browser to go there directly.  

Wednesday is also Walk to School Day too!

Here are some reminders for our upcoming week.  

1) Monday is Day 4 of our cycle.

2) Library is on Day 1 (Wednesday).  Please return books in the large Ziploc bag

3) We will go home with our October Reading Log on Tuesday.  We are to read for 10-20 min/night and log on our sheet.  Once we have completed 20 days, they can return to me and choose a prize from the prize box.  Please refer to the curriculum package that was sent home on curriculum night. If you were unable to attend last night, I will send it home on Monday in your child's BEE bag.  Our Reading and Spelling Programs (MWW—Making Words Work) will be starting after Thanksgiving weekend. 

4) Our October newsletter will be sent via EDSBY on Wednesday, October 1.  Please refer to this letter, as it will update you on what we are learning and any other pertinent information for that month in our classroom.  Please check this blog weekly for our upcoming week though.  😀

5) We went home with our Friday Letter.  We are learning to write complete thoughts in a sequential order.  This strategy is called a Recount.  

6) We went home with our Poetry Folder.  We are to read our poem and complete the sheet too.  We chorally read this poem this week every day in class, and the more we read, the more we use our strategies taught so far.  Please have your child read a few times to build fluency and accuracy. 

7) Scholastic orders are due by September 30.  Our class code is RC160582

It was wonderful to meet all of you last night.  Looking forward to a great year together.  If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to call or ask.

Have a wonderful weekend with your children.

Mrs. Petramala 🌞