Our week for March 17-21, 2025

 

1) March Break is from March 10-14.  There is no school.  Students have gone home with their indoor shoes and their extra clothes too.  Please make sure they all still fit and return March 17.

2) School resumes Monday March 17 (Day 3) Wear Green too!  It's St. Patrick's Day!

3) Library is on Tuesday (Day 4) Please remember to bring back their books.  Don't forget to Read and Log too!

4) Our MWW words for Lesson # 48 are: 'ch' words and Heart words

chip chum much lunch pinch check   💓talk, walk

Our Sentences  are: 1. We chat at lunch. 2. That was such a fun walk!

Our Decodable Passage is called Chips and Dip  Please have your child read this passage 3-4 times during the week for fluency and comprehension.

Our worksheet is due back by Friday.  

5) We have Gym Day 2 and Day 5.  We need appropriate footwear to participate.

6) We will be building our playgrounds this week.  I do have some materials the students are able to use, however, bringing reusable materials from home will support our creativity.  We have learned about fasteners, so if you are able to send in some tape/glue that would be so appreciative. 

7)

 Daylight Saving Time starts on Sunday March 9- Change clocks ahead one hour.

8) Below are some free Decodable Websites to support our reading.

a) Reading Universe

b) Reading Doctor

c) Right to Read Initiative (go under the Resources tab)

Don't forget to check the Aurora Public Library for some exciting events that happen each day over the break too!

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

Happy International Women's Day to all our wonderful women in our lives!

Have a wonderful March Break with your families!

Mrs. Petramala👪

Our week for March 3-7, 2025

Wishing all who celebrate Ramadan "Ramadan Mubarak"

Here are some reminders for our upcoming week.

1) Monday is Day 3 of our cycle.

2) There will be no MWW words for this week.  😊

3) Library is on Tuesday Day 4 of our cycle.  Please remember to bring back their books.

4) We will be having a SPIRIT WEEK all week.  Please see below to see what each day of the week is.

  

  

5) Please have your child practice their poem they chose from their Poetry Booklets.  We will be having our Poetry Cafe on Wednesday March 5.  No need to memorize.  

6) Our Winter Concert for the Community is on Tuesday March 4 from 2-3:40pm.  

7) Our Rick Hansen Recognition Assembly will be on Thursday March 27, 2025.  Those who are receiving an award will be notified after March Break.  

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 February 24-28, 2025

We will wear PINK to stand up to bullying on Wednesday February 26!

Pink Shirt Day began in 2007 when a student in Nova Scotia was bullied for wearing a pink shirt to school. It has since been recognized annually worldwide as a day to stand against bullying.

Here are some reminders for our upcoming week.

1) Monday is Day 3 of our cycle.

2) Tuesday is Library (Day 4)

3) Our MWW words for Lesson # 47 are:  th (unvoiced) and a Heart Word

thin thud bath with cloth tenth 💓 were

Sentences:  1. Are you with Beth? 2. They were in math class.

Our Decodable Passage is called Chips and Dip 

Our worksheet is due back by Friday.

4) We went home with our Friday Letter.  Please read and send back on Monday.

5) On Thursday we went home with our Materials Hunt Letter.  We will be building playgrounds out of Materials from home after March Break. Please bring recyclable/materials found at home by March 17, 2025. Below is the actual letter for your reference.

Thank you to all who helped volunteer at the ROC.  I hope you had fun making memories with your children!

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

Have a wonderful weekend with your children.

Mrs. Petramala 💗

February 20, 2025

Attention:  Parents

Going on a Material Hunt

As part of our Materials, Objects and Everyday Structures unit, we are going to do a STEM project at school.  We are in need of materials to be brought to school by Monday ,March 17, 2025. We are going to be Engineers and we are going to build a playground structure out of everyday objects/materials from home.

Some materials we are going to using could be:

-paper towel/toilet paper rolls

-canned tins (no sharp edges)

-popsicle sticks/pipe cleaners/straws/toothpicks

-milk/juice/tetra cartons (cleaned)

-tinfoil/wrapper containers/plastic containers

-loose parts

-paper/fabric/yarn/foam/felt

-lego pieces

-cardboard

-paper/plastic cups

-glue/tape/markers

-other (whatever they really want to use to be engineers) 🙂

I have enclosed a rubric of how we will be marked.  This is part of our final mark and we are learning to present orally in front of the class too.

We will use our Science words like:

-span a gap, contain an object, support a load, rigid, flexible,stable

I will provide the base of their playground (bristol board/box lid).   If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to call or ask.

Thank you for your support. Mrs. Petramala

Our week for February 18-21, 2025

 

Family Day is Monday February 17 there is no school that day!  Enjoy every minute with your children!

Here are some reminders for our upcoming week.

1) Tuesday is Day 4 of our cycle and it's Library.

2) There are no MWW words for the week. :)

3) Our Winter Electives are on Wednesday February 19, please see below a letter that was sent home on Tuesday to remind us of what we need to have fun at the ROC.

4) We went home with our Friday Letter and our Poetry Folder. (Poetry Folder is due back completed on Tuesday)

5) Our Assessment Folder went home too.  Please return on Tuesday.

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

Have a wonderful family weekend with your children.

Mrs. Petramala👪

Primary Winter Electives are coming up!

When: Wednesday February 19, 2025

Bus Departure from school: 9:30 am sharp!

Bus Departure from ROC: 1:30 pm

(arriving back to Rick Hansen PS around 2pm)

What I need to bring to have fun!

• Dress appropriately for the weather ( winter jacket, snow pants, winter boots, hat, mitts/gloves)

• Backpack with Lunch inside (extra mitts)

• Boomerang Lunch/snacks/water bottle/juice box

• No food will be available for purchase

• All parent volunteers will need to have an Appendix 1B form filled out and brought with them to the ROC.  There is lots of parking on site.  Please bring your lunch too.  

We are looking forward to Tubing and Tobogganing and a day filled with fun memories. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your child’s teacher.

The Primary Team

Our week for February 10-14, 2025

 

Hello Grade One Families:

We have an exciting week ahead.  We will be celebrating Valentine's Day and our 100th Day of school too! In our February newsletter that was sent out via EDSBY are our friends names.  If you plan to send in any treats, please make sure they are peanut free as we have some allergies in our class.  

We will be celebrating our 100th Day of School on Wednesday February 12.  We are celebrating a day later to include our Grade 2 friends who will be away for a Board Initiated Field Trip.  We will be engaging in activities around 100 that day!

Here are some reminders for our upcoming week.

1) Monday is Day 4 of our cycle and it's Library too.

2) Our MWW words for Lesson # 46 are:  'TH' words and Heart words:

that then them this than    💓 they, their

Our Sentences are: 

1. This is their dish. 2. They got them a ball. 

Our Decodabe Passage is called This and That

Our worksheet is due back by Friday.  

3) Gym days are Day 2 and Day 5.  Please make sure we have appropriate footwear to participate.  

4) We have SNOW much fun playing in the SNOW.  Please make sure we have extra socks, mitts and clothes as we are soaking wet when we come in from recess. 

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to call or ask.  

Have a wonderful weekend with your children.

Mrs. Petramala 💕