Friday, 20 December 2019

Our first week of 2020!

Hello Families:
I'd just like to take this opportunity to wish all of you a very happy holiday season and a very Happy New Year too!  We had a very eventful week and are excited about the holidays.  We had fun presenting our timelines and learning about each other too!
Here are some reminders for our first week back in January.
1) The first day back is Monday, January 6, 2020
2) Monday, January 6 is a Day 1 of our cycle
3) Our M.W.W. words for this week, Week #9 are (sight words and 'ot' family words)
            what    all    were     we   hot    pot    not   lot
The activity sheet will be given out on Monday and due back by Friday
4) Poetry Folder went home today and the activity sheet is due January 6, 2020.  All of our poems are there too for some additional reading over the holidays.  Poems are a great way to build expression and phrasing in our reading.
5) Assessment Folders went home today.  Please go through it with your child and return on January 6, 2020
6) Please make sure we have extra clothes at school for those occasional accidents and make sure your child's indoor shoes still fit.  We are growing like weeds!
7) Our Electives Day is on Wednesday, January 13.  We are going skating.  IF you still have not submitted a permission form, please note that payment is no longer available on school cash online.  YOU have to pay cash at the office. Exact change please.  The cost is $5.50.  If you need another permission form, please let me know. 
Have a wonderful holiday with your children.
Mrs. Petramala

Friday, 13 December 2019

Reminders for the week of Dec. 16-20

Hello Families:
Thank you for sending in photos for their Timelines.  We have worked hard on creating them and are excited to present them to our classmates this coming week.  Here are some reminders for our upcoming week.
1) Monday is Day 1 of our cycle.
2) Wednesday is Walk to School Day and PYJAMA DAY too!  If you drive your child to school and weather permitting, think about parking a few streets away and enjoying some quality time walking a few blocks with them.  Try skip counting as you walk....:)
3) Tuesday and Thursday is Tuck Shop.  Popcorn and healthy snacks are sold for $1
4) We will be continuing with our Number Week #2 for our M.W.W. words they are:
eleven    twelve   thirteen  fourteen   fifteen   sixteen   seventeen   eighteen    nineteen    twenty
The activity sheet will be due by Friday
5) Please remember to dress your child appropriately for the weather and have extra socks and mitts too.
Have a wonderful weekend with your children.
Mrs. Petramala

Friday, 6 December 2019

Reminders for the week of Dec. 9-13

Hello Families:
Welcome to Snow!  Please make sure that your child has 2 pairs of mitts so that if one is wet, we can still play at lunch.  Extra socks too please. 
1) Monday is Day 1 of our cycle.
2) Our Timeline photos are due on Monday December 9.  If you do not have any photos, please speak with your child about important events in their lives and they will be able to draw it. 
3) We will be having our first Number week for our M.W.W. words.  They are:
     zero     one   two   three   four   five   six   seven   eight   nine    ten
4) We will be having a Skate Sale on Tuesday, December 10 right after school until 6pm. 
5) Our Holiday Concert is Tuesday, December 10 at 6:30 pm.  If you are able to come that night, we are asking that the children assemble in their classrooms by 6:15pm the latest.  After our performance we will return to our classrooms for pick up when the concert is over..
6) Please wear RAINBOW COLOURS for our performance.
7/ Our Poetry Folders went home today they are to read the poem and complete the activity sheet and return on Monday.
8) READ READ and READ some more.  We are building our expression by noticing punctuation. 
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to call or ask. 
Have a wonderful weekend with your children.
Mrs. Petramala

Friday, 29 November 2019

reminders for the week of Dec. 2-6

Welcome to December!  Please remember to dress your child appropriately for the weather as we are outside for 2 recesses, weather permitting.  Having extra mitts and socks in their backpacks will be beneficial.  Here are some reminders for our upcoming week.
1) Monday is Day 1 of our cycle
2) Popcorn and healthy snacks are sold for $1 on Tuesday and Thursday at first recess
3) December newsletter will go home on Monday
4) We went home with our Assessment Folders today.  Please take a moment and go through all the work we have done and return the folder on Monday
5) We went home with our Song sheet "Somewhere over the Rainbow" we are encouraging them to practise at home for our upcoming Winter Concert.
6) Our Winter Concert is on Tuesday, December 10 at our school.  It begins at 6:30pm.  We are asking that the children come to school by 6:15 pm to assemble in their classrooms.  We are also asking them to wear Rainbow Colours too.  There is a Skate Sale prior to the concert too!  Information about our Winter Concert also went out in the E-Blast as well.
7) Our M.W.W. words for week #8 are :  sight words and 'ick' family words
               by     words     but     not    sick      kick   brick    stick
8) Please collect 5 photos of your child so that they can use for their Timeline project.  You can always email them to me and I can print up at school.  If you do not have any photos please help your child decide upon 5 important events and they can draw a picture of that event.  Photos are due to school by Monday, December 9.

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to call or ask.  Have a wonderful weekend with your children.
Mrs Petramala

Friday, 22 November 2019

Reminders for the week of Nov. 25-29

Hello Families:
We are entering our last week of November!  Wow, time is flying by.  We have been skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s.  We put our thinking on a number line.  At home, you can start skip counting at a given number and end on another number.  We will show our thinking by jumping to each number with a curved line.  We will put the number under the line too.  It's fun!
Here are some other reminders for the upcoming week:
1) Monday is Day 1 of our cycle
2) M.W.W. worksheet will be due by Friday.  Our words for week #7 are:
     from    or    one    had    pin    thin    spin     skin
3) Please make sure that we have extra mitts and socks.  We love playing in the snow and our socks seem to always get wet.
4) Read read and read some more.  We have grown so much and are using our strategies to sound out and spell unknown words too!
5) Popcorn will be sold on Thursday for $1 at recess starting this week.  After this week, we will have Popcorn and various other healthy options sold for $1 every Tuesday/Thursday.  Thanks to our HEAT Team!
6) Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather.  We are outside weather permitting for 2 recesses.
7) Library will be on Friday, Day 5 of our cycle.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to call or ask.
Have a wonderful last weekend of November with your children!
Mrs. Petramala