Busy week!

Hi Folks,
We have a busy one, this week! So I will get all the important stuff out of the way first.
Alien In-line skating continues this week. Our class has skating twice this week. Monday October 5th, at 11h15 until noon. We have two volunteers already signed up for this time.Wednesday October 7th first thing at 8h45-9h30, we have all volunteers for that day as well. Thanks for all your help. Also I forgot to remind the students to keep their helmets at school. Please send them back in and if its ok we will keep them there until Thursday of this week.
Friendship builders club starts this week. Sessions will be held on Monday and Tuesday at lunch. Young Rembrants is Monday at 3pm. For those of you who missed this session, you may want to look into the next one. Its a great way to build confidence, help fine motor skills and to have students take a risk when putting pencil paper.
Wednesday, Holy Name Cares food bags are due. These will be collected and as a staff we are going to prepare the hampers for families in need.
Thursday, we have our Thanksgiving Liturgy at 2pm. You are all invited to join us.
We have no school on Friday due to a PD day and Monday because it is Thanksgiving. Reading packages for next week will be exchanged on Tuesday October 13.
Thank you to all who have contributed to the Gala Basket. I believe we had all our items and then some. I have sent home permission forms for you all to sign for Fred Penner on Friday. Please be sure to send them back this week. I found some on the floor soo if you haven't gotten one, please let me know. Scholastic Book orders are due on Wednesday October 7th. There is a new payment option online. Please note that if you are paying online you do so under my name.

Now to what's going on in class this week...
We have finished up patterning in Math and will be moving onto numbers 1-20. They will be practicing counting 1- 20 and from 20-1 in French. Students will also be asked to identify numbers in 10 frames up to 20 and their written form.
In Science, we will be finishing up our colors unit this week and will be moving onto learning about our 5 senses. The students will have a quiz on mixing colors this coming week. Feel free to review what two colors make what at home.
Social Studies this week, we continue to talk about being a part of a group. We will take a look at the families we belong too and the origins of our last names. Please send in with your child the origins of your last name by Tuesday. There was also a note sent home requesting any pictures, medals or video's that shows your child's involvement in a group. (I also found some sheets on the floor, so please let me know if you need one with the information)
In French, we have started our new theme and have begun learning about members of the family in French. I will be sending home a note later this week requesting, family photos and names to help with our family tree project. Please note that these pictures will be cut, so do not send any that you do not wish to have cut. We are only including mom, dad, siblings and grand-parents on the tree. We will also be reading "Le bricolage" which you can practice reading in the pink books in your childs reading package. Students have also been learning how to use a dictionary to help them in their writing. They had fun using the table of contents.
In Health, the students will be finishing up learning about proper hand washing. They have learned when they should wash their hands and also a little song they can sing as they do. Students will then move onto learning about proper teeth brushing.

I believe this is it for this week. Have a great long week end. Wishing you a very happy thanksgiving. I hope your table is filled with those you love and new memories.
Cheers,
Laurie Anne

PS. I have include a great game to play at home with letter sounds and numbers. I hope you give it a try:)

http://www.takatamuser.com/6-7-ans/takaabc-jeu-abecedaire.html (alphabet and first letter sounds)


http://www.takatamuser.com/maternelle/je-compte-de-1-a-5.html (Math- numbers 1-5)