Hi everyone! I hope you all had a great week end and got out to enjoy the great weather. I never realized that my last post did not show up, so sorry about that!
This weeks sound is "ille" the students are also reviewing "f". Their sentences of the week are "Il met/Elle met (He puts on/ She puts on) as well as "Est-ce-que je peux aller pour un boire de l'eau?" We will be starting a new theme this week to go with the month of February. The students will be learning about the importance of friendship (l'amitie), valentines day and the rooms of the house.
We will also be learning about groundhogs day, what it means when the groundhog sees his shadows. I will tie this in with an art activity where the students will learn about shadows and they will recreate their own shadows on paper.
In health we continue to talk about feelings, how they effect our bodies. Last week the students really enjoyed themselves with one of the activities I had planned. We listened to different types of music and the students had to say how they felt when they listened to the songs being played. They also colored what they thought the feeling would look like.
In math we are still working on measurement and practicing counting 1-100. We still continue to need work on counting by 2 and 5. Feel free to practice this at home.
We are starting our new science unit which is on magnetism. We are hoping to get teachers pet in to teach the students all they know on magnets.
In music we will be looking at the different types of instruments that people play. Later on in the month the students will be asked to make their own instruments to share with the class. I was also wondering if any of you parents might be oh so musical and play an instrument and willing to come into class and share your talent? If soo please let me know.
Report cards will be coming up quickly ! I would like to try and send home a note to each of you to let you know where your child stands at the moment as well as some notes on what you can work at on home to help them along.Please look for that in the agenda in the next weeks to come. That's about it for now. Hope you all have a great week! Chat soon!
Monday, January 28, 2013
Monday, January 7, 2013
Happy New Year!!!
Well its 2013, I cant get over how fast the holiday season went by! I had a great visit at home in PEI. I actually had a couple of days without snow which was great, until the storms hit day after day. It was great to see my dad and spend time with my friends. I hope that you all had a great time and were able to spend some good quality time with those you love!
I am not sure if you all heard seeing that the last week of school before the break went so quickly, but we ended up purchasing 11 turkeys !! Bravo mes amis and to you all for your help and support in such short notice. I dropped them off to the Calgary food bank. They were very happy and touched to hear who they came from.
We are starting a new month and with that a new theme. Can you guess? Winter! They will learn about winter sports and other activities you can do in winter. We will also start learning about the winter carnival in Quebec! We have started our literacy centres which will be everyday. This week the centres include finding the letter that begins each word, finding the missing sound either at the beginning, middle or end of the word, matching the correct syllables and a chance to use the smartboard. Your child has their own reading bag with properly levelled books in it. I do put some books that are more challenging in there because i feel that if its too easy its not fun. If you wish I am more than happy to send these bags home with your child for extra practice. I only ask of you that you send them back everyday with your child because we do use them during silent reading. Just let me know in the agenda if you would like them to come home.
This week I will be really focusing on syllables, feel free to go over the sight words with your child and have them divide the syllables. You may also want to have them practise putting them in alphabetical order, or group them by the number of syllables they have.
We have started a new math unit which is on measurement. Today we talked about why we use measurement and how there are others ways to measure things not only with a ruler. We used the season as an example and how long we are in school for. Please continue to work with your child at home with their addition and subtractions to keep them sharp. I also suggest that you count with them 1-100, by 2, 5 and 10. They are having some trouble counting by 2 and 5, so the extra practise would be very helpful.
Science we will finish up the unit on boats and why they float, once we are done of that we will be exploring the world of magnets! In social studies we will start to meet the individuals from the three different places we are studying. We will learn about their culture, traditions, food,song and dances of the area. That got me to thinking....I would love for the students to experience a little bit of different cultures. That being said I was wondering if anyone would like to help make some of the dishes that we will learn about in the next couple of weeks? (rapure-acadienne, perogies-Ukrainian,) If you would like to share a part of your culture with the class that is not listed I would love to have you in and talk about it and have them taste a tasty treat!
Ok I think that's it for now I have rambled on for far to long. Hope to hear from you all! Happy New Year I wish you all the best and look forward to working with you and your child!
Mme Laurie Anne
I am not sure if you all heard seeing that the last week of school before the break went so quickly, but we ended up purchasing 11 turkeys !! Bravo mes amis and to you all for your help and support in such short notice. I dropped them off to the Calgary food bank. They were very happy and touched to hear who they came from.
We are starting a new month and with that a new theme. Can you guess? Winter! They will learn about winter sports and other activities you can do in winter. We will also start learning about the winter carnival in Quebec! We have started our literacy centres which will be everyday. This week the centres include finding the letter that begins each word, finding the missing sound either at the beginning, middle or end of the word, matching the correct syllables and a chance to use the smartboard. Your child has their own reading bag with properly levelled books in it. I do put some books that are more challenging in there because i feel that if its too easy its not fun. If you wish I am more than happy to send these bags home with your child for extra practice. I only ask of you that you send them back everyday with your child because we do use them during silent reading. Just let me know in the agenda if you would like them to come home.
This week I will be really focusing on syllables, feel free to go over the sight words with your child and have them divide the syllables. You may also want to have them practise putting them in alphabetical order, or group them by the number of syllables they have.
We have started a new math unit which is on measurement. Today we talked about why we use measurement and how there are others ways to measure things not only with a ruler. We used the season as an example and how long we are in school for. Please continue to work with your child at home with their addition and subtractions to keep them sharp. I also suggest that you count with them 1-100, by 2, 5 and 10. They are having some trouble counting by 2 and 5, so the extra practise would be very helpful.
Science we will finish up the unit on boats and why they float, once we are done of that we will be exploring the world of magnets! In social studies we will start to meet the individuals from the three different places we are studying. We will learn about their culture, traditions, food,song and dances of the area. That got me to thinking....I would love for the students to experience a little bit of different cultures. That being said I was wondering if anyone would like to help make some of the dishes that we will learn about in the next couple of weeks? (rapure-acadienne, perogies-Ukrainian,) If you would like to share a part of your culture with the class that is not listed I would love to have you in and talk about it and have them taste a tasty treat!
Ok I think that's it for now I have rambled on for far to long. Hope to hear from you all! Happy New Year I wish you all the best and look forward to working with you and your child!
Mme Laurie Anne
Monday, December 17, 2012
The countdown is on!!
Hi everyone happy Monday!
I hope everyone is feeling well rested after the week end! We are on the last week of school before Christmas holidays I cannot believe how fast it has come and gone. We sold our candy of grahams at lunch today, selling out the whole 260 I bought. We are all very excited about the amount we have raised so far, we have about 146.00$. I will be going tomorrow after school to exchange the change and hunt down a deal on turkeys. If you know of any sales let me know!
I will not be here Thursday or Friday. I had already booked my flight to PEI in July. So we will have our Holiday party on Wednesday. If you wish to send in any healthy snacks they would be more than welcomed. Also the students have won their first 30 points and have chosen what they would like to do with them. For this time they had requested a Christmas movie with popcorn. So we will watch that this week. They had great suggestions for what they could use their points for.....to make cookies, extra recess, free time in the gym, a day filled with science, to experiment with modelling clay and so on.
We have started working in our centres today's which have a focus on Christmas vocabulary and sentence structures. We will start guided reading in January. They have started reading from their reading bags with appropriate levelled books.They seem to be really enjoying this. Our sound for the week is "OU" (hibou, mouton) Feel free to think of other words that you might know that have the sound "OU" in them. Our sentence of the week is "Qu'est ce que tu cherche?" (What are you looking for?) "Je cherche....." ( I am looking for......) Feel free to practise this at home!
In math we are working on the 100 frame, counting to 100, by2,5 and 10. We will also finish up addition up to 18.
I think that's it for now. If I do not have a chance to chat with you before break. Merry Christmas and Happy New Years.
Be safe and Merry
Laurie Anne
I hope everyone is feeling well rested after the week end! We are on the last week of school before Christmas holidays I cannot believe how fast it has come and gone. We sold our candy of grahams at lunch today, selling out the whole 260 I bought. We are all very excited about the amount we have raised so far, we have about 146.00$. I will be going tomorrow after school to exchange the change and hunt down a deal on turkeys. If you know of any sales let me know!
I will not be here Thursday or Friday. I had already booked my flight to PEI in July. So we will have our Holiday party on Wednesday. If you wish to send in any healthy snacks they would be more than welcomed. Also the students have won their first 30 points and have chosen what they would like to do with them. For this time they had requested a Christmas movie with popcorn. So we will watch that this week. They had great suggestions for what they could use their points for.....to make cookies, extra recess, free time in the gym, a day filled with science, to experiment with modelling clay and so on.
We have started working in our centres today's which have a focus on Christmas vocabulary and sentence structures. We will start guided reading in January. They have started reading from their reading bags with appropriate levelled books.They seem to be really enjoying this. Our sound for the week is "OU" (hibou, mouton) Feel free to think of other words that you might know that have the sound "OU" in them. Our sentence of the week is "Qu'est ce que tu cherche?" (What are you looking for?) "Je cherche....." ( I am looking for......) Feel free to practise this at home!
In math we are working on the 100 frame, counting to 100, by2,5 and 10. We will also finish up addition up to 18.
I think that's it for now. If I do not have a chance to chat with you before break. Merry Christmas and Happy New Years.
Be safe and Merry
Laurie Anne
Monday, December 10, 2012
Yay for pennies!
Hi folks,
First of all I just wanted to say that it was great meeting you all at parent teachers I hope that you feel the same! I am excited to begin working alongside of you with your child. We have had a great first week with story book theatre. We have started to practice our lines and put our scene together somewhat. We will continue to work on this throughout the week until the concert Thursday. Your child will be sent home with their lines today, please feel free to practice these with your child. Please note that you should send your child on Thursday for both performances dressed in black or if you do not have black dark navy clothing would be best. Also if your child is a townsman please send in a tuque for them to wear.
We will be discussing Christmas traditions this week so please share with your child your traditions that you had as a child and any that you may have started with them or continue to do. We will be also exploring Christmas traditions all over the world as well as the meaning of peace.
A huge thank you to Nathan for bringing in some pennies, keep them coming! We will be using them to count one to one, by 2,5 and groups of 10.You may continue to bring them in until the 18th of December which will give our class enough time to role them.
We are looking at french Christmas vocabulary this week and practicing our g (dur-hard) and g (doux-soft) sounds. Feel free to brainstorm with your child any words you might know with these sounds. Our mission was to find more soft sounding g, seeing that we could not think of that many. Our sentences for the week are "A qui ce______?" (Who does this ______ belong to?) and "Pourqui fais tu cela?" (Why are you doing that?)
That is all for now. I hope that everyone had a great week end and see you Thursday at the concert!
Mme Laurie Anne
First of all I just wanted to say that it was great meeting you all at parent teachers I hope that you feel the same! I am excited to begin working alongside of you with your child. We have had a great first week with story book theatre. We have started to practice our lines and put our scene together somewhat. We will continue to work on this throughout the week until the concert Thursday. Your child will be sent home with their lines today, please feel free to practice these with your child. Please note that you should send your child on Thursday for both performances dressed in black or if you do not have black dark navy clothing would be best. Also if your child is a townsman please send in a tuque for them to wear.
We will be discussing Christmas traditions this week so please share with your child your traditions that you had as a child and any that you may have started with them or continue to do. We will be also exploring Christmas traditions all over the world as well as the meaning of peace.
A huge thank you to Nathan for bringing in some pennies, keep them coming! We will be using them to count one to one, by 2,5 and groups of 10.You may continue to bring them in until the 18th of December which will give our class enough time to role them.
We are looking at french Christmas vocabulary this week and practicing our g (dur-hard) and g (doux-soft) sounds. Feel free to brainstorm with your child any words you might know with these sounds. Our mission was to find more soft sounding g, seeing that we could not think of that many. Our sentences for the week are "A qui ce______?" (Who does this ______ belong to?) and "Pourqui fais tu cela?" (Why are you doing that?)
That is all for now. I hope that everyone had a great week end and see you Thursday at the concert!
Mme Laurie Anne
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
A warm welcome!
I am so excited to start teaching at Holy Name. I had such a warm welcome these last few days and am so lucky to have a great class! They are all so kind and helpful.
For the next two weeks we have story book theatre here at the school. In our class we are lucky to have the very talented Selena Wong. She has taught for over five years, is a vocal coach, actress and is now one of teachers with Story book theatre. She is also performing in The elves and the shoe maker at stage west. We are very happy to have her with us and look forward to all her ideas and creativity to make this concert the best ever.
We have kept some of our daily routines through out the day to keep the students engaged and on task. I am sending a letter home today with them with a small introduction of myself and how I run my classroom. I am sure it will take sometime for all of us to adjust to these changes but am sure once we iron everything out we will have a great time.
Some of the ideas I have for the classroom are literacy centres, which allow the children to work on their french oral skills as well as anything we might have covered in class. There will be different centres that will be rotated everyday to allow everyone a chance. I keep these same centres for two weeks and then change them to go along with any themes that we might be covering. During this time I will be taking a group of students to work on their reading strategies, decoding, comprehension,story predictions and so on. I will also give the students a bag filled with appropriate levelled books that will be kept in class to read during silent reading time.They will keep these books for a week and then change them moving up as they are ready. I strongly encourage that you read with your child at home in french. There are tons of libraries with great resources and appropriate levelled books for your child. I can always go with you a couple of times and help you pick out books if you want, just let me know in advance.
I also have a reward system that has work great for me in the past. Like i have mentioned in the letter i sent home today, I view my class as a community and most communities work together to have success. The students get points for working together, being helpful to others inside and outside the classroom, for solving problems and so on. As a group we sit down and go over some of the things they might want to win with their points.(Hot chocolate, guest reader, free time) We have started at only 30 points, but it will be increased to 50 then 100. They also lose points as well.
With any French immersion classroom its hard to keep the students from speaking English, its especially hard when you know your teacher speaks English! I have used Je parle en francais charts which are on the students desks.By having the charts on their desk its a reminder to them to speak french. When they speak French and I have heard them make an effort to do so I will give them a sticker for their chart. However if I hear them speak English I remove a sticker. I would really like for us to get to the point where the only time we speak English is during English class.
We are also making our decorations for our scene in the Christmas concert. If you could please send in a glass mason jar that would be wonderful. Selena has also requested that the students bring in a winter hat and scarf that can be left in class as part of their costume. We will also be discussing Christmas traditions in class so feel free to talk about any traditions you had with your family as a child and what you do today. my Christmas tradition when i was young was to go to the woods with my father and find the perfect tree. Then we would decorate it listening to Alvin and the Chipmunks Christmas record.I bet some of you had that record! If I could find it now on CD am pretty sure I would keep that tradition alive today! I cant wait to hear some of yours!
That's all for now. Feel free to contact me anytime to ask questions or if you have any concerns. I hope to meet you all at parent teacher interviews! Until then enjoy the rest of your week, keep smiling!
Mme Laurie Anne
For the next two weeks we have story book theatre here at the school. In our class we are lucky to have the very talented Selena Wong. She has taught for over five years, is a vocal coach, actress and is now one of teachers with Story book theatre. She is also performing in The elves and the shoe maker at stage west. We are very happy to have her with us and look forward to all her ideas and creativity to make this concert the best ever.
We have kept some of our daily routines through out the day to keep the students engaged and on task. I am sending a letter home today with them with a small introduction of myself and how I run my classroom. I am sure it will take sometime for all of us to adjust to these changes but am sure once we iron everything out we will have a great time.
Some of the ideas I have for the classroom are literacy centres, which allow the children to work on their french oral skills as well as anything we might have covered in class. There will be different centres that will be rotated everyday to allow everyone a chance. I keep these same centres for two weeks and then change them to go along with any themes that we might be covering. During this time I will be taking a group of students to work on their reading strategies, decoding, comprehension,story predictions and so on. I will also give the students a bag filled with appropriate levelled books that will be kept in class to read during silent reading time.They will keep these books for a week and then change them moving up as they are ready. I strongly encourage that you read with your child at home in french. There are tons of libraries with great resources and appropriate levelled books for your child. I can always go with you a couple of times and help you pick out books if you want, just let me know in advance.
I also have a reward system that has work great for me in the past. Like i have mentioned in the letter i sent home today, I view my class as a community and most communities work together to have success. The students get points for working together, being helpful to others inside and outside the classroom, for solving problems and so on. As a group we sit down and go over some of the things they might want to win with their points.(Hot chocolate, guest reader, free time) We have started at only 30 points, but it will be increased to 50 then 100. They also lose points as well.
With any French immersion classroom its hard to keep the students from speaking English, its especially hard when you know your teacher speaks English! I have used Je parle en francais charts which are on the students desks.By having the charts on their desk its a reminder to them to speak french. When they speak French and I have heard them make an effort to do so I will give them a sticker for their chart. However if I hear them speak English I remove a sticker. I would really like for us to get to the point where the only time we speak English is during English class.
We are also making our decorations for our scene in the Christmas concert. If you could please send in a glass mason jar that would be wonderful. Selena has also requested that the students bring in a winter hat and scarf that can be left in class as part of their costume. We will also be discussing Christmas traditions in class so feel free to talk about any traditions you had with your family as a child and what you do today. my Christmas tradition when i was young was to go to the woods with my father and find the perfect tree. Then we would decorate it listening to Alvin and the Chipmunks Christmas record.I bet some of you had that record! If I could find it now on CD am pretty sure I would keep that tradition alive today! I cant wait to hear some of yours!
That's all for now. Feel free to contact me anytime to ask questions or if you have any concerns. I hope to meet you all at parent teacher interviews! Until then enjoy the rest of your week, keep smiling!
Mme Laurie Anne
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
The countdown has officially started!!
HI Everyone,
We have officially started the countdown to the end of school! Hard to believe that we have 20 days! How the year has flown by. As you already know we have started the alphabet countdown and its going great. The students are excited to participate each day and its also a great revision of their sounds. They also have started a dictionary where they write new words under the letter of the day.
This coming month will be very busy filled with field trips, concerts and tiding up. Please keep a close eye in your child's agenda for any notes that might come home regarding any of these events.
We will be wrapping up learning about the life cycle of plants, frogs and butterflies and will be moving onto learning about different insects, our environment, water and of course summer. We have also been learning about our 5 sens and doing some in class experiments. We have also looked at the differences of living and non-living things.
In math we have finished our measurement unit and now will focus the reminder of the year on numbers 1-100, addition and subtraction up to 20. These units include story problems (oral and written), counting by 2,5,10, place value, doubles, doubles plus one. Please continue to work on these at home.
We will be visintg a couple of farms this Friday to go along with out farm theme. Please dress your child appropriately. We will also not be back in time for subs so please pack a lunch for your child if you usually get subs. Also rubber boats would be a great idea seeing that we will be going in and out of barns as well as walking around the barn yard.
We will be adventuring to Shinning waters as a school on June 20th. We will need parent volunteers for this so if you are interested please let me know. Ideally I would like to divide the children in groups of 3 or 4 to one parent. It worked great last year and allowed me to circulate and see each group.
Our finally concert of is scheduled for June 14. The showings will go the same as the Christmas concert, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
I hope that the new homework is going well ! It is still very important that your child reads every night so please continue to do so.
We have officially started the countdown to the end of school! Hard to believe that we have 20 days! How the year has flown by. As you already know we have started the alphabet countdown and its going great. The students are excited to participate each day and its also a great revision of their sounds. They also have started a dictionary where they write new words under the letter of the day.
This coming month will be very busy filled with field trips, concerts and tiding up. Please keep a close eye in your child's agenda for any notes that might come home regarding any of these events.
We will be wrapping up learning about the life cycle of plants, frogs and butterflies and will be moving onto learning about different insects, our environment, water and of course summer. We have also been learning about our 5 sens and doing some in class experiments. We have also looked at the differences of living and non-living things.
In math we have finished our measurement unit and now will focus the reminder of the year on numbers 1-100, addition and subtraction up to 20. These units include story problems (oral and written), counting by 2,5,10, place value, doubles, doubles plus one. Please continue to work on these at home.
We will be visintg a couple of farms this Friday to go along with out farm theme. Please dress your child appropriately. We will also not be back in time for subs so please pack a lunch for your child if you usually get subs. Also rubber boats would be a great idea seeing that we will be going in and out of barns as well as walking around the barn yard.
We will be adventuring to Shinning waters as a school on June 20th. We will need parent volunteers for this so if you are interested please let me know. Ideally I would like to divide the children in groups of 3 or 4 to one parent. It worked great last year and allowed me to circulate and see each group.
Our finally concert of is scheduled for June 14. The showings will go the same as the Christmas concert, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
I hope that the new homework is going well ! It is still very important that your child reads every night so please continue to do so.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Happy Sunshine
Hi everyone!
We had a great month learning about life on the farm. Students learned the names of most farm animals and their young. They learned where they lived and what types of food they ate. We are still planning on going to visit a farm, however it will have to be the 1st of June seeing that we missed the bus deadline. I will keep you posted on that.
This month your child will be learning about the environment,and the creatures that surround us. We will be discussing what we can do to make a difference, what is needed to maintain a healthy environment and so on. Your child will also be learning about the life cycle of butterflies and frogs. I have been out hunting for eggs, but have had no luck so far. If any of you know of a good spot to go to get frog eggs let me know. They will also be learning about plants and flowers and have the chance to watch them grow in class.
I am sure most of you have heard about Barbara Reid these last few weeks. For those of you who are not familiar with her, she is a plasticine artist who does illustrations for children's book. The class had many questions on how she made her drawings for the books and were able to watch a video of her creating a picture for a book. They loved learning about all the different techniques that she uses to create her pictures and were excited to put what they learned into practise!.That's where the CD cases came into play. Your child created a picture in the CD case of what they liked to do in the spring. The case acts as a picture frame, so you will be able to keep it for some time. They are eager to create more Plasticine pictures! I would like to do one more with them, a self portrait of how they see themselves. I would like to put these pictures on a hard canvas. If you could send in $1.00 this will help me cover some of the cost to purchase the materials needed for this project. For those of you who might want to check out the video of Barbara Reid you can you tube it, there are others that your child might want to watch of her creating drawings!
We are learning all about measurement for the next couple of weeks and then will go right back into numbers 1-100, counting backwards, counting by 2,5,10 and addition and subtraction. If you want to continue to work on these at home please feel free to do so.
We will also be exploring our five senses in class and how they are continually working to help us everyday.
I realize that the weather is getting nicer outside and homework might be becoming a challenge. That being said I have decided to give you all a break! All that I ask of you is to read at least 10 mins a night, work on sight words, and continue to practise math facts, counting backwards, by 2,5, 10 and so on. I will have the students keep their pink song book in their sac blue to read from when they wish. If you wish to have the normal homework sent home please let me know and we can make arrangements. I will send also send home the read duo tang where you can fill in the title of the books that your child read and a place to write how they did. Feel free to let me know if they struggled with any words or note any of your concerns.
When reading with your child please ask them questions about their books, like who,what, when, where, how and why. Have them retell the story and make connections to their life.
We have also been working really hard on our own books in class. I cant wait to share them with you later on.
I think that's all for now, I hope all is well. I will leave you with something that I read awhile ago. I sometimes have to remind myself that a simple word of encouragement can make the world of difference!
"Encouragement is the best drug in the world, it somehow makes you stand taller and feel braver."
Jann Arden
We had a great month learning about life on the farm. Students learned the names of most farm animals and their young. They learned where they lived and what types of food they ate. We are still planning on going to visit a farm, however it will have to be the 1st of June seeing that we missed the bus deadline. I will keep you posted on that.
This month your child will be learning about the environment,and the creatures that surround us. We will be discussing what we can do to make a difference, what is needed to maintain a healthy environment and so on. Your child will also be learning about the life cycle of butterflies and frogs. I have been out hunting for eggs, but have had no luck so far. If any of you know of a good spot to go to get frog eggs let me know. They will also be learning about plants and flowers and have the chance to watch them grow in class.
I am sure most of you have heard about Barbara Reid these last few weeks. For those of you who are not familiar with her, she is a plasticine artist who does illustrations for children's book. The class had many questions on how she made her drawings for the books and were able to watch a video of her creating a picture for a book. They loved learning about all the different techniques that she uses to create her pictures and were excited to put what they learned into practise!.That's where the CD cases came into play. Your child created a picture in the CD case of what they liked to do in the spring. The case acts as a picture frame, so you will be able to keep it for some time. They are eager to create more Plasticine pictures! I would like to do one more with them, a self portrait of how they see themselves. I would like to put these pictures on a hard canvas. If you could send in $1.00 this will help me cover some of the cost to purchase the materials needed for this project. For those of you who might want to check out the video of Barbara Reid you can you tube it, there are others that your child might want to watch of her creating drawings!
We are learning all about measurement for the next couple of weeks and then will go right back into numbers 1-100, counting backwards, counting by 2,5,10 and addition and subtraction. If you want to continue to work on these at home please feel free to do so.
We will also be exploring our five senses in class and how they are continually working to help us everyday.
I realize that the weather is getting nicer outside and homework might be becoming a challenge. That being said I have decided to give you all a break! All that I ask of you is to read at least 10 mins a night, work on sight words, and continue to practise math facts, counting backwards, by 2,5, 10 and so on. I will have the students keep their pink song book in their sac blue to read from when they wish. If you wish to have the normal homework sent home please let me know and we can make arrangements. I will send also send home the read duo tang where you can fill in the title of the books that your child read and a place to write how they did. Feel free to let me know if they struggled with any words or note any of your concerns.
When reading with your child please ask them questions about their books, like who,what, when, where, how and why. Have them retell the story and make connections to their life.
We have also been working really hard on our own books in class. I cant wait to share them with you later on.
I think that's all for now, I hope all is well. I will leave you with something that I read awhile ago. I sometimes have to remind myself that a simple word of encouragement can make the world of difference!
"Encouragement is the best drug in the world, it somehow makes you stand taller and feel braver."
Jann Arden
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