Happy October everyone,
We have a short week this week. Students do not have school on Friday October 6th seeing that teacher are attending a PD session. We also do not have school on Monday October 9th as well. I hope you will all enjoy your long week end and get to enjoy some family time and turkey.
School choir starts on Thursday at 11:45 in the gym. any student from grade 1-6 who want to join the Christmas choir are asked to bring their lunch to the gym at that time. Choir will be every Thursday after that, up until Christmas. If they do not want to join this choir there will be another after Christmas. More information will follow once they know more.
We have our Thanksgiving liturgy on Thursday at 1pm in the gym. All is welcome to attend.
The clothing drive has started, if you have any gently used clothing that you would like to donate to those in need, please bring them in. They will gladly accept infant- adult clothing as well as shoes. All they ask is that the clothing be cleaned and in good conditions. Please no rips or stains. All clothing can be placed on the gym stage, collection ends on Thursday.
The school is also looking for parent volunteers to come in October 10th at 9am to help sort the donated items. If you are interested please contact Mme Laviolette and she will get you into contact with the right people.
Family pictures are due on Thursday October 5th. Please send in individual pictures of each member if your family. Group photos are hard for the students to cut out everyone's head. Along with the pictures please in the form sent home last week with family members names.
Scholastic book orders are also due on Thursday October 5th. I want to get them in early just in case you are looking for some great Halloween books.
Picture day is also next week October 13th. Please mark that in your calendars.
Thanks again to all who are helping donate to our classroom basket. We have 4 items left...Mme Shelby has 2... we are in a slight competition with the grade 5 class....lol They students have me checking the status every other day.
Reading packages can be returned on Tuesday October 10th. Please be sure to fill out the yellow and blue pages with the title of the books and if it was easy, just right, or to hard. A lot of you did not do this and it makes it difficult for those exchanging to keep track of books, seeing we have limited copies. If you did not get to read the materials just let us know and you can keep it for another week.
I also wanted to correct myself, I said that there would be two paper books of each. That will start after Christmas. Right now your child will only receive 1 French, 1 English.
Also on Monday's you can send the whole package back in to be exchanged. I suggest you keep everything in the package so that you do not lose anything, however if you want to keep some items at home you may keep the following: Pink book (until asked for it to be returned), reading CD, numbers game, tic-tac-to, jolly phonics game cards and black duo-tang (Be sure to put new sheets into the duo-tang, the kids know how to do this). Matching games (les couleurs ect.) will be exchanged every 2 weeks, wiki sticks. If you have any questions feel free to ask.
Our class is looking for more volunteers to help with pumpkin carving and Halloween centers. If you are available October 27th from 10:15-11:45 we would love to have you come join us to carve pumpkins. Students love this activity. We estimate how many pumpkin seeds we may find, talk about what type of face we want to draw and how to keep ourselves safe.
We are also looking for 3 more parent volunteers for Halloween centers. Centers will take place October 31st. ( I will email you this week if it will be in the am or the pm, just want to check the schedule)
I have started to randomly ask students to read their sight words for their prizes. So far we have ad to happy students successfully read through all their French words. Keep practicing.
In the next two weeks students will be tested on what they have learned on patterns. Feel free to practice patterning at home. They will be required to finish patterns, make patterns longer by recognizing the elements as well as make more complicated patterns by adding colors. There are a few of us that still need a little help on this, please ask your child how they are doing.
I will also start to test students on the French alphabet in the next couple of weeks. Students will be required to identify upper and lower case letters, give me the sound and name of each letter in French. These letters are out of sequence, feel free to practice at home with your child.
That is all for this week. I hope you have a great rest of the week. My thanksgiving wish for you all is to be surrounded by those you love, may your house be filled with warmth and laugher and be sure to cherish the time you have together. Happy Thanksgiving everyone to your family from mine both far and near.
Mme Laurie Anne
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Last week of September already!
Hi Everyone,
It was great meeting all of you last week at parent meet and greet. I enjoyed talking to all of you and learning a little bit more about your children. Some of us were rushed and I am sorry for the quick chat, know that am easy and if you have anything questions or need clarification contact me anytime. I will do my best to answer or help out.
I also wanted to thank everyone who came to reading night last night. Your support means a lot to me and your child. We are a team and it was great to see my team show up in great numbers! Thank you. I hope the packages are not to overwhelming. Know you can do as you wish with them. I add more to the reading packages to give you more French resources in your hands seeing that they are hard to come by. I also add the paper French books right away to give you and your child more opportunities to see French text, do not worry if they cannot read them right away. Just have fun looking at pictures, guess words and attempting to sound them out. You can also be detectives and search for sights words in these books.
We are on our last week of September I cannot get over how fast it has gone! We will finish up our theme on back to school, however we will keep practicing our school supply vocabulary. Octobers theme in French is being thankful for our family and exploring the season of autumn. Students will be learning vocabulary related to members of the family. There will be a poster project assigned during this unit, you will receive more information on that when the time comes, hopefully by the end of the week. Students will also be learning about what it is to be thankful and Halloween.
Please continue to review the French alphabet with your child, some students are still having trouble identifying sounds and letter names out of sequence.
With a new month comes also a new seating arrangement. I change the classroom every month to correspond with the theme and also place students in different arrangements. This is to allow them a chance to meet new friends, work with others of different strengths or abilities or simply to give them a break.
In Math, patterns continue along with number sense up to 10. We are almost finished of this unit and will be moving onto numbers 0-20. You can help your child get ahead by practice counting numbers 0-20 forwards and backwards and identifying numbers out of sequence, printing numbers correctly as well as associating objects to the numbers.
In English, we have been looking at 3 letter words and their beginning, middle and end sounds. We continue to review the letter sounds along with hand signals for each letter. They love watching me try to remember certain letters....I keep forgetting g,p,q !!!!
Science we will continue learning about primary colors and will slowly start to learn more about our 5 senses.
In Health, we have been talking about proper hand washing. I am very impressed with their knowledge on when we should wash our hands. We should have a healthy year if everyone washes when they say they should.
Gala will be upon us quicker than we know it. Every year our class is assigned a basket where our team is asked to donate items to help support our school. Our class theme this year is Calgary family adventure. In the past the first class to fill their basket has been rewarded in some way, usually a pizza party. We went over the site as a class today and they are in top secret mode to be the first lol to fill the basket. If you wish to participate you sign up online and send in your items and I will make sure it goes to the right people. Thanks in advance for your support.
Here is the link to the sign up sheet for the basket:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0845aeaf29a0f85-calgary
https://harvestmoongala.wordpress.com/ Here is the link to the Gala home page to learn more about this awesome fundraiser.
Please note that we only have one volunteer for Terry Fox run on Friday afternoon. If you can make it please join us. We will be heading out walking the sidewalks in our community. I would love another set of eyes to help us out.
If you have not yet sent in your deposit cheque for the reading package please do so by Friday. A huge thanks to those who have already sent it in.
We have library tomorrow, please send your books in. I think that is all for now. Have a great rest of the week.
Laurie Anne :)
It was great meeting all of you last week at parent meet and greet. I enjoyed talking to all of you and learning a little bit more about your children. Some of us were rushed and I am sorry for the quick chat, know that am easy and if you have anything questions or need clarification contact me anytime. I will do my best to answer or help out.
I also wanted to thank everyone who came to reading night last night. Your support means a lot to me and your child. We are a team and it was great to see my team show up in great numbers! Thank you. I hope the packages are not to overwhelming. Know you can do as you wish with them. I add more to the reading packages to give you more French resources in your hands seeing that they are hard to come by. I also add the paper French books right away to give you and your child more opportunities to see French text, do not worry if they cannot read them right away. Just have fun looking at pictures, guess words and attempting to sound them out. You can also be detectives and search for sights words in these books.
We are on our last week of September I cannot get over how fast it has gone! We will finish up our theme on back to school, however we will keep practicing our school supply vocabulary. Octobers theme in French is being thankful for our family and exploring the season of autumn. Students will be learning vocabulary related to members of the family. There will be a poster project assigned during this unit, you will receive more information on that when the time comes, hopefully by the end of the week. Students will also be learning about what it is to be thankful and Halloween.
Please continue to review the French alphabet with your child, some students are still having trouble identifying sounds and letter names out of sequence.
With a new month comes also a new seating arrangement. I change the classroom every month to correspond with the theme and also place students in different arrangements. This is to allow them a chance to meet new friends, work with others of different strengths or abilities or simply to give them a break.
In Math, patterns continue along with number sense up to 10. We are almost finished of this unit and will be moving onto numbers 0-20. You can help your child get ahead by practice counting numbers 0-20 forwards and backwards and identifying numbers out of sequence, printing numbers correctly as well as associating objects to the numbers.
In English, we have been looking at 3 letter words and their beginning, middle and end sounds. We continue to review the letter sounds along with hand signals for each letter. They love watching me try to remember certain letters....I keep forgetting g,p,q !!!!
Science we will continue learning about primary colors and will slowly start to learn more about our 5 senses.
In Health, we have been talking about proper hand washing. I am very impressed with their knowledge on when we should wash our hands. We should have a healthy year if everyone washes when they say they should.
Gala will be upon us quicker than we know it. Every year our class is assigned a basket where our team is asked to donate items to help support our school. Our class theme this year is Calgary family adventure. In the past the first class to fill their basket has been rewarded in some way, usually a pizza party. We went over the site as a class today and they are in top secret mode to be the first lol to fill the basket. If you wish to participate you sign up online and send in your items and I will make sure it goes to the right people. Thanks in advance for your support.
Here is the link to the sign up sheet for the basket:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0845aeaf29a0f85-calgary
https://harvestmoongala.wordpress.com/ Here is the link to the Gala home page to learn more about this awesome fundraiser.
Please note that we only have one volunteer for Terry Fox run on Friday afternoon. If you can make it please join us. We will be heading out walking the sidewalks in our community. I would love another set of eyes to help us out.
If you have not yet sent in your deposit cheque for the reading package please do so by Friday. A huge thanks to those who have already sent it in.
We have library tomorrow, please send your books in. I think that is all for now. Have a great rest of the week.
Laurie Anne :)
Sunday, September 17, 2017
Busy Week.
Wishing you all a happy week ahead. I hope you all had a chance to enjoy the nice weather this week end and are rested for a new week ahead. We have a busy week at Holy Name this week. Opening Mass is on Thursday September 21st. Leaving the school around 9:30 for 10 am Mass. We are still in need of 3 volunteers to walk with us to and from church. Anyone up for the challenge?? The evening of September 21st we will have our first round of Parent meet and greets. This is an opportunity for you to tell me more about your child, whether it be concerns, goals or anything in between. The meetings will continue all day Friday September 22. Please remember to sign up using parent conference manager. This is available on the school website. I also want to remind you that Monday September 25th is Parent Reading information night. It starts at 7pm in the gym. You are asked to bring a post dated check dated June 18, 2018 as a deposit for all reading materials. Checks are made payable to Holy Name School. I have already had some parents send them in ahead of time. You are welcome to do so. The line to drop them off at the event can sometimes be long. There is a parent council meeting on Tuesday September 19th starting at 6:30. The first one maybe worth while if you have any questions in regards to staffing, enrollment, see the agenda that was sent out Friday for more details.
This week in class your child will continue to learn a new set of French letter sounds as well as review previous ones. You will find a new set of game cards in their agenda bag. The Jolly phonics duo-tang and game pieces can stay home and do not need to be sent in daily. I do have a favor to ask of all of you....to help me save time on the week ends would it be possible for you to move the binder clip to the new week?! I would be very thankful for the help.
In French, we are having fun using puppets to practice our French sentence structures. The students love to use them. The puppets are only allowed to speak French...I am sure they sneak in some English...but have been pretty good at practicing the sentences. This week we will start our French journals and work on coping simple sentences from the board. We have started using our songs books and are highlighting vowel sounds and circling French phonemes. My plan is to send the song books home so they can share what they have learned with you.
In Math, Students are learning about patterns. Patterns structures we looked at so far are AB, ABC, AAB. We have been trying to create one pattern with many different elements, whether it be size, color, shape. You may hear your child refer to patterns as les regularites. We are also learning about French numbers, how to print these numerals correctly as well as associating objects to these numbers.
In Science, we have started to learn about colors. Our focus this week will be on primary colors. Students must be able to read color names. They usually mix up bleu, blanc, brun. I encourage them to allow their eyes to look at every letter rather than the beginning. You can practice this a home by making flash cards. They also confuse vert and violet.
In Social Studies, we have started to chat about being a member of a group or community. We have talked about rules or expectations that usually follow when we are a member of such group or community.
We will be starting Health this week. Students will be learning about the importance of proper hand washing and the lovely world of germs.
In English, we continue to learn about letter sounds and the difference between vowels and consonants. Our focus this week will be on beginning sounds of words. I have attached below two links that we use in class that you may find helpful to practice on at home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei0iFs5uF6w _Jolly Phonics song to build on sounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMQHd1UBkeI - ASL-Alphabet
Thank you for your scholastic orders. I have placed them and received an email that they are already shipped. Please remember to send in your childs permission form for the Terry Fox run if you have not done so. We will also need volunteers for that afternoon to join us on the community walk. Everyone is welcome to join us as well.
I believe that is all for this week.
Laurie Anne
This week in class your child will continue to learn a new set of French letter sounds as well as review previous ones. You will find a new set of game cards in their agenda bag. The Jolly phonics duo-tang and game pieces can stay home and do not need to be sent in daily. I do have a favor to ask of all of you....to help me save time on the week ends would it be possible for you to move the binder clip to the new week?! I would be very thankful for the help.
In French, we are having fun using puppets to practice our French sentence structures. The students love to use them. The puppets are only allowed to speak French...I am sure they sneak in some English...but have been pretty good at practicing the sentences. This week we will start our French journals and work on coping simple sentences from the board. We have started using our songs books and are highlighting vowel sounds and circling French phonemes. My plan is to send the song books home so they can share what they have learned with you.
In Math, Students are learning about patterns. Patterns structures we looked at so far are AB, ABC, AAB. We have been trying to create one pattern with many different elements, whether it be size, color, shape. You may hear your child refer to patterns as les regularites. We are also learning about French numbers, how to print these numerals correctly as well as associating objects to these numbers.
In Science, we have started to learn about colors. Our focus this week will be on primary colors. Students must be able to read color names. They usually mix up bleu, blanc, brun. I encourage them to allow their eyes to look at every letter rather than the beginning. You can practice this a home by making flash cards. They also confuse vert and violet.
In Social Studies, we have started to chat about being a member of a group or community. We have talked about rules or expectations that usually follow when we are a member of such group or community.
We will be starting Health this week. Students will be learning about the importance of proper hand washing and the lovely world of germs.
In English, we continue to learn about letter sounds and the difference between vowels and consonants. Our focus this week will be on beginning sounds of words. I have attached below two links that we use in class that you may find helpful to practice on at home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei0iFs5uF6w _Jolly Phonics song to build on sounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMQHd1UBkeI - ASL-Alphabet
Thank you for your scholastic orders. I have placed them and received an email that they are already shipped. Please remember to send in your childs permission form for the Terry Fox run if you have not done so. We will also need volunteers for that afternoon to join us on the community walk. Everyone is welcome to join us as well.
I believe that is all for this week.
Laurie Anne
Monday, September 11, 2017
Welcome to the exciting world of grade 1!!
Welcome to grade one! For those of you who have had me before welcome back. I look forward to getting to know all of you over the next couple of months and watching your child grow both academically and socially. We are off to a good start. Everyone is adjusting well and are getting along super....perhaps a little to well, we got a chatty bunch. We continue to review class rules and expectations. We have 23 students in our class this year, 10 boys and 13 girls. We also have 5 new students to Holy Name school. I like to see our classroom as a little community were we all work together as a team. I have an open door policy, which means you can come into class anytime. We love having parents volunteer and help out whenever you can. Even if you cannot make it into the classroom there is always something you can do to lend a hand and enrich your childs classroom.
For those who are new to the school or have never had me as their child's teacher I will give you the quick run down on who your child will be hanging out with over the next couple of months. I am originally from PEI. I talk a lot about home, my dad and growing up on a hobby farm as a kid. I apologize now for the accept that your child may develop over the weeks to come I still haven't lost it even though I have been in Alberta for about 6 years now. This is my 5th year in grade 1 at Holy Name, I also taught grade two at Holy Name and taught grade 1 in PEI for a couple of years before heading out west. I got married two years ago to Mike, who I am sure you will hear of or even get the chance to meet. He is very helpful around the classroom and is supportive of my projects. As I am sure you all know by now we are expecting our first child in January. We are very excited and nervous all at the same time. Until the little nugget arrives I hope to work closely with all of you and your child. If you ever have any questions, concerns or need clarification on anything feel free to contact me either by email or call the school.
Some of the teachers like to use eboard, I prefer the blog which is somewhat the same but with a little more detail. You can find the link to it on eboard which is on the school website. I usually email you informing you that there is a new post, along with the quick link. I try to post an update ever Monday to keep you informed on what's going on in class and what is happening at school for the week. I hope you read it every week as there is a lot of information, suggestions and games that you might want to try out at home to help your child progress through out the school year...it also takes me a long time to sit down and write! I am usually really good at keeping it up dated but then will have my moments, stay on me! Feel free to remind me also...I seem to be very forgetful these past couple of months.
At the beginning of each month I also like to give you the run down on what your child will be learning that month in most subjects. This is also a great way to help you support your child by giving them an introduction to what we are going to be covering. On the blog you will find weekly sight words in both English and French, sounds of the week, French sentences and expressions we are working on. Please take the time to review with your child. There is also a list of French websites you can explore with your child and play games. http://ici.radio-canada.ca/jeunesse/jeregarde/ is a great website to watch French cartoons, to help your child develop listening skills in French. They also have games to play.
I sent home today green sheets that explain a little more about our classroom. Please read over and if you have any questions let me know.
The month of September is busy here are a few reminders of events and items due coming up....
All forms are due back Monday September 11 (demographic, blue package, pink child info sheet)
Scholastic book orders for Sept due -Wednesday September 13
Conference Manager opens to book Parent Teachers- September 15
Opening Mass at Holy Name Church- Thursday September 21 ( We need 3 volunteers to walk with us)
Parent Teachers- Thursday September 21 evening and Friday September 22 full day.
Parent Reading information night- Monday September 25- 7pm at the gym. Please bring a post dated check of 15$ as deposit. Check to be dated June 18th, 2018
This year I am going to try something new in regards to volunteers in the classroom. Usually I ask a week or two in advance, but thought hey I know what I would like to do why not get ahead. So please find a list for the next two months of volunteers needed in the classroom. I am sure I will need to add possible fieldtrips other things that may come up but I thought I would start with this. Some of them are just ideas I would like to try out in class and see if it will work, I marked those I have never done before with **. If you have any ideas also that will go along with our themes let me know. If you need more clarification on what I am asking of you just ask.
( I suggest at least two people, that way if one cannot make it one week the other can cover the exchange)
Scholastic packages(put monthly book orders together)-
September-
Making playdoh , focus mixing colors (parent lead)-
**Science- colors experiment parent choice (parent lead)-
Opening Mass( 3 volunteers to walk to Church and back)-
October-
Pumpkin carving (3 parents)-
**Apple crisp (make with class, focus reading recipe)-
Halloween centers/party (parent lead, 5 volunteers)-
**Thanksgiving potluck organizer in class lunch-
Reading French Week 1-
Reading English Week 2-
Reading French Week 3-
Reading English Week 4-
I know this is a long post with ALOT of information. It has actually been a week of information. I hope its not too much and if you have any questions just ask. I also apologize for the late post.
Have a great week!
LA
For those who are new to the school or have never had me as their child's teacher I will give you the quick run down on who your child will be hanging out with over the next couple of months. I am originally from PEI. I talk a lot about home, my dad and growing up on a hobby farm as a kid. I apologize now for the accept that your child may develop over the weeks to come I still haven't lost it even though I have been in Alberta for about 6 years now. This is my 5th year in grade 1 at Holy Name, I also taught grade two at Holy Name and taught grade 1 in PEI for a couple of years before heading out west. I got married two years ago to Mike, who I am sure you will hear of or even get the chance to meet. He is very helpful around the classroom and is supportive of my projects. As I am sure you all know by now we are expecting our first child in January. We are very excited and nervous all at the same time. Until the little nugget arrives I hope to work closely with all of you and your child. If you ever have any questions, concerns or need clarification on anything feel free to contact me either by email or call the school.
Some of the teachers like to use eboard, I prefer the blog which is somewhat the same but with a little more detail. You can find the link to it on eboard which is on the school website. I usually email you informing you that there is a new post, along with the quick link. I try to post an update ever Monday to keep you informed on what's going on in class and what is happening at school for the week. I hope you read it every week as there is a lot of information, suggestions and games that you might want to try out at home to help your child progress through out the school year...it also takes me a long time to sit down and write! I am usually really good at keeping it up dated but then will have my moments, stay on me! Feel free to remind me also...I seem to be very forgetful these past couple of months.
At the beginning of each month I also like to give you the run down on what your child will be learning that month in most subjects. This is also a great way to help you support your child by giving them an introduction to what we are going to be covering. On the blog you will find weekly sight words in both English and French, sounds of the week, French sentences and expressions we are working on. Please take the time to review with your child. There is also a list of French websites you can explore with your child and play games. http://ici.radio-canada.ca/jeunesse/jeregarde/ is a great website to watch French cartoons, to help your child develop listening skills in French. They also have games to play.
I sent home today green sheets that explain a little more about our classroom. Please read over and if you have any questions let me know.
The month of September is busy here are a few reminders of events and items due coming up....
All forms are due back Monday September 11 (demographic, blue package, pink child info sheet)
Scholastic book orders for Sept due -Wednesday September 13
Conference Manager opens to book Parent Teachers- September 15
Opening Mass at Holy Name Church- Thursday September 21 ( We need 3 volunteers to walk with us)
Parent Teachers- Thursday September 21 evening and Friday September 22 full day.
Parent Reading information night- Monday September 25- 7pm at the gym. Please bring a post dated check of 15$ as deposit. Check to be dated June 18th, 2018
This year I am going to try something new in regards to volunteers in the classroom. Usually I ask a week or two in advance, but thought hey I know what I would like to do why not get ahead. So please find a list for the next two months of volunteers needed in the classroom. I am sure I will need to add possible fieldtrips other things that may come up but I thought I would start with this. Some of them are just ideas I would like to try out in class and see if it will work, I marked those I have never done before with **. If you have any ideas also that will go along with our themes let me know. If you need more clarification on what I am asking of you just ask.
For year:
Reading Package Exchange (2-3 volunteers)- ( I suggest at least two people, that way if one cannot make it one week the other can cover the exchange)
Scholastic packages(put monthly book orders together)-
September-
Making playdoh , focus mixing colors (parent lead)-
**Science- colors experiment parent choice (parent lead)-
Opening Mass( 3 volunteers to walk to Church and back)-
October-
Pumpkin carving (3 parents)-
**Apple crisp (make with class, focus reading recipe)-
Halloween centers/party (parent lead, 5 volunteers)-
**Thanksgiving potluck organizer in class lunch-
Reading French Week 1-
Reading English Week 2-
Reading French Week 3-
Reading English Week 4-
I know this is a long post with ALOT of information. It has actually been a week of information. I hope its not too much and if you have any questions just ask. I also apologize for the late post.
Have a great week!
LA
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Short week with alot of info
Salut,
I hope everyone had a great May long week end and you were able to spend time with family, get out of the city or get some chores we have all been putting off done.
Can you believe that this Thursday is our first day of the Alphabet countdown?! What is that you ask? Well first off it means we will only have 26 more days left of school! EEEeeekk. Everyday until June 29th we will review a letter of the alphabet by doing fun activities. There will be some involvement on your part and a bit of planning. I will send home the sheet and email you all a copy so that you can plan ahead. This Thursday we will review the letter "Z" for zoo. Students may bring their favorite zoo animal to school, whether it be a stuff, a picture or a write up.
Next week the students will have the opportunity to head out to the Leighton Centre of the Arts. Students will explore the center and the grounds, learn about sketching and nature. We will need 3-4 volunteers to join us on that day. If you are available and want to join us please let me or Wendy know. It will be an all day field trip. I sent home on Tuesday the field trip forms to be signed, please be sure to send them back by Friday at the latest.
On June 20th our class will walk to the Calgary Library with our grade 4 reading buddies as well as with some awesome volunteers. We will learn about their summer programs, how to chose a book and how to use our library cards over the summer. If you wish to volunteer our class is in need of 3-4 volunteers. For those parents who may want suggestions on books to pick for summer reading I would also be happy to help guide you this day. This fieldtrip is in the morning and back to school by lunch.
June 26th is Activity Day at school. This years theme is to Celebrate Canada's 150th year. They will learn all about Canada from coast to coast. If you wish to volunteer this day you can contact Mr.Desroches or our schools volunteer coordinator.
June 28th will be our school talent show. All is welcome. Auditions continue through out this week. If your child wishes to audition and has not yet had the opportunity they still can do so. They must come to school prepared to show their talent and have all materials in order to audition. Auditions end this week.
Of course there will lots of other fun things in between but I thoughts I would let you know these dates to mark on your calendar.
This Friday at school it is spirit day with a focus on culture. Students are asked to dress to celebrate their cultural heritage.
Just a reminder to everyone... Please do not let up on home reading. I know the weather is starting to get nice and your activities are more frequent but the students continue to need the practice. I will be starting French reading evaluation in the next week. It is important to also continue to read over the summer any chance you get. Studies say that if a student does not read over the summer holidays they can drop at least 2 reading levels. Our students have worked very hard this year and we want them to be confident readers when they hit grade 2.
Please review math facts with your child. Students are required to know addition and subtraction facts up to 18. There are some great websites were you can download flash cards along with other ideas on how to learn math facts. Students will also be learning about doubles and doubles plus 1 in the next week.
That's all for this week. Take care everyone.
Laurie Anne
I hope everyone had a great May long week end and you were able to spend time with family, get out of the city or get some chores we have all been putting off done.
Can you believe that this Thursday is our first day of the Alphabet countdown?! What is that you ask? Well first off it means we will only have 26 more days left of school! EEEeeekk. Everyday until June 29th we will review a letter of the alphabet by doing fun activities. There will be some involvement on your part and a bit of planning. I will send home the sheet and email you all a copy so that you can plan ahead. This Thursday we will review the letter "Z" for zoo. Students may bring their favorite zoo animal to school, whether it be a stuff, a picture or a write up.
Next week the students will have the opportunity to head out to the Leighton Centre of the Arts. Students will explore the center and the grounds, learn about sketching and nature. We will need 3-4 volunteers to join us on that day. If you are available and want to join us please let me or Wendy know. It will be an all day field trip. I sent home on Tuesday the field trip forms to be signed, please be sure to send them back by Friday at the latest.
On June 20th our class will walk to the Calgary Library with our grade 4 reading buddies as well as with some awesome volunteers. We will learn about their summer programs, how to chose a book and how to use our library cards over the summer. If you wish to volunteer our class is in need of 3-4 volunteers. For those parents who may want suggestions on books to pick for summer reading I would also be happy to help guide you this day. This fieldtrip is in the morning and back to school by lunch.
June 26th is Activity Day at school. This years theme is to Celebrate Canada's 150th year. They will learn all about Canada from coast to coast. If you wish to volunteer this day you can contact Mr.Desroches or our schools volunteer coordinator.
June 28th will be our school talent show. All is welcome. Auditions continue through out this week. If your child wishes to audition and has not yet had the opportunity they still can do so. They must come to school prepared to show their talent and have all materials in order to audition. Auditions end this week.
Of course there will lots of other fun things in between but I thoughts I would let you know these dates to mark on your calendar.
This Friday at school it is spirit day with a focus on culture. Students are asked to dress to celebrate their cultural heritage.
Just a reminder to everyone... Please do not let up on home reading. I know the weather is starting to get nice and your activities are more frequent but the students continue to need the practice. I will be starting French reading evaluation in the next week. It is important to also continue to read over the summer any chance you get. Studies say that if a student does not read over the summer holidays they can drop at least 2 reading levels. Our students have worked very hard this year and we want them to be confident readers when they hit grade 2.
Please review math facts with your child. Students are required to know addition and subtraction facts up to 18. There are some great websites were you can download flash cards along with other ideas on how to learn math facts. Students will also be learning about doubles and doubles plus 1 in the next week.
That's all for this week. Take care everyone.
Laurie Anne
Monday, May 8, 2017
May all ready
Hi Everyone,
Can you believe we are in the month of May already. The count down will soon begin and we have a ton left to learn. We have finished learning all about farm animals, where they live and what they eat. This will tie in nicely on Thursday when we head to Butterfield acres.
This month in French students will be learning about insects, our environment and story writing. We will also focus on reading with expression and fluidity.
In English, we continue to learn about the different parts of stories (beginning, middle, ending as well as who, what, when, where, why and how).
Math we will soon be finishing up with measurement. So far we have covered length, surface, volume and just have mass left. Once we finish this unit we are focusing on addition and subtractions up to 20 for the remainder of the year.
Science students have been learning about seasons and the effects they have on plants, animals, our activities as well as our clothing. This will be tied in with our French unit as well. We will also be learning about the needs of plants and animals. Students will have the opportunity to observe plants, chicken eggs and butterflies.
Social studies the students are starting to learn about the country they live in, the different provinces, symbols and traditions of Canada. We will also learn about East, West, South and North and how it can be applied to the city but also our country.
Tuesday and Wednesday students who are ready will start to present their French poems for the art oratoire.
This week the students will have a fabulous opportunity in music to experience a drum circle. Our class will be going on Tuesday.
School council will be meeting on Tuesday night at 6:30 if you wish to join.
On Wednesday during activite en communaute students will have a guest speaker coming to talk to them about her experiences with the Charles Mulli Fondation.
Wednesday night will the Movie night in the gym for those who have purchased tickets. Do not forget to bring some change to buy snacks and help support the grade 4's on their community project.
Butterfield acres will be on Thursday. This is an all day field trip so please be sure to check the weather and dress your child accordingly. Rubber boots are highly suggested along with a hat if its sunny. Students are allowed to feed the animals. If they wish to do so they are to bring 25cents for the ice cream cones filled with feed. Please be sure to apply sunscreen before arriving to school. They can bring some with them. I will not apply it for them though.
Friday we have our Marian Liturgy at 2pm all is welcome, especially you moms.
Heads up for next week events. On Tuesday May 16th it will be safari day. Students are asked to come to school dress as a safari character and bring $2.00. They will be able to purchase additional snacks for $2.00. All proceeds will go towards the Charles Mulli Foundation.
No school on Friday the 19th
Thanks everyone. Have a great week and get out and enjoy the sunshine!
Can you believe we are in the month of May already. The count down will soon begin and we have a ton left to learn. We have finished learning all about farm animals, where they live and what they eat. This will tie in nicely on Thursday when we head to Butterfield acres.
This month in French students will be learning about insects, our environment and story writing. We will also focus on reading with expression and fluidity.
In English, we continue to learn about the different parts of stories (beginning, middle, ending as well as who, what, when, where, why and how).
Math we will soon be finishing up with measurement. So far we have covered length, surface, volume and just have mass left. Once we finish this unit we are focusing on addition and subtractions up to 20 for the remainder of the year.
Science students have been learning about seasons and the effects they have on plants, animals, our activities as well as our clothing. This will be tied in with our French unit as well. We will also be learning about the needs of plants and animals. Students will have the opportunity to observe plants, chicken eggs and butterflies.
Social studies the students are starting to learn about the country they live in, the different provinces, symbols and traditions of Canada. We will also learn about East, West, South and North and how it can be applied to the city but also our country.
Tuesday and Wednesday students who are ready will start to present their French poems for the art oratoire.
This week the students will have a fabulous opportunity in music to experience a drum circle. Our class will be going on Tuesday.
School council will be meeting on Tuesday night at 6:30 if you wish to join.
On Wednesday during activite en communaute students will have a guest speaker coming to talk to them about her experiences with the Charles Mulli Fondation.
Wednesday night will the Movie night in the gym for those who have purchased tickets. Do not forget to bring some change to buy snacks and help support the grade 4's on their community project.
Butterfield acres will be on Thursday. This is an all day field trip so please be sure to check the weather and dress your child accordingly. Rubber boots are highly suggested along with a hat if its sunny. Students are allowed to feed the animals. If they wish to do so they are to bring 25cents for the ice cream cones filled with feed. Please be sure to apply sunscreen before arriving to school. They can bring some with them. I will not apply it for them though.
Friday we have our Marian Liturgy at 2pm all is welcome, especially you moms.
Heads up for next week events. On Tuesday May 16th it will be safari day. Students are asked to come to school dress as a safari character and bring $2.00. They will be able to purchase additional snacks for $2.00. All proceeds will go towards the Charles Mulli Foundation.
No school on Friday the 19th
Thanks everyone. Have a great week and get out and enjoy the sunshine!
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Feels great to be back!
Hi everyone,
I hope you all had a fabulous break and are well back into the swing of things. I am happy to get back but was not happy to leave the fabulous weather of Italy. I will post some pictures of the trip once I look over them. I brought our class puppet with us, as I do for every trip we take. So far he has been to Italy, England, Africa, Prague and Austria.
For the month of April our class will be learning all about farm animals. Its my favorite theme! Students will be learning about the proper names in French for female, male and baby animals. We will also learn about their homes, the food they eat and the sounds they make. We will also visiting Butterfield Acres in May ( I believe May 11th. Our class will need 4 volunteers for this field trip. If you are interested in joining out please let me know. ) We have started our farm animal books where they get to chose 5 animals of their choice. They are to include male, female, babies and where the animals live. Once finished, they will share them with their friends.
We will also be starting our free writing in class in the coming weeks, with a focus on French writing. Students will become their own authors and illustrators of their own books. This is a great way to teach them how to put their ideas together, pay attention to punctuation, penmanship and spelling. They will also work on beginning, middle and end of stories. Every year the students love this project.
We have started to receive post cards. Merci beaucoup!! The students are excited to read and learn about the different places around the world. Thank you for making this possible!
Our Liturgy for Easter is on Thursday at 10am. All is welcome to attend. Please note that we have no school on Friday as well as Monday.
Our class is in need of another 3 volunteers for April 21,2017. Mme Janice booked our teachers pet field trip not realizing that we had Science in schools the day before. This field trip is in the am starting at 9 am. Volunteers are asked to arrive at 8:45 to go over instructions with the presenter. If you are able to come please let me know as soon as possible.
April 20th we have scientist in school. If you have been collecting newspapers please send them for Thursday.
We will kick off our annual ice cream reading challenge next week until the end of the year. Students are required read all their English sight words along with French sentences found in their yellow duo-tang. This will get them their bowl and spoon. They must also read each day and have you sign off on a sheet that will be sent home along with a letter explaining the details of this reading challenge.
I think that's all for this week. I wish you all the best Easter holiday. May your home be filled with laughter and great memories.
Laurie Anne
I hope you all had a fabulous break and are well back into the swing of things. I am happy to get back but was not happy to leave the fabulous weather of Italy. I will post some pictures of the trip once I look over them. I brought our class puppet with us, as I do for every trip we take. So far he has been to Italy, England, Africa, Prague and Austria.
For the month of April our class will be learning all about farm animals. Its my favorite theme! Students will be learning about the proper names in French for female, male and baby animals. We will also learn about their homes, the food they eat and the sounds they make. We will also visiting Butterfield Acres in May ( I believe May 11th. Our class will need 4 volunteers for this field trip. If you are interested in joining out please let me know. ) We have started our farm animal books where they get to chose 5 animals of their choice. They are to include male, female, babies and where the animals live. Once finished, they will share them with their friends.
We will also be starting our free writing in class in the coming weeks, with a focus on French writing. Students will become their own authors and illustrators of their own books. This is a great way to teach them how to put their ideas together, pay attention to punctuation, penmanship and spelling. They will also work on beginning, middle and end of stories. Every year the students love this project.
We have started to receive post cards. Merci beaucoup!! The students are excited to read and learn about the different places around the world. Thank you for making this possible!
Our Liturgy for Easter is on Thursday at 10am. All is welcome to attend. Please note that we have no school on Friday as well as Monday.
Our class is in need of another 3 volunteers for April 21,2017. Mme Janice booked our teachers pet field trip not realizing that we had Science in schools the day before. This field trip is in the am starting at 9 am. Volunteers are asked to arrive at 8:45 to go over instructions with the presenter. If you are able to come please let me know as soon as possible.
April 20th we have scientist in school. If you have been collecting newspapers please send them for Thursday.
We will kick off our annual ice cream reading challenge next week until the end of the year. Students are required read all their English sight words along with French sentences found in their yellow duo-tang. This will get them their bowl and spoon. They must also read each day and have you sign off on a sheet that will be sent home along with a letter explaining the details of this reading challenge.
I think that's all for this week. I wish you all the best Easter holiday. May your home be filled with laughter and great memories.
Laurie Anne
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