March 15/24

 It was great to meet with you this week to celebrate your child's learning and set goals for this last term.  

Div. 13 was very engaged, creative and productive building their leprechaun traps!  Thanks for sending in such great supplies.  I was so impressed with their problem solving and their final products! These are some pictures of our assembly process.  The students also did an excellent job explaining how their traps would work.  I'll be anxious to hear if any are successful catching one of those sneaky leprechauns!

Our field trip on April 10th to Garibaldi Secondary 'Yes Chef' is now on the portal please sign up, we do need parent drivers and the cost is $5.00.   

 

ENJOY!

                                                   
                    

March 8/24

If anyone is able to make some play dough for the class that would be great.  We need both some green and some red for some upcoming projects.  If so please email me, thank you!

One week til spring break but Div. 13 will still be busy...

Please practise your child's Reader's Workshop books as we will be presenting the next few days. Thanks for your support with these.

I changed my mind and we will be doing Spelling.  Lesson 6 is a review of all the vowels, with double the number of words so we will do it over two weeks.   Your child will only be copying 1/2 the words this week, the rest once they are back, and will not bring their duotangs home to finish until the first Wednesday in April and their quiz will be on Friday, April 5.  This is a good opportunity to master all the short vowels.  Check out the Spelling City link on the side of this website for more practise.  

Conferences are this Wednesday afternoon (early dismissal at 11:30) and Thursday all day.  Please sign up on the parent portal.                                  The conference will be a 30-minute commitment, you should ARRIVE  for the time slot you signed up for (1st 15 minutes with your child in the hall to celebrate and go through their work and then up to 15 minutes with me and your child to discuss their report card and set goals for our next term).  I am hoping to meet in person, If you are not able to do this please email so we can set up a different time as I really hope to meet with all of you to celebrate your  child's learning.

Friday, March 15th - Wear Green in honour of St. Patrick's Day on Sunday. We will be building leprechaun traps so have your child think of materials they want to include and bring them in on Friday. We will be brainstorm ideas and making some plans earlier in the week.   I already have toilet paper rolls.  

March 1/24

Div. 13 conferences are posted, you should have received an email from the Parent Portal. March 13 & 14^th are our conference days. Once again, the conference will be a 30-minute commitment, you should ARRIVE  for the time slot you signed up for (1st 15 minutes with your child in the hall to celebrate and go through their work and then up to 15 minutes with me and your child to discuss their report card and set goals for our next term).  I am hoping to meet in person, If you are not able to do this please email so we can set up a different time as I really hope to meet with all of you to celebrate your  child's learning.

100 Day was fun, we did a lot of math discussing all the different ways to make 100, lots of addition, multiplication, and money.  Thanks for your help for the 100 items to be worn, we had a wide variety from fruit loops, stickers on t-shirt and hats, and rainbow loom necklaces, bracelets!  This week we finished our moose art projects, our 100 Day art, writing and focused on the importance of kindness. We discussed why this is a leap year, how many days in a year, explaining fractions 1/2 and 1/4 and the earth's orbit around the sun,  please ask/review at this at home. 

Thanks to Mila for bringing in a hummingbird nest, it was so cool to see! A life time opportunity!

Two weeks until spring break... 

Great Canadian projects will continue.  Your children continue to amaze me, they really are special Canadians!

We will continue to do work on our Canada unit and in math we continue to focus on place value, addition with/without regrouping and review of basic +/- facts, and money.  

February 23/24

A huge thank you to Deighton's dad, Rhett, Gavin, Aurora, Massimo, Blake, Aneka, and Olivia's moms for driving and helping out for our skating trip,  It's so exciting to see how much progress all the students have made in skating!  

  

This last week of February continues to be busy...

100 Day on Monday, Feb. 26 - Wear something with 100!  We will be having a primary assembly to show what we have created and to celebrate this special day of school!

Scholastic Book Fair!  Div. 13 went to preview the books yesterday and should have all brought home their wish lists of books.  Our shopping day is during our library block on Tuesday morning.  Students will also be able to purchase book on Wednesday right after lunch.  

Wednesday is PINK SHIRT/KINDNESS day!   Conference sign up for March 13/14 with be out by 4:00 pm.  

Great Canadian presentations continue, everyone has been doing a great job!

We will be doing spelling again this week.

February 16/24

                         We finished our 'Venn Buddies! they turned out great. 

Valentine's nature art on Tuesday, Div. 12 & 13 created some very interesting art in the forest.

Thanks to Vienna, Easton, Kian and Mila for bringing in our yummy treats for Valentine's Day.  The students enjoyed handing out and then reading all their valentines.  

Our field trip today to Westview to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was awesome and enjoyed by all. I was so proud of all your children, their behaviour to/from and during the performance was perfect!  They were a great audience.  Ask them about the play and their favourite parts.  

Our #1 Canadian presentations this week were very good, all the students were well prepared and presented their posters well.  Please remember to discuss with your child why they are a special Canadian, I feel it's important that realize and acknowledge why they are important.   

Monday, February 19 - Family Day - no school ENJOY!  ***No Spelling this week 

Tuesday, February 20 - Pro D - no school for students

Friday, February 23 - Skating - Please send in money in a labelled ziplock bag for skate and helmet rentals.  Thanks to all the parents who have signed up to drive, I will confirm everything next week.  

Monday, Feb. 26th - 100 Day - All primary students are encouraged to wear a collection of 100

Wednesday, Feb. 28th - Pink Shirt Day - Spread Kindness and wear pink!

February 9th, 2024

 February is a very busy month... please mark your calendar for all of these dates!

#1 Canadian presentations start on Monday, Feb. 12.  Everyone should have received their Canada poster back and are hopefully preparing for their special day as #1 Canadian.  If you did not receive the letter and/or the poster please contact me asap as they went home on Monday or Tuesday of last week.  The dates for the presentations are posted on the outside window of the classroom.

Candy Grams due - Feb. 12

Valentines - Wednesday, Feb. 14                                                                        Thanks to the following people for bringing snacks for our celebration, just a reminder we do have a walnut/pecan/cashew allergy             Fruit Plate - Vienna,         Veggie Tray - Kian,                                    Special Treat - Easton ,     Chips/Popcorn etc. - Mila

*Valentines Day and Celebration These are the names of students in Div. 13, please include everyone when making valentines.  

Deighton, Juel, Easton, Aurora, 

Blake, Olivia, Vienna, Rhett, 

Aneka, Wyatt, Cai, Addison, 

Kian, Savannah, Massimo, Mila, 

Gavin, Mary and August

Thursday, February 15 - National Canada Flag Day so we decided Div. 12 & 13 would honour this by wearing red or something that has a Canadian flag on it.  Please don't feel you need to go out to buy anything though we just thought it would go along with our study of Canada.

Friday, February 16 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory play at Westview We will be walking to and from Westview so please ensure your child is dressed for the weather.  

Monday, February 19 - Family Day - no school ENJOY!               ***No Spelling this week 

Tuesday, February 20 - Pro D - no school for students

Friday, February 23 - Skating - Please sign up and send in money in a labelled ziplock bag for skate and helmet rentals.

Monday, Feb. 26th - 100 Day - All primary students are encouraged to wear a collection of 100

Wednesday, Feb. 28th - Pink Shirt Day - Spread Kindness

February 2/24

This week we studied Ontario and Quebec.  Div. 13 seems to really be enjoying learning about Canada.  These two even like to read more during Your Time! 

Our first week of spelling went well.  Please remember if your child hasn't completed the weekly lesson it will come home on Wednesday to be completed, if you are unable to do this please return it to school each day, if it is still not finished they will need to finish it Friday afternoon during our Free Choice block. Thanks for your help with this important literacy program.

Rollerblading was successful, especially on Thursday as it was their second day and they were more confident. 

Please be sure to sign up on the portal for our field trips on Feb. 16 to Westview to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and skating on Feb. 23rd.  FYI - unfortunately you cannot pay online for the rental of skates and helmets - sorry I have since learned how I need to do this when there are fees that are not mandatory.  You will need to send money in a labeled ziplock bag.  Also just a reminder if you have not completed driver's abstracts this year you will need to do one.  Thanks.

Painting Volunteer Needed:  If you are available to help paint with some students please email me. We have a big project that needs to be done only in 2's.  Massimo came in today and is hoping to come back next Friday but if anyone else was able to help that would be great.

*Valentines Day and Celebration These are the names of students in Div. 13, please include everyone when making valentines.  

Deighton, Juel, Easton, Aurora, 

Blake, Olivia, Vienna, Rhett, 

Aneka, Wyatt, Cai, Addison, 

Kian, Savannah, Massimo, Mila, 

Gavin, Mary and August

Candy Grams due - Feb. 10

Valentines - Wednesday, Feb. 14                                                                        Thanks to the following people for bringing snacks for our celebration            Fruit Plate - Vienna,         Veggie Tray - Kian,                                    Special Treat - Easton ,     Chips/Popcorn etc. - Mila

Monday, Feb. 26th 100 Day - All primary students are encouraged to wear a collection of 100