Just some reminders for this busy season.
Tomorrow is our field trip to Barr Colony. Mr. Feil has everything under control. Students will leave at 9:00 and return to the school in time to catch the bus home.
Friday is wear your Christmas hat and sweater day sponsored by the SRC.
Friday is also the Christmas concert. Please have your child in the classroom by 6:45.
The school is collecting mittens, toques and scarves to donate to the interval home, and blankets to donate to the men's shelter.
My last day before the break will be Friday. Please pop into the classroom after the concert so I can wish each of you a Merry Christmas.
As always, thank you for your support. Please contact me if you have any questions.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Friday, December 9, 2011
Cough craze!
Wow, I have a classroom full of coughing children. Please try to get them healthy over the weekend, or keep them home so they have a chance to get well without sharing their cough with anyone who has manged to stay healthy this long.
The Gingerbread Shop is open and many children have been shopping already - they are SO excited - it is really wonderful to see.
Field trip arm wrestle is over and . . . Mr. Feil won. He will be taking the class to Lloyd. on the 14th while I teach phys.ed for the day. I will be going on the ski trip January 20th though - I won that one!
The grade fours will be going for swimming lessons the first week of Feb. more details to follow.
Have a cough free weekend!
The Gingerbread Shop is open and many children have been shopping already - they are SO excited - it is really wonderful to see.
Field trip arm wrestle is over and . . . Mr. Feil won. He will be taking the class to Lloyd. on the 14th while I teach phys.ed for the day. I will be going on the ski trip January 20th though - I won that one!
The grade fours will be going for swimming lessons the first week of Feb. more details to follow.
Have a cough free weekend!
Sunday, December 4, 2011
December is here!
Wow, I'm not sure how we got here but Christmas is only weeks away.
We have finished up our study of Peggy and Herman Parish and their Amelia Bedelia stories, and each child has set a personal writing goal for the month of December. I have taught them the idea of writing RAFTS - role, audience, form, topic and strong verb. We are currently working on writing a letter to Santa as if we were an elf who DESERVES to drive the sleigh on Christmas eve. Some of the letters are laugh out loud funny - we will share them with you on the bulletin board outside the classroom as we finish them up this week.
In math we are working on estimation and rounding strategies as they relate to addition and subtraction. If you have a deck of cards at home, take five minutes a day to practice basic addition facts.
You should have received a note home Fri. regarding our field trip on Wed. December 14th to Barr Colony and Bud Miller. Please fill in and return permission forms, meal orders and money as soon as possible.
Christmas concert is on Friday, Dec 16th at 7:00 in the gym. Everyone is welcome, please plan to have your child in the classroom by 6:45. New parents, this is a very popular event, come early if you would like to have good seats.
I would also like to let you know that I will be away Dec. 19, 20 and 21. The 19th for a meeting and the 20th and 21st for a surgical procedure. I am sad to be missing the three days before break, but will leave plans for some learning and lots of fun while I am away.
We have finished up our study of Peggy and Herman Parish and their Amelia Bedelia stories, and each child has set a personal writing goal for the month of December. I have taught them the idea of writing RAFTS - role, audience, form, topic and strong verb. We are currently working on writing a letter to Santa as if we were an elf who DESERVES to drive the sleigh on Christmas eve. Some of the letters are laugh out loud funny - we will share them with you on the bulletin board outside the classroom as we finish them up this week.
In math we are working on estimation and rounding strategies as they relate to addition and subtraction. If you have a deck of cards at home, take five minutes a day to practice basic addition facts.
You should have received a note home Fri. regarding our field trip on Wed. December 14th to Barr Colony and Bud Miller. Please fill in and return permission forms, meal orders and money as soon as possible.
Christmas concert is on Friday, Dec 16th at 7:00 in the gym. Everyone is welcome, please plan to have your child in the classroom by 6:45. New parents, this is a very popular event, come early if you would like to have good seats.
I would also like to let you know that I will be away Dec. 19, 20 and 21. The 19th for a meeting and the 20th and 21st for a surgical procedure. I am sad to be missing the three days before break, but will leave plans for some learning and lots of fun while I am away.
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