New Happenings

Now that we have established the wonderful habit of parents seeing their child's agenda and signing it daily, I am going to stop with sticker charts for agendas.  I will still look at the agendas each day, and we will continue to write all our important information for you.  The reward for continuing to use them in your homes will be that you continue to have a way to communicate with us daily.

We will begin Monday doing sticker charts for time spent practicing the multiplication tables.  If you and your child practice multiplication tables to assist them in memorizing the facts, and record that time in their agenda, they will receive a sticker. A sticker will be awarded for each five minutes spent practicing with a maximum of three stickers a day.  Once a row is full, they will get a candy treat.  When the chart is full they will get 25 min of time in the computer lab or helping in Kindergarten or Grade 1 whichever they choose.

If you have a deck of cards your child can show you the quick practice method that we are using at school.  They should be working on the 2 and 3 times tables right now. 

We drew today for our movie pass winners.  Students have been entering their names into a draw box for the past four months each time they filled a row on their sticker charts.  Congratulations to Natalie, George, Emma and Rebecca, our winners. The box was emptied today, and we will begin to refill it as children complete rows for multiplication fact practice.  They will receive their passes on Monday.

We did a reading activity about skiing today and talked about the benefits of goggles or sunglasses when we ski next week.  I did not tell your child that you had to buy them goggles:)  I did suggest that if they had some they should bring them, or if you were OK with the idea you could consider getting some.

Please remember to practice spelling words.  They are always in your child's agendas and even though the words are the same for three weeks, they need to practice them to show me that they have mastered them.

Enjoy your weekend!

Remember to return swimming and Family Literacy forms as soon as possible.