Cake Walk

There will be a cake walk fundraiser for the Terry Fox Foundation tomorrow.  Tickets are $1.00 each.  Students pay their money and then walk a circle of hoops.  If they are in the winning circle when the music stops, they win a cake. 

Spelling test tomorrow too.  Words on p. 27 in agendas.

Mrs. N

Pledges

If you have collected pledges for the Terry Fox walk on Friday please send the money with your child by Thursday.

Thank you to those of you who have contacted me via email regarding illness and appointments.  You are making it very simple for Mrs. Thompson in the office and for me!

Spelling words are out - please spend time preparing for day three and day six.  Words in agendas - details were sent out yesterday in an email and are on the previous post.

The walk begins at 10:45 Friday, come and join us if you are able.

Spelling Program kick off

On Friday I gave your child their first spelling list and we will have a spelling test today.  Each child had their own personalized list which comes from errors they made when I dictated a word list to the entire class.  You will not be able to call a friend for their words because no two lists are the same.

The first words that I have given them are ones that need to be mastered by the end of grade three.  There are 110.  From there I will use a list that contains the 3000 most common words in English to create word lists.

Our "test" days will be day 3 and day 6.  Students must spell the words correctly, 3 test days in a row before they will get new words.  The idea is that if they can spell them correctly three times in a row they will transfer them into their personal writing correctly as well.

Words lists will be in their agendas.  This weeks words are on p. 27 in the agenda.

If you would like more details, let me know or stop in so I can show you how it works.

Have a great day!

Toothbrushes

Thank you for the toothbrushes.  We will use them this afternoon for a spatter paint art project.  If you forgot to send one but have one ready feel free to send it tomorrow, I will add to my collection so I have a set for the next time.

Keep next Friday the 28th open if you can and plan to come and join us for the Terry Fox Walk.  Pledge sheets went home the  first week of school - feel free to collect pledges or not, we will all walk either way. 

Book Order reminder

Hello all,

Just a reminder that book orders are due on Friday, Sept. 21.  I will call the order in on Saturday and then the books usually take about 2 weeks because we only get mail at the school on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Your children were all seen today by Mrs. Seguin who completed a  division reading screen with them.  The screen follows the same format that I do when I do a benchmark book with your child.  Data is collected from each school in the division and is used by teachers to assist us in meeting the reading needs of our students. They all seemed to take it totally in stride.  Mrs. Seguin has been a guest teacher here and they all knew her so that made it fun for them.

Back to Routine

Well, I am happy to say that I have the first day and a half under my belt with this wonderful group of children that you have sent me and things are really looking great.  Thanks again to Mrs. B. - she did a wonderful job with the class while I was away.

We are spending time working on making individualized spelling lists so you can look for the program to begin the first week of October.  Remember to wear team colours tomorrow for the house team kick off activities.

Enjoy the week, I know that I am!