Monday, May 27, 2013

end of monsoon season?........please?

June is approaching fast. We are underway with our literacy assessment. Everyone is working hard. Hopefully we will all stay healthy and rested.
Our spelling words this week are: every, these, hold, done, both, show, well, those, wash and because. Please check with your child to see that he/she is reading every night. We have had a few more students pass the "one hundred books club", great job!
Friday, May 31st is the beginning of Spring Carnival for K-5. We start off with a movie in the morning and the inflatables in the afternoon. There will be NO CAFETERIA on this day. It is also "beach day" that day. Have a great week.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Upcoming Literacy Assessment

Time is certainly passing quickly. We did get a start on our homework in class today so hopefully no one will be feeling overwhelmed.
This week's words are: their, start, kind, hurt, pick, only, so, been, clean and right. The class is doing well overall with the two-digit addition with regrouping. Many of the children have come up with their own strategies for adding, if it works, then "leave them to it".
Our Literacy Assessment begins on Thursday the 23rd. I'm sure you know the children do much better when they are well rested. Hopefully they will be healthy and "ready to go", come Thursday. It is really important that they be here first thing in the morning as we start shortly after 9:00 and work in 45 minute sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, every day until the 30th. We do the reading comprehension first and then work on our writing, fun, fun, fun.
The Carnival orders/ money are due Friday 24th.
Until next time...

Monday, May 13, 2013

Mid May

Well we are back to having homework this week. I hope everyone enjoyed the little reprieve. The spelling words are: again, myself, live, warm, pull, may, does, first, goes, and better. Please have your homework completed and passed in on or before Friday.
Just a reminder, some of the students owe the library money for books that are lost or have not been returned. Please get this sorted out as soon as possible. Library day is Friday.
We have some special dates coming up. The Provincial Literacy Assessment begins May 23rd and runs to May 30th.This involves a reading comprehension component and a writing component. Please see that your child is well rested. This is somewhat intense.
Friday, May 24th is our end of the month assembly. Spring Carnival runs from May 29th-June 6th. A list of special events will be sent home.
Friday, May 31st is our annual Fun Day. There will be the usual, inflatables, hotdogs, movie, etc. order forms are going home this week. Time is flying!