Posts: Weekly News April 3-7

4/3/2017 11:59 AM by mary.bird

                                                   
         Monday,
April 3rd, 2017

 

Dear Families:

 

Spring has sprung and we’ve got the puddles to prove it! To be
proactive with impending water and mud adventures, we ask that you please send
your child with extra socks and mittens to keep in their book bag. A pair of
rubber boots and splash pants would be great too, for those wet days ahead!

 

 Your child is bringing home their second report card in grade
one! They have worked hard and we are proud of the achievement of each and
every one. Please take the time to sit down with them and celebrate their
successes, as well as, the more challenging areas.  We look forward to meeting with you this
week!

 

 What we are learning:

 

Literacy - This week we
begin the last 5 words in List 5 (pretty, every, jump, green, four).  We will also introduce compound words. The
reading strategy that we will focus on for the month of April is flipping the
vowel sound: When you have read a word incorrectly and you know it doesn’t make
sense, think about the other sound that vowel (or g and s) in the word could
make and flip the sound!

 

Math – We will introduce
Fact Families this week. (Ex: 2+3=5, 3+2=5, 5-2=3, 5-3=2)

 

You and Your
World
– This month we will be discussing ways that we can all be earth helpers to
care for our beautiful planet!

 

 Information Items/Dates to Remember:



 

·  Report cards go home today. Parent teacher interviews
will take place on Wednesday, April 5th Thursday, April 6th in the afternoon/ evening
or Monday, March 10th in the morning. Sign-up sheets for times were
sent home with your child last week. If you did not receive it, please let us
know


· Our next book fair will be held from April 4th-7th,
the same week as Parent Teacher Interviews. Our class will visit the Book Fair
on Wednesday.


* There
will be no school on Monday, April 10th due to parent teacher
interviews and teacher professional development activitie


*Our Jump Rope for Heart Assembly will be held on
April 6th. Fundraising information for this will be sent home in the
near future


*Easter
Dinner will be the only lunch served in the cafeteria on April
13. 

 
It will
include pineapple topped baked ham, scalloped potatoes with seasonal
vegetables, Easter cookie and milk for $6.00
All
lunches must be pre-ordered and will need to be in to the cafeteria
 by April 11th.   
On line
orders are welcomed.
 

·        
There has been a case of lice in our classroom and
many in our school so please check your child’s hair each night. Thank you.


*"Public health
department asks people to help prevent spread of highly infectious
illness."  Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick's
acting chief medical officer of health, says people experiencing symptoms
of norovirus should stay home from work, school or daycare for at least 48
hours. (CBC)

 

 Homework

 

·        
List 5 words and phrases – review each night.

 

·        
Practice counting with your “Cool Counting Cards”.
(counting forward and backward from 50, counting by 2s to 20 and counting by 5s
and 10s to 50.)  Please practice these skills daily!


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