Pumpkin Day

HUGE THANKS to all parents for all your help. Thank you for helping carve pumpkins! Thank you for helping me with your time! Thank you for sending in Fall supper donations and party food items. Thank you for helping your child with their homework! Everything you do is appreciated!

Spelling – Test 7 – Sight words are now being added to the list. They do not follow the phonetic ‘rules’ so they need to be practiced and memorized.

Word Ring – A word ring is being sent home with the Grade 1s (Grade 2s should still have theirs from last year). A set of sight words is already on the word ring. The best way to practice is to use the cards as flash cards until your child can say them all. Then you can practice saying the word and have them print it or say the letters out loud. They should master identifying the word and spelling the words. When doing home reading they should begin identifying those words in their reading. New words will periodically be added to the ring.

Fall Supper Theme Basket Items – A letter went home last week about themed donations for the Fall Supper. If you are sending in items for this purpose please send them directly to the classroom so that we can ensure they end up in the correct basket. Thank you!

Please feel free to contact me any time with questions or concerns. I am here to help you and your child have a fabulous and successful year!

Important Dates

Perogy Lunch Friday, November 4

Fall Supper Saturday, November 5

Lunch Lady Due November 7

Remembrance Service Wednesday, November 9, 11:00am

Lunch Lady November 21

Hot Dog Day November 23

Pumpkin Week

Dear Grade 1/2 Parents,

Spelling – Test 6 – Sight words are now being added to the list. They do not follow the phonetic ‘rules’ so they need to be practiced and memorized.

Word Ring – A word ring is being sent home with the Grade 1s (Grade 2s should still have theirs from last year). A set of sight words is already on the word ring. The best way to practice is to use the cards as flash cards until your child can say them all. Then you can practice saying the word and have them print it or say the letters out loud. They should master identifying the word and spelling the words. When doing home reading they should begin identifying those words in their reading. New words will periodically be added to the ring.

Pumpkin Carving – Our class will be carving pumpkins on Friday, October 28. We will begin after lunch recess. I would love to have parents join us! Please let me know if you are able to help out on that day!

Halloween Party/Costumes – On Monday, October 31 we will have a Halloween celebration at school. Students may bring their costume to change into after lunch (no scary/evil costumes and no masks). I have created a sign up sheet for bringing in food items. There are 24 slots (one for everyone). The slots are spread over Halloween, Christmas and Valentine’s. The list is posted outside of our classroom.

Fall Supper Theme Basket Items – A letter went home last week about themed donations for the Fall Supper. If you are sending in items for this purpose please send them directly to the classroom so that we can ensure they end up in the correct basket. Thank you!

Please feel free to contact me any time with questions or concerns. I am here to help you and your child have a fabulous and successful year!

Important Dates

Fred Penner Concert Monday, October 24

Book Order Due Monday, October 24

Hot Lunch Orders Due Friday, October 28

Perogy Lunch Friday, November 4

Fall Supper Saturday, November 5

Remembrance Service Wednesday, November 9, 11:00am

Hot Dog Day November 23

October 17

Dear Grade 1/2 Parents,

I will no longer be sending the update out in paper format.  If you require a paper copy please let me know.  Thank you!

Spelling – Test 5 will be Thursday, even though it is a short week.

Reading Homework – Students should be bringing home books to read at their level every day. There are baskets of books in the classroom that students can borrow from. When reading with your child encourage them to sound out words that can be sounded out (i.e. cat, pan, duck). When coming across sight words (i.e. come, the, was) give them the word or help them figure it out by looking at the beginning sound. You can also use the rest of the sentence to figure out what word would make sense. These words need to be learned by memory. Sight words will begin appearing on the weekly spelling test lists. A word ring with sight words will be sent home soon as well.

Fall Supper Theme Basket Items – A letter went home last week about themed donations for the Fall Supper. If you are sending in items for this purpose please send them directly to the classroom so that we can ensure they end up in the correct basket. Thank you!

Please feel free to contact me any time with questions or concerns. I am here to help you and your child have a fabulous and successful year!

Important Dates

Picture Retakes Wednesday, October 19

No School Friday, October 21

Fred Penner Concert Monday, October 24

Book Order Due Monday, October 24

Fall Supper Saturday, November 5

October 11

Dear Grade 1/2 Parents,

Spelling – Test 4 will be Friday, even though it is a short week.

October Birthdays – Ceira: October 11, Shaye: October 26

Huge thanks to everyone for sending in a piece of fruit for our Friendship Fruit salad. We sorted the fruit according to various attributes. We enjoyed trying new fruits that we hadn’t tried before.

Math – Grade 1 – We are focusing on numbers to 20. We are working with numerals, pictures and words.

Math – Grade 2 – We are working with numbers to 100. We are especially working on using a number line and a hundred chart to skip count.

Please feel free to contact me any time with questions or concerns. I am here to help you and your child have a fabulous and successful year!

Important Dates

Picture Orders Due Tuesday, October 11

No School Friday, October 21

Fred Penner Concert Monday, October 24

Fall Supper Saturday, November 5

October 3

Dear Grade 1/2 Parents,

Spelling – Test 3 will be Friday

Forms and Money – Thank you for sending money in labelled baggies or envelopes!

Math - Both the Grade 1s and the Grade 2s have completed a unit on Patterns. Please check out our Fall artwork on the front bulletin board. The border is our own pattern creation!

ChickaDEE – An order form for ChickaDEE is attached. Please return the form even if you have marked NO. Our class will receive a free subscription just for returning the forms. Thank you!u

Book Order – Part of the September book order is still in shipment. It should arrive this week. The October order was due today. I will extend the deadline to tomorrow to ensure all orders are in.

Have a fabulous Thanksgiving with your family!

Please feel free to contact me anytime with questions or concerns. I am here to help you and your child have a fabulous and successful year!

Important Dates

Book Order Due Monday, October 3

No School Monday, October 10

Picture Orders Due Tuesday, October 11

No School Friday, October 21

Fred Penner Concert Monday, October 24

Fall Supper Saturday, November 5