Again just a reminder that the two early closure days that are coming up next week are not like the usual parent teacher interview days. There will be no scheduled meetings until 8:00 at night. It will have to be run more like an open house and I will do my best to meet with everyone in the 1-2:30 time slot. If you would rather meet with me privately, please just get in touch with me and we'll make it work. I am available before school (8:00) at lunch or after school (2:30-3:00). Just e-mail me ( the easiest way to reach [email protected]) or give me a call here at the school (250-554-2368) or write in your child's agenda.
The Terry Fox school run is this week. It will take place on Wednesday afternoon. Any 'twoonies for Terry' can go to the office directly. Because we have gym on Tuesday and Thursday, they will need gym strip for all three days. Our regular gym days are Mon, Thurs and every other Tues.
In L.A. we have just begun our novel after going over (and taking notes on) basic story elements. We are also beginning our writing program called Write Traits and our basic grammar/parts of speech/editing program called Communication Skills. In addition, every student can now sign on to Spelling City so there will be a regular list update every Sunday night (assuming I never forget!). In Math we are moving on to patterning as our basic review time has come to an end. Please continue to work on times table memorizing at home as they really need to know them up to 12 X 12. I did give some strategies for helping to memorize them (eg. doubling and halving). In HACE we have begun to talk about decision making and the influences that help you determine what decision to make. For science we have done our first experiment and I will be sending home all books for the parents to sign so they can see what we are doing. This was a simple experiment intending to demonstrate their understanding of scientific method.
Let's take a look at this week:
Monday, Sept. 26 - NO SCHOOL FOR KIDS - teachers are doing workshops
Tuesday, Sept. 27 - P.E.
Wednesday, Sept. 28 - Terry Fox run in the afternoon
Thursday, Sept. 29 - P.E.
Friday, Sept. 30 - Library sign out day
As always, you can easily reach me at [email protected]