Friday, February 26, 2010

It's Friday!

We had a very busy day today. For the past week we had Mrs. Muir in our room helping us learn about measurement, capacity, mass, and "er" words (longER, shortER, smallER, etc). Ask your child to teach you what they learned in Math this week.

We did not get a chance to add our new words into our duotangs. (Sorry)
Our new words are:

under

down

did

use

find

fifteen

We also started out healthy body unit and are focusing on Nutrition right now. We also found out that we have lice in the classroom. A note was sent home with each student. The cycle is 7 days (at least) so please continue to check your child's hair nightly. If one person misses it, the lice will continue to circulate around the classroom. If you need any help with checking or getting rid of, please contact the public health nurse.

Book orders went home and are due back on Monday March 1st.

Have a super weekend!!

Monday, February 22, 2010

Spelling Words for Feb. 26th TEST

The words for the week are:

first

people

now

way

who

look

fourteen

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Holidays!

It is Saturday morning and I have just started getting some housework done so I can enjoy the rest of my week off.
I will be heading in to the school to get planned for our next few units. We will be starting the Space and Shape Strand in Math and the Healthy Body Unit in Health. (as well as many other new and exciting things)
I would ask that you keep working on adding and subtracting (in this case, practice will make perfect). You can add in workbooks from Staples or Walmart, online, or using day to day objects like cereal or macaroni. It is so important they have a solid understanding of adding and subtracting for the next few units we will do as well as for the rest of their schooling years. A small amount of time will make a HUGE difference for them.
I also ask that you continue reading. The time spent together sharing a good piece of literature can be priceless and what your child will get out of that time spent together can never be measured. I can not stress the importance of this.
One last thing...I'd like to thank you all for the wonderful Valentines treats and gifts. They were very much appreciated. I have been truly blessed with a wonderful school family!
I hope you all enjoy your holidays and I cannot wait to see you next Monday!!

Monday, February 8, 2010

Week of Jan. 8th....

Spelling words for this Friday (the 12th) are:

could (just like "would" from last week)

more (use the "magic e"...where the e bumps the vowel o on the head to make it say
its own name)
time (use the "magic e"...where the e bumps the vowel o on the head to make it say
its own name)
see (squealy e's)
been (squealy e's)
then (th, like in the and then a short e and a n)

Don't forget that JAN. 11th is early dimissal.
and JAN. 12th from 1-3pm is the SCHOOL CARNIVAL! Please join your child and enjoy this great event!!

Have a great week!

Thursday, February 4, 2010

PARTY!

Friday February 5th, 2010 is our 100th DAY OF SCHOOL!!
We will be having a party in the afternoon. I will ask that you send 100 ‘snacks’ for the kids to share. (100 cheerios, 100 chocolate chips, 100 shreddies, 100 goldfish crackers, 100 raisons, 100 dried cranberries-or 100 of any small dried fruit, pretzels, 100 small ritz crackers, 100 mini marshmallows etc.) We will be mixing them up and making trail mix. Please do not send peanuts or any other nuts. Be creative and send something not on the list if you wish!
We will be doing many fun “100” activities! I am looking forward to the celebration.