Again, I apologize for the grammatical error in the title of my webpage. It is a glitch in the system and I am unable to correct it at this time.
Here are a few notes for the upcoming week.
1. Monday will be Day 5. Please make sure your child has their library books for book exchange in the morning.
2. Unfortunately, due to weather, we had to reschedule our field trip to The Rooms. Our new date is June 3.
3. There will be a note sent home soon concerning another field trip next week. To supplement the learning in our science unit on liquids and solids, we will be visiting the Fluvarium next week.
4. On Wednesday, HTE will be taking part in Pink Shirt Day activities. We will be having an assembly in the afternoon.
To facilitate our discussions and activities, the English Grade Two classes will be viewing a curriculum related movie together tomorrow afternoon. The kids may bring in an additional snack for the afternoon tomorrow.
5. Our regular home reading program continues. PLEASE continue to have your child read daily. This term is when we see the most growth in students. It is vital to have daily interaction with texts for the development of literacy skills.
6. Friday Letters were sent home Friday. This week, our suggested writing prompt was something the children are proud of. Please take the time to read, respond and celebrate what makes your child feel proud! All books are due back by Thursday.
Please read your child's letter, take some time to review it with them (capitalization, punctuation, spelling of high frequency vocabulary, sentence structure, etc...) and then compose a response.
Please note that this is an independant writing activity in our room. While some assistance is given with sounding out words, this written piece is an indication of your child's independent written output skills at this point in the year.
7. Please send back your child's agenda (mini exercise) and baggie everyday. It is an organizational tool that the children use each day.
As well, please ensure that your child has the Poetry Folder on Tuesdays.
8. Recently, we had lovely presentations by Grayson and Bastian. If any of the children have a special skill, interest, etc... that they would like to share with the class, please let me know and we can arrange a time for them to present to their classmates.
I have done this in the past and we have learned about many different things - geckos, rocks, gardening, countries, magic tricks, etc...
9. I am continuing to have difficulty with toys, fitbits, etc... being brought into the classroom during instructional time. The latest items being snuck into our classroom are Pokemon, YuGiOh, etc...cards.
While devices like fitbits may encourage physical activity, for some children, they are more of a toy to be played with. If you choose to have your child wear a fitbit to school, I respect your decision. However, please note, that I may be required to have them lay it on my desk during the day, if it is distracting them, or their peers, during insturctional time.
As a result of this, and realizing how important toys are to children, I am continuing to implement a weekly Toy Day on Fridays. The kids may bring in a toy to use during recess and lunch playtime.
10. Please continue to remember - When providing recess snacks for your child, be aware that we have a child in our class with peanut and tree nut allergies.
11. Please check the Important Dates section of my webpage for reminders of PL Days, events,etc...
12. We continue to run the Kindness Stone activity in our room. If it is your child's turn, please return it on Mondays.
That is about all for now. If there are further updates when I get the weekly memo from the office, I will send a Remind app notice.