April Showers Bring May Flowers!

Reminder: No School on Friday (Subject Council Day for all teachers in the province).

Kindergarten Homework:
*Read a book each night and do homework writing.
*Finish homework duotang and game by Friday.

Spring is Here!

Assembly on Friday at 9am.

Kindergarten homework:
*Read a book each night and do homework writing page.
*Practice tricky words and sounds.
*Finish homework duotang and game by Friday.

Upcoming Events:
*Elementary drama presents "Welcome to Grand Manan" Wednesday, May 7th at 6pm. Admissison $5/person or $10/family.
*Middle and High School drama present their Dinner Theatre on Monday, May 5th.

Welcome Jaden!

We'd like to welcome a new kindergarten student to our class, Jaden Baker, who has moved here from Newfoundland. Thanks for making him feel so welcome.

As a final part to our Knowing Our Neighbour project that our homeroom has been involved in with a class from Bristol, we have sent them Diamond the Dolphin, and have received Murray the Moose. Each student will have a chance to bring Murray home for the night, and to draw and write in a journal about what they do. The students in Bristol will be doing the same thing with Diamond.

Reminder that Friday, April 18th is a teacher PD Day, so there is no school for students.

Kindergarten Homework:
*Read a book each night and do purple homework wrting book. You guys are doing a great job with these!
*Finish homework duotang and game for Thursday.
*Practice sounds and tricky words. The more you know, the easier it is to read!

Report Card Time!

Report cards should go home tomorrow. Please remember to sign the envelope and parent-teacher form and send them back on Wednesday. The report card itself, and any other enclosures, are yours to keep.

Parent-Teacher Interviews will be Thursday night from 6:30-8:00, and Friday morning from 9:00-12:00. There will be a sign-up sheet outside of each teacher's door so that you can sign up for times, especially if there are long line ups or you are trying to see multiple teachers.

Reminder: Reading Club is every Tuesday and Thursday, so please send back any reading club work or books on those days, if not before.

Kindergarten Homework:
*Keep practicing sounds and tricky words.
*Finish homework duotang and game by Thursday.
*Read a book every night and record it in your reading log.

Reading Club

B Group:
*Read book "I Like Shapes"

Q-V Group:
*Read story "The Lighthouse Dog"
*Complete worksheet on interesting verbs if not finished.

Report Cards Next Week!

Report cards will go home next week (probably Tuesday), and parent/teacher interviews will be on Thursday, April 10 from 6:30-8:00, and on Friday, April 11 from 9:00-12:00. We will send a note with the report cards asking wether you plan to come on Thursday or Friday. New for this year, we will post a sign-up sheet outside our doors where you can sign up for a ten-minute time slot when you arrive (that way, if there is a big line-up outside one door you can sign up for a later time there, and go on and see a different teacher). We hope this will make the waits shorter, and will allow parents to see all the teachers that they are trying to see. We would love to see all of you out on parent/teacher days, to look through your child's work, to ask any questions that you have, and to work together to make this last term a positive one for both you and your child.

Kindergarten Homework:
*Practice tricky words and sounds (a few children know them all, but a lot only know about half).
*Read a book every night and do your homework writing.
*Finish homework duotang and game by Friday.
*Show and Tell on Friday.
*This week we will start working on a Knowing Our Neighbours project with a kindergarten class in Bristol Elementary School. Our project is called "Spring Celebrations", and we will be taking surveys, creating graphs, drawing pictures, and so on to compare our favorite spring celebrations and traditions.

Reminders:
*Parent/Teacher Interviews on Friday, April 11th (No school for students)
*School-Based PD Day on Friday, April 18th (No school for students)
*Assembly on Friday, April 25th for K-2.

Happy Spring!

I hope everyone had a great Easter!

Kindergarten Homework:
*Read a book every night. Four students have now read more than a hundred books!
*Do homework writing (dictation) every night.
*Finish homework duotang and game by Friday.
*Keep practicing sounds and tricky words.