Report Card Time!

The students had a great time making 3-D masks in art today!

It's that time of year already! Report cards went home with your child today in with their homework duotang. Please send back the envelope (signed) and the slip of paper about parent-teacher interviews - the actual report card and any other inserts are yours to keep.

Parent-Teacher interviews will be Wednesday night from 6:30-8:00 and Thursday morning from 9:00-10:30 (I have to go on the ferry; the other teachers will be available until lunch time). You can e-mail me or send a note in the agenda tomorrow with a request for a time you would like, or stop by and sign up on the notice outside my door, if you would like to come at a particular time.

Elementary Drama Wednesday from 3-4 pm. We will perform our play "A Flea on Santa's Tree" on Wednesday, December 3rd, at 6pm for the public, and then on Thursday morning, December 4th, at 9am for the Elementary School.

The students will not have school on Thursday or Friday, so please try to send homework duotangs back on Wednesday (or brind them with you to parent-teacher interviews if you forget).

Reading bags should be returned to school each day. If you need extra time to finish a book, that is fine, but please send it back each day anyway.

Reminders for next week:
*Bring a teddy bear on Monday.
*Teddy Bear Picnic on Tuesday at 10:45 for my math and communications class.

I'll wear a poppy for Remembrance Day...

I hope everyone enjoyed their day at home today for Remembrance Day. It was nice to see so many out at the service at the school. Thank you to all who have served our country, both in the past and the present.

Homework:
Kindergarten:
*Practice tricky words (me, we) and sounds every night.
*Finish homework duotang by Friday, and return it along with your game.
*The children will be bringing home a book to read a couple of times this week. If you have other books at home that the children can read, then feel free to write those ones in as well. The library has a large selection of guided reading books if you would like to get some extra for at home (Choose books leveled A or B to start with).

Grade One:
*Read a book or chapter every night.
*Finish homework duotang and game by Friday.
*Practice sight words (saw, can, then, went, get) and spelling words (up, man, crab, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, today, come, some, weekend). We will have a test on Friday.

Reminders:
*Elementary Drama Wednesdays from 3-4pm.
*Report Cards will go home Monday or Tuesday. Please return the envelope and the slip about parent-teacher interviews the next day. You may keep the actual report card, and any other inserts.
*Parent-Teacher Interviews will be next Wednesday (Nov. 19th) from 6:30-8:00, and Thursday morning (Nov. 20th) from 9:00-12:00 (I will only be available until 10:30 as I have to go on the ferry). The students will not have school on Thursday or Friday (Professional Development session on Thursday afternoon and Subject Council on Friday). Enjoy a nice long weekend!

Happy November!

I hope everyone had a great and safe Halloween. There were a lot of neat costumes at school on Friday!

Reminders:

*Show and Tell on Friday.

*PreK meeting and Welcome to Kindergarten session on Nov. 6th for all those students (and parents) who will attend kindergarten next year. Contact the office if you need information.

*No school on Remembrance Day (Nov. 11th)

*Report Cards will probably come home on Nov. 17th. Parent-Teacher interviews will be the evening of Nov. 19th and the morning of Nov. 20th.

*There will be Professional Development sessions on the afternoon of Nov. 20th, and Subject Council on Nov. 21st, so the students have a nice long weekend (no school on Nov. 20th or 21st).

Homework:

*Kindergarten: practice sounds and tricky words every night (he, she); finish homework duotang for Friday; we will start taking home books to read at least once a week this month.

*Grade 1: practice sight words (not, mother, have, like, play) and spelling words (test on Friday); finish homework duotang for Friday; read a book or chapter every night.

*Bring something for Show and Tell on Friday.

Happy Halloween!

Events for this week:
*Mrs. Jones K/1 and Mrs. Wetzel's K class will be visiting the Nursing Home on Thursday at 10am. Don't forget to bring your costume!
*On Friday, there will be a K-2 assembly at 10:45 am, where each class will probably perform a poem or song.
*On Friday afternoon, we will be having a fun Halloween time in the four classrooms, rotating through 4 stations. Children may bring costumes to wear for the afternoon if they wish.

Homework:
*Hand in homework duotangs on or before Friday.
*Grade one: read a book each night and practice spelling words for test on Friday.
*Kindergarten: practice sounds and tricky words each night. Next month we will start taking home some books to read as well.

Welcome to a Spooktacular Week!

Reminders:
*Friday will be show and tell for both my homeroom and Math & Communications classes.
*Magazine orders were due in today. Please return any orders in tomorrow at the latest.

Homework:
*Return homework duotangs and games on Monday (Kindergarten, don't forget to return your dice as well).
*Grade ones: practice spelling words (on, but, plum, quick, quiz, queen, squid, to, do, squirrel) and read a book (or chapter) each night. For the next two weeks we will be doing a You and Your World unit instead of Reading Club, so there will not be reading club bags coming home.
*Kindergarten: practice sounds and tricky words (or, for) every night.

Short Week!

Kindergarten enjoyed their trip to the fire station as part of fire safety week. Remember to keep safe every week, not jus on fire safety week!

I hope everyone enjoyed their long Thanksgiving break. This is a very short week, so there will be no spelling words this week. However, we will still have a short homework duotang, as we still have sight words and sounds to practice. Please still return the homework duotang on Friday.

Grade one sight words: this, if, him, big, did

Read a book each night.

Kindergarten sight words: at, that

Practice sounds every night.

Fire Safety Week

This week is fire safety week. Please check your smoke detector batteries, and practice an escape plan at home. We will continue to practice fire drills at school as well, and on Tuesday afternoon the kindergarten children will be visiting the fire station.

Elementary Drama will be on Wednesday at 3pm. All in K-5 are welcome to come and try it out.

Yearbook orders are due this week. They only cost $25 this year, so please try to order one.

Remember that next week there is no school on Monday (Thanksgiving) or on Tuesday and Wednesday (teacher meetins), so you have a nice long Thanksgiving weekend, especially if you plan to do any travelling. Enjoy!

Homework:
*Finish homework duotang and game by Friday.
*Kindergarten: practice sounds every night, and tricky words (mom, dad).
*Grade one: read every night and practice spelling words (in, leg, glad, ring, sang, strong, lung, be, was, length.