January 11. 2017

It's great to see so many people diving into the reading challenge of the 2017 Read-a-thon! Keep up the at-home reading, everyone! (If you didn't get a Read-a-thon recording sheet, have your child ask me for one tomorrow.)

There will be a snack sale tomorrow at recess. Dig out those quarters, everyone!

Thanks to everyone who has volunteered to help with our school's Brain Boost program. We really appreciate your efforts and time!

Remember that this Friday we are having a Winterruption Day (for Grade One in the morning and for Grade Two in the afternoon). Please send something "summery" for your child to wear in class and something that represents summer for a Show and Tell experience.  Thanks!

January 9, 2017

The students brought home a Read-a-thon sheet in their agendas today. We set a goal of reading 100 minutes this week (20 minutes a day for Monday - Friday). Parents are asked to initial the days after the children have read, to help their children set new goals each week, and to return the completed Read-a-thon sheet to school at the end of the month. Thanks for your support with this!

We are planning a Winterruption Day here in Room Four this Friday. Students are invited to bring something summery to wear, and to bring an object or picture that represents something summery (a beachball? a kite? a tennis racquet?)  We're going to have a Summer Show and Tell with the items they bring; it should help chase away any ugly winter blues, at least for a day!

We're on review mode for Grade Two vocabulary today. The review word of the day is benevolent.

Grade One: the book for today has lots of opportunities to review basic sight words and the "Two vowels go walking" rule again. Enjoy!

January 5, 2017

Study for tomorrow's spelling tests, everyone!

The second grade word of the day for yesterday was intriguing. Today's word was console.

The first grade students have a book order form in their golden envelopes. If you're planning to order anything, please return the completed form and payment tomorrow.

The first graders' golden envelope book this evening is "Spot". Please pay special attention to the "Magic E" words and the "When two vowels go walking" words.

Please remember to label all your child's clothing - including individual mittens. Thanks!

Let's see what we can do to keep - and increase! - this wonderful white stuff falling from the sky at the moment! Do your snow dances, everyone!

January 3, 2017

Welcome back, everyone! It was great to hear all the holiday stories - and to read them, as both first and second graders wrote about their vacations in their school journals.

The word of the day for second graders is sobriquet. (I only recently learned this word myself!)

The first graders have a new golden envelope book today titled Slide. The story has reviews of the "magic e" rule, and the "When 2 vowels go walking, the first one does the talking and it says its own name" rule, as well. Enjoy!

December 16, 2016

Well, that's a wrap, folks! 2016 has come to an end!

I've kept the first grade students' agendas for the holiday and sent home, instead, a little holiday gift and some Christmas crafts. There's no home learning assigned for the break, of course, but hopefully everyone will read, read, read, and read some more!

Thanks for all the generous gifts that came my way today! I feel spoiled!

Merry Christmas, everyone! See you all next year!

December 13, 2016

Thanks so much to everyone who sent food bank items! The table at the front of the school is looking fuller and fuller ...

The student council is sponsoring a "Dress up as Christmas" Day tomorrow. Everyone is invited (but not required!) to dress in something Christmasy tomorrow. "Tis the season!

Our first grade class is going to the school library upstairs tomorrow morning for some Yuletide stories and some hot chocolate, as well. Thanks, Mrs. Anderson, for organizing this treat for us! If you can, please send an unbreakable cup with your child for the hot chocolate. 

There is no spelling list this week, for either grade one or grade two.

The second graders have their concert tomorrow night. I'm sure Mrs. MacDonald has sent info home regarding the concert, so I'll just add my best wishes for a great evening for everyone!

Here are some photos from the second graders' visit to the museum's Festival of the Trees. (You should go!)

December 9, 2016

Please sign and return the spelling test books Monday morning.  Thanks.

We were treated to an excellent presentation on train safety this morning. The students are bringing home a "Train Your Brain" book to reinforce the learning that went on at the presentation. Hopefully we'll all be a little safer around trains and train tracks from now on!

Our Food Bank donation table at the front door is looking a little hungry itself; if you'd like to send some non-perishable donations, that would be great. Thanks in advance for doing this!

I hope everyone survives the frosty weekend. At least the first graders will have a new book to read over the weekend; enjoy the Santa Claus Activity Book, all you first grade households!