February 28, 2018

Remember that tomorrow is PJ Day! Save yourself some time in the morning and arrive with your pajamas on! (Stuffies are welcome, as well!)

February 27, 2018

Remember that tomorrow is Pink Shirt Day! Wear 'em if you've got 'em! (or, throw on a pink tie, or a pink sweater or pants or hair ornaments ...).  Also, we'll be heading to the Activity Centre tomorrow afternoon for a drumming session.

Thursday is our community's Pajama Day, to honour Autoimmune Disease Awareness Day. Everyone is invited to save some time in the morning and wear PJs to school. Let's see how many people we can get to support this very worthwhile cause!

February 26, 2018

Some reminders for this week:

Wednesday is Pink Shirt Day - a day dedicated to anti-bullying. To help honour this day, everyone is invited to wear something pink, and the whole school will be going to the activity centre in the afternoon for a drumming circle event.

A note went home today regarding a winter activity afternoon this Friday at Centennial Park. Check your child's agenda pocket.


We have a new second grade student - Jacob - and, sadly, said good-bye to Ambrose, who moved away last Friday.

Our classroom smartboard was moved to a lower, more student-friendly height last Friday. When it was removed from the wall, we uncovered quite a surprise: some 20 year old art projects created by some former students here at JES. We added our names (naturally!) before the wall got covered up again. Here's a photo of the wall. (Who knows when fresh eyes will see the wall again?!)

February 21, 2018

The first grade students have another layer added to their daily at-home learning: writing sentences about the books they've read. Notes describing the process were sent home in agenda pockets. I can't wait to see what my great learners will write/illustrate!

February 20, 2018

The first graders are studying the "ound" family for spelling this week. Lists are in agendas.

Our student teacher, Miss B, joined us for an observation day today. She'll be here again tomorrow and next Friday to observe the class. She'll join us for 5 weeks, beginning March 19th, for some practice teaching. Welcome, Miss B!

Our review word of the day today was simultaneously.

February 15, 2018

Reminders for tomorrow:

There will be a 12:05 student dismissal to allow teachers to attend a professional development afternoon.

The first grade students should practice for their weekly spelling test.

The first grade students need to record their book titles on their envelopes after reading.

February 14, 2108

Thanks to everyone who sent snacks for our Valentine's Day bash this afternoon! We really appreciated the treats!

Remember that tomorrow there will be a snack sale at recess. If your child completes and returns the kindness "Bingo Sheet" that was sent home yesterday, she/he can hand it in for a free snack at tomorrow's recess sale. Woop woop!

Today was Day # 101 here in Room Four, so we talked about palindromes. (Palindromes are numbers or words that can have the order of their digits/letters reversed without changing the number or word. 1221, "wow", 4975794, and "Ogopogo" are all examples of palindromes.) We talked about a famous palindrome: "A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!" If anyone has any other nice long word palindromes, send them along to school and we'll have a look at them here. Thanks!

Enjoy the rest of this your Valentine's Day!