Wow! The last week before Christmas holidays is upon us!

Just a quick update with upcoming events and some highlights from this week!

Monday- Saintly Gardens 1:15-2:15 p.m.
Wednesday- Mass at St.Anthony's at 9:30 a.m.
                  - Skating 1:10-2:55 p.m.
                  - Red and Green Day!
Friday- Sing Along 1:30-2:00 p.m.
            - Early Release 2:30 p.m.


Guess who visited us yesterday?! Yes! Père Noel!! He was very generous in giving us a bag full of goodies!

 

This week we received our 3rd L to J All Time Best scoring 52/168! (The star has a typo!) Bravo to all your hard work!!

 

 

Math fun- We had a little fun game with cups of hot chocolate, looking and what numbers become before and after. Here is Alex and Jayla with their game board.

 

 

 



 

Finally Creating Change Campaign- Our class collected 72.42$! Wow! It put a HUGE smile on my face when the kids would show up with little or big bags full of pennies. We have almost help 3 people receive a lifetime of clean water. In seeing the water that the Kenyans had to use and boil in order to be safe, this REALLY warms my heart!

 

 

If I don't see you before the holidays I wish you all a restful and joyful holidays! 

 

 

 

 

 





15 days until Christmas!!

We are already in our last two weeks before Christmas break! This means alot going on both out of school and in school!

Here is a look at this week:

All week: Free the Children Penny Drive, Candy Cane Grams (see note in agendas)

Tomorrow: Christmas Concert at Vic Juba (see newsletters for details)
Wednesday: Early dismissal at 2:30 p.m.
Thursday: If weather permits, PhysEd will be held outside. Please ensure your child comes prepared for this much time outside.


Free The Children Penny Drive- Wow! We have already raised 18$ in just a few days. It takes 25$ to provide clean water for one person! It it warms my heart to see our class becoming involved with an initiative that is so close to my heart. I had the opportunity to try and carry river water back to the village like all of the school girls do and I let me tell you that my back was very sore before long. Here is the Free the Children promotional video:

Now a look at what we have been doing the past few weeks:

Voici ma famille: We worked on how to create people visually, while representing our family. Can you tell which is your family?

 

Marshmellow Math: We have been working at dividing a number between one and twenty into two groups. Here is a fun activity we did to represent two group!

 

 

See you at the concert tomorrow night!

Last week of November already!

Homework:

Tonight your child should have brought home a homework assignment to do with cooperation. I have asked that it be returned by Friday. If this is not possible for you, please return it at your earliest convenience. We had a great discussion today about the topic!

Upcoming Events:

Friday- Advent Prayer Service at10:45 a.m.
          - Last day for Salvation Army Food Drive donations (Our class goal is 100 and we are already at 77!)
          - Junior ATB deposit and account opening day from 11:45 a.m. - 1:00p.m.(If you are interested in opening an account for your child, you are invited to come it Friday as there will be ATB financial employees who can set this up for you.)

Monday- We will be visited once again by some members from the Bobcat team! Your child is invited to wear a jersey that day!

L à J:

 

We have achieved yet another L à J Numbers All Time Best! I am so proud of the growth that the students have been making and how excited they get about

numbers!

 

Some highlights from the past couple of weeks:

We have now 2 boxes full! We are filling others buckets!

The Bobcats visit!

Recap and a look into the future

We have had a busy week back since Spring Break! The students have been working hard at their final project for the unit "Moi". As we start into our integrated unit "La famille", I would ask that you send with your child a photo of your family. We will be introducing our families to each other as well as discussing what makes a family and how families are often different. We will return the picture when we are done with them. Merci!

L à J-

Another All Time Best in L à J les nombres! We have broken the 100 mark and the students are very proud of their successes!

We are still working on getting another All Time Best in our L à J spelling. I encourage you to pick 5 words a week to practice with your child! Try practicing them a differenct way every night! Try using fridge magnets, playdough, pen and paper, saying the letters out loud, writing them in salt or sugar!

Next Week:

Monday November 19th- 2 Bobcat players will be visiting our classroom. Your child may choose to wear a jersey to school that day!

Tuesday November 20th- Pizza partie to celebrate our school's Seasons of Savings coupon book success.

Friday November 23rd- Saintly Gardens from 1:15- 2:15

I wish you all a great weekend! Please feel free to contact me at any point if you have questions or concerns!

News for this week

I hope you all enjoyed the fall break with your children! This morning our class enjoyed sharing with each other their favorite moment from their week off!

Tomorrow- Please ensure your child comes to school with their favorite object tomorrow, as they will be presenting it to our class by describing why it is special to them. As well, they will be using two other caracteristics to describe their object.

Wednesday- Early dismissal at 2:30 p.m.

Thursday- Please return Take Home Reading envelopes with the green form and the books.

Other news- Today you should have received information about our Sausage and Cookie Fundraiser. Both of these fundraisers need to be returned by November 23rd. There is a classroom challenge for a Pizza Party, so I encourage you all to get onboard with working together to raise funds for new playground equipment and school improvements!

November Newsletter

 

November Newsletter

This week we experienced our 40^th day of school. How time flies!  Thanks you all for coming out to parent teacher interviews! I appreciate any communication between home and school. I believe this is a key to each child’s success.

Winter Apparel

Please ensure your child arrives at school with appropriate winter apparel. Please label each and every item to help prevent items from disappearing! I encourage you to keep an extra pair of socks and clothing in your child’s backpack, as with our winter weather at the moment it is easy to get soggy!

 Blog

Our classroom blog is up and running! I try to update it at least once a week with upcoming events, learning tips and classroom happenings. http://1cstthomas.blogspot.ca/ 

I would like to start posting pictures on our blog of the students highlighting what we are doing in the class. If you WOULD NOT like your child’s picture on our blog please let me know by November 11.

Take  Home  Reading

Take Home Reading is now under way! Please ensure envelopes are returned Mondays and Thursdays. If you feel their reading material is above or below their independent reading level, please let me know.

Agenda

A reminder to initial your child’s agenda every night. I will place a sticker each day when I see your initials. As well, our behavior communication has gotten underway. I will continue to place a green, yellow, or red dot to communicate how your child’s day went. Please let me know if you have any questions regarding this system.

Important Dates

Nov.2- Rememberance Day Assembly at 2:30               Nov.23- Saintly Gardens

November 3- 11- Break                                                     Nov.29- Advent Prayer Service @ 10:45 a.m.

November 14- Early Dismissal

 

 

 

 

Units of Study

Sciences naturelles- Animal and Vegetation: The difference

Math: Numbers 1-20

Sciences humaines & Francais: La famille                                

Religion : Fully Alive : Living in Relationships

Éducation physique: www.mrvincespeclass.blogspot.com

Happy Halloween!

Here is one picture to show the fun we had today dissecting our pumpkins! Thanks to all who donated pumpkins or led a group today! The students were really suprised to see how many seeds are actually in a pumpkin! I hope you are able to enjoy a few seeds that were sent home!

 

Reminders for tomorrow:

- Salad Bar Lunch

- Return Take Home Reading envelopes

 

L à J- Numbers-

I can't seem to get my picture rotated, but yesterday marked another Record à vie for L à J les nombres! Five students also attained their personal Record à vie. Bravo! We will work hard together to get another Record à vie in orthographe.

 

 

 

Finally, I have asked that students bring in their favorite object. Today we started to draw the object, then we will create a model with playdough. Friday we will practice presenting our object to a friend. After the break we will then present to the class. This activity is developing the students French oral skills. The object will be sent home of Friday and then requested to be brought back to school after the break. Merci beaucoup!!

 

How to support your child with French?

Today you will notice a French phonics sheet that just explains a little bit about the French language. This may be of help when you are trying to help your child with the 55 words or with Take Home Reading.

As well, a parent passed on a useful app for those who are not fluent in French. It is called "Itranslate." Maybe something to check out if you struggle to help your child with their Take Home Reading!

Events this week:

Thursday- Lunch (Salad Bar)
Friday- Rememberance Day Assembly at 2:30

Have a great week!

News update

Please remember to send your child to school with their Take Home Reading envelope tomorrow, including the green form and the book they have been given this week!

Numbers book- Tomorrow your child should be coming home with a numbers book. This is just a support for you at home as they learn to read and spell their numbers from 1 - 20. Enjoy!

Celebrating the past week and looking into the future!

Friday's Dress Up Day

Last Friday was exciting to see 12 of our students dress up with what they would like to be when they are older! I loved seeing them get into character, the doctors and nurses helping students with their cuts and scrapes and our security students supervising during recess time.

Record à vie/All time best- L à J

As well, last week was an exciting week with our highest score yet in our Numbers L à J. This marks our 3rd all time best in L to J Numbers. Bravo 1C!

So far in Spelling we have only had one all time best! I encourage you to continue to work the 55 words list at home. A great idea is choose 5 words from the list to work each week.

Here are some fun ways to work with words:

- Use fridge magnets to spell out the word.
- Spell the word out in a container of sand or salt.
- Write the word on someone's back.
- Create the word with playdough.

Whichever way you choose to work with words it is important the the students focus on the sounds they are learning and already know!

Can we get another all time best this week!? I think I love our dance party celebrations as much as the students do!

Take Home Reading

A reminder to please send Take Home Reading Envelopes on Monday's and Thursdays. Students are to read the same book throughout the time they have the envelope at home. They can read it to different people, or even in different ways! As well, when documenting the time I would love to have the time they read their french books documents seperately from the other books read. I am hoping to document their French reading at home here at school for incentives. Thanks in advance!

Halloween

Students are allowed to dress up for school next Wednesday, however we ask that all costumes be appropriate for school (no blood or gore). If your child is wearing a costume, please ensure that it is one that they are still able to go about their day normally. Again, thanks in advance!

Upcoming Events

Tomorrow- Junior ATB Open House. If your child has an account with ATB they can bring in money to deposit to their bank account! You can sign your child up at any point this year.
                  - Last day to submit Hot Lunch forms


Friday- Prayer service at 9:30 at St. Thomas
           - Dress-up Day. Come dressed up as your favorite career!

Home Reading has now started up! If you have any questions, please contact me. Thank you for your continued support at home.

 

News for tomorrow!

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. Just a reminder that tomorrow is Early dismissal. As well, tomorrow is our day to go to the library (bibliothèque).

Representing Numbers to 20 at Home

This week starting into Math Module 2: Representing numbers to 20. Below are some ideas of activities you may want to try at home. You are welcome to send a picture of your child completing any of these activities to share with the class!

-          Using small objects, ask your child to show you groups from 1 to 10 then later 11 to 20. Ex. Show me six. You can ask them to count the object for you in French.

-          Together, collect several sets of 8 of small objects. Ex. Keys, pasta etc. Ask your child to count the number in each set, in French. Ask your child, “How are these sets alike?” (All have 8).

-          With your child, collect sets of 11 to 20 objects (ex. 12 stuffies, 16 envelopes etc). Have your child count the objects then tell you how many are in each set.

-          Play “I spy” giving a number as a clue. (Ex. I spy with my little eye, something that has 4 legs….chair, table etc) As well get your child to give the clue to you! If you feel brave you may even want to try to say the number in French and get your child to guess the name of the object in French!

-          Your child can draw sets of items to match a given number, and then record the number on the page.

-          Use buttons, keys or other small objects and as you child to show the number 4 in different ways( Example 3 and 1, 4 together, 2 and 2)

Have fun!

Mlle Ross

Welcome to our blog!

Welcome to our 1C blog. Here I plan on keeping you updated with the happenings in 1C, as well as sharing ways that you can help at home.

A big thanks to all those who helped make Friday's "Chasse au trésor" a smashing success. The students really enjoyed using their mapping skills to find their treasure.