Monday January 30, 2012

Happy Monday Everyone!

Grade 1 Spelling words:

1. ten
2. hat
3. hot
4. sand
5. hand
6. pink
7. think
   

Grade 2 Spelling words:

1. too
2. good
3. book
4. shook
5. school
6. when
7. what
8. took
9. who
10. soon
11. drink
12. think
    

The word family taught today was the -ink family. We brainstormed words such as sink, pink, think, drink, Tinkerbell, blink, wink, wrinkle, etc.. Please practice these words with your child this week.

Grade 2's are still reviewing all sight words taught to date this week. A list and a reading selection will be going home this week. I apologize for not sending this home last week, but I was still in the process of testing each student.

Grade 1's are also reviewing all sight words taught to date. I will send a list and a reading selection home with each after I test them.

On Wednesday February 8th our class, along with Mrs. Sandhu's class, will be hosting an open house for parents to attend. The open house will begin at 9:00 am in the classroom. Students will be showcasing some of their work to date. We will head to the gym at 9:30 to perform some of the dances we learned in gym this year. Parents will be participating too!!!

Don't forget to do your home reading every night. It is encouraged to take the same book home several nights in a row to practice fluency, especially at the higher levels. Please also ensure that your child brings his/her home reading book back to school everyday.

Please practice basic math facts on a regular basis.

Tomorrow is PE so please make sure your child has proper indoor footwear. Students should have indoor shoes that fit their feet properly. If your child is still unable to tie his/her shoes, please send a pair of Velcro shoes for indoors. Thank you for your cooperation.

Have a great evening!
Mrs. G

Monday January 23, 2012

Happy Monday Everyone! Today we had our last skating day for the year. The children had a great time and it was awesome to see so much improvement on the ice. Thank you to all of the parents who drove and helped out in the dressing rooms and on the ice. Your support is always appreciated and recognized.

Grade 1 Spelling words:

1. top
2. stop
3. men
4. fix
5. fox
6. sing
7. king

Grade 2 Spelling words:

1. way
2. away
3. today
4. chain
5. wait
6. chase
7. play
8. played
9. rain
10. paint
11. something
12. everything
    

The word family taught today was the -ing family. We brainstormed words such as sing, king, ring, string, fling, something, everything, kingdom, etc.. Please practice these words with your child this week.

Grade 2's are reviewing all sight words taught to date this week. A list will be going home this week. Please practice these words with your child at home.

Grade 1 sight word this week are: you, do

On Wednesday February 8th our class, along with Mrs. Sandhu's class, will be hosting an open house for parents to attend. The open house will begin at 9:00 am in the classroom. Students will be showcasing some of their work to date. We will head to the gym at 9:30 to perform some of the dances we learned in gym this year. Parents will be participating too!!!

Don't forget to do your home reading every night. It is encouraged to take the same book home several nights in a row to practice fluency, especially at the higher levels. Please also ensure that your child brings his/her home reading book back to school everyday.

Please practice basic math facts on a regular basis.

Tomorrow is PE so please make sure your child has proper indoor footwear.

Have a great evening!
Mrs. G

Thursday January 19, 2012

Just a reminder that this Monday (January 23) we are skating at the Interior Saving Centre. Thank you to those parents who volunteered to drive. We will be leaving the class right after the 8:30 bell on Monday morning. Please send your child with skates, a helmet and a booster seat on Monday. If you wish to send a hockey stick too we will be sectioning off an area of the ice for hockey. We will be using a foam puck from the school.

Aberdeen Elementary has committed to being a “Bully-Free” environment and to support this we are joining schools across British Columbia and participating in Pink Shirt Day and say “Bullying Stops Here”

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If you would like to order the official PINK SHIRT $8 (with partial proceeds going to the Boys & Girls Club), please email Mrs. Flynn and submit payment to the office by Friday, January 20^th. Please give name, size and teacher for each student.

A reminder that on Wednesday February 8th our class, along with Mrs. Sandhu's class, will be hosting an open house for parents to attend. The open house will begin at 9:00 am in the classroom. Students will be showcasing some of their work to date. We will head to the gym at 9:30 to perform some of the dances we learned in gym this year. Parents will be participating too!!!

Monday January 16, 2012

I hope everyone had a restful weekend. The grade 1 students will get 7 spelling words starting this week.

Grade 1 Spelling words:

1. pet
2. fed
3. let
4. get
5. red
6. will
   
7. fill
   

Grade 2 Spelling words:

1. boat
2. coat
3. float
4. long
5. along
6. belong
7. paw
8. fawn
9. tall
10. wall
11. chill
12. thrilling
    

The word family taught today was the -ill family. We brainstormed words such as hill, will, spill, chill, anthill, thrilling etc.. Please practice these words with your child this week.

Grade 2 sight words this week are: know, outside, how

Grade 1 sight word this week is: and

A reminder that our class will be skating next Monday (January 23) at ISC (Interior Savings Centre). Please ensure your child has skates, a helmet and a booster seat on that day. Thank you to those parents who volunteered to drive. We will be leaving the class shortly after the 8:30 am bell.

On Wednesday February 8th our class, along with Mrs. Sandhu's class, will be hosting an open house for parents to attend. The open house will begin at 9:00 am in the classroom. Students will be showcasing some of their work to date. We will head to the gym at 9:30 to perform some of the dances we learned in gym this year. Parents will be participating too!!!

Don't forget to do your home reading every night. It is encouraged to take the same book home several nights in a row to practice fluency, especially at the higher levels. Please also ensure that your child brings his/her home reading book back to school everyday.

Please practice basic math facts on a regular basis.

Tomorrow is PE so please make sure your child has proper indoor footwear.

Have a great evening!
Mrs. G

Wednesday January 11, 2011

Today in Science we continued our study of solids, liquids and gas. I made a "special" substance that acted as a solid and a liquid. Most of the students wanted the recipe to make this "special" substance at home so here it is:

1 cup of cornstarch
1.5 - 2 cups of water
food colouring (optional)

Mix together and enjoy!

We will be learning more sight words tomorrow.

Grade 2 sight words: again, teacher, us

Grade 1 sight words: likes, plays

Just a reminder to continue practicing math facts at home.

Have a great evening!

Mrs. G

Monday January 9, 2012

Today we attended Buzz Brass at the Sagebrush Theatre as part of our Young People's Concert series. It was a very fun and informative performance that showcased music throughout the ages.

Grade 1 Spelling words:

1. not
2. on
3. dog
4. got
5. the
6. jump
   

Grade 2 Spelling words:

1. less
2. tell
3. well
4. will
5. still
6. off
7. letter
8. little
9. silly
10. happy
11. stump
12. clump
    

The word family taught today was the -ump family. We brainstormed words such as stump, dump, jump, pump, plump, clump, bump, etc.. Please practice these words with your child this week.

Grade 2 sight words this week are: keep, round, around

Grade 1 sight word this week is: with

Don't forget to do your home reading every night. It is encouraged to take the same book home several nights in a row to practice fluency, especially at the higher levels. Please also ensure that your child brings his/her home reading book back to school everyday.

Tomorrow is PE so please make sure your child has proper indoor footwear.

Have a great evening!
Mrs. G

Friday January 6, 2012

We had a great first week back at school!

A reminder that we have our library book exchange on Monday. We missed last Monday, so please ensure that your child brings back any library books he/she had over the Christmas break.

We will also will be heading to the Sagebrush Theatre on Monday for Young People's Concert.

Have a fantastic weekend,

Mrs. G

Tuesday January 3, 2012

Welcome Back Everyone and Happy New Year!!! I hope everyone had a restful holiday.

Grade 1 Spelling words:

1. his
2. dig
3. pat
4. sun
5. put
6. luck
   

Grade 2 Spelling words:

1. candy
2. went
3. sent
4. take
5. like
6. puppy
7. time
8. didn't
9. by
10. my
11. truck
12. struck
    

The word family taught this week is the -uck family. We brainstormed words such as truck, luck, tuck, struck, woodchuck, duck, etc... Please practice these words with your child this week.

New sight words this week are as follows:

Grade 2's - some, spring, small, until

Grade 1's - book, computer

Don't forget to do your home reading every night. It is encouraged to take the same book home several nights in a row to practice fluency, especially at the higher levels. Please also ensure that your child brings his/her home reading book back to school everyday.

Sometime this week your child will be bringing home the contents of their Math duotang. All of the work in it is work done to date. So far we have worked on the following concepts: Review of numbers, Combinations of 9, 10, 11 and 12, Patterns, Missing addends, Place Value to 100 (The grade 2 students did counting to 200). Please do not be concerned if all of the pages are not complete. We do quite a bit of oral and group work in Math and I don't always require all of the written work to be completed during the math period. You will know if your child's math page is complete because the top right hand corner of the page will be cut.


Have a great evening!
Mrs. G