Monday, February 27, 2012

Monday, February 27, 2012

Beginning this week the grade 1 students will have 10 spelling words.

Grade 1 Spelling words:

1. make
2. came
3. lake
4. game
5. shake
6. ate
7. tape
8. come
9. mice
10. price
    

Grade 2 Spelling words:

1. have
2. give
3. love
4. from
5. live
6. friend
7. much
   
8. such
9. old
   
10. told
11. spice
12. advice
    

The word family taught today was the -ice family. We brainstormed words such as nice, spice, mice, advice, dice, etc.. Please practice these words with your child this week.

Sight words this week are:

Grade 1 - big, little

Grade 2 - real, really, clean, drink

A reminder that Wednesday, Feb. 29th is Anti-Bullying Day. Please wear Pink to show your support and stand up to bullying.

A reminder that Wednesday is also is Hot Dog Day.

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 February 20, 2012

Happy Monday Everyone!

Grade 1 Spelling words:

1. she
2. ship
3. shell
4. dish
5. wish
6. mine
7. shine
   

Grade 2 Spelling words:

1. more
2. store
3. stand
4. star
5. blew
6. flew
7. new
8. stone
9. sting
10. ring
11. valentine
12. combine
    

The word family taught today was the -ine family. We brainstormed words such as nine, mine, fine, shine, combine, valentine, underline, etc.. Please practice these words with your child this week.

Sight words this week are:

Grade 1 - it, can, stop

Grade 2 - cold, warm, wash

Tomorrow is the 100th day of school. We will be getting together with Mrs. Sandhu's class and Mrs. Steenson's class to do several activities with the number 100. We will be in the gym for a short time and will be doing several activities for 100 seconds. We will be counting, grouping, patterning, estimating and graphing in Math. We will even be doing an art activity this week.
Thank-you to those students who brought in a collection of 100 things to work with tomorrow. If you have not done so, please bring these items in tomorrow. Each student needs a collection of 100 things. Some examples are: toothpicks, beads, cereal, macaroni, marshmallows, etc.

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

Thursday February 16, 2011

I just wanted in let everyone know that we will be celebrating our 100th day of school next week. Students have been asked to bring a collection of 100 items in a zip-lock bag. Collections may include: 100 marbles, 100 straws, 100 toothpicks, 100 marshmallows etc. Please send the collection in a bag, as we will be doing sorting, counting and graphing activities with our collections. Please send the collection to school on Monday, February 20th.

A reminder of tomorrow's spelling quiz.

We also have gym tomorrow so please ensure proper indoor footwear comes to school.

Thank you and have a fantastic Thursday!!!

Mrs. Galloway

Monday February 13, 2012

Today we attended Young People's Concert. The Goh Ballet performed for us today.

Grade 1 Spelling words:

1. hill
2. bell
3. fell
4. ball
5. fall
6. cake
7. snake

Grade 2 Spelling words:

1. her
2. girl
3. turn
4. hurt
5. first
6. were
7. card
8. part
9. start
10. are
11. mistake
12. cupcake
    

The word family taught today was the -ake family. We brainstormed words such as cake, rake, snake, mistake, cupcake, earthquake etc.. Please practice these words with your child this week.

Sight words this week are:

Grade 1 - orange, green

Grade 2 - black, been, before, world

Last week I forgot to put the sight words on the blog. They were:

Grade 1 - dog, cat, bird, fist

Grade 2 - ocean, sea, water, river, lake

Tomorrow is Valentines Day and we will be handing out Valentines in the the afternoon. You are welcome to send a heart healthy snack to share if you wish. Thank you.

Two notices went home today. A hot dog order form went home as well as a newsletter regarding a cookbook fund raiser.

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

Tuesday February 7, 2011

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Just a reminder that tomorrow is our Open House. You may come to the classroom at 9:00 for the students to showcase some of their work. We will head to the gym at 9:30 with Mrs. Sandhu's class for some dancing. Parents please wear some comfortable shoes as you will be participating! The Open House will end at 10:15 when the children go out for recess.

On Thursday the PAC is having a popcorn sale. Popcorn will be sold for $1. Only 1 bag per student please.

On Thursday Feb. 9 and Friday Feb. 10 the Me-to-We team is hosting a fund-raiser and all the money will go to a school in Nepal. At recess and lunch they will be selling homemade, peanut-free chocolates. They will be sold as a pack of 3 chocolates for $2.

Looking forward to seeing many of you tomorrow!

Mrs. G

Monday February 7, 2012

Grade 1 Spelling words:

1. cats
2. pigs
3. beds
4. bugs
5. tops
6. bank
7. thank
   

Grade 2 Spelling words:

1. now
2. down
3. how
4. out
5. shout
6. about
7. our
8. house
9. slow
10. show
11. thankful
12. February
    

The word family taught today was the -ank family. We brainstormed words such as sank, plank, thank, drank, bank, blank, Frank, etc.. Please practice these words with your child this week.

A newsletter was sent home today with the first names of all of the students in the class in the event your child would like to hand out Valentines. Next Tuesday we will be handing out Valentines in the the afternoon. You are welcome to send a heart healthy snack to share if you wish. Thank you.

A reminder that this 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