Monday, June 25, 2012

Wow! I can't believe this is the last week of the school year. Time has sure gone by quickly!

Tomorrow is Primary Fun Day. Please ensure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather and he/she has proper footwear for running. The PAC is holding a concession tomorrow. Every child will get a free freezie and most of the items in the concession are $1.00.

Your child will be slowly taking all of his/her books home this week. Report Cards will be handed out on Thursday!

The final Assembly is at 10:30 on Thursday. Students will be dismissed right after the assembly (12:00pm).

Have a fabulous week!

Mrs. G

Monday, June 18, 2012

I hope everyone had a great weekend. This is the last week of spelling for the students. This will also be the last week that students will be taking home reading books from the class home. Please continue to read with your child every night with their own personal books from home.  Just a reminder... A few students still have library books at home. Please make sure they are returned to the school asap. Thank you for your cooperation.

Grade 1 spelling words:

1. saw
2. paw
3. law
4. lawn
5. fawn
6. then
7. this
8. what
9. show
10. know

Grade 2 spelling words:

1. rocket
2. pocket
3. hold
4. told
5. often
6. grow
7. throne
8. so 
9. sew
10. most
11. almost
12. both
13. coach
14. open
15. also 

The word family this week is the -ow family. We brainstormed words such as bow, tow, know, how, low, flower, brown, clown, etc.

Sight words this...

Grade 1: they, went, were

Grade 2: full, over, through, put

Have a great evening,
Mrs. G

Monday, June 11, 2012

Grade 1 Spelling Words:

1. funny
2. bunny
3. puppy
4. penny
5. happy
6. kitten
7. mitten
8. little
9. round
10. ground

Grade 2 Spelling Words:

1. pitch
2. drink
3. swim
4. life
5. while
6. I
7. my
8. light
9. buy
10. eye
11. which
12. find
13. why
14. kind
15. try 

The word family this week is the -ound family. We brainstormed words such as round, found, ground, around, sound, etc.

Sight words this week...

Grade 1 - his, her
Grade 2 - even, first, last, far

A reminder that all library books are due back by Friday of this week!!!

Have a great evening,
Mrs. G

Monday, June 4, 2012

Happy Monday Everyone!

Today we had our last Eureka Science lesson. We were taught all about "Buzzing Bees" today. Eureka offers summer camps for children. All of the information was sent home today. If you need a bursary application for Eureka science camps, I have left them on the clip outside my classroom door. 
Please take a look at the last post I did on Friday. It has the information about tomorrow's field trip to Isobel lake. The weather forecast calls for rain so please ensure your child is properly dressed for the weather. Please ensure your child is on-time tomorrow. Parent volunteers are asked to please be here at 8:30 sharp as we have alot of information to go over. Parent volunteers are asked to follow the bus up to Isobel lake so if you need to get a coffee please do so before you come to the school at 8:30. It is a good idea to carpool!

Grade 1 Spelling words:

1. car
2. far
3. jar
4. star
5. start
6. farm
7. harm
8. are
9. joke
10. broke

Grade 2 Spelling words:

1. next
2. left
3. help
4. please
5. believe
6. many
7. very
8. been
9. seen
10. she
11. between
12. three
13. easy
14. sea
15. leave

The word family this week is the -oke family. We brainstormed words such as: joke, smoke, broke, poke, woke, etc.

Sight words this week:

Grade 1 - this, for, birthday
Grade 2 - as, other, another, does, didn't don't

I am looking forward to our field trip tomorrow! Enjoy your evening,
Mrs. G

Friday, June 1, 2012

Dear Parents and Guardians,

As you know, our class will be going on a school bus to Isobel Lake on Tuesday, June 5th. We will leave the school at 9:00am.

These are the things your child will require on the day of our trip to ensure comfort and energy:

1. A lunch in an appropriate container with two drinks (reusable containers are preferred).
2. A sun hat, sunscreen and insect repellent.
3. A light jacket or shell and a light weight sweater, rain gear (be ready for all types of weather).
4. A small knapsack to carry all of the above. This is important so your child can have his/her hands free to explore during our field studies.
5. Comfortable clothes for hiking: long pants, short sleeved shirt, socks and running shoes (no sandals, flipflops, shorts or dresses). The students will be hiking the interpretive trail that is 3km long around the lake.

Thank you to the parents who have volunteered to help out on our field trip. Because there will be two classes travelling on the bus with limited seating, parent volunteers are asked to carpool and meet us at Isobel Lake. On the morning of our field trip, we will help arrange carpooling groups for parents, and will provide a map with directions to our destination. Parent helpers are asked to meet Mrs. Galloway in her classroom at 8:30am to go over the itinerary for the day. Parents will be working with a small group of students throughout the day.

I look forward to our trip next week. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.


Mrs. Galloway

Tuesday May 29, 2012

Dear Parents,


Here is a list of the upcoming events for June:

Monday June 4 - Eureka Science Presentation - 8:30-10:00
Tuesday June 5 - Field Trip to Isobel Lake
Thursday June 14 - Parent Tea
Monday June 18 - Summer Reading Program Presentation
Tuesday June 26 - Primary Fun Day 8:30-12:00 - Hot dogs and Concession
Wednesday June 27 - Band Concert 11:00-12:00
Thursday June 28 - Assembly and the last day for students
                               -Report Cards go home today
                               -Dismissal at 12:30

Monday May 28, 2012

Today we had our first visit from Eureka! Eureka is a Science program put on by TRU Science students. Today we were taught all about sounds. Sound is vibration that travels through space as a wave. Two major properties of these waves are amplitude and frequency. Amplitude is the size of the wave, which is related to loudness, while frequency is the number of waves per second, which is related to pitch. Larger amplitude means louder sound. Higher frequency means a higher pitch.

Eureka offers awesome summer camps. Some information about their summer programs was sent home today. I also have made copies of the Eureka Bursary application forms. If you require one I have left them on the clip outside my classroom door.

Grade 1 Spelling words:

1. cow
2. now
3. down
4. town
5. brown
6. show
7. row
8. low
9. those
10. close

Grade 2 Spelling words:

1. said
2. ask
3. stand
4. catch
5. eight
6. afraid
7. away
8. always
9. playing
10. waved
11. takes
12. than
13. great
14. they 
15. prey 

The grade 2's will now have 15 words and some of the words may be review or repeat words.

The word family this week is the -ose family. We brainstormed words such as nose, close, those, rose, pose, etc.

Sight words this week:

Grade 1: bike, boat, plane

Grade 2: moon, planet, space, rocket, astronaut, launch

 Have a great evening!

Mrs. G