Our 2nd Month Begins

• We were all very excited that our Cursive Writing Books finally arrived and we already have mastered 5 letters. What a group of beautiful writers.
• We have been working a lot with Numbers in Math and the students are really doing a terrific job of making connections between numbers and manipulating them. Please encourage your child to use the numbers and Place Value Mat that was sent home. This will really strengthen their understanding of how numbers are connected. You could ask them to create a number and then get them to change it show you 3, 10, 20 , 40 , 300,etc. more or less than the first number. You could play a game where you randomly pick out 3 digits and create the largest or smallest number possible, and the person with the biggest or smallest(you decide) number scores 10 points and the first person to 100 is the winner. You could do anything just have fun with them. 
• A big Welcome Back to Noah! So glad you had such a special family vacation. Thank you for all the pencils and silly bands from Disney World.
• This Monday is Drink/Food Order Day for the month of October.
• Cross Country team members need to return their permission form for the Meet on Thursday. Good Luck to our Runners!
• School Picture Orders are due back by Friday.

This Week Wraps up September

• Our school Terry Fox Walk was a huge success and involved a lot of fun energy from everyone involved. Thanks so much to Parents who came out with the Snacks.
• It was wonderful to meet all the parents who were able to come to the school on Monday night. If you were there or not please always REMEMBER if you have any concerns call or email me.
• I am SO impressed with the effort the students were putting into their work this week, we are off to a wonderful start.
• We have begun an author study on Arnold Lobel this week and the students seem to be enjoying sharing his books.
• I have added a new tab to the top of our blog page called, Helpful Websites. If you click on it you will see a list of educational  websites that your child might find helpful to reinforce some of the skills we are learning in school.

Meet the Teacher Week

• Monday is Meet the Teacher Night at ACC.  I hope everyone can make it at 6:30. 

• Monday is also Picture Day, please send in your choice of pose. 

•  Our school fundraiser begins on Tuesday. The students will be asked to sell items from a cataloge, like in years past. More information on this will be available at Meet the Teacher Night.

•  This Friday is our school Terry Fox Walk. A special thank you to the parents who are planning to come to pass out water & snacks during the event.

•  Friday we are asking everyone to dress in blue and gold (ACC school colors- their playground shirts would be perfect) and make a final donation to support Terry Fox's dream of helping others beat cancer. 

•  A special thank you to Darra and her family for sharing the yummy Rice Krispie Squares with the class. 

The Weekend Already?

• Well we have completed our first very short week. Thank You very much for reading and completing the information sheets on your children. They are very helpful in learning more about the kids and your concerns right away.
• They really enjoyed getting to share their special items from home today. Today we also read the book Chrysanthemum, which we followed up with a conversation about how their names were chosen so if you get some questions about how you selected your child's name that is where it is coming from. On Monday, they will be doing a little write up associated with that.
• Next week we will be reading a couple of stories related to "Filling Up" people's Buckets. Be sure to ask them about this next week. We will also focus on learning about one of our Great Canadian Heroes, Terry Fox.
• Next week  to get everyone excited about what they are reading at home the students will be able to select what they want to read. This could be a book/magazine from home or school. It could also be reading from the newspaper or the Internet. The following week I will have a better idea of what levelled books would best suit your child at this time. The books they read at home should not be hard or too easy. Ideally I 'd like them to be using "Just Right" books for them, but it is also important that they are interested in the books. If you find that books coming home are too easy or hard please write me a quick note.
• We will begin our Speller Program on the week of Sept. 17th and I will talk more about that at Meet the Teacher.
• Speaking of Meet the Teacher the date has changed from the information I sent home on Thursday. It is now Monday, September 17th @ 6:30pm.
• I would really appreciate any families who have not yet paid for your child's school supplies if you could do so as soon as you can.
• This Monday is Drink and Food Order Day for the month of September.
• Book Orders are Due Friday.

Awesome 1st Day!

Just to let parents know we had an awesome 1st day. I just know that it is going to be a terrific year. I am sorry for all the reading material for you parents tonight but I figured it would be better to get it all sent out at one time. I would really appreciate if you could fill out and return the Student Information Sheets as soon as you can.