Happy Halloween

• Lots of Thank Yous this week to all the families who sent in materials for our art projects. The Pop bottle characters turned out so cute and the students will be taking them home this week. We will be trying out our leaf project on Wednesday.
• Also, a huge Thank you to Ashton and his Mom for the very thoughtful and delicious Halloween Boxes. The kids were so thrilled with them.
• Today our class Won a prize for having the class with the most participation for Crazy Hair Day. We definitely have lots of school spirit and Wild Hair in Grade 3. ( I even tried to rock my old HIGH 80's hair.)
• We started our Poetry Unit yesterday and the children seemed very excited about it. We will be doing poetry throughout the year but over the next couple of weeks it will be our primary focus in Language Arts.
• A reminder that for Halloween treats on Wednesday, we have Colby and Keagan's Families signed up to take in a treat.
• This week the teachers are meeting to set up times for Parent Teacher Interviews on the afternoon/evening of Wednesday, November 7th and during the day on Thursday, November 8th. If you have a specific time or day that works better for you and your schedule please let me know through email by Monday and I will do my best to accommodate everyone.
• Happy Birthday on Tuesday To Kirstin!!! Enjoy your BIG DAY!

Where is this Year Going?

• The students had lots of excitement this past Wednesday between Mrs.Jay kissing a pig, and their Donut/Dance Party in recognition of all their support for the school fundraiser. Our class was the top fundraising class and received all the top prizes. 1st Place was Madison, 2nd Place was Claire (& her brother William) and 3rd Place was Colby(& her brother Lucas). Thank you to ALL families for your support.
• Friday, we also had an informative visit from a few members of the Borden Fire Department. They emphasized the importance of having a planned escape route for your house. They are encouraging all families to have two ways out of your house in the event of a fire. This week I will send home a little grid that as a family you could draw out a map of your house and plan or review your two ways out.
• Good Luck today to Lydia, Quianna & Ethan who are representing Amherst Cove at the Provincial Cross Country Meet.
• We have another quiet 5 day week here at ACC, which means lots of quality classroom instruction time. I am really impressed at how the students have settled into the routines & responsibilities of grade three. I see great growth in many of the students already.
• A reminder that this Friday is Pizza/Garlic Finger/Sub Day.

Back to a Full Five Day Week

• We are back to school with a full five days this week, and my calender is showing no interruptions this week, beyond our big Fundraising Assembly on Friday to name the top winners and give a special treat to everyone as the Fundraiser was a huge success. Thank you Parents as we all know that is in large part due to your great efforts. Unfortunately, we did not quite raise enough for Mr.Q to shave his head. (That would have been entertaining to say the least).
• We started working with Money last week in Math, so it would be very helpful if you could be getting your child to continue to count out the values of coins or ask them to show you a certain amount. The next step will be having a certain amount like $1.00 and spending $.87 and then figuring out that they would still have $0.13 left. Again, don't make this "school work". Keep it light and fun, it'll be less stressful for everyone. And it is such a powerful way to strengthen number sense and problem solving skills.
• One thing in writing we are really focusing on is to get the children to take more ownership over their writing and to keep going back to their written pieces to be the one to notice when they have forgotten a word, capital or period and fix up those errors before they share it with someone else. Some students are already doing a wonderful job of Self-Monitoring their work.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone!

This is a very short school week for the kids, with there only being classes on Tuesday and Wednesday. Due to the short week we will not have new words of the week and for home reading the students will have open reading nights.

Also, a big reminder that all fundraising orders and money are due back TOMORROW!