Happy Lunar New Year! and thanks for stopping by the blog.  We have been busy in class learning about the Lunar New Year, making Lunar New Year crafts and preparing for Literacy Day next Tuesday. 

We had a special treat today when one of our classmates brought in their traditional Korean New Years outfit for all of us to see.  It was quite stunning with beautiful embroidery.  The student also taught our class how to bow and to wish each other a Happy New Year in Korean.  Everyone enjoyed our mini language lesson and we all had an opportunity to experience what it is like to learn phrases in a language that is new to us. 

Literacy Day is coming up next Tuesday (Jan 31st) and we were given the task of designing our door to look like a book cover.  The students voted on which cover they wanted to create and the decision was to do “The Rainbow Fish” by Marcus Pfister.  We listened to a narrated version of the story produced by the Screen Actors Guild and then as a group we painting the background of the poster and then individually designed sparkly scales for the Rainbow Fish.  The door art looks amazing and I hope that you will have a chance to see it the next time you stop by the class. 

– Ms. Pasqualetto 🙂

 

Our class has been discussing what it means to be Kitchener HAWKS (Helpful, Accepting, Working Hard, Kind, and Safe students).  With Chinese New Year coming up this weekend I read the class a story called Sam and the Lucky Money by Karen Chinn.  We had a great discussion about what it means to show kindness to others and how we show appreciation for the gifts we are given. 

If you are interested in reading this book with your child I borrowed it from the Burnaby Public Library or it can be purchased from Indigo Books as well.

Thank you for visiting our class blog.   It is hard to believe how quickly the Winter Break went by.  We hope that you were able to spend lots of time with your family and friends and that you spent time in the fresh fallen snow.  As the weather is still very unpredictable please make sure that students come to school dressed appropriately.  All students should also have a change of clothes to keep at school or that they bring to and from in their backpacks in the event that they need them.  A change of shoes (runners) is recommended as well especially on days when we have gym class.

Ms. Pasqualetto and Ms. Leppanen

Hello! Welcome to our new class blog.  Our hopes are to use this as an interactive way for you to see what we are up to in our classroom.  We will also use this site as a notice board for upcoming events and important information.  We will continue to update our information whiteboard and send home class newsletters but as not all Parents/Guardians are able to visit our class, we thought this would be a great way to keep in touch.  As always if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at the classroom (at the door or a note in your child’s planner), by calling the school office, by leaving us a comment on here or by emailing us. 

Sincerely
Ms. Pasqualetto and Ms. Leppanen