June 22-24 Activities

Hello Families of Division 14,

This will be our last week of online learning! Which I am sure is a huge relief all around (let out that sigh and give yourself a pat on the back). We did it! Thank you families for being flexible, patient, and kind as we navigated through these challenging times. Thank you for the hard work that you have been doing at home and thank you for communicating and sharing your child’s learning. I am so glad that I had the opportunity to teach your children, each of them brought something so special and unique to our classroom community and I am going to miss that next year.

This week there are just a few activities. I have shared a lot of books on Epic! for your children to explore this week and over the summer. Epic! will continue to be free to use over the summer, so please keep reading whenever you can! It is so important to make time for at least 20 mins a day. Since April 1, our class has read over 3000 books on Epic! SO incredible!!

June 22-June 25

Please remember to pick up report cards and student belongings this week on Tuesday after school 3:15-4:00 pm (please let me know if you are coming during this time) and Wednesday between 8:30 am-3:30 pm (Please not during lunch). When you come please also return your child’s portfolio binder as I will be reusing them next year. You can keep the work that was inside it. If you have not returned library books or classroom books that were borrowed before spring break please also return those when you come.

I hope you all had a lovely Father’s day and found time to acknowledge Indigenous People’s day. Enjoy this weeks activities and I look forward to seeing each of you at some point this week!

 

With kindness,

Ms. Raymond

June 15-19 Activities

Hello Division 14 Families,

I hope you have all enjoyed your weekend. Thank you to everyone who has sent me the core competency activity, if you haven’t had a chance to do it yet please make sure to email it to me as soon as possible.

This weeks activities are not listed out into specific days but open to complete as you like.

June 15 – 19

Our last Think Outside the Box Thursday…

TOBT- Mountain

Next week, report cards and student’s belongings will be ready for pick up. Pick up times will be Tuesday, June 23 after school from 3:15- 4:00pm and Wednesday, June 24 between 9am-3pm. Please feel free to bring your child along, it would be really nice to see them and say goodbye before the summer. I look forward to seeing you all in person again one last time this school year.

This week we will have our last zoom meeting on Friday at 11am and we will have a little slide show!

I hope you all have a lovely week.

 

With kindness,

Ms. Raymond

 

 

June 8-12 Activities

Hello Division 14 Families,

 

I hope you all had a lovely weekend! I’m so thankful we were able to have a sunny weekend before the week of rain ahead. It is exciting to see some parks and playgrounds are opening up again and I hope that you are able to get outside and safely enjoy this new phase of reopening.

I can’t believe we are nearing the end of the school year already. I know I’ve said it a few times already but I want to thank you again for all the hard work and efforts you are putting in at home. June can be a challenge for kids to stay motivated and they are about ready for a break. This week Ms. Tam has prepared some fun STEM activities to do at home which I hope will keep students interested and motivated. The best learning happens when kids are curious!

You may have noticed that I have assigned a few books to the class on Epic. These books are not required but are recommended. Normally in the classroom, I try to include activities and literature that is relevant and responsive to what is happening in our communities and in the world around us. Right now, (and always) that means having age-appropriate conversations about diversity, inclusion, and racism. Below is a link to books that celebrate and explore these topics/issues for a variety of age groups.

Epic Books- A safe place to explore all voices

This week I need everyone to complete this core competency activity for reporting. In the third term, students must complete a core competency reflection. Please return it to me by Friday June 12. 

** core competency self assessment June **

Here are the activities for the week! We will have our zoom meeting on Friday at 11 AM. Please feel free to send me an email if you have any questions or if you feel you need to check in! I miss seeing the kids and checking in with parents at drop off.

June 8 – 12 Activities

For families that will be attending school this week, please make sure your child is dressed for the weather and has rain boots as we will be spending time in the creek beside the school!

I look forward to seeing you tomorrow and for the rest of the class I can’t wait to see you Friday on Zoom!

 

With kindness,

Ms. Raymond