Month: April 2021

Hello Division 13 Families,

We are pleased to invite you to take part in our first At-home/Virtual Student Portfolio Share. Due to the current COVID-19 restrictions, we regretfully will not be able to host families into our schools. Instead of meeting in person, your child will prepare a few work samples for you to look through.

Over the next week I will be going through students portfolios both physical and on Fresh Grade. Please keep an eye out for a comment notification from myself on a piece or two of your child’s work as it will include a note from your child expressing something they are proud of, something they have persevered through, and something that they feel they are improving on.

Our goal is to celebrate all that the students have accomplished this year and to make visible the growth that has taken place. Please take the time to go through your child’s portfolio with your child at home as well. To make the experience meaningful for both you and your child, we ask that you take a few minutes to fill out a parent input form. Please use the link below to complete the form: 

Please complete the form by Wednesday May 5. 

If you have not returned your portfolio back to school, please do so as soon as possible. I am missing 3 or 4.

Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns.

Student Portfolio share forms 2021  (If you need a printed copy please let me know!)

 

With Kindness,

Ms. Raymond

Hello Division 13 Families,

 

Thank you for your continued support during this unusual school year. I have heard from many of you that you are enjoying staying connected through Freshgrade and I am grateful to have a platform that allows us to share student learning and classroom activities.

Fraser Health has been asking more classes to isolate in the last month when there have been exposures. At this time, we are not expected to transfer our learning to online, but I wanted to share some information in case that should happen. If we do begin online learning, we would use Freshgrade, Zoom, Raz-Kids and our class blog for assignments and information.

• Parents/students can upload assignments to Freshgrade via the student app login. I will be able view/comment on their work via their virtual portfolio. Your email should be attached to an account already.
• I would post lesson plans, activities and resources on the class blog. Your email should already be attached to receive any new post updates. You can also locate the blog on the Suncrest website under “Staff”.
• I would also schedule virtual meetings and sessions via Zoom.

We may not have the opportunity to pick up any materials or items from school, so our online platforms would be our main source of learning. Please let me know if you are not signed up to Freshgrade, Raz-kids, or the blog, and I will add your emails and names.

Again, this is just our tentative plan should we need to make the switch.

Thank you for your understanding.

 

With Kindness,

Ms. Raymond

 

Hello Division 13 Families,

 

I hope everyone enjoyed a safe and happy Easter. We had some lovely weather this weekend and it looks like we can finally see some Spring changes. As many of you are aware we have 3 new students that have joined our class since the beginning of March. Arthur S. joined us before spring break, Freyja joined us last week and tomorrow Kiley will be joining our room.

In other exciting news, Ms. Toor, Ms. Diep, and I finish our graduate diploma next week!! We have been working on this for the last two years through SFU to further our studies and explore/strengthen our pedagogy.

Here is this months Newsletter!

April 2021 Newsletter

Last week we started our Inquiry about plants. We shared what we know and wonder and plants. Students shared many interesting and thoughtful questions. Over the next few weeks we will be exploring these questions through a variety of activities including some planting! As you may have seen on Freshgrade we will also be exploring our creative thinking by doing Think Outside the Box Thursday!

 

With kindness,

Ms. Raymond