Good afternoon families,
Happy New Year and welcome back! I hope everyone had a restful and festive holiday break!
Thank you for all the warm wishes, treats and gifts! You all made me feel appreciated going into the holidays!
Here are a few reminders for this week as I am putting together our calendar for this month and getting details organized for our second term together.
- Bring back inside shoes and extra clothing (please label all items within the bag as many students wear similar clothing/ sizes)
- Words of the week is listed in the planner at the beginning of the week
- New home reading book sent home on Thursdays
- Word work envelopes sent home at the end of the week
- Library will be on Tuesdays again this term
- Outdoor Classroom is on Thursdays
- Please dress for the weather each day
This terms learning themes will likely be:
- English Language Arts: Story writing, spelling patterns, sentence structure and continue our independent reading progress (phonemic awareness, reading and comprehension strategies)
- Mathematics: Gr. 1 Addition and subtraction (1-20) / Gr. 2 Addition and subtraction (1-100), regrouping and borrowing
- Art: Drama
- Socials Studies: Rights and responsibilities (ourselves and others in our community)
- Science: Gr. 1 (Light & Sound) / Gr. 2 (Force & motion) and getting into lifecycles with animal research
- ADST: Design projects as well as some coding activities
Events coming up:
Celebration of Learning Assembly
This term Division 12 is also signed up to present with our buddy class for our “Celebration of Learning Assembly” on Friday January 26. All families from are invited and I will put this date on the calendar with the confirmed time.
Literacy Week
Starts Monday January 29. This is a week where fun activities occur inside and outside of school to promote literacy in our community! Stay tuned for more details!
Thank you,
Ms. Toor