{"id":1471,"date":"2025-09-11T10:55:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T17:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/toorc\/?p=1471"},"modified":"2025-09-13T18:42:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T01:42:35","slug":"welcome-to-the-blog-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/toorc\/welcome-to-the-blog-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Blog!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning families and welcome to our class blog!<\/span><\/p>\n

I am so excited to have your children in my class. The next couple weeks is all about getting to know each other, forming routines and creating a kind, safe and caring classroom environment to foster growth and independence.<\/span><\/p>\n

I will be using this blog to communicate upcoming dates, important school new and different things that will be occurring within our classroom. Things always pop up throughout the school year and using the blog goes straight to your email. It also gives families who are learning English alongside their child a more accessible way to translate information into their home language.<\/span><\/p>\n

I am looking forward to meeting and getting to know you, your child and your family during our Parents as Partners conversations in Early October.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you would like another parent or family member added to the blog please send me an email. I added all primary accounts listed on the MyEd system.<\/span><\/p>\n

Welcome Letter:<\/b><\/h2>\n

Thank you to families who already went through the letter sent home on Monday. It has important information for the start of our school year. Please send extra clothing and indoor shoes as soon as you can to help your child get into the routine of swapping shoes before the season of fall and the wet weather that often follows. I recommend labeling all clothing as many students have similar clothing and are similar sizes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Planners:<\/b><\/h2>\n

Thank you for supporting your child in bringing their planner to school each day. It is a safe spot for notices and a great tool to enhance organization, planning and communication. Please take a look at the planner each evening. Each week take a look in the planner for your child\u2019s words of the week (starting next week). Grade 1 and 2 will have 5 different words to practice each week. These 5 words will help support your child with sight word recognition and spelling.<\/span><\/p>\n

Literless Lunches:<\/b><\/h2>\n

Thank you for your help and support as we become a more sustainable school by taking all our garbage from home back home. I loved seeing all the new reusable lunch containers and bags provided in lunch kits to take home at the end of each day. It is a transition and when we work together we can make great change happen.<\/span><\/p>\n

Student Teacher:<\/b><\/h2>\n

Please give a warm welcome to my Student Teacher from Simon Fraser University, Ms. Raj! She will be with us in Division 11 from September 22nd until the first week of December. Ms. Raj is currently an Educational Assistant in our school district and is working her way to becoming a certified teacher. Last school year during Term 2 Ms. Raj completed her first practicum under my supervision, mentorship and guidance and I am so excited she is back at Suncrest to complete her second practicum. She will be here this week shadowing myself and getting to know the students in Division 11.<\/span><\/p>\n

Scholastics:<\/b><\/h2>\n

Our class Scholastic code is <\/span>RC130056<\/b>. If you are interested in purchasing books for your library at home to promote literacy and reading each day I highly recommend scholastic as they have many books at the Grade 1\/ 2 reading level, have many options for fiction and non-fiction and have a current selection of books. Grade 1 and 2 are great foundational years to promote early literacy skills and I am so excited to be on your child’s journey. <\/span>Our first Scholastic orders will be due on Friday October 10th.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

September Calendar:<\/b><\/h2>\n

Below is our monthly calendar. It will also be posted in the classroom window. To continue being sustainable and saving paper (a Suncrest wide school goal this year) please download or take a photo of the calendar in our window as I will not be printing out copies for everyone.<\/span><\/p>\n