Kindergarten and Grade 1 Experiences at Rosser Elementary
Students made some very neat looking spiders to help decorate our classroom for Hallowe’en. We began with pine cones which the students painted black. Once the paint dried the students added black pipe cleaner legs. With googly eyes attached to pom pom eyeballs they look very cool ‘hanging around’ our room!
Last Thursday we did a great activity with our Division 2 buddy class. We heard the story – Where The Wild Things Are – and saw the short video, as well. Then, divided into two groups, we worked either in Mrs. Iverson’s room or our room. We created some great – scary looking – monsters using chalk pastels on black construction paper.
Check out the bulletin board outside of our room and the one upstairs by Mrs. Iverson’s room. Both boards have a variety of pictures from each of the classes. Here are two of our students’ work:
I think that they look great. I hope you agree!
The Leadership group is running a Food Drive this week to help to replenish the local Food Bank. Please help out by sending in some canned or non-perishable food items with your child for our class box.
Thank you for your support!
Our daily schedule has been slightly altered. We have added another PE block on Tuesdays during Mr. Phelps’ time in the room (between Recess and Lunch).
There is also a change with our weekly spelling lists/tests. Mr. Phelps will now be doing the Words Their Way programme with the class – also during his time slot. This week he is doing assessments on the students to determine their spelling groups. Beginning next week the students will have a spelling list glued into their Planners. They will do activities with these words throughout the week and will have their spelling tests on Fridays. Mr. Phelps will mark these and then they will be sent home.
If you have any questions about Words Their Way, or PE, please feel free to contact Mr. Phelps.
We left Burnaby on a beautiful, sunny, blue-sky morning. As we neared the pumpkin farm in Maple Ridge we noticed grey clouds begin to cover up that blue sky. Shortly after arriving the skies opened up and we were in a downpour!! This was not something we expected but I was very impressed with the manner in which students (and parents) mustered through and all enjoyed a very fun morning.
We began in the barn area and had fun feeding, and patting, several different farm animals – including: sheep, goats, and miniature ponies. We also saw a rooster and a hen, along with several partridges. Students will now know what they are singing about at Christmas time – “a partridge in a pear tree”!!
We left the barn (still in the rain) and enjoyed the outside cut-outs.
We then walked past the vegetable garden and had a tractor ride. We saw the emus that one of my Reading groups has been learning about. We moved on to the tent area and enjoyed some juice.
After our break we began our forest walk. At this point the rain began to subside. There we enjoyed several of the different themed exhibitions. Students seemed to enjoy the different areas. We enjoyed our trip through the corn maze and then it was ‘pumpkin time’! By now the rain had ceased and the sky was becoming blue once again!
Students each chose their own personal pumpkin to take back to school – and then on to their homes. It was a very good crop this year!! I chose one for our class which we will be doing some science-y things with in the next week or so.
It was a great experience for the kids. I hope the parents also enjoyed the morning. A HUGE THANK YOU to those parents who drove students to help us keep the cost of the field trip down!! Thank you also to our two student teachers (Ms. Sue and Mrs. S) who drove students and helped to supervise! Welcome to Rosser!
Our school is hosting two student teachers from Simon Fraser University for their 401 (first) practicum semester. Our class will be ‘sharing’ these student teachers with Mrs. Iverson for the next two weeks. Today they both joined us on our field trip to the Laity Pumpkin Patch. After next Friday they will be back on campus for the rest of October.
Beginning on November 4th one of these student teachers will join our class for the month of November for her first (small) teaching practicum experience. The other one will be with Division 2 and Mrs. Iverson.
It is also very likely that one of them will be with our class after the Christmas break for their 405 (full immersion) practicum experience. I will keep you updated.
By now you have had a chance to read through the letter from Mrs. Schwarz about the Sharing Luncheon scheduled for this Friday.
We will be needing some parents to come in to help set up the food contributions from our class. If you are available to come and help out, please email me or drop me a line in your child’s planner.
Thank you,
Mrs. S. Temple
The following notice was sent home on Friday, September 27, 2013. Please refer to this page as a reminder of the important information.
Dear Parents,
Please see below the list of days when Div. 5 and 6 will walk to McGill Library to choose books. On the day of our visit, please send any books to be returned in a plastic bag. Your child will also need to bring their library card that day and be dressed appropriately for the weather as we will be walking even if it is raining. If your child forgets their library book, your child will not be able to take out a book that day and we would ask that your family return the overdue book as soon as possible so that your child may select a book on the following visit.
Thank you so much for getting library cards for your children. We are looking forward to our monthly trips!
Mr. Phelps Ms. Nazaruk
Here are our library dates, each on a Tuesday:
Oct. 1
Nov. 5
Dec. 3
Jan. 7
Feb. 4
March 4
April 8
May 6
June 3
Please note also – you are responsible for any overdue fees if your child’s book ends up being overdue.
Ms. Nazaruk and I have planned a field trip to the pumpkin patch in Maple Ridge for our two classes. A notice will be coming home in the next day or so. The trip is planned for Tuesday, October 8th in the morning. We will be needing parent drivers to transport the students to the farm. Please look for the notice. We hope you can help us out.
Mrs. Gojevic is encouraging the use of the on-line payment system for all fees and field trip payments. This information will be coming home in a notice and will also be an option on the pumpkin farm notice. Please note that we will still need the completed signed permission form at the bottom of the notice.
Thank you for your on-going support!
Today you will have received a letter from me telling you which Reading group your child has been placed in. As previously stated, these groups will normally meet on Tuesdays through Fridays from 9:45 – 10:30 a.m. We will not have Reading groups tomorrow, however, as Class Reviews are taking place with the Resource team. We will re-commence the groups on Thursday.
You also should have received a note from me about our Spelling programme. Students will get their weekly list on Mondays (these will be in their Planners) and will have their Spelling tests on Thursdays. Please help your child practise their words before their weekly tests. These tests will be sent home each week – for your information.
Students have enjoyed two sessions with the PASS soccer coaches so far this week. We look forward to three more days this week and our last lesson next Monday.