Spelling words for this week:
1. without
2. someone
3. outside
4. sunshine
5. sandbox
6. myself
7. birthday
8. backyard
9. inside
10. sometimes
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Saturday, October 27, 2018
October 27, 2018
Hi everyone!
I hope you are having a wonderful weekend.
Here are a few notes for the week:
1. I now have a microwave! Starting Monday, students can bring items in that need to be heated.
2. Retakes for photos are Monday, October 29.
3. Halloween Celebration - Wednesday, October 31.
Please have your child come to school in their costumes. They are able to wear a mask during the parade, which will start at 9:00. Just a friendly reminder no prop weapons, and if you are bringing treats in for our class party they have to be peanut free!
4. This week we will be working with compound words for wordwork. I will post a list of words on Monday. In Reader's Workshop, we are working on thinking about our reading. Students have been reading, stopping, and thinking about their reading last week. We are going to continue to work on this. In Writer's Workshop we are continuing to focus on a Small Moment, and giving details. This week we will be talking about ways to unfreeze our characters in a story. In math, we will be working on ordinal numbers, and assessing of the outcomes we have already done so far this year.
5. Please remember it is getting much colder out, and it is very important we have the children dressed appropriately for outside. Thank you!
6. Parent-teacher interviews are coming up soon.
7. From the office: (I sent a copy of this home as well) :)
I hope you are having a wonderful weekend.
Here are a few notes for the week:
1. I now have a microwave! Starting Monday, students can bring items in that need to be heated.
2. Retakes for photos are Monday, October 29.
3. Halloween Celebration - Wednesday, October 31.
Please have your child come to school in their costumes. They are able to wear a mask during the parade, which will start at 9:00. Just a friendly reminder no prop weapons, and if you are bringing treats in for our class party they have to be peanut free!
4. This week we will be working with compound words for wordwork. I will post a list of words on Monday. In Reader's Workshop, we are working on thinking about our reading. Students have been reading, stopping, and thinking about their reading last week. We are going to continue to work on this. In Writer's Workshop we are continuing to focus on a Small Moment, and giving details. This week we will be talking about ways to unfreeze our characters in a story. In math, we will be working on ordinal numbers, and assessing of the outcomes we have already done so far this year.
5. Please remember it is getting much colder out, and it is very important we have the children dressed appropriately for outside. Thank you!
6. Parent-teacher interviews are coming up soon.
This year we will be using an online appointment scheduler to set up parent-teacher interviews.
This system will allow parents to set up their own interview times. Instructions on using this system will go home on Tuesday, Oct 30. These instructions outline how to register and book appointments. Although parents will be able to register on Tuesday, parents will not be able to book appointments until Nov 5 (tentative). This delay will permit some teachers to prearrange some interviews.
Please note, our guaranteed interview days are Nov 22 (5:00pm to 8:00pm) and Nov 23 (8:30am to 3:00pm). Some teachers may offer additional times/dates but they are not required to do so. Please also note, families of EAL students needing interpreter support should not use this system. The Association for Newcomers to Canada will contact EAL families with their interview dates and times. Interpreter supported interviews will be held on Nov 27, 28, & 29.
7. From the office: (I sent a copy of this home as well) :)
Student Drop-Off and Parent
Parking
Friendly Safety Reminders
- Please leave yourself lots of time and be patient.
I think that is all for now! Happy Halloween all!
Sarah
Monday, October 22, 2018
October 22,2018
Hi all! Hope you had a wonderful weekend!
Here are the notes for the week:
1. From the office:
The Stratford Schools Community Playground committee is holding an online auction in support of the new playground. The auction opens today and runs until Nov. 24. This is a great opportunity to get some holiday shopping done while supporting a great cause. There are lots of great items, so be sure to check it out and start bidding!
Thank you in advance for your support!
https://www.32auctions.com/stratfordplayground
2. Friday, October 26 is wear Orange and Black Day.
3. Book orders should be in this week. :)
4. On October 31, at 9:00, the whole school will be doing a Halloween Parade. This is the only time that the children are allowed to wear masks with their costumes. After that, their mask needs to go into their school bag. Also, no prop weapons are allowed at school that day. Thank you so much for your cooperation.
5. Also, on Wednesday, October 31, we will be having a little party to celebrate. If you would like to bring a treat in with your child that day feel free! As long as they are peanut free. :)
6. It is getting colder outside, so please have your students dress appropriately for the weather. Also, please make sure everything is labelled, so your child does not lose their items.
That is it for now!
Have a wonderful week.
Sarah
Here are the notes for the week:
1. From the office:
The Stratford Schools Community Playground committee is holding an online auction in support of the new playground. The auction opens today and runs until Nov. 24. This is a great opportunity to get some holiday shopping done while supporting a great cause. There are lots of great items, so be sure to check it out and start bidding!
Thank you in advance for your support!
https://www.32auctions.com/stratfordplayground
2. Friday, October 26 is wear Orange and Black Day.
3. Book orders should be in this week. :)
4. On October 31, at 9:00, the whole school will be doing a Halloween Parade. This is the only time that the children are allowed to wear masks with their costumes. After that, their mask needs to go into their school bag. Also, no prop weapons are allowed at school that day. Thank you so much for your cooperation.
5. Also, on Wednesday, October 31, we will be having a little party to celebrate. If you would like to bring a treat in with your child that day feel free! As long as they are peanut free. :)
6. It is getting colder outside, so please have your students dress appropriately for the weather. Also, please make sure everything is labelled, so your child does not lose their items.
That is it for now!
Have a wonderful week.
Sarah
Monday, October 15, 2018
October 15, 2018
Hi everyone!
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!
Here are the notes for the week:
1. Notes from the office I received today:
a) Parents should no longer be escorting their children to their classrooms in the morning.
b) The office is requesting that if your child has had breakfast at home in the morning, they are not to come in for toast as they are currently feeding over 300 children a day, and that is quite unmanageable. I will be talking with the children about this tomorrow, and if you could reinforce it at home as well that would be great.
2. Book orders are due Wednesday. Thank you for those that have ordered online, and brought orders in! :)
3. There is no school this Friday, October 19, as it is a Professional Development Day.
4. The spelling words for the week are:
1. grade
2. green
3. great
4. ground
5. proud
6. prize
7. print
8. try
9. treat
10. trick
5. We will be continuing to skip count forwards and backwards by 2,5's, and 10's this week, as well as the doubles plus one strategy for mental math. They are catching on well to both! :)
6. In Writer's Workshop, we will be focusing on zooming into a small moment, and writing as many details in order about that moment in order, with a beginning sentence, closing sentence, and using transition words (first, next, then, after that, finally).
7. In Readers Workshop, we are focusing on stopping and thinking about our reading, as we read a story. We have talked about the many ways we can become a stronger reader in Grade 2, and they are doing wonderfully. The next step we will take also has to do with comprehension, and asking the three main questions when we are reading, to self monitor and comprehend the text.
1. Does that make sense?
2. Does that look right?
3. Does that sound right?
We have a wonderful group of workers in this class!
Thanks again all! Have a glorious week.
Sarah
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!
Here are the notes for the week:
1. Notes from the office I received today:
a) Parents should no longer be escorting their children to their classrooms in the morning.
b) The office is requesting that if your child has had breakfast at home in the morning, they are not to come in for toast as they are currently feeding over 300 children a day, and that is quite unmanageable. I will be talking with the children about this tomorrow, and if you could reinforce it at home as well that would be great.
2. Book orders are due Wednesday. Thank you for those that have ordered online, and brought orders in! :)
3. There is no school this Friday, October 19, as it is a Professional Development Day.
4. The spelling words for the week are:
1. grade
2. green
3. great
4. ground
5. proud
6. prize
7. print
8. try
9. treat
10. trick
5. We will be continuing to skip count forwards and backwards by 2,5's, and 10's this week, as well as the doubles plus one strategy for mental math. They are catching on well to both! :)
6. In Writer's Workshop, we will be focusing on zooming into a small moment, and writing as many details in order about that moment in order, with a beginning sentence, closing sentence, and using transition words (first, next, then, after that, finally).
7. In Readers Workshop, we are focusing on stopping and thinking about our reading, as we read a story. We have talked about the many ways we can become a stronger reader in Grade 2, and they are doing wonderfully. The next step we will take also has to do with comprehension, and asking the three main questions when we are reading, to self monitor and comprehend the text.
1. Does that make sense?
2. Does that look right?
3. Does that sound right?
We have a wonderful group of workers in this class!
Thanks again all! Have a glorious week.
Sarah
Thursday, October 11, 2018
October 11, 2018
Hi everyone!
We have had a great week!
1. Maurice will have Art Classes at Glen Stewart School starting on November 8th and running for 6 weeks.
These classes will involved drawing, painting, watercolor and clay modelling.
COST: $120
TO REGISTER: Call 902-432-0171 or 902-436-8485
Please contact Maurice Bernard directly at the above numbers to register.
Thanks!
2. Just a note about toys. I have told the children I do not mind them having toys at school but they are not to be coming into the classroom. If you could also relay that message to your children that would be lovely, as a few friends have been trickling things in!
3. Reminder that book orders are due Wednesday, October 17. :)
4. We will be having an Orange and Black Day on Friday, October 26. If your child wants to participate in this, they can wear black and orange clothing on this day!
5. Retakes for photos are on Monday, October 29. If you are interested in your child having retakes can you please send me an email. Thanks.
Have a great weekend!
Sarah
We have had a great week!
1. Maurice will have Art Classes at Glen Stewart School starting on November 8th and running for 6 weeks.
These classes will involved drawing, painting, watercolor and clay modelling.
COST: $120
TO REGISTER: Call 902-432-0171 or 902-436-8485
Please contact Maurice Bernard directly at the above numbers to register.
Thanks!
2. Just a note about toys. I have told the children I do not mind them having toys at school but they are not to be coming into the classroom. If you could also relay that message to your children that would be lovely, as a few friends have been trickling things in!
3. Reminder that book orders are due Wednesday, October 17. :)
4. We will be having an Orange and Black Day on Friday, October 26. If your child wants to participate in this, they can wear black and orange clothing on this day!
5. Retakes for photos are on Monday, October 29. If you are interested in your child having retakes can you please send me an email. Thanks.
Have a great weekend!
Sarah
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
October 9, 2018
Hi all!
I hope you all enjoyed your long weekend!
Here are a few notes for this week:
1. Photo orders are due tomorrow, October 10.
2. Book Orders are due Wednesday, October 17.
3. Guided reading is going well! Thank you for signing your child's homework each night. I sent new books home this week. If you did not bring your books back, I did not send any home. Your child can practice the ones they had last week again this week.
4. We are starting word work this week. Children will be getting used to this routine in the next couple of weeks. We started with short vowels at the beginning of the year, and this week we will be working on consonant clusters: br, cr, dr, and fr. This is a list of the words we will be working on this week.
1.brother
2. brave
3. crawl
4. crayon
5. draw
6. drive
7. drink
8.friend
9.Friday
10. from
There are lots of free activities your child can do with these during the week at night, if you feel you want to practice them at home! :) If you want some ideas please send me an email and I can send some things your way!
5. In math, we introduced near doubles today as an addition strategy. If you would like to work on that with your children as well feel free! Another wording for this is doubles plus one. We will also continue working on our skip counting, as well as working with odd and even number this week.
Thank you so much!
Sarah
I hope you all enjoyed your long weekend!
Here are a few notes for this week:
1. Photo orders are due tomorrow, October 10.
2. Book Orders are due Wednesday, October 17.
3. Guided reading is going well! Thank you for signing your child's homework each night. I sent new books home this week. If you did not bring your books back, I did not send any home. Your child can practice the ones they had last week again this week.
4. We are starting word work this week. Children will be getting used to this routine in the next couple of weeks. We started with short vowels at the beginning of the year, and this week we will be working on consonant clusters: br, cr, dr, and fr. This is a list of the words we will be working on this week.
1.brother
2. brave
3. crawl
4. crayon
5. draw
6. drive
7. drink
8.friend
9.Friday
10. from
There are lots of free activities your child can do with these during the week at night, if you feel you want to practice them at home! :) If you want some ideas please send me an email and I can send some things your way!
5. In math, we introduced near doubles today as an addition strategy. If you would like to work on that with your children as well feel free! Another wording for this is doubles plus one. We will also continue working on our skip counting, as well as working with odd and even number this week.
Thank you so much!
Sarah
Monday, October 1, 2018
October 1, 2018
Hi all!
I added a gadget on this blog on the top right hand corner, where you can add your email to subscribe to the blog, and get email notifications when I post. :)
1. I am writing as the Stratford Playground Committee needs your help! I know this was sent to you through email. This is important for our school and for our children!
Please take time to vote. It does not take very long at all! Here is their message to you all!
THE PLAYGROUND COMMITTEE NEEDS YOUR VOTES!!
The new playground for our schools is currently in the running for the Aviva Community Fund grants. They choose 10 finalists, who will then be judged by a panel of judges, with all 10 finalists receiving $15,000 each and the 3 winners receiving $100,000 each. The ideas with the most votes will become the finalists. We are asking everyone to log onto the Aviva Community fund website(link below) and vote for our playground! It is easy, you log onto the website, register and then vote for Stratford Elementary School playground. Each email receives 10 votes to use, so please spread the word to everyone you know. Voting is open now until Oct.4. This could really make a huge impact in our fundraising efforts so we hope that everyone will help us out.
https://www.avivacommunityfund.org/voting/campaign/getinvolved
Thank you,
The Stratford Schools Community Playground Committee
2. I am asking if parents would be able to bring in a box of Kleenex please. Some parents already have provided some for the class and I truly appreciate it! Thank you.
3. Books were sent home today! Happy Reading. :)
4. School photos will be sent home tomorrow, and will be due back by Wednesday, October 10.
Thank you so much!
Have a wonderful week,
Sarah
I added a gadget on this blog on the top right hand corner, where you can add your email to subscribe to the blog, and get email notifications when I post. :)
1. I am writing as the Stratford Playground Committee needs your help! I know this was sent to you through email. This is important for our school and for our children!
Please take time to vote. It does not take very long at all! Here is their message to you all!
THE PLAYGROUND COMMITTEE NEEDS YOUR VOTES!!
The new playground for our schools is currently in the running for the Aviva Community Fund grants. They choose 10 finalists, who will then be judged by a panel of judges, with all 10 finalists receiving $15,000 each and the 3 winners receiving $100,000 each. The ideas with the most votes will become the finalists. We are asking everyone to log onto the Aviva Community fund website(link below) and vote for our playground! It is easy, you log onto the website, register and then vote for Stratford Elementary School playground. Each email receives 10 votes to use, so please spread the word to everyone you know. Voting is open now until Oct.4. This could really make a huge impact in our fundraising efforts so we hope that everyone will help us out.
https://www.avivacommunityfund.org/voting/campaign/getinvolved
Thank you,
The Stratford Schools Community Playground Committee
2. I am asking if parents would be able to bring in a box of Kleenex please. Some parents already have provided some for the class and I truly appreciate it! Thank you.
3. Books were sent home today! Happy Reading. :)
4. School photos will be sent home tomorrow, and will be due back by Wednesday, October 10.
Thank you so much!
Have a wonderful week,
Sarah
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