Friday, 11 September 2015

Friday September, 11, 2015

Highlights
We had our grapheme quiz today on the 6 sounds we learned this week.   We have visited the learning commons and have discussed with Mrs. Keale (our Librarian) how to borrow and treat our books.  Students are allowed 2 books to borrow for 2 weeks.  Each child will have an opportunity to visit the library once a week, schedules will be made next week.   We have learning about various patterns in our environment, different colours, shapes and sizes.  We practiced using unifix cubes making ab, abc, and more complex patterns.

Needed from Home
Please send your child with a pair of their own individual earphones labled with their name.  We will be using these daily at our literacy centres.  Due to health concerns every child will require their own set of headphones.

We are also collecting water bottle lids.  Please send in any that you may have.  Thank you!!!

Homework
Homework books will stay at school for marking for the weekend and will go home again Monday night.

Printing- This link below contains information for parents regarding the instruction of practice strokes during the first few days in grade one.


Reminders

To support children in becoming knowledgeable readers, the most important thing parents can do is to read aloud to their children and talk about what has been read. This nightly process supports children in developing oral language skills (the ability to talk in a fluid and understandable manner), comprehension (understanding what has been read), and sparks enthusiasm toward the act of reading. We created this downloadable document to support parents in identifying the expectations for readers during their years at PHS: 

*****Terry Fox Fundraiser- please donate online see the link on the school website:
The link to donate online is listed there and students may also bring in cash donations to your classroom until Sept 30. The link to donate is: 


***** Entertainment fundraiser books This fundraiser supports Panorama Hills School to provide gym equipment, drama props and classroom educational resources. Please sell as many as you can!!! The more your child sells, they have an opportunity to win various prizes, and we can raise more money for Panorama Hills School.  There are numerous coupons for to save you lots of money on your groceries, eating out at restaurants, entertainment parks, hotels, etc.  And if you purchase an Entertainment book, you can be able to download a FREE phone app onto your phone and get double the amount of coupons, and have access to additional coupons from you phone app to various restaurants, hotels, entertainment parks, etc. outside of Calgary, such as the US!
* If you do not wish to participate you must return the coupon book, bag, and its contents back to school to your child's teacher asap, so that the books can be given to other students' families who would like to purchase additional Entertainment books.  The cost of the package is $40 if you wish to purchase.  This fundraiser is finished Sept 15. ******


Ask me about

My visit to the learning commons?
What have we done in music?

Let me show you two types of patterns. (ab, abc, etc)  What makes them a pattern?

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