Important Information:
Today is the last day to vote for the new Panorama
school’s name –October 13! We have 4 choices for the new school’s
name. They are:
1.
Eric Harvie School (business man
who helped make Heritage Day and the Zoo)
2.
Margaret Southern School (business
woman who helped create Fish Creek Park)
3.
Buffalo Rubbing Stone School (large
glacier rock in Panorama Hills)
4.
Norman L. Kwong School
(Chinese-Canadian man who played for the Stampeders)
You can vote for the new name on our school website. Your parents can also vote, so spread the
word! Visit our school website for
details: http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b397/
Individual Portrait Ordering Packages were sent home. If you
would like to order your child’s individual portrait, please read the package
and info. – due by tomorrow,
on October 14, 2015
Coat Drive Challenge:
Please participate in the coat drive
to help keep Calgary’s less fortunate warm this winter. Please donate any clean, new, or gently used coats. All coats can be brought to your child’s
classroom teacher or the front office. Coats are being collected until
Monday, Oct. 26.
2016 Panorama Hills School Yearbook:
Inside your child’s individual photo
package is a white sheet about the 2016 PHS Yearbook. With the purchase of a portrait package, yearbooks are available for
the SPECIAL price of $20 each. This
price expires on December 31, 2015.
Yearbooks purchased after December 31, 2015 will be priced at $30
each. Yearbooks will be printed and
delivered to the school in June.
Highlights:
-
We learned two new double-graphemes: ay,
ai
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We did two morning math word problems:
Monday:
“Begin
with the number 15. Count backwards to 5.”
Tuesday:
“The answer is 10. What is the question?”
-
We drew and wrote about our Thanksgiving weekend for “Work on Writing” in Daily
5
-- Ms.
Mui’s class: We observed and did a Fall sketch of deciduous trees outside,
of the changing leaf colours, and of some leaves that have fallen onto the
ground. In Math, we made patterns using
numbers (e.g. AB pattern: 131313131313, ABC pattern: 235235235235, ABB pattern:
799799799799, AAB pattern: 884884884884).
In Social Studies, we interviewed Suji today (ask your child what Suji’s
favourite things are, what she likes, and how many people are in her family).
-- Mrs.
Daniels’ class: In Daily 5, we worked on “Read to Self”. In Math, we did a sorting activity by sorting
our shoes. In Social Studies, we
interviewed Logan today (ask your child what Logan’s favourite things are, what
she likes, and how many people are in her family).
Homework:
-Print
double graphemes five times each and say the spelling rule out loud while
printing each grapheme in homework book: ay,
ai
ay – 2 letter ‘a’ that we do use at the
end of English words. (e.g. say)
ai – 2 letter ‘a’ that we DO NOT use at
the end of English words. Why? English words do not end with ‘i’
-Review the double graphemes every day
-Review
the learning of the “er”,
“ir”, “ur”, “wor”, “ear” grapheme sounds by playing this song on youtube
to remember the sounds to particular words: “Her first nurse
works early”. Please play
this song at home, to help your child remember the grapheme spellings as well:
-Review
the first single graphemes daily, using the single grapheme Flashcard set (letters
a-z for you to cut up and practice with your child) your child brought home in
early September (also use the youtube Grapheme video, posted at the side of our
blog, made by our Literacy Learning Leader, Mr. Dalderis.)
-Home-Reading – Please
have your child read around 15 minutes every night. (Do a picture walk with your child first by
just looking at the pictures beginning with the title page to the end of the
book, next read the book aloud to them 1 to 2 times, then have then read together
with you 1 to 2 times, and afterwards have them try reading on their own independently
1 to 2 times. Make sure when you and
your child are reading the words, s/he and you must use your pointer fingers
(index finger) to read underneath the words.)
-Kidsa-z.com Reading – Besides reading the at-home white readers that are going home every day, you may also log on to “Raz-Kids”, using the kidsa-z.com website. The login information is taped on your child’s purple folder. The password is the picture cue.
Mrs. Daniel’s class - the account information is still under her
maiden name: “sbeechey”.
Ms. Mui’s class – the account is under her username: “grmui”
Ask
me about:
-what changes in Fall/Autumn do I notice outside?
-to show you what I did to solve the morning
math word problem using pictures/numbers
Needed
from Home:
We are still
collecting water bottle lids! We are in
need of MANY water bottle lids, so that we can print letters on the top of the
lids, and students can be able to make words out of them and play word work
games soon. Please send in any that you
may have. Thank you!
Important Dates:
-Thursday, October 15 – Healthy Hunger (Fun Lunch) – Little Caesars pizza
(Order your child’s Fun Lunch online on the main front page of Panorama Hills
School’s website under the titled link: Online
Ordering for Healthy Hunger LUNCH. Must have order in by the Sunday before the booked lunch
day. Preorders are accepted for dates in advance.)
-Monday, October 19 – Federal Election – our school gym will be
a polling station
-Monday, October 26 – Gr. 1 Virtue Assembly at 12:55 pm of the
virtue “Forgiveness”, in the gym – Classes presenting/performing are Mrs.
Daniels, Ms. Mui, Mrs. Venhuis, and Ms. Purves’ Gr. 1 classes. – Parents/families of the performing Gr. 1
students are welcome to attend.
-Thursday, October 29 – Healthy Hunger (Fun Lunch) – Quiznos
-Friday, October 30 – NO SCHOOL – Non-instructional day
Reminders:
-Every
Friday is Early Dismissal at 1:45 pm. Please pick up your child on time! Thank you.
-Healthy
Hunger (Fun Lunch) – Order your
child’s Fun Lunch online on the main front page of Panorama Hills School’s
website under the titled link (with a lunch bag picture next to it): Online Ordering for Healthy Hunger LUNCH. Must have order in by the Sunday before the
booked lunch day. Preorders are accepted for dates in advance.)
-PHS Parent Handbook – Reading
for Kindergarten, Gr. 1, Gr. 2, and Gr. 3 students:
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:
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