Tuesday January 26, 2016

Highlights:

We learned about our tongue and taste buds today in science.  We continued working on our spelling words for the week and talked about the 4^th rule of the silent “e”  (every syllable must have a vowel) . See the added link below.   

Homework:

Word list #7 this week.  The link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuEPTDQFayVKqxcS7MoBfSgo_KwEvvR2h

Monday: chance, dance, cage, page

Tuesday: large, little, table, apple

Wednesday: are, were, there, come

Thurs : Review 

Friday: Quiz – Word List #7

This week is letter F… Have fun and remember the students should be sounding out their clues independently. If someone has forgotten C…D…or E. please complete them this weekend and they may present this week. 

-Home Reading – Please have your child read around 20 minutes every night.


-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.

Ask me about:

What is the “scientific” word for taste buds?  (papillae)

What are our different tastes?  (Sour, sweet, salty, bitter)

Important Dates:

-Thursday January 28 – School Council 7pm  (Grade 2 presentation and Information on the new school Buffalo Rubbing Stone. )

-Friday January 29 – Report Cards Home Early dismissal

-Monday February 1 –Non instructional day, no school for students

Reminders: 

We are having a taste test in science next week!!! Please sign and return the blue form that went home today stating any food restrictions that your child may have.  Please return the forms by the end of the week. Thanks!!!!

Fyi:

Most pediatricians strongly support parent-child reading and story time to promote early brain development. The Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) website for parents is filled with great suggestions for parents regarding how to read consistently to their children:

http://www.caringforkids.cps.ca/handouts/promoting_reading_in_school_aged_children

-PHS School monthly Calendar and newsletters are available on the school website to view and print out

-Milk Cards can be purchased at the office, for students staying at school for lunch

-2016 Panorama Hills School Yearbook:

Inside your child’s individual photo package is a white sheet about the 2016 PHS Yearbook.   Yearbooks are $30 each.  Yearbooks will be printed and delivered to the school in June.