Monday, April 4th, 2016

Important:

Thank you parents for sending in your flyers and newspapers!  If you still have any extra paper at home, please, please, please continue to send them to school for our in-class field trip!  Mrs. Leung-Chow’s class will need them on Wednesday, April 6^th and Mrs. Daniels’ class will need them on Thursday, April 7^th.

Highlights:

Today our classes had a very special visitor… Michelle!  She is our artist in residence and is a teacher/painter.  Today she taught us 11 different techniques using watercolour.  Michelle will be back on April 12^th to teach us how to apply the techniques we practiced in class, to creating a watercolour daffodil or tulip.

Homework:

Literacy M.A.P. – Word Study List #16

Monday: write, writing, run, running

Tuesday: get, getting, sit, sitting

Wednesday:  good, old, gold, eat

Thursday: Review quiz

Friday: Word Study Quiz!

Tell and Show: Optimistic and open-minded  “O” is up this week.  Can we think of original and organized clues for our friends to figure out?

Dream Box: Dreambox is an interactive math program that the students have been working on here at school.  We encourage the students to log in at home and practice developing their problem solving skills. Teachers are able to track their progress and see what areas they are excelling in or that may need improvement. Here is the link: https://play.dreambox.com/login/dq8q/panoramahs

Home Reading – Please have your child read around 20 minutes every night.  Don’t forget to ask questions and have conversations about the text.

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.

Ask Me About:

What was my favourite watercolour technique?  Which technique was the hardest to learn?  Which technique was the easiest?  Where do I like to visit in our province?

Important Dates:

Wednesday April 6 - Scientist in School: Mrs. Leung Chow

Thursday April 7 - Scientist in School: Mrs. Daniels

Friday April 8 - Scholastic book orders are due

Tuesday April 12 - Grade 1 Art Residency, Part II

Thursday April 14 - School Council Meeting 7pm

Thursday April 21 - Earth Day Assembly @ 12:55pm

Reminders: 

April book orders are due back this Friday!

The Scientist in School will be returning to our classrooms for a session on building things. Mrs. Leung-Chow’s class requires one more parent volunteer.  If you have completed your police check and are available from 8:30-11:30 on Wednesday, April 6^th, please e-mail her at: ghleung@cbe.ab.ca

FYI:

Dear Parents,

Please complete our annual Panorama Hills School Parent Survey to help us in planning and organizing for our next year. Please click on the following link. It should only take you 5 – 10 minutes. We would appreciate it if you could complete this by April 15^th.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DNJFMC8

PHS School monthly Calendar and newsletters 

http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b397/calendar.htm

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.