Wednesday, 6 April 2016

Wednesday, April 6th, 2016



Highlights:
Mrs. Leung-Chow’s class had a sensational morning full of building and exploration!  Scientist Tanya taught us that structures all have at least one purpose: to span, to contain or to support.  Students got to explore each of these ideas through a series of centers.   At the end of the field trip, all our class “engineers” had to complete a special task: create a stool out of only newspaper and masking tape, which will support the weight of Mrs. Leung-Chow!  All the students worked very hard to design and construct their stools, and the teacher carefully tested each stool successfully!!  Mrs. Daniel’s class will get to be engineers tomorrow!

Yesterday Mr. Kinsman taught us a game to help develop our mental math strategies. Today, students had an opportunity to either play the same game, or play a subtraction game or an adding game with 3 die!!


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: Obedient and oblivious “O” is our letter of the week.  We have been obsessed with this outgoing letter!

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:
Which is the “bad” zone?  Which is the “good” zone?


Important Dates:
Tomorrow - 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!  There are two separate prices on the order form.  The number listed beside the picture is the book before tax and the final price with tax is located on the order form.  Sorry for the confusion!


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 15th.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DNJFMC8

PHS School monthly Calendar and newsletters 

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.

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