Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Wednesday already!

With the snow day on Monday the week was shortened, and I guess so was my memory! Here are the spelling words for the week: bed, wet, prod, duck, neck, clock, lick, so, my, backpack.

Friday is "bumblebee" day - dress in black and yellow - as the movie for movie night is "BEES".

All elementary teachers are listening to speeches this week - the semi-finals will be Monday (Feb.4th)at 9:00 am, for K-2, and at 1:00 pm , for Grades 3-5, in the Great Hall. All are welcome. Finals will be Wednesday night (Feb.6th) at 6:00 pm.

Monday, January 21, 2008

A cold start to the week!

Spelling words for the week are as follows: hop, fit, grin, buzz, cross, less, miss, go, no, classroom. We'll have our spelling test, as usual, in Friday morning. Keep practicing each night, and read over the sight word list as well. You never know, there might be a sentence on the spelling test, too!

Speeches are due to be heard next week, so please have them prepared and practiced and send them with your child next Monday. We will do classroom presentations during the first three days next week.

Remember to dress warmly - we didn't go out today, but hopefully will be able to the rest of the week. Hats, mitts, snow pants, and boots are a necessity.

Monday, January 14, 2008

snow in the forecast!

Good Monday morning!

Here are the spelling words for my Grade One class this week - ox, run, from, will, bell, doll, skull, there, they, windmill. The first sheet of homework is a new grouop of sight words. Please go over these with your child each night as well as doing spelling words. They do not need to spell the sight words, just read them.

Book orders that came home Friday with my homeroom are due on Wednesday, Jan 16.

Have a great week! Hope we see you all EVERY day ( no more snow days!!!)

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Happy New Year!

Well, we're back at it full force - it' just like we were never away. A change of date you might want to think about - in the start-of-year newsletter, May 26 was given as a day off for students. This has been changed to May 20th.

Spelling words for this week are: red, win, drum, off, cliff, stiff, cuff, said, here, puffin. The test will be on Friday. In math this month, we will be studying and makiing patterns of all sorts. You may want to ask your child if they can identify any patterns throughout your house (ie wallpaper, stripes on towels, etc). This all helps them be more aware of the things around them.

Have a great "January thaw" week!