Happy Victoria Day!

Well, you know the year is drawing to a close when we celebrate the Victoria Day holiday...

I will soon be sending home a list of all of the words your child has brought home this year in his/her "Tricky and Sight Words" bag, so you can have them to review through the summer months. This week's words are right, two, and four.

We are nearing the end of the alphabet as well - this week we are doing words that begin with the letter Ww and Xx. As there aren't many that begin with Xx, we will also talk about words with Xx in them.

Friday is a day off for students, as teachers deal with union business in the afternoon after a morning professional development session.

There won't be many more weeks of homework. Please review with your child the work done through the year and make any corrections, as well as completing any missed work. Thank you.

another full week!

Somehow last week's blog never got published, and I apologize for that. We are coming to the end of our alphabet work, doing two letters each week. This week we are working with U and V. Our sight words are would, should, and could. I will soon send home the complete list of sight and tricky words we have had during the school year - your child should be able to read each of them.

On Tuesday afternoon, May 12th, the school will be having an evacuation practice. In this procedure the whole school evacuates the building and walks (in class groups) to, for grades K-5, the Anglican Church in Grand Harbour. Upper grades go to Central Wesleyan Church. The buses will pick K-2 children up from there to return them home on that day. Grades 3-12 will walk back to the school, continue classes, and come home from there on the buses. This practice will be held unless it is raining, and the weather looks good so far.

countdown to MAY!

Three days at school this week - and then a few weeks of 5-days (at last!) at school.....

Letters Q and R are the targets this week, and the sight words are other, were, and because.

Thursday is a district Professional Development day for teachers, and we are off to Moncton for the annual province-wide Subject Council meetings on Friday.

Keep on working!

Another short week for GMCS, as Monday, April 20th, is a Curriculum Day for teachers, and we will all be going to St. Stephen to meet with our grade level counterparts in the district.

We are finding words that begin with the letter Oo and Pp this week. Our sight words are more, before, and of.

We have been practicing our emergency procedures in the past weeks - lockdown, fire drills, and evacuation (to come soon)- and will have some more practicing as the weeks go by.

Keep on working

On into April!

This week we are featuring the letter Nn. Each week we do a variety of activities relating to the letter we are studying. Please remember, if your child brings home the letter bucket, please help him/her to find a number of items that begin with that letter. Our sight words are any, many, and had.

We are beginning a new Reading Club this week in K-2, so look for your child's Reading Club duotang and bag, and help them with the activities you find inside.

on to Easter!

Another 4-day week! And after that a 4-day weekend! But this week will hopefully be a bit quieter than last week was. Thanks to those of you who came out to Parent/Teacher interviews. If any of you were unable to attend and would like to meet with me, please don't hesitate to contact me. The phone number in my classroom is 662-7083.

We are concentrating on the letter Mm this week. Sight words are who, which, and with.

This is our last week for You and Your World sessions and, beginning next Tuesday, April 15th, we will again be doing Reading Club activities.