April Showers....

Another short week coming up - sorry for having missed this last week - I just don't know where the time has gone!
We are "doing" the letter Mm this week, and word wall words are who, which, and with.
Thank you to the parents who came out to Parent-Teacher interviews. I really do appreciate your showing interest in your child's school life. It is so important to have support from home!
Lisa Williams and Constable Carl Casey from the RCMP will be here on Friday, April 9th to hand out awards for the participants in the Top Cops Reading program. There will be an assembly at 1:20 on that day.
Please check out the form coming home with this weeks homework, regarding the I Love kindergarten t-shirts and sweatshirts.

SPRING IS HERE!!!

We are welcoming Spring this week, and that means report card time. Next Wednesday evening (March 31st) and Thursday morning (Apr 1st) will be Parent-Teacher meetings here at GMCS. Report cards will be coming home next Monday, March 29th, for K-2 students. There will be a sign-up sheet to send back to me enclosed. Please return the envelope only, for use in June. Thank you.
This week we are doing "Kk" this week, and our new word wall words are what, when, and okay.
The Top Cops Reading Program ends this Friday - please send in your child's time sheet at that time. There will be an "awards assembly" in the next couple of weeks after that.

We're halfway through March already!

We are doing exercises with the letter Jj this week. As well, we have three new words on the word wall that have come home with homework duotangs - down, little, and on.
Not too much extra is going on this week - I am seeing the results of the time change in the students - very tired today....
Please remember that there is always a cool (usually COLD) breeze blowing in the playground, and your child will need hat and mitts, if not snow pants (they do an excellent job of blocking the wind).
Reading Clubs have started again, so ask your child what happened there today!

March Break Madness!

With Day 100 behind us, we've decided to have a week of fun dress-up days with a little competition for a challenge. Classes K-5 are participating, and the classes (one from K-2 and one from 3-5) with the greatest number of students participating in the dress-up days will have a special treat on Tuesday, March 8th.

Monday - Red and White Day (cheer for Canada in the Olympics)
Tuesday - Backwards Day
Wednesday - Beach Day
Thursday - PJ Day
Friday - Hat Day

The letter Hh is our focus this week, along with live, give, and his (word wall words).

Please remember to read each night - the little handmade books that come biweekly can also be written down in log books. As well, please have homework completed and returned by Thursday. thanks!

DAY 100 - five more days!!!

All going as planned, Friday, February 19th, will be Day 100 for our K-2 students, with special activities throughout the day, as well as Day 100 projects coming in by Wednesday, February 17th. The schedule was sent home last week with the Valentines Day letter. You are welcome to come to the gym at 12:45ish on Friday to help us celebrate, with viewing of the projects in the Great Hall to follow.
It's Gg this week, and the words are have, and, and like.
Two more weeks 'til March Break!!!! ;0)

closer to Day 100

We are talking about the letter Ff this week, and our new word wall words are one, by, and from.
A special request this week - the school is doing a "Hearts from Home" challenge, to see if we can get a valentine card from each student and staff member to send to Dalton Brown, who has been away from home since mid-July last year, fighting cancer. He hopes to be home in a few weeks - YAY!!!! - but we'd like to send him a big parcel full of valentine cards. The card can be store-bought or homemade. Thanks for your support!
Friday afternoon will be our Valentine's Day "party" in our homerooms for K-2. Lists with names is on this blog. If you'd like to contribute some apple juice or a snack for the party, please let me know. Thank you!

Valentine lists

K-2W homeroom
Gavin Turner
Jasenda Horsman
Kadie McLaughlin
Maddie Spicer
Nathaniel Dugas
Isaac Hettrick
Maggie Worthen
Sophie Ingalls
Sydnie Ingalls
Zackery Rogers
Carter Spicer
Chloe Hampton
Jaden Brown
Kelsie Blake
Matthew Sveinson

Kindergarten
Anthony Porter
Aria Robicheau
Drake Daggett
Gavin Turner
Hunter Green
Jake Morse
Jasenda Horsman
Kadie McLaughlin
Launa Laffoley
Maddie Spicer
Nathaniel Dugas
Saul Fitzsimmons
Sophia Sesplankis