Well, hopefully we will have a full week this week.....

Sounds this week are "er", "ar", and "au" (as in autumn). New words for the word wall are "to" and "do".

We had an excellent day on Friday, culminating our Anti-bullying week with a school-wide assembly and wearing our pink t-shirts all day!

Welcome to our newest student in Kindergarten, Alexander Holmes.

CURRICULUM NIGHT

Come to our K-2 Curriculum night tonight, Thursday November 24th, from 6-7pm in the Great Hall at GMCS - BRING YOU STUDENT/S TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE DO EACH DAY!!!!

First of all, a big THANK YOU to those of you who came out to Parent-Teacher interviews. I truly appreciate the time you take on your child's behalf.

We are coming near to the end of our Jolly Phonics sounds. This week we will learn "qu" (as in quack), "oi" (as in noise), "ou" (as in sound), and "ue" (as in rescue).

New words for the word wall are "be" and "was". There will also be a sheet coming in with homework that contains all of the sight words up until Christmas for you to practice with your child.

This week is Anit-bullying week, and there will be activities all week long to help children identify bullying and avoid it - culminating on Friday with a school-wide photo of everyone in their pink tshirts, which they will receive on Friday morning to wear for the day (and keep).

Report cards....

Report cards will come home with the students on Monday, November 14th. After you have read the report, please sign the envelope and return it with the sign-up sheet for Parent-Teacher interviews. The interviews will take place on Thursday, Nov. 17th, from 6-8pm, and again on Friday, Nov. 18th, from 9-11am. If you are unable to make it at either of those times, I will gladly find a time convenient for us to get together.
This week we will be doing 3 more sounds - "ch", "sh", and "th". On Thursday we will watch the video that goes with Book 6 of the Jolly Phonics program. Thank you for helping your child practice the sounds he/she is learning.
New tricky words this week are me and we. I will send a list home with all of the words so far so you can go over them with your child. These foundation words for reading are very important and will help your child be more confident as he/she learns them.
With the Parent-Teacher interviews, there will be no school for students this Friday, Nov. 18th.

There is no school on Friday as we celebrate Remembrance Day. The island Remembrance Day service will be in the Great Hall at GMCS at 10:30am.

There will be a school Remembrance Day service at 1pm on Thursday, November 10th.

We are learning sounds for "OO and oo" as is book and moon, "y" as in yellow, and "x" the ks sound this week. Words for the word wall are "he" and "she".

Report cards will come home next week, and Parent-Teacher interviews will take place Thursday, Nov 17th, in the evening, and Friday, Nov 18th, in the morning. Notices for sign-up will come home next week with the report cards.

This week we are learning the following sounds - "oa" as in oak, "ie" as in pie, "ee", and "or". We will watch video #4 as well, and do lots of exercises to help children recall the sounds we are learning. Words added to the word wall are or and for.

We continue to learn about patterns in Math class, and are doing lots of fun things in that area.

Next Monday is Halloween, and Ms. Baker and I will be taking the Kindergarten class to the Grand Manan Nursing Home. Please send your child with his/her costume on that day. As well, that afternoon, we will be doing Halloween centres in the K-2 classrooms.

If there are any updates and/or changes, I will post a new entry to my blog.

Have a great week!

Well, we are now into our 7th week of school! Time is really flying by and it will soon be report card time!!

Sounds this week are "b", "ai", and "j". We will be watching the video covering the sounds we learned in the 3rd book of Jolly Phonics on Tuesday, so only three sounds this week. New words for the word wall are at and that, added to a, is, mom, and dad.

In Math we have been making patterns, starting with the AB pattern (two objects repeating themselves - ie red, green, red, green, red, green.......)

We are also talking about syllables and sentences in Language Arts. Keep practicing the sounds and actions - practice makes perfect!

There is no school for students on Friday, October 21st, as teachers will be away at meetings.