Thursday, March 8, 2012

Fresh Off The Wire

Hello all,

Due to confusion and to make things easier Tuesdays spirit week can be any of the following; zombie, crazy hair or hat day.  This should make life a lot easier.
Have a great weekend and if you are by our classroom come see our amazing solar system the kids made this week.

cheers
Braedon

March Centres


Friday, March 9, 2012

I am sure all of you noticed the beautiful coin bank your son or daughter took home last Friday from the Tzi Chu foundation.  A group of them came to our school to do a small presentation and thank us for the money we donated to them.  They showed us a few videos and taught us some sign language.  It was great to see all of the hard work we did during Read-a-thon pay off while helping the good people at the Tzi Chu foundation.

Next week is spirit week and few parents have asked about zombie day on Tuesday.  Trying to incorporate the entire school in spirit week can be difficult due to the various ages.  Some ideas for zombie could be to dress your child in all black or white, smudge some mascara on their face and have crazy hair.  It’s a fun week for the elementary department to come together.

            Could everyone try to get their son or daughter to be at school by 8:30 in the morning.  Before sharing time is an excellent time for me meet with students one on one to do some guided reading or have a math conference.  I understand it is hard in the morning to get everything ready but please try your best, thanks!

What we did in our centres this week.
Literacy Centres
1.      Acrostic using a friends name, write the room
2.      Computer story “I got two dogs” then NASA phonics games
3.      Phonics book the letter S
4.      St. Paticks Day sight words card game

Math and Science Centres
1.      Magnets making 3D shapes
2.      Starfall measurement game
3.      Sand pit free exploration
4.      BINGO card game

Student of the Week
The student of the week is Thomas.  He has been learning so much with our space unit and is very knowledgeable about the planets.  Thomas has also did an excellent job this month during his reading conference.  Keep up the amazing work!

Reminders and Notices
1.     Please return the word rings once you have finished with them.
2.      March 12-16 is Spirit Week
a.      Monday: Twins Day
b.      Tuesday: Dress like a Zombie, Crazy Hat or Crazy Hair Day
c.       Wednesday: Rainbow Day
d.      Thursday: Character/Celebrity Day
e.      Friday: Dress in green for St. Patrick’s Day
3.      Pre-K music scavenger hunt will be March 28th.
4.      March 14th will be running races.


Like always, if you have any questions or concern you can always write me an email at bsharp.his@gmail.com or come by and speak to me in person.

Cheers
Vicky, Kris and Braedon