Friday, November, 4

            Thanks to all the parents that came out for our Halloween party.  It was great to see everyone dressed up and in the Halloween spirit.  After the parade and singing the students participated in trick or treating around the school.  It was a wonderful day for everyone in the school!

            I want to give another big thank you to everyone that came out last Wednesday to our Fun Day.   Although hot, seeing classes from the entire school participating together in some fun games was an amazing event to be apart of.  The grade 6’s did an excellent job running the activities and Mr. Burt oversaw the entire event.

            Time just keeps passing and we are now already into November.  This month our unit is nursery rhymes and we will be covering Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Little Pigs and the Gingerbread Man.  In math we are studying sequencing, one to one correspondence and representing whole numbers to 10. 

            This month I have started to implement English inside the classroom.  We are going to start very slowly and gradually build up our stamina. For some it will be very easy while others might have some difficulties.  Could you please talk to your son our daughter about speaking English when inside the classroom.  At lunch and recess or anytime outside the classroom I will allow them to speak their native languages.  This is a very important step in learning English and it will benefit the students immensely. 

             

Reading Tips

Read Every Day

Children love routine, and reading is something that you and your child can look forward to every day. By taking the time to read with your child, you show him or her that reading is important and fun to do.

Try to read with your child as often as possible. It's the best thing you can do to help him or her learn at school! It also allows you to spend time together in an enjoyable way and to build a strong and healthy relationship.

·                       Start reading with your child when he or she is very young.

·                       Set aside a special time each day when you can give your full attention to reading with your child.

·                       Choose a comfortable spot to read, where you can be close to your child. Make it your "reading place"! Set aside a special shelf in that area for your child's books.

·                       Choose a variety of books.

·                       Vary the length of reading time according to your child's age and interests. For young children, several short sessions (of 10 minutes each) may be better than one long session (of 30 minutes).

·                       Read slowly so that your child can form a mental picture of what is happening in the story.

·                       Praise your child for his or her ideas and participation!

·                       When you and your child are away from home, take along books, magazines, and books-on-tape for your child to read and listen to.

·                       Keep reading to your child even after he or she has learned to read. By reading stories that will interest your child but that are above his or her reading level, you can stretch your child's understanding and keep alive the magic of shared reading.

Reminders and Notices

1.      “Aa, Bb etc” books also need to be brought back to school.

2.      Any art activities or paper put in the plastic folder can be kept at home.

3.      There will be an American Thanksgiving party on Thursday November 24^th more details will follow.

What we did in our centres this week.

Literacy Centres

1.       Guided and silent reading.

2.       Putting our poems in the pocket chart.

3.      Computer story “The Paper Bag Princess.”

4.      Making the alphabet using blocks.

Math Centres

1.      Ordering numbers in the pocket chart.

2.      Math sequencing cut and order sheets.

3.      Creating towers and drawing them.

4.      Puzzles and dominos.

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

Braedon

FUN DAY!

Fun Day Groups and Themes

	Surfer/ Beach	Sports Team/ Athlete	Cartoon/ Superhero	Crazy Colours	Farmers	Crazy Hair	Backwards Clothes	Pajamas	Pirates
Teachers	Mr. Costello	Mrs. Yu, Mrs. Lee	Mr. Holt	Mr. Harpster	Ms. Crous, Mrs. Hu	Mrs. Willis	Mr. Sharp	Mr. Anderson	Ms. Faye
Pre-K	Sim Ru Kok	Freesia Cheow	Wayne Wei Wei	Thomas Holt	N/A	Lucy Holt	Valerie Lin	Natasha Lee	Daphne Goh
K	Winston Yu	Kristopher Yeh	Tricia Tung	Ashley Cheng	Nathan Chien	Duncan Tseng	William Lu	Jerrick Keng	N/A
1	Mizuno Uchida, Taichi Nishiwaki	David Park, Kissa Koda	Wilbur Wu	Ayden Smith	Keiji Tung, Veronica Kuo	Shunta Toyama	Katelyn Yeh, Alexander Stacey	Jessica Lin, Jacob Chen	Joey Chuang, Joon Oh Kim
2	Victoria Lee	Tom Lu	Wilson Tang, Richard Tsai	Michael Wang	Ee Heng Kok	Ayane Koto	Aoi Fujimoto	Yvette Coort	Mami Sugiura
3	Jasper Chiu	Michelle Lin	Annie Chen	Elsa Son	N/A	Emily Su	Ashley Han	Angus Murray-Nobbs	Jonah Stacey
4	Teressa Lee	Kevin Yang	Leo Hsu	Tiffany Chang, Johnson Chiu	Alex Lee, Yehna Jung	Sharon Tang, Ryan Huang	Jonathan Sun, Anita Yang	Airi Saito, Tatsuya Ochi	Shawn Kao
5	Kevin Mao, Adam Huang	Zoe Welz, Haruka Fukimoto, Timothy Shih	Bryan Kang, Amanda Wang	Wilson Ko, Ariel Lee	Alkmini Diangelaki, Jack Wang	Jonathan Wu, Bryan Ying	Yuta Kanei, Selina Wu	Ayumi Sugiura, Stephen Jang	Willa Lin, Eileen Wang, Lawrence Lo
6	Tushmitha Sundralingam, Tina Lee	Sydney Ko, Phillip Huang	Alice Hsu, Mizuna Koda	Sharon Chu, Kuan Yang	Angel Su, Eva Lo	Rino Imamura, Daniel Chen	Michelle Lin, Timothy Wood	Orpheas Diangelakis, Jenny Wu	Jenny Yang, Alvan Chen

Photographers:  Mr. Harris, Mr. Ahlers

First Aid:  Chang Lin


Theme Descriptions

Surfer/ Beach:  With this theme, you can pretty much just wear something you would wear to the beach, such as swimming shorts, Hawaiian shirts, sun hats, sunglasses etc..

Sports Team/ Athlete:  Here’s an opportunity to dress up as your favourite athlete, or any type of athlete in general (such as a golfer, or tennis player-- it doesn’t have to be a specific person).  You can also just wear a jersey or any article of clothing that shows your loyalty towards a sports team.

Cartoon/ Superhero: If you own a costume of a cartoon character (Examples: SpongeBob Squarepants, Bugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse etc.), or that of a superhero (Examples: Superman, Batman, Spiderman etc.), Fun Day would be a great time to wear it.  

Crazy Colours:  This pretty much explains itself.  Just wear the craziest coloured clothing and accessories that you have in your wardrobe.  The brighter and crazier the better!!!

Farmers:  With this theme were were thinking specifically local Taiwanese rice farmers, so a traditional rice farmer’s hat would go a long way.

Crazy Hair:  This is also pretty self-explanatory.  You can wear your hair as crazy as possible (in a style you would probably never wear normally), or perhaps wear a wig.  

Backwards Clothes:  Hopefully students on this team won’t get confused as to which direction they are traveling in.  The idea wit this theme is to wear articles of clothing backwards, as long as it doesn’t restrict your natural movement.  Wearing a ball cap backwards or sunglasses upside down would also work well.

Pajamas:  The beauty of this theme is that you can roll straight out of bed and head to school.  Any pajamas that you wear or have will do.  If you’d like to take it a step further you can wear your hair so it looks like you just got up.  

Pirates:  There are different pirate looks you can go with, but a simple bandana on your head and an eye-patch would give you a nice pirate look.  

Halloween!