Info for June 20-28

So many fun and exciting things coming up for the end of the year. Read through the details below to stay informed. 

If your child will be missing any of the final days of school, you MUST let me know so I can plan accordingly and send all their belongings home before their final day of school. Please e-mail me as soon as you know your child will not be in attendance. 

We have an assembly, Indigenous Pride Day, Sports day, Fun lunch, in-class celebrations, etc. as we make our way to the end of the school year and summer break. 

Monday, June 20: FORMAL UNIFORM for Farewell Assembly
Tuesday, June 21: Orange Shirt Day for Indigenous Pride Day
Wednesday, June 22 and Thursday, June 23: Casual clothing
Friday, June 24: Sports Day! Our class colour is PURPLE. 
Monday, June 27 and Tuesday, June 28: Casual clothing

June 13-17

12 school days to go! 

Quick notes: 

• If your child will be missing any of the final days of school, email me ASAP so that I can make sure they are prepared to go home with all of their belongings. 
• Boat projects and their corresponding work pages are due on Friday, June 17th (this Friday). We will be testing them on Monday morning. This is an important part of their Boats & Buoyancy science unit. 
• Tuesday, June 21st will be Orange Shirt Day to commemorate Indigenous Pride Day. 

Our class had so much fun bowling last week! It was such a nice opportunity to set the end-of-year academics aside and have fun together. Students were so encouraging of each other, cheering their friends on, and aiming for that elusive strike!

Check out our "Pictures" page for more of what we've been up to recently! 

We have so many events coming up as the year comes to a close. Look at the "important dates" column and keep an eye on your email for any updates from Mrs. Taylor. 

This week: 
Monday- FORMAL UNIFORM
Tuesday- 
Wednesday- 
Thursday- 
Friday- Homework due (INCLUDING BOAT PROJECTS)

June!!

Wow, it's June already! 

As close as we are to the end of the school year, there are still more than 3 weeks left of learning! Please take a minute to remind your child about classroom/school expectations for learning. 

Scholastic book orders- It is important that your child is reading daily, even through the summer, to maintain the decoding and comprehension skills learned this year. If you are looking to buy some new books for your child, the scholastic website has many diverse, and varied-levels of books to choose from. Use our classroom code RC637365 at checkout and our classroom will receive a percentage of your purchase. I use this money to add to my classroom library and buy books for all students to keep at the end of the year. Feel free to use this code through the summer months as well!

Bowling- We will be going bowling on Wednesday and Thursday of this week! Students are so excited for an hour of bowling fun! We will be walking up the hill to Toppler Bowl. 

Fun lunch- There is 1 more fun lunch for the year. The Boston Pizza menu is posted on Healthy Hunger if you would like to order for your child. 

Uniforms- It is important that your child still comes to school with all the required uniform pieces. Mondays are still FORMAL uniform days! 

Library books- ALL library books are due back by June 10th (Friday)! Send them in starting Monday. We will no longer be checking out new books. 

Next year- Our school planning is well underway for next year. If your child will NOT be attending LRD next year, please let the office know ASAP.

This week: 
Monday- FORMAL uniform
Tuesday- 
Wednesday- Library books due; bowling
Thursday- Bowling
Friday- ALL library books due back

May 23-27

We had another great week in Room 15! 

Important reminders: 

• Please remember to send your child to school with a water bottle every day! More and more students are forgetting to bring them and we want to make sure everyone stays hydrated, especially because the weather is warming up. 
• We are so excited to have our Leighton Centre field trip this TUESDAY! We will be leaving the school right after attendance at 8:30am and returning at 2:15pm. Be sure to get to school ON TIME in the morning. Most of this off-site experience will be OUTSIDE. Students must be in uniform and dressed for the weather! 
• We are going bowling on June 8th and 9th! We will be walking up the street from the school to Toppler Bowl. Watch for permission slips going home this week and return them signed ASAP. 

Reading- Students are working on answering questions based on texts they're reading. Whether it's retelling a fiction story, re-calling facts about non-fiction, or making connections between the text and their life and previous experiences, comprehension is a vital component of learning to read. Be sure to ask your child questions about the books they're reading on their own!

Writing- We have been working on developing a complete climbing story. This includes a great beginning, which describes the character and the setting, a main event with a problem, two attempts to solve the problem that do not work, a solution that does work, and a satisfying ending. We are practicing writing endings in isolation based on a book or animated short, as well as building writing stamina to complete an entire piece. 

Math- This week students have practiced their subtractions, 2-step word problems, and finished a measurement project! They are busy trying to reach their mad minute addition and subtraction goals. When they reach 500 collective addition questions right, students have requested a movie! When they reach 280 collective subtraction questions correct, they have requested time to play Prodigy on the computers. We are close to reaching both our goals. Any additional fluency practice helps! 

Science- We had an AMAZING time during our Teacher's Pet "Buoyancy & Boats" in-school field trip. Thank you to the 5 parents who volunteered their time to make this experience a success. Students were thrilled to be able to make their own self-propelling boat out of wood, experiment with which items will sink or float, learn about keels, and navigate balancing cargo on various types of "boats." 

Social- Students finished up their projects on a famous Albertan. This week, they will start looking into the natural resources, goods, and services of Calgary as we explore more about the community around us. 

Character- Room 15 students worked on their leadership skills this week when meeting up with their Kindergarten buddies in Ms. Blue's class. They paired up with their buddy and asked them questions to get to know them better. We love our buddies! 

This week: 

Monday- FORMAL UNIFORM
Tuesday- Leighton Centre Field Trip (dress for the weather!)
Wednesday- Library books due
Thursday- 
Friday- homework due

Important Dates!

Lots of things on the horizon! Check out the dates below: 

May 21st- last day to order Fun Lunch for May 26th (Subway)

May 26th- Teacher's Pet field trip (in-school) 9am-11am

May 31st- Leighton Centre field trip (off-site) all day

Monday- NO SCHOOL (Victoria Day)
Tuesday- 
Wednesday- Library books due
Thursday- 
Friday- Homework due 

Thank You!

Thank you to our many grownups who have volunteered for our upcoming field trips! I am happy to say that our class has more than enough volunteers at this time for both the Leighton Centre and Teacher's Pet. It is because of all of our wonderful volunteers that we can continue to provide amazing experiences for our students. Per Mrs. Taylor's email, some classes are still looking for volunteers for their upcoming off-site activities. If you are available for any of those dates/times, please let the office know. We would love to have you! 

If you have not yet signed the permission slip for the Leighton Centre, please do so and send it back with your child on Monday. 

We have had many class conversations recently about friendship, kindness, and keeping our hands to ourselves. Our class strives to be role models within the school and we have been working on asking to play with others, expressing our feelings politely, solving problems with our words (not our hands), and reaching out for help from an adult when needed. If you could support us in this endeavour by having conversations with your child about staying within their own personal bubble and staying out of others, that would be greatly appreciated. 

As always, be sure to read Mrs. Taylor's emails in full to stay up to date on school-wide information. 

Fun lunch- Coming up on May 26th. Please order on Healthy Hunger by May 21st. 

This week: 
Monday- FORMAL UNIFORM
Tuesday- 
Wednesday- Library books due
Thursday- Homework due
Friday- NO SCHOOL (PD Day) 

Happy Mother's Day

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day celebrating yourself as moms, your partners, your own moms, your grandmothers, and any other mother figure in you and your children's lives. 

Please read below for what we have been up to in class and some important dates for future events. 

Writing- We will continue on with writing event/climbing stories. Students have worked hard to hone their skills writing great beginnings and we are now moving into writing about the main event. We will be practicing this in class and in the week's homework. 

Math- Students have been working on a 3D shapes project while also working on their fact fluency. In early April they set a class goal of getting over 400 problems correct collectively and in the last week of the month they achieved this goal! We celebrated by spending some extra time outside in the sunshine. I have loved to see their perseverance, dedication, and commitment to improving their skills and working as a group to reach this goal. As we now move into May, we will be setting goals for improving our subtraction scores as well. Be sure to practice these facts with your child at home to strengthen their math foundation before grade 3. 

Science- Room 15 has now finished our unit on Exploring Liquids and will soon be moving on to boats and buoyancy. Stay tuned for some exciting events and projects related to this new unit. 

Upcoming Field Trips: 

1) Thursday, May 26th 9am-11:15am In-School 

2) Tuesday, May 31st All Day Leighton Art Centre

If you are available to volunteer for either of these field trips, please send me an email ASAP. 

Thursday, May 12th is Kindergarten Orientation. If you have a child entering Kindergarten in the fall, please plan to be at the school from 6:30-7:30pm. 

This week: 
Monday- FORMAL UNIFORM
Tuesday- 
Wednesday- Library books due
Thursday- 
Friday- Homework due