Can you believe we are facing our last day in Grade One?
Are you as impressed as I am with how far your child has come? Watch out Grade Two!
Tomorrow afternoon we will swim at the pool. When we get back to class, we will have a brief leaving ceremony. You are more than welcome to attend the ceremony.
For those of you who ordered the photo books, I will probably have to deliver them to you. Of course they might arrive today, but if they don't, I'll be knocking on your door as soon as they arrive.
You child will be bringing home a Word Wall sheet and a few pages of interlined paper. These should give you something to work with when it comes to writing. On rainy days, consider playing board, card, or dice games that will help you child to keep up with number facts. And of course, remember to cuddle with a story every day. You child can read, but it's also OK to read books that are too hard for your child to read. Talk about what you do and what you read.
I'll see you all in September. The first few days the children will be with this year's teacher, so we can start right where we left off.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
June 17, 2009
In case you missed my phone call, here are the details about the photo book I am making for the class.
The book will be 8"X6" and will have 20 pages. There will be between 60 and 80 photos. The cost will range from $16 to $12. The difference in price is because of the difference in mailing charges that come from bulk orders.
If you want a book, send me $16 by Friday. I'm hoping the books will arrive by Thursday. If not, I will deliver yours to your house and give you any refund owing.
The book will be 8"X6" and will have 20 pages. There will be between 60 and 80 photos. The cost will range from $16 to $12. The difference in price is because of the difference in mailing charges that come from bulk orders.
If you want a book, send me $16 by Friday. I'm hoping the books will arrive by Thursday. If not, I will deliver yours to your house and give you any refund owing.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
June 16, 2009
We were glad to see so many of you at the year end celebration. We hope you were impressed by how well we can read now. Not only did we read The New Baby Calf, but we read it together and we read it in parts. That's pretty hard work.
Did you see the blue notice in the planner about Duke? He likes to go visiting during the summer and he can stay for a long time on his summer visits. Your family has until Friday to return the form if you want to have a turn with Duke this summer.
Did you see the blue notice in the planner about Duke? He likes to go visiting during the summer and he can stay for a long time on his summer visits. Your family has until Friday to return the form if you want to have a turn with Duke this summer.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
June 10. 2009
How well does your child to mental math? Mental math is math the child does without using concrete manipulatives. In other words, it's math they do in their heads.
Try asking a few simple questions. Watch to see if your child is mentally counting, or using some other strategy to figure out the answers. Give increasingly difficult questions to build mental math strength.
Before or after story time might be a good mental math time each day.
Friday, June 5, 2009
June 5, 2009
We had so much fun at Sports Day!
We hopped in sacks and kicked things and threw things and ran with things and danced. We cheered for our team and for other people, too.
We were really excited when the ribbons arrived after the very last minute had already passed. We cleaned up the playground really well and even tidied the classroom before we left.
We were good sports, which is the main thing.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
June 4, 2009
Tomorrow is Sports Day. We should have sunscreen, hats, and water bottles.
In the mean time, we are taking a look back at our year to see what we have learned. Have you heard us read lately? Most of us are also writing at least two pages in our Driting books. Our writing uses interesting language and includes lots of details. We can write both the inside and the outside stories. Soon we will write our final report cards.
In the mean time, we are taking a look back at our year to see what we have learned. Have you heard us read lately? Most of us are also writing at least two pages in our Driting books. Our writing uses interesting language and includes lots of details. We can write both the inside and the outside stories. Soon we will write our final report cards.
June 3, 2009
We had a visit from two local foresters who showed us beautiful slides of animals, plants, and jobs from the forest. Then we each got a western redcedar to plant.
One of the foresters has agreed to come back and take us for a walk in our local forest so we can see the plants and animals up close.
One of the foresters has agreed to come back and take us for a walk in our local forest so we can see the plants and animals up close.
Monday, June 1, 2009
June 1, 2009
Today we learned the names for private body parts.
Here are the ones we named.
Boys have 3 private parts:
It will help if you talk about these things at home as well because each family has its own way of dealing with personal issues.
Here are the ones we named.
Boys have 3 private parts:
- bottom
- penis
- testicles
- 1. bottom
- nipples
- vulva
It will help if you talk about these things at home as well because each family has its own way of dealing with personal issues.
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