The children had an exciting first week back. They were very happy to see their school friends again. The kids are doing quite well with independently settling into morning routines and putting on their own snow gear. Reminder that snowboots must be carried down from the front door and left outside on the hallway boot racks.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM LAST WEEK:
WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK:
This week, we will being Sound Group #3 with our new letter “Gg”. The kids are really loving our phonics program and are starting to sound out and blend 3-4 letter words! The students will begin printing their first names on our special “wipe-off sheet covers” first thing in the morning. We will also start using our Handwriting Without Tears workbooks to practice “frog jump letters” beginning with F. In Math, we will continue to focus on printing numbers 1 to 5 and representing those numbers through games and activities. The kids have been playing math board games in small groups and focusing on turn-taking and basic addition and subtraction skills. We will also celebrate our 70th day of school on Wednesday with a visit from Zero the Hero! Our themes this week will be winter (symmetrical snowflakes, properties of snow) and opposites (if not this week, then next :))
This week we have a new Star Student of the week (due to privacy policies, I cannot post which student it is...so you can come check it out on our class bulletin board!). Reminder that if it’s your child’s turn to be the Star Student, he/she will have brought home a zippered bag with butterflies on it home on FRIDAY (the original flowered one I planned to use has a big rip in it :(). Please carefully read the info. sheets in the Star Student Bag and the class journal as soon as your child brings home the bag. The Star Student will have the weekend to fill in his/her Star Student memory book page and plan what he/she will bring to school on Monday to share with the class. The Star Student also gets to look after our class stuffie (Katie the Koala) for the week and journal about what they did together. Katie the Koala can be brought back to school on Friday morning. In order for all children to have their special week before the end of the school year, we need to ensure the bag, journal, and stuffie are all returned to school and ready to go home with the next child every Friday.
All Parkcrest students are being asked to STAY OFF THE SNOW PILES adjacent to our parking lots, to use sidewalks and crosswalks (NOT WALK THROUGH PARKING LOTS), and to leave ALL SNOW ON THE GROUND (no throwing snowballs before, during or after school). Parking lots are no place for children to be playing. This is a serious safety concern and children who are not able to play safely outside will be sent to sit at the office for the remainder of lunch/recess. Please remind your child about these safety rules and off-limits areas. Thanks for reinforcing this at home, we appreciate your cooperation :)
REMINDERS/HOW PARENTS CAN HELP:
THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE:
Monday –
Tuesday – P.E. with Ms. Hall
Wednesday – Library with Mrs. Gorman
Thursday –
Friday - P.E. with Mrs. Brkovic
- Roots of Empathy with Wayne
- Milk Orders due
UPCOMING EVENTS:
-January 20th - Pro-D Day (No school)
-January 23rd - Pizza Orders due
-January 21-28th - Literacy Week: Unplug and Play (info. about special events will be shared at a later date)
See you Monday!
-Ms. Gartrell :)
HIGHLIGHTS FROM LAST WEEK:
- Doing a lot of “Indoor Recess” activity breaks on Go Noodle and having our “exercise champ” grow
- Starting the first page in our brand-new Handwriting Without Tears workbooks (HWT)! (more info will be sent home in a paper newsletter later this week)
- Seeing what Ms. Gartrell shared when she was the Star Student (her pointe shoes were a hit)
WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK:
This week, we will being Sound Group #3 with our new letter “Gg”. The kids are really loving our phonics program and are starting to sound out and blend 3-4 letter words! The students will begin printing their first names on our special “wipe-off sheet covers” first thing in the morning. We will also start using our Handwriting Without Tears workbooks to practice “frog jump letters” beginning with F. In Math, we will continue to focus on printing numbers 1 to 5 and representing those numbers through games and activities. The kids have been playing math board games in small groups and focusing on turn-taking and basic addition and subtraction skills. We will also celebrate our 70th day of school on Wednesday with a visit from Zero the Hero! Our themes this week will be winter (symmetrical snowflakes, properties of snow) and opposites (if not this week, then next :))
This week we have a new Star Student of the week (due to privacy policies, I cannot post which student it is...so you can come check it out on our class bulletin board!). Reminder that if it’s your child’s turn to be the Star Student, he/she will have brought home a zippered bag with butterflies on it home on FRIDAY (the original flowered one I planned to use has a big rip in it :(). Please carefully read the info. sheets in the Star Student Bag and the class journal as soon as your child brings home the bag. The Star Student will have the weekend to fill in his/her Star Student memory book page and plan what he/she will bring to school on Monday to share with the class. The Star Student also gets to look after our class stuffie (Katie the Koala) for the week and journal about what they did together. Katie the Koala can be brought back to school on Friday morning. In order for all children to have their special week before the end of the school year, we need to ensure the bag, journal, and stuffie are all returned to school and ready to go home with the next child every Friday.
All Parkcrest students are being asked to STAY OFF THE SNOW PILES adjacent to our parking lots, to use sidewalks and crosswalks (NOT WALK THROUGH PARKING LOTS), and to leave ALL SNOW ON THE GROUND (no throwing snowballs before, during or after school). Parking lots are no place for children to be playing. This is a serious safety concern and children who are not able to play safely outside will be sent to sit at the office for the remainder of lunch/recess. Please remind your child about these safety rules and off-limits areas. Thanks for reinforcing this at home, we appreciate your cooperation :)
REMINDERS/HOW PARENTS CAN HELP:
- Dress appropriate for the cold weather -inside/outside days are decided at recess and lunchtime each day, it is crucial children have all the necessary snowgear as most of our recess times have been “outside days” and we only had a few “inside” recess and lunch breaks last week.
- Please arrive to school on time (school doors open at 8:20am, warning bell at 8:25am) as attendance is taken promptly at 8:30am. If you know your child will be late, please contact the Safe Arrival system prior to 8:30am, or the system will continue to call the numbers you have listed. If you do arrive late, you must sign your child in at the office and our secretary will hand your child a popsicle stick (this is given to the teacher so we know the student has been accounted for in the computer attendance system).
- Sign and return your child’s report card envelope
THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE:
Monday –
Tuesday – P.E. with Ms. Hall
Wednesday – Library with Mrs. Gorman
Thursday –
Friday - P.E. with Mrs. Brkovic
- Roots of Empathy with Wayne
- Milk Orders due
UPCOMING EVENTS:
-January 20th - Pro-D Day (No school)
-January 23rd - Pizza Orders due
-January 21-28th - Literacy Week: Unplug and Play (info. about special events will be shared at a later date)
See you Monday!
-Ms. Gartrell :)