October post 7

Hello Everyone

This is just a reminder to return your art cards as soon as possible (with your cheques payable to LKS) – Friday is preferable.

Also, your children’s photos are in! They will be in tomorrow’s white TDSB bags and are due back (with payment) on October 26th.

Snuggle Books and TDSB bags are due by tomorrow as well.

A small note to parents who kindly help me with the white TDSB bags: please include all the items in the bags that are in the blue basket (such as letters home, etc.), not just the Snuggle Books. Several items, including the Snuggle Books, do go home each week in the TDSB bags and Tuesday and Thursday are our special days for that. Thank you!

The children are almost all finished their Number Books and they will go home with them when they are done. We have also completed patterning (elementary math) exercises related to Hallowe’en themes and will continue to do this throughout the year. Encourage your children to find patterns around them – they’re everywhere!

We have also almost completed our “Brown Bear” reading booklets and we will be starting our Phonics next week – learning one new sound a week, and reinforcing this sound with accompanying worksheets which will go in your child’s Phonics Folder.

We are learning two Hallowe’en Songs (“Pumpkin, Pumpkin” and “Lack-o-Lantern”) and the children will complete a little art project on pumpkins tomorrow. Some of the children are just learning how to use scissors so if you have small children’s safety scissors I encourage you to help your child with this important motor skill by giving them little things to cut out (pictures from flyers, magazines, etc.)

That’s our news for today! Don’t forget that our first Sharing Assembly is October 27 (I will notify those parents whose children will be receiving an award this month in advance so that they can try to plan to attend), and our Hallowe’en Parade and Party are October 30.

Thank you as always to my parent volunteers who help out so much! The children love to have their parents in their school! 

Have a nice evening,

Beverley