Dear families,
We have had our first week with all the children in! This is a very busy and exciting time for the children. There have been a number of letters and forms sent home to be signed. Please make sure you send back your completed forms.
It was so nice to meet all of you! The children have been doing a great job lining up outside the playground door. Thank you so much for assisting with this transition by saying good-bye at the door. Our SKs have been doing a wonderful job making the Juniors feel welcome and helping them with routines!
When all the contact information has been sent in, Grade Parents will be contacting you regarding volunteer opportunities in the classroom. For example, each Thursday morning at 9:00 a.m. a parent volunteer is Mystery Reader. This is a surprise visit. The parent signs in at the office, the office buzzes the classroom to let us know "The Mystery Reader is here," and I send two children to the office to pick him/her up. Then the Mystery Reader reads a book or two they have brought from home to the children.
There are also volunteer opportunities to help the children in the Computer Lab and to assist on Craft Days (Halloween, Winter Holiday, 100th Day of School, etc. - see "Important Dates" column at right). The kids love to see their parents in the classroom and your time and energy are really appreciated! It is wonderful to see a child's face light up when mom or dad comes into our class!
If anyone would like to volunteer to sort, staple and stamp the Scholastic order forms each month it would be much appreciated!
This week and next week will be spent on establishing rules and routines. It will take many of the children (especially the JKs) quite some time to learn all the various rules and routines. We all learn together and the Juniors learn so much from the Seniors as well.
We are currently talking about our Names. We are also reading Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and are learning and reviewing letter names and sounds. The children's first work of the year is called "This is Me" and it is proudly on display in the hall bulletin board. We are also working to learn high frequency words ("Popcorn Words" since they keep popping up!) and last week's words were I and AM. We will learn two new words each week and your child will receive a copy of each word in their mailbag. The JKs are learning letter names and sounds and the SKs are reviewing sight words. We are also doing numeral review (counting and number formation) on the Smartboard. Next week we will continue numeracy and literacy activities related to the Chicka Chicka Boom Boom book as well as Eye Spy letters, letter sounds, and numbers. We will also be talking about Terry Fox and will join the rest of LKS at the Terry Fox Assembly on Monday.
That's my news for this week! I'm looking forward to next week when all the children are in each day. I hope you've had a lovely weekend.
Mrs. Tyndall
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