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Rivers Day

17/10/2016

 

The Week In Photos (Mostly)

15/10/2016

 

Friday Housekeeping

14/10/2016

 
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​Team Awesome should be coming home tired today. We not only tromped back and forth to the river twice but we also had our regular playtime and some activities on the beach. We were lucky in terms of weather as it just barely began to sprinkle as we were making our way back at the end of the day. The presenters were interesting and all the children were well-dressed so there were no complaints of being bored or cold. We played hard and learned hard. It was an awesome day at the river!
  • Don't forget to send the library books back by Monday next week and your child will put it in the Library Box on their way in.
  • Tuesday, Oct. 18 and Wednesday, Oct. 19 are early dismissal days (12:30) due to parent/ teacher interviews. Please make arrangements to have your child picked up early. Your child would like to show you around our classroom and explain some things we've been learning before you leave. (They are very excited to 'host' you.)
  • Please check the blog post sent earlier in the week re: parent/teacher interviews. If you have sent in your preference time for a personal interview and would still like it, please let me know by Monday so I can send you a confirmation. If you have decided you don't need to see me and have sent in the form, let me know by Monday. An email through the blog or a note or in person are all fine.
  • Permission slips for our pumpkin patch field trip are due Thursday, Oct. 20. The cost is $7.00- $5.00 for the pumpkin patch and $2.00 for the bus.
  • Friday, Oct. 21 is an NI Day so Team Awesome will be at home while I am learning how to be a better teacher.
  • Photo retakes and our pumpkin patch field trip are both Wednesday, Oct. 26. Those children requiring retakes will have them before we leave.
  • School photos need to be ordered by Friday, Oct. 28.
  • Friday, Oct. 28 is a Fresh Air Friday. Please dress your child appropriately.
  • Thank you to Fresh Is Best for sending enough tortilla chips, salsa and guacamole for every child in the school to have a sample on Thursday.
  • BEST has entered a battery recycling competition and for all of next week, and part of the following week, we are collecting old batteries to be sent for recycling. If you have any at home, you are welcome to leave them with me.
  • October Family Projects were due Oct. 19 or whenever you have finished. Have fun!
  • October sight words are: am, to, my, for, was, is. If a word comes up repeatedly in our studies we will sometimes add it to our words for the month. Please feel free to practice them at home.
  • Please have your child read any little paper books that come home multiple times for practice. Thank you.
Go forth and Be Awesome!

Buddy Bags

13/10/2016

 
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Most Fridays three Team Awesome members will bring home a Buddy Bag consisting of a stuffie, two related books and a response journal. Why Buddy Bags? As recreational reading is decreasing as a chosen activity for young children, pleasurable family reading experiences can contribute significantly to students' literacy motivation and skills and home literacy activities may counteract the feeling in some young students that reading is "something I do in school". Buddy Bags are a great motivating and authentic homework activity which includes a creative thinking experience. 
Rasinski (2012) suggests three of the essentials for developing reading fluency are reading real literature, getting real-time word recognition support, and participating in assisted reading activities. These are included in Buddy Bags as families are encouraged to participate in the reading and response journal writing on whatever level they are able. Paired reading allows children to share books they have experienced at school, to lead literacy activities familiar to them (similar to those done in class), and thus to take a comfortable leadership role in the family activity. As they interact with their family members, children can experience first hand how parents or older siblings may grapple with text complexity and make connections among themes, characters, unknown vocabulary words, or story concepts. But the most important purpose of the Buddy Bags is to engage families in pleasurable literacy activities in a relaxed, comfortable environment.
Buddy Bags provide outstanding learning and social opportunities. This is a win-win-win project: parents learn about their children, children learn about their families, and literacy skills taught in school are reinforced at home in authentic ways. Children experience a sense of ownership and involvement as they share their own response page in show-and-tell manner soon after they bring the bag back. This provides them the spotlight, expanding their social and oral skills while sharing information about their families. Their excitement often inspires their classmates and they can hardly wait until it is their turn to take another Buddy Bag home.

Rivers Day

13/10/2016

 
Tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 14 is River's Day at BEST and all classes will be making their way down to the river to rotate through a number of presentations/ stations by local organizations. I am excited to participate as all of our Rivers Days have been wonderful learning experiences for everyone. Extra supervision will be welcome.
For your information:
  • We would like all classes sitting in front of the main tent at the river by 9:50ish. When you walk down Windsor, cross Schubert, head slightly right, and go down the bank on the trail by the cement pylons.
  • Parents are more than welcome to attend but if they are smokers, please go up to Schubert Drive.
  • There will be a porta- potty on Schubert Drive for our use. An adult will go with little ones, or they will go with a buddy (a Gr. 5 or 6 student).
  • Students are welcome to bring a water bottle.
  • It is important students dress for the day. Hat, mitts, warm coat, layers, and appropriate footwear are all necessary for a day spent down by the water on the beach where the temperatures are much cooler and it tends to be windy.
Schedule of events:
10:00 Welcome & Opening remarks 
10:30 - 11:00 Station #1 Aboriginal Fishing Technology K-6
11:05 - 11:35 Station #2 Junior Ranger Program K-6
11:35 - 11:50 Classes return to BEST
11:50 - 12:05 Eating time at BEST
12:05 - 12:40 Students outside (playground) at BEST
12:40 - 12:55 Classes return to river
12:55 - 1:25 Station #3 River Art K-6
1:30 - 2:00 Station #4 Cool First Peoples Stuff K-3
2:00 Classes return to school for wrap-up and dismissal at 2:30

It's going to be so much fun!

FAF 07/10/16

11/10/2016

 

Parent/ Teacher Interviews

11/10/2016

 
As you know, we have a 12:30 dismissal on Tuesday, Oct. 18 and Wednesday, Oct. 19 due to parent/teacher interviews. We will have been in school for six weeks and I met with you all before school started. I also see many of you once or twice a day. We have mainly been working on routines and social responsibility and getting settled in since the beginning of September. The children have been great and at this time I have no serious concerns. If that changes I will certainly contact you and set up a meeting.
If you would like to meet with me privately next week I would be happy to see you. Just return the interview schedule sent home to the office to request a time and confirm with me sometime before Tuesday. Otherwise, I propose that we have a bit of an 'Open House' on Tuesday and Wednesday. When you pick your child up at 12:30 have them show you around our classroom and explain some of the things that are up on the walls and some of our routines. They will be thrilled to play tour guide and excited to have you at school. If you have any specific questions for me about your child at that time, please feel free to ask.
I look forward to seeing you!

Let's Talk Turkey

9/10/2016

 

The Week In Photos

8/10/2016

 

Friday Housekeeping

7/10/2016

 
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The concept of thankfulness can be difficult for adults to embrace, and even harder for children who believe the world revolves around them. While some people may be blessed with a natural inclination toward thankfulness, for most of us gratitude is learned. By learning gratitude, children become sensitive to the feelings of others, developing their innate capacities for empathy and altruism, whereas entitled kids end up feeling perpetually disappointed. I have struggled with how I can help instill gratitude in children who are naturally self-centered and growing up in an entitlement-driven society. Gratitude isn’t just a lesson to be taught to children, but also an ongoing exercise in learning for adults. I work daily on being grateful for what I have right now and that includes mundane things that we often take for granted such as clean water and fresh air. And when interacting with Team Awesome I try to share frequently and generously and say please and thank you so that good manners are “what we do” not just what we say we do and encourage them to do the same. Thanks giving is something I'm hoping to teach Team Awesome to do every day rather than just on a Monday holiday.
  • Don't forget to send the library books back by Tuesday next week and your child will put it in the Library Box on their way in.
  • Monday, Oct. 10 is Thanksgiving Day. Enjoy!
  • Friday, Oct. 14, is Rivers Day which means the whole school will spend the day at the beach rotating through stations. It is colder down on the beach so please dress your child accordingly. Hats and mitts and a heavier coat might be a good idea.
  • Tuesday, Oct. 18 and Wednesday, Oct. 19 are early dismissal days (12:30) due to parent/ teacher interviews. Please make arrangements to have your child picked up early. There will be a post with more information early next week.
  • Friday, Oct. 21 is an NI Day so Team Awesome will be at home while I am learning how to be a better teacher.
  • October Family Projects went home this week and are due Oct. 19 or whenever you have finished. Have fun!
  • October sight words were introduced this week. They are: am, to, my, for, was, is. If a word comes up repeatedly in our studies we will sometimes add it to our words for the month. Please feel free to practice them at home.
  • Please have your child read any little paper books that come home multiple times for practice. Thank you.
Go forth and Eat Awesome Turkey!

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