Good afternoon! Well, we have made it to the end of our first week back … and it’s been a good week. I’m pleased with how easily everyone settled back into the routines of the class. We have needed a few reminders about playing hands off and not getting too aggressive, especially when we are outside on the playground, but now that we have had that reminder, i’m hoping we don’t see any more of it. We enjoyed the end of the week where we were able to wear play clothes and knight clothes. This morning we had a lockdown drill. The students all followed directions really well, and did what they know to do. And the snow was a huge hit today!

Dates to Remember:

Week of January 13th-17th – we will have a fire drill sometime this week

Thursday, January 16th – Bake Sale

Friday, January 17th – last day of Term 1

Spelling:

List will be introduced on Monday, January 13th and tested on Friday, January 17th.

1. what
2. spring
3. summer
4. winter
5. fall
6. or
7. yet
8. moon
9. than
10. take

Bible Memory:

Our theme for the month of January is Creation.

Psalm 139:13-14

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

Reminders and Other Information:

• home reading – make sure you are getting back into the routine of reading with your child each evening, this is crucial as we keep moving forward
• On Thursday, January 16^th Mrs. Goosen & Mrs. Riley’s Grade 5 class will be hosting a bake sale in the school lobby.  The money raised will be used to purchase composting bins for the intermediate classrooms and support the Guatemala missions team. All items will be $1.  Thank you for your support!
• please make sure you are sending your children to school dressed appropriately for the weather – we will go outside if it is not pouring rain – the days ahead are supposed to get quite cold!

Friday Letters

I am starting something new with the students this week. Every Friday, your child is going to write you or someone in your household a letter. I am hoping that you will read this letter, and then write them a letter in response on the back. This will be a great way for you to learn a little bit about what we have been doing this week, what your child has found enjoyable or maybe a little bit challenging. It will also show you where your child is at as far as writing on their own. I will not be editing these letters, or helping to write them. Please make this a priority to do, I don’t want anyone to feel left out. They need to be returned on Monday’s.

We have introduced a new list for this week, it will be tested on Friday, January 10th.

1. thing
2. roll
3. stone
4. foot
5. dance
6. lift
7. page
8. after
9. show
10. thank

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas break. I look forward to seeing your children and hearing all about it. Praying that you are all rested and ready to be back, and to hit the ground running 🙂

A couple reminders about the week ahead.

Thursday, January 9th – Cozy Casual Day – students earned our school goal for points in the food drive and are being rewarded with a chance to wear play clothes

Friday, January 10th – Knight Day

We made it! Today’s concert was so great, and the kids worked so hard. Way to go everyone!

Thanks so much to everyone who participated in our annual food drive. We reached our goal as a school, and will have a casual dress day to celebrate that.

I also want to say a huge thank you for all the thoughtful gifts and cards. I am so blessed 🙂

Praying you all have a wonderful Christmas break, that you are able to enjoy time with family and friends, but also get some much needed rest. I know I am ready for those things. I’m hoping I can finally kick this sickness that has just been lingering for weeks.

Merry Christmas, see you in the new year!

January Dates:

Monday, January 6th – school resumes

Tuesday, January 7th – Nutrition Assembly

Thursday, January 9th – Cozy, casual dress (for Food drive)

Friday, January 10th – Knight Day

Monday, January 20th – half day

Friday, January 24th – Hot lunch and Knight Day

Tuesday, January 28th – PJ Day

Friday, January 31st – Report Cards go home

Just a reminder that our concert is tomorrow at 1pm and students are dismissed from the classroom after the concert.

Grade 2’s are wearing their uniform with a scarf tied at an angle – please remember to bring that with you tomorrow 🙂

Just a reminder that tomorrow is Knight Day. Students can wear casual bottoms and Knight  t-shirts or sweaters 🙂

Hard to believe we have just 9 days left until Christmas holidays! We have had a great week in Grade 2. Started the week off with our decorating party, and I must say, our classroom looks amazing! A huge thank you to all of the parents that came out to help us with that, we couldn’t do it without you! We also had a fire drill on Tuesday, always good to check in and review what to do in the case of an emergency. Food drive has been happening all week, and continues on, until the 18th of December.

Dates to Remember:

Tuesday, December 10th – Buddy Christmas Party

Friday, December 13th

• Knight Day
• Christmas Games afternoon

Monday, December 16th

• Grade 4-12 Christmas Concert – 6:30pm
• Christmas Movie Afternoon

Thursday, December 19th

• Christmas Concert – 1pm – dismissed after the concert
• Holidays BEGIN!

Spelling: 

No more spelling lists until the new year.

Reminders and Other Information:

• READ, READ, READ 🙂
• sight words – practice and return these – lots of you are not doing this, please make it a priority to practice and return them
• Our annual food drive is set to begin on November 25th! This year our class has been paired up with the grade 4’s and our challenge is to bring in as many cans of tuna or canned meat as possible. Our team will be awarded 5 points for every can of tuna/meat brought in. All other food items will be given 1 point. If you prefer to send in money, each dollar will be awarded 5 points. December 18th will be the final day to donate. I love this fundraiser as it blesses children and families in our own communities!
• Our Primary Christmas Concert will be held on December 19th at 1pm. This year the Grade Twos will be dressing up as wisemen. We will wear crowns (I will provide) and each student needs to wear their uniform, and bring a scarf. The scarf will be worn diagonally over their uniform.
• for our buddy Christmas Party, I need each student to bring one full toilet paper roll

And just like that we are in December and all the crazy and busy that comes along with it! Hard to believe we are just 2 1/2 weeks away from holidays. These next couple weeks will be full! We have started talking about Holidays Around the World and we learned that in the Netherlands children draw names and then make something for that person at school, and everyone enjoyed doing this for someone in our class. We enjoyed some hot chocolate, and did some writing to go along with it, while  also warming us up on one of these really cold, windy days!

Dates for December:

Monday, December 2nd – Class Decorating Party

Tuesday, December 3rd – lockdown drill

Tuesday, December 10th – Buddy Christmas Party

Friday, December 13th

• Knight Day
• Christmas Games afternoon

Monday, December 16th

• Grade 4-12 Christmas Concert – 6:30pm
• Christmas Movie Afternoon

Thursday, December 19th

• Christmas Concert – 1pm – dismissed after the concert
• Holidays BEGIN!

Spelling:

We will have no more spelling lists until the new year.

Reminders and Other Information:

• READ, READ, READ 🙂
• sight words – practice and return these – lots of you are not doing this, please make it a priority to practice and return them
• Our annual food drive is set to begin on November 25th! This year our class has been paired up with the grade 4’s and our challenge is to bring in as many cans of tuna or canned meat as possible. Our team will be awarded 5 points for every can of tuna/meat brought in. All other food items will be given 1 point. If you prefer to send in money, each dollar will be awarded 5 points. December 18th will be the final day to donate. I love this fundraiser as it blesses children and families in our own communities!
• Our Primary Christmas Concert will be held on December 19th at 1pm. This year the Grade Twos will be dressing up as wisemen. We will wear crowns (I will provide) and each student needs to wear their uniform, and bring a scarf. The scarf will be worn diagonally over their uniform.
• for our buddy Christmas Party, I need each student to bring one full toilet paper roll

Good afternoon, I am still looking for a couple more people to help out with our decorating party on Monday afternoon from abou 1:30 until the end of the day – please email me and let me know if you can come join us 🙂

It has been such a great week! We enjoyed dressing up for Western Day, our skating field trip, and hot lunch/Knight Day. While the weather has been cold, it has also been great to be outside in the beautiful sunshine! This afternoon, we traded in our crayons for pencil crayons … I know this seems like a minor thing, but the excitement about this switch was incredibly high!

Dates to Remember:

Monday, November 25th – food drive begins

Friday, November 29th – pro-d day

Spelling:

No spelling list this week.

Bible Memory:

Galatians 5:22-23 – “But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control; against such, there is no law.”

Reminders and Other Information:

• READ, READ, READ 🙂
• sight words – practice and return these – lots of you are not doing this, please make it a priority to practice and return them
• Our annual food drive is set to begin on November 25th! This year our class has been paired up with the grade 4’s and our challenge is to bring in as many cans of tuna or canned meat as possible. Our team will be awarded 5 points for every can of tuna/meat brought in. All other food items will be given 1 point. If you prefer to send in money, each dollar will be awarded 5 points. December 18th will be the final day to donate. I love this fundraiser as it blesses children and families in our own communities!
• Our Primary Christmas Concert will be held on December 19th at 1pm. This year the Grade Twos will be dressing up as wisemen. We will wear crowns (I will provide) and each student needs to wear their uniform, and bring a scarf. The scarf will be worn diagonally over their uniform.
• Decorating Party – we will be have our classroom decorating party on Monday, December 2nd – in the afternoon (from 1-3pm) – I am in need of 4 or 5 parent volunteers that can come and help us with some crafts. Please let me know if you can come and help! I also need 2 parents who are willing to make sugar cookies and bring in icing for the cookies. Let me know if you are willing and able to help in any way!