Hi everyone!

Thanks for checking in!   Can you believe we’re already moving to the last week of September?

Big shout out to all the parents and volunteers who were able to make it for our Terry Fox Walk! Despite the miscommunication with our travel route, we all made it there and back safely!  A huge thanks to our Grade 5 Book Buddies who came to help and cheer on our Grade 1s on this long walk! I was really proud to see that our class had a great attitude the entire way, and that they really seemed to enjoy themselves. 

In Language Arts, we are continuing to learn about how to build stamina in our reading. Each day as a class, we time how long we can "Read to Self" properly and then chart our progress. The students are really exciting as we are building stamina every day! We talk about how they are 3 ways to read a book:  Read the Pictures, Read the Words, as well as Retell the Story. Our class knows how to do this, so try with a picture book at home! 

In Math, we're going strong with working on our numbers from 1-10.   We've been practising on how to represent numbers in different ways, and seeing numbers around our classroom.   Your student is expected to know how to represent a number, which can be done by drawing a picture, writing the number word, drawing tally marks, using ten frames, etc.  We've also been playing a number game called "Sparkle".  Try and see if your Grade 1 student can teach it to you.

For Social Studies, we will continue to learn about ourselves from a unit titled “Belonging in our World”.  Here we get to learn about ourselves and the similarities and differences of our friends.  Keep your eyes out for a special at home project that will go home in the next week! 

In Science we will continue to learn about Colours, and we have a special guest teacher coming on Monday to help with a lesson.  Candace Bradford is our schools FNMI teacher, and she’s coming to teach us about colours in our natural world, and the connection with colours and the First Nations culture.  She’s got a lot of neat information to share, and I know our class will be a great audience for her. 

Last week, your student brought home information to sell Magazine Subscriptions to raise money for our school.  If you need more subscription slips, the office will have extras. If you have any questions about the fundraising activity, please let me know and I can put you in touch with our School Council representative. 

I am sending the Scholastic Book order in on Monday! If you have an order you’d like to be included, please send it with your student in the front pocket of their agenda!  That way I’ll be sure to get it and it’s not lost within the depths of a backpack!

That’s it for now! Have a wonderful weekend!

-Anna Tsentouros

         October
Monday October 1^st- “Walk to School” Week begins!
Monday October 8^th- Happy Thanksgiving! No school
Tuesday October 9^th- Professional Learning Day: No School
Wednesday October 10^th- School Council Meeting @ 6:30
Thursday October 18^th- Professional Learning day in the PM-students dismissed @ 11:45
Friday October 19^th- Professional Learning Day- No School
Thursday October 25th- Scholastic Book Fair
Friday October 26th- Scholastic Book Fair
Monday October 29^th- Picture Retake Day
Wednesday October 31^st- Happy Halloween! Halloween parade in the pm and class party