Mrs. Allison - Archived 10/16

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Posted: April 7, 2015

Week of April 7 - April 10

Here are a few things happening this week:   * In Literacy, we will be working on the letter W w.  Some words that begin with this letter are Will, water, weasel, well, weather, whale, Wednesday, waiter, waist, walk, walnut, and walrus.  Show and Tell will be on Friday so have fun hunting around your house for something that begins with the /w/ sound.       *  In Math, we will soon begin Unit 3: Geometry and Measurement.         *  Please remember to read and review sight words each night.  Also, homework is due back each Friday and Library books are due back on Thursdays.    

Posted: March 17, 2015

Week of Mar. 16 - Mar. 20

Here are few things happening this week: *  In Literacy, we will be working on the letter B b.  Some words that begin with this letter are boy, bear, bubble, bubblegum, balloon, bounce, basket, bumblebee, baseball, basketball, and ballerina.  Show and Tell will be on Friday so have fun finding something that begins with the /b/ sound. *  In Math, we are working on Unit 4: Numbers to 10 and making combinations of each. *  Report cards will be going home on Tuesday, March 24th.  There will be an appointment sheet included for you to fill out for parent/teacher.  Please send this back asap so I can make appointments for parent/teacher interviews on Thursday night (Mar. 26)  and Friday morning (Mar. 27).   *  Please review sight words on a daily basis.  Students should know, by sight, the first 26 sight words so far.  I have completed the assessment on these and will send them home with the report card.  Don't forget to read each night as well.  Every student has a guided reading book in their guided reading bag.  Please let your child read this book to you.

100th Day of School

Posted: February 26, 2015

Crazy Hat Day

Posted: February 25, 2015

Posted: February 22, 2015

Week of Feb. 23 - Feb. 27

Here are a few things happening this week: *In Literacy, we will be working on the letter L l.  Lots of words begin with this letter, such as, lion, lollipop, lizard, llama, love, like, laundry, licorice, and life.  Show and Tell will be on Friday so have fun finding something to bring in that begins with the /l/ sound.  Remember that this is part of your child’s homework.   *We have a few fun things on the go this week for Winter Carnival.  Here is what is happening on each day: Monday – Pajama Day and bring your favorite stuffed animal Tuesday – Crazy Hat Day Wednesday – Crazy Hair Day, Pink Shirt Day, AND 100th Day Celebration (K-2) Thursday – Dress up Sports Day & Teacher vs. Student floor hockey game Friday – Pancake Breakfast for students & Backwards Day   *As mentioned, Wednesday is our 100th Day of School Celebration.  We will have our celebration in the gym and do so many fun and exciting things related to 100.  Students were also asked to make a project displaying 100 things so they can display it when we do our parade of projects.     *Remember that our March Break is from March 1st to March 8th.  I hope you all have a fun and relaxing break.  Try to read each night and review your sight words.

Our Day of Snowshoeing

Posted: February 22, 2015

Posted: February 17, 2015

Week of Feb. 16 - Feb. 20

Here are a few things happening this week:   *In Literacy this week, we are working on the letter U u. This vowel works very hard because it has two sounds. The short /u/ sound begins with words such as under, unzip, and umbrella. The long u says its own name and begins words such as, unicorn, unicycle, and university. Show and Tell will be on Friday so have fun finding something that starts with the letter U u.     * In Math, we continue to work on numbers to 10 and making combinations of each.   * Both kindergarten classes will be going skating on Wednesday, Feb. 18th. Kids must have skates and proper helmet to participate.         * On Friday, Feb. 20th all students will have a chance to try some poutine rapee or chicken frico at our kitchen party.

Posted: February 11, 2015

Week of Feb. 9 - Feb. 13

Here are a few things happening this week:    *  In Literacy, we are working on the letter O o.  This is a hard working vowel because it has 2 sounds; the sound like Olive Octapus, in words such as olive, oven, omelet, otter, and ostrich.  The long O o says its own name and can be found in words such as open, oak, obo, snow, boat, go, and oval.  Show and Tell will be on Thursday this week because there is no school on Friday.     *  Wednesday, February 11th - Valentine's Day meal in the cafeteria.   *  Our Valentine's Day celebration will be Thursday afternoon.  This is when we will hand out our valentine's to each other.  We will also have a little party.  Happy Valentine's Day!   *  There is NO SCHOOL on Friday, February 13th.  It is a PD Day for teachers.  Enjoy your long weekend.

Posted: February 5, 2015

Valentine's Day Meal

Our Valentine Day Meal is on Wednesday February 11th. The cost is $6.00 Menu:  Open Faced Pizza Sub Nachos/Salsa Chocolate Milk or White Milk Ice Cream This will be the only meal served that day.  Tickets to be purchased by Tuesday Feb 10 at the cafeteria

Math Fun!

Posted: February 3, 2015

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