30.9.13

Sept 30

Happy Monday!

We have a very busy month coming up! I have sent home our October Reading Log. Click on the link on the side bar. Walk-a-thon is coming up on October 11, our goal is $1860, that works out to $60 per child. Please try your best to get those pledges. We will have another pledge tally on Friday. We will collect the money after the walk-a-thon.

If your child is involved in the Cross Country meet this Wednesday, please click on the Athletic Department blog for more info!

Important October Dates:
Wed Oct 2; Hot Lunch begins (woo hoo!)
Fri Oct 4: Food Bank Mass & Adoration, Confession for Gr 3
Sat Oct 5: Work Bee
Fri Oct 11: Walk-a-thon-- Noon Dismissal
Mon Oct 14: Thanksgiving-- No School
Thurs Oct 17: Interim Reports go home
Fri Oct 25: Provincial Pro-D-- No School 

Homework:
1. Read for 15 mins
2. Good copy-- Getting to Know Me
3. Sp. Unit 4- WTW #1-4
4. Math w/s

Please SIGN their spelling test Unit 3.

26.9.13

Sept 26

Hello parents!

I apologize as I forgot to hand out the hot lunch forms for November at the end of the school day. I will be sure to hand them out on Monday. They are also available on the school website if you would like to print a copy out earlier. They are due next Friday.

No homework on the weekend, unless your child has some late assignments to hand in.

No school tomorrow as we will be at Holy Cross (my old stomping grounds!) for a faith development workshop. Enjoy your long weekend!

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Why the Pro-D Days? Because teachers need to keep on learning!

25.9.13

Sept 25

Today, your child is bringing a letter home explaining our RAZ-kids program. For those of you who were here in Grade Two, the log-in is very similar to last year, but the teacher id is mfonsecab. Click on your child's name and then type in the password. I have given each child a password by choosing a noun that starts with the same letter as their name and their student number for the class. The password is written in their planner covers as well as on the letter sent home. If you did not receive the email, there is a link on the sidebar explaining the program. Reading a story and doing a quiz can count towards their 15 minutes of daily reading.

Please write their current pledge total on their planner for a class tally tomorrow. This is just the first of four tally days so keep getting those pledges!

Homework:
1. Rd 15 minutes
2. SS-- Now and Then Clearing the Land (Do not work ahead)
3. SP. 3 -- CH, TEST tomorrow
4. Sci-- Structures w/s

NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY!

24.9.13

PLANNERS ARE HERE!

Please check out the new planners and ensure that they are signed every day :)
The students were so excited! It was like Christmas in September!

Sept 24

Week Four! Here we go! I apologize for the lack of blogging yesterday, I realized that I did not blog for the week this morning on my way to work!

We have started our Walk-a-Thon campaign and the theme this year is "Building Our School, One Brick at a Time" with an emphasis on Lego bricks.  Our goal is for each student to bring in $60. That brings our class total to $1860. The top class from Primary will receive a pizza party.

For every $20 a student brings in, they get a ticket to place in the draw for a top prize. For each student who brings in $40, they will receive a Lego mini figure. The student who brings in the most money will receive a major prize. There are many other prizes to be won! So please go out and get pledges to support our school. Prizes will be awarded AFTER the monies have been turned it.

There will be four pledge tally days where I will ask the students to bring in a total of their pledges so far. They do not need to bring in the pledge forms. The days are: Spet 26, Oct 4, Oct 9 and Oct 11.

WALK-A-THON IS ON OCTOBER 11.

There is NO SCHOOL on Friday due to a PRO-D Day. Our spelling and math quizzes will be on Thursday. 

We have started an ALL ABOUT ME writing project in class. This will be drafted, edited and corrected in class. Students may have to bring the good copies home to complete from time to time. 

Homework:
1. Rd. for 15 minutes
2. Math w/s
3. Sp Unit 3- WP 
4. Mirror- writing good copy

Start student this week is Bea. Sheets are due on Thurs.