March 13/18

Hi Everyone,

Just a reminder that tomorrow students will be dismissed at 11:00 am so that teachers can conference for the afternoon and all day Friday.  Please double check your conference time via the portal.  The time you signed up for is the time you will arrive here to meet with your child in the hallway for 15 minutes and celebrate their learning.  This will be followed by a 15 minute meeting in the classroom for all of us to review the past term and set goals for the third term. 

The students have all received their new JRR books yesterday.  They will also bring home their Poetry and More duotangs tomorrow and I have updated the levels on RAZ kids where necessary.  This will give your child  plenty of reading options for over the break.  Please also remember that we have a subscription with IXL which can be used to practice/develop math skills.

The updated Memory Book fee is now on the portal (sorry for the confusion).  Please feel free to pay online or send/bring in cash or a cheque for $10:00.  You will also be receiving a portal announcement regarding our field trip to Save-On Foods on April 9th on April 9th. 

Congratulations to Cam, Saskia and Hallie for being the lucky 'Club Red' winners from Division 9.  They will be treated to a pizza lunch on April 10th.

I hope you all have a wonderful spring break!

Take Care,

Sheralyn Rowledge-Toscani

March 8/19

Our field trip to the ACT on Wednesday was great.  A huge thanks to Kamryn, Hallie and Libby's moms for driving as well as OSS for providing a van!  Ideas Bobert was very good!  Ask your child for details such as... what was your favourite part, funniest part, how did she make her bird move,  what is the difference between clowning and acting?  What made Bobert and the bird happy?  What was the message Ideas Bobert was portraying?  At Buddies on Thursday we discussed what made their hearts smile plus made symbols out of plasticine.  We had music notes, birds, footballs, dance shoes, video game, book, etc.

Club RED celebration was today.  It was exciting that Mrs. Neufeld was our guest reader and it was fun to read with Mrs. Williamson's class especially while eating twirlers!

Conferences are next Thursday afternoon and Friday.  Please sign up on the portal asap!  Remember the conference is a total of 30 minutes - arrive for the time you signed up, the first 15 minutes is in the hall going through and celebrating your child's learning and then the next 15 we will meet in the classroom to go over the report card and set goals for our last term.  If possible, Mrs. Mungaroo would like the opportunity to sit in on some of the conferences, if you are uncomfortable with this please just email me before the conference (no problem either way). ***Please note it is an 11:00 dismissal on Thursday and no school on Friday due to these conferences. 

Upcoming field trips after spring break are...
Save On Foods - April 9th (this is a walking field trip and if possible we will need a few parents to join us).  We also have one to Me n Eds Pizza (drivers needed) on April 24th.

Tuesday, March 12 students are welcome to wear green in celebration of St. Patrick's Day which occurs over spring break.

I have updated the reading levels on RAZ kids, please do not be concerned if the letter did not change as some represent up to 4-5 levels.

Have a wonderful weekend!

March 1/19

Grandparent/100 Day was lots of fun!  It was great to see so many grandparents and thanks for adopting an extra grandchild for our activities.  Thanks again to Kamryn and Stephen's moms for supplying the cupcakes!

100 Day projects were great! A good variety and those that were edible were enjoyed by all! We did a lot of math around 100 including multiplication and division!

Thanks to Kamryn, Liberty, Cameron,  Rhys, Alicia/Lexi's parents for helping out with our skating field trip today.  Your support is really appreciated and needed!  It's exciting to see how much the student's skating skills have improved over the year!  Great Skating Div. 9!

Thanks to everyone that has already signed up for our field trip on Wednesday, March 6th to the ACT.  We currently have very few drivers so if you could possibly help out, please sign up asap we can not cancel without loosing money.  Also please either pay online or in cash asap.

Club RED is now over.  Please ensure that your child has coloured each day that he/she has read and that you have initialled each square.  Please send in all calendars by the end of the week.  On March 8th, we will be having a 'Club Red' celebration.  Students can wear red or dress up as their favourite book character on that day.

Mrs. Mungaroo (Kaila) our student teacher is now with Div. 9 for the next 4 weeks. Please come in and introduce yourselves.  She is very excited to work with your children!  

As I mentioned last week Spelling is a review lesson so we are working on it over two weeks  - it is review all the short vowel words.  I will quiz them on 15 words next Friday. 

Conference schedule is now up for March 14th and March 15th.  Please remember that you arrive at the time you have signed up for, that is when your conference starts in the hallway with your child.  The first 15 minutes you will go through your child's work to celebrate all the things that they have been doing and then the next 15 minutes is with me in the classroom.  The total length of your conference is 30 minutes so please allow this time!

*Special Days sponsored by our PAC:   ***I will also add these to the blog calendar like I did the leadership special events. 

March 13-Hot dog and chips
April 12-Hot Lunch
April 17 TCBY  (frozen yogurt)and chips
May 10-Hot dog and chips
May 31-Hot lunch
June 6/7 TCBY and chips

Feb. 22/19

We had a special author visit today - Tiffany Stone.  She is a local Maple Ridge author (all her books of poetry are in the Maple Ridge Public Library and I have included the list below).  It was great, all the students used alliteration to write their own colour poems!  

The following is a list of her poetry books...

-Tree Song, Annick Press, 2018 (picture in rhyme, illustrated by Holly Hatam)

-Teatime, Simply Read Books, 2015 (picture book in rhyme, illustrated by Jori van der Linde)

-Rainbow Shoes, Tradewind Books, 2012 (poetry picture book, illustrated by Stefan Czernecki)

-Baad Animals, Tradewind Books, 2006 (poetry collection, illustrated by Christina Leist)

-Floyd the Flamingo and his flock of friends, Tradewind Books, 2004 (poetry collection, illustrated by Kathryn Shoemaker)

Upcoming books:

-Tallulah Plays the Tuba, Annick Press, fall 2019 (picture book, illustrated by Sandy Nichols)

-Knot Cannot, Dial Books for Young Readers, spring 2020 (picture book, illustrated by Mike Lowery)

Spelling next week is a review of all the short vowels. We will do this unit over two weeks so they will do 1/2 the words this week and then the rest the next.  They won't bring it home until next week if they are not done.  For extra practice please check out Spelling City on the blog - lesson 6 (we did it today in the computer lab).

Just a reminder of all the information I sent in my email last Thursday  - please see below!  Thanks to Stephen and Kamryn's moms for volunteering to make cupcakes for 100 Day!!

Dear Parents,
Just wanted to let you all know the upcoming events that will be here before we know it!  Tuesday, Feb. 26th is Grandparent Day in the afternoon. Please send out invitations to your parents so they can be part of this special afternoon (if your child doesn't have grandparents but do have an aunt or uncle or special friend they are more than welcome).  I will be buddying up students that don't have someone and have found grandparents are great at welcoming other children.   It is also our 100 Day celebration!    Don't forget that students are also suppose to make a collection or project of 100 things (if you need paper - please let me know).  They can bring them in anytime next week or before the 26th.  Below is the schedule for the afternoon that grandparents will be at Fairview.
1230 Grandparents arrive to the gym……. Coffee, sandwiches and cookies will be served.
1240-1:15ish Cathie will meet with Grandparents in the gym
1:15ish Cathie will ‘dismiss’ Grandparents to head to classes (room maps and classlists will be available )
1:15 - 2 ish Activities in the classroom
There is also the book fair in the library which you are encouraged to check out.
Thursday, Feb. 28th is our skating afternoon. Please sign up on the portal and send in money for rentals asap.  We only have 1 driver at this point. Thanks

We also just confirmed a play at the ACT for Wednesday, March 6th at 9:30 as part of our connection unit. Our student teachers will be back with us so they will be helping to organize this, so I apologize the portal announcement won't be out until the last week of February.  We will be needing parent drivers though so please mark your calendars with this date.

Please remember that it is Club RED month and hopefully your child is reading every day, they are colouring and you are initialling their special heart calendar. Also be thinking of what they could dress up for their favourite book character on the celebration March 8th!  They could also choose to wear something red!

Upcoming Leadership Spirit Days...

Wednesday February 27-Pink shirt day.

Friday March 1 - Donut Day $2.

Tuesday, March 12- Dress up in green for St. Patricks Day 

Thursday, April 18- Crazy Hair Day 

Friday May 17-Athlete or Mathlete day

Friday June 21- tacky tourist day

Feb. 13/19

With the snow we had math outside on Monday, we measured the snow - the temperature and then had a competition of the tallest snow structure.

Flashlight reading was a big success!  We were excited to read with Mrs. O'Riodan's kindergartens.

             
Thanks to Zach, Hallie, Janelle and Summer for providing all the goodies and to everyone for helping their child get their valentines ready.  It is an exciting day for children and I was proud of how they were all thankful!

Hopefully everyone is starting to think about their 100 Day projects.  You can send them in anytime next week but for sure by Feb. 26th.

Skating on Thursday, Feb. 28th is now up on the portal please sign up and send in the money for rentals.

Happy Valentines and Family Day!!  Hope you all enjoy a wonderful long weekend.  Remember that there is no school for students on Thursday, Friday or Monday.

Feb. 8/19

Tomorrow is Flashlight reading.  Please remember to bring in a flashlight and a special book.  We will be reading with Mrs. O'Riordan's kindergarten class!   Leadership students have started 'Popcorn Sales'  every Friday.  Bags of popcorn will be sold for $1.00 Fridays at lunch and this will be starting tomorrow.

Hopefully all students in Div. 9 are reading every day and remembering to get you to sign their heart calendar for Club RED.

Some of you may have already met Kaila Mungaroo.  She is a student teacher from SFU who will be working in Div. 9!  She is observing this week and then back at SFU for two weeks but will then be back and spending several weeks in our classroom over the next couple of months. Please drop in and say hello - we are excited Mrs. Mungaroo is joining our class!

Valentine's is next week, below is a list of all the students.   Please ensure if your child is handing out valentines that they make one for every member of the class so that no one feels left out.  Thanks!
Div. 9 Students are...
Cam                        Janelle                    Liberty
Charlie                    Lexi                       Kamryn
Will                        Alicia                      Hallie
Saga                       Carter                      Saskia
Rhys                       Stephen                   Zach
Colton                     Kali                        Summer
Ava                      

We will have our Valentine's Celebration on Wednesday, Feb. 13th.  Thanks in advance to the following families for providing our snacks and goodies.   Zach - fruit tray, Hallie - sweet treats,
Popcorn/pretzels or chips - Summer, Other - Janelle

100 Day Projects - Could all students please make a 100 Day display using 100 objects.  If you need paper please let me know.  Use your imaginations!  100 Day is February 26th, the same day as Grandparent Day.  We will be planning some 100 day activities we will share with them!

Skating is coming up on Feb. 28th in the afternoon.  A notice will be up on the portal soon and we will need parent drivers (with current abstracts).  Thank you in advance.

Hope you are enjoying the snow and colder temperatures (I'm like the students wishing for more snow!)  Enjoy your weekend and remember that next week is a short week (Thursday is a Pro D day and Friday, Feb. 15th and Monday, Feb. 18th there is no school for Family Day Weekend).  

February 1st

Wow it is already February!!  This is always a very busy month.

Science World was a big success!  Thanks to everyone who joined us for Science World, we really appreciate your time and wouldn't be able to take these trips without your help.   Everyone seemed to have a great day as you can see from these photos.  Parents if you have some great pictures of our adventures at Science World please send them to me.  Thanks!

Club RED information came home on Wednesday. The goal is for students to READ EVERY DAY in the month of February (although you do have 5 free spaces if needed as we realize that life gets busy).  Please keep your calendar visible and parents should initial the date each day your child reads.

Valentine's is just around the corner and I know some families like to start their valentines early so below is a list of all the students.   Please ensure if your child is handing out valentines that they make one for every member of the class so that no one feels left out.  Thanks!
Div. 9 Students are...
Cam                        Janelle                    Liberty
Charlie                    Lexi                       Kamryn
Will                        Alicia                      Hallie
Saga                       Carter                      Saskia
Rhys                       Stephen                   Zach
Colton                     Kali                        Summer
Ava                      

We will have our Valentine's Celebration on Wednesday, Feb. 13th.  Thanks in advance to the following families for providing our snacks and goodies.   Zach - fruit tray, Hallie - sweet treats,
Popcorn/pretzels or chips - Summer, Other - Janelle

We started our new unit on the body and nutrition.  If any of you work in these fields and would like to come and talk to the students please contact me and we will make the arrangements.

For extra fun spelling practice students can go to the Spelling City link on this blog (they are organized into lessons, but if your child has yellow sheets they say purple as that was the colour it was last year).  A great way to practice these phonetic patterns and even little spelling tests.

Candy grams went home on Friday.  Please return by Feb. 10th.

I have updated the blog's calendar for February.

Next Friday is flashlight reading.  Students should bring flashlights from home to read in the dark with different buddies in the school.  Pajama Day and hallway reading was lots of fun today!