April 26th

No School Monday, April 29th due to a Pro D day.

Division 9 was very fortunate to have Dr. Schnellert come to our class on Tuesday.  He was impressed by your children and helped me present an interesting lesson about an aboriginal girl who had to go to a residential school.  The students were able to come up with colours, symbols and images that reflected the feelings and connections they made to this book.

ME-N-ED's field trip is re-scheduled for Wednesday, May 8th.  You need to sign up again on the portal - please do this asap!  I hope to finalize our drivers by the end of next week.  Thanks to those who have already signed up and/or told me they are available to drive.

Div. 9 & 10 will be presenting their body songs at the assembly on Monday, May 6th at 8:45.  Please have your child practice and memorize these songs.  Thanks for your help.  Hopefully some of you will be able to come to watch this assembly.  I will try to video tape it for those of you that can't make it.

We will be changing our mystery bags next week so please be sure your child has them in their bag each day.  Thanks.

Thank you for paying for your child's memory book, I now have all the money in.  If anyone is doing any spring cleaning could you please keep your eyes open for any classroom books, returning any that you find.  Thanks!

Tomorrow is going to be a busy day!  It is Crazy Hair Day and frozen yogurt is also on sale for $2.00 at lunch.  Our leadership group is also asking for Moosehead Donations.  This is for a great cause helping women and children in need.   We are dying Easter eggs with our big buddies tomorrow and will also be doing a special mapping Easter egg hunt in the afternoon.

If anyone else is interested in placing a Scholastic order please do so by tomorrow or let me know that you want to order but just haven't had a chance. I have reminded the students of the coupon that I gave them at Christmas for a free book - you do need the code when placing the order.  Please use these by the end of June.

Poetry books should be at home for the long weekend. We are hoping that you can practice the body poems that are starred.  We will be presenting these at the assembly on Monday, May 6th at 8:45.

Our field trip to Me-N-Eds next Wednesday should be up on the portal tonight or tomorrow (just waiting for Mrs. Watkins to approve it).  Please sign up asap as there is very little turn-around and we do need parent drivers. Thanks

Please pay for memory books if you haven't already done so.

Hope you all have a great long Easter weekend with family and friends.

April 12/19

Div. 9's 'Boomwhacker' performance was great!  Dr. Saul said the students work very well together and is very proud of their accomplishments!  Great teamwork and music!   Here are a  couple pictures and videos!

Save-On-Foods  field trip was great!  I am always amazed that everyone time I go on this field trip I learn something new.  Thanks to Ava, Rhys, Kamryn and Colton's moms for volunteering their time and helping us map our way to Save-On.  After we got back we brainstormed what we saw, learned and liked and the mapping activity was one of the highlights!

UPCOMING EVENTS:
Field trip to Me-N-Ed's in Port Coquitlam is coming up very soon.  It is on Wednesday, April 24 in the morning.  We will need parent drivers but I do not have the exact times so unfortunately can not put it up on the portal yet.  If you could just mark your calendars and let me know if you would be available to volunteer that would be appreciated.  As soon as I have the information I will put it up.

Crazy Hair Day is next Thursday, April 18th!
PAC TCBY Frozen Yogurt treat day on April 17/18 at lunch.
Also Div. 9 & 10 are planning to present our body songs at our next assembly, Monday, May 6th.  Parents are welcome and encouraged to attend!  Please practice the body songs that are in the Poetry book as we hope to have these memorized for this presentation.  Thanks.

***Please look at home for the Robert Munsch book 'Moving Day'.  It has gone missing.  Please also send back any extra classroom books you find at home.

Please check the portal for our Memory Book, you can either pay online or send in the $10.

Mystery Bags went home today.  Each student has a bag with 5 books inside of varying levels, both fiction and non-fiction.  These are high interest books that were provided by our district and the students loved them last year!  If your child is an emergent reader and you would like to continue with some levelled books as well please just email me at Sheralyn_rowledge@sd42.ca   Raz-Kids is also a great option for the children to access books at their reading level. As I mentioned earlier it is crucial for students to continue to read regularly to further strengthen their reading skills.  Just a reminder as well of our IXL program - a great place to practice and review math skills.  This is a great resource which unfortunately we are not using enough!  Remember these can be accessed by the link on this blog.

April 5/19

Hope you all had a enjoyable spring break and were able to enjoy our fabulous weather.  We are now in our final term of the school year please remember even though it is a busy time of year with baseball/lacrosse etc., it is important to still take the time to read daily whenever possible.

Upcoming Events and Important Information:
Just a reminder of our field trip to Save-On nextTuesday. Several students are not yet signed up please do so asap.  Also please check out the memory book fee on the portal and either pay online or send in the $10.00. Thank you.

Also on Tuesday, April 9th we are performing (Boomwhacker songs) at the student star assembly at 8:45a.m..  All parents are welcome to attend if you are available.

The student teachers from UFV are planning an Art Supply Drive.  Please send in any new or gently used art supplies donations before April 12th.  Thanks so much for your support.

Mrs. Mungaroo is now done her student teaching and is heading back to university.  It has been great to have her in the classroom and we will all miss her!

Please ensure that your child reads and returns their Just Right Reading books next week.  I will be collecting them and we will begin our "Mystery Bag' reading.  Each student will receive a bag with 5 books inside of varying levels, both fiction and non-fiction.  These are high interest books that were provided by our district and the students loved them last year!  If your child is an emergent reader and you would like to continue with some levelled books as well please just email me at Sheralyn_rowledge@sd42.ca   Raz-Kids is also a great option for the children to access books at their reading level. As I mentioned earlier it is crucial for students to continue to read regularly to further strengthen their reading skills.  Just a reminder as well of our IXL program - a great place to practice and review math skills.  This is a great resource which unfortunately we are not using enough!  Remember these can be accessed by the link on this blog.  Also check out Spelling City..

Our next field trip will be to Me-N-Ed's on Wednesday, April 24th, this will be up on the portal next week.  We will need parent drivers.

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