Monday, May 11, 2015

May 11-15

Helpful Website:
  • At our Professional Learning Day on Friday, Ms. Scheldrup gave us some new resources to access.  One that I particularly found interesting was Reading Rockets.  Among other things, it's a site that gives ways to help struggling readers.  If you want some new ideas to help your child with reading, check it out!

150 Ways to Show Kids You Care:
  • Another resource we received on Friday was a brochure highlighting ways to show a child you care about him/her.  Whether in the role of parent or teacher, we all want kids to know they're cared about.  Here are the first few:
    • 1. Notice them; 2. Smile a lot; 3. Acknowledge them; 4. Learn their names; 5. Seek them out; 6. Remember their birthdays; 7. Ask them about themselves; 8. Look in their eyes when you talk to them; 9. Listen to them; 10. Play with them; 11. Read aloud together; 12. Giggle together; 13. Be nice; 14. Say yes a lot; 15. Tell them their feelings are ok; 16. Set boundaries that keep them safe; 17. Be honest; 18. Be yourself; 19. Listen to their stories; 20. Hug them; 21. Forget your worries sometimes and concentrate only on them; 22. Notice when they're acting differently; 23. Present options when they seek your counsel; 24; Play outside together; 25. Surprise them.

Curriculum:
  • Math: We are going back into patterns for the last time but please keep practicing basic facts at home.
  • Language Arts:
    • Writing: Finishing up Flat Stanley and focussing on our Quick Writes.
    • Spelling: Lesson 13; Spelling City is up
  • Science: We will be learning about how different parts of plants work.
  • Social: We will learn how Alberta went from a territory to a province and how the railway came through.

This Week's Schedule:
Tuesday:
  • Tone It Up Tuesday
  • School Council Meeting 6:30 p.m.

Thursday:
  • Hot Lunch money due

Friday:
  • Frolicking Friday
  • Enrichment
  • Project Fair

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