Happy Halloween!

I hope that you all have a safe and Happy Halloween tonight! Thank you for all of your help in making it such a smooth day with costumes and snacks! We all had a lot of fun! Here we are! Some of us are a little distracted by our tiny special guests! :)

After today we are back to a regular week. Keep in mind that next week there is no school on the 10th and 11th of November.

Spelling words this week are:

think - bath - both - with - there - than - then - them - that - these

Sight words this week are:

which - how - thing - read - write

Scholastic book orders for November will be due on November 23.

Thank you to those that have been working on home reading and math facts at home. I can really tell who is working hard at home. It makes a real difference in your child's learning.

Question of the week:

Miss Craddock had 20 mini aero bars. She wanted to give them away and share them with 4 of her friends. How many mini bars would each friend get?

Draw a picture to show your answer.

Can I ask for your help?

Can we please try and limit the number of Halloween treats coming to school with the students. We talked today as a class and we think that 2-3 treats would be more than enough as they make their way through their Halloween treats. Thanks for your help. It really makes a difference in your child's learning. More sugar=trouble focusing and learning.

For the week of October 24 - 28

I hope you all had a restful weekend enjoying the beautiful fall weather! Thank you to all of the parents who sent in pumpkins today for our pumpkin math booklets. If you forgot or were not able to, please do your best to send one with your child for tomorrow.

A few things to keep in mind for this week and the week ahead:

October 24 - Feed the Bug food campaign begins! Please send in your non-perishable food items. Thank you to those that already have done so! We have collected 35 items as a class so far. Our goal is 100!
October 25  - Picture Re-takes

October 25 - Please send a pumpkin if you have not already

October 31 - Halloween Parade at 12:40 - Come and check our the costumes if you would like!

Snack Volunteers for Halloween Party on Monday, October 31:

Monroe R. - Fruit Plate
Olivia G. - Veggies and Dip
Rylee P. - Juice and Napkins  

Nicholas G. - Cookies
Ethan M. - Muffins/Cupcakes
Ceili deB. - Cheese and Crackers
Serena D. - Meat and pickles

It has been asked that we remind all families to keep costumes simple this Halloween. We will only be dressing up for the afternoon and there is not a lot of time for changing and costume adjusting. A cosutme that could easily be slipped over your child's clothing would work best. Thank you for your help with this.

Spelling words this week are:

one - gone - done - does - from - of - love - some - come - none

Sight words:

kicked - played - our - name - what

Bonus question of the week:

If Miss Craddock carved 9 pumpkins at home and then brought 8 more home to carve, how many pumpkins would she have  carved altogether?

Please show a number sentence, picture and written sentence for your problem solving.

What a Short Week!

Sorry for not posting yesterday! The day was a blur!

There will be no spelling this week with the few days that we have together.

Just a reminder that every child will need a pumpkin for math next week. Please send it to school on Monday with your child. Please lable the pumpkin with your child's name. Thanks so much!

HOT LUNCH is this WEDNESDAY October 19.

Book Orders are due on Monday October 24th.

Thank you for all of your support with the Book Fair and Magazine Orders. Our school REALLY benefits from these organized events.

There is NO SCHOOL this Thursday and Friday (October 20 and 21) due to professional development days.

PICTURE RETAKES are next Tuesday, October 25.

Back in Action!

I hope you all had a restful and happy Thanksgiving. We had a really great day back at school today. We started a great Halloween writing project in Language Arts and talked and wrote more about the battle between the Blackfoot and the Cree. Grade 2 history experts in the making!

It is Fire Safety Week! Thank you to all of you who have helped your child complete the fire escape plans that came home last week. Please send those in this week if you have not done so. I find it to be a really great discussion as a class and the students always feel great knowing they have an escape plan.

Thank you to all of our parent volunteers who came with us on our trips to the Fort and Galt Museum last week! We had a great time at both sites and I am so impressed with all the facts the students share with me during Social Studies.

Just a reminder that Picture Order Money is due this Friday and retakes are on October 25th.

Scholastic Orders are also due on October 24th.

Spelling words this week are:

off - on - odd - fox - box - socks - stop - rock - lot  -spot

Sight words this week are:

favourite - very - girl - into - your

Bonus Activity:How do I know if a number is odd or even? Write a sentence or 2 or draw a picture to show the difference between odd and even numbers. Bring in your answer for a sticker!

If you are thinking ahead to school Halloween Party this is the snack sign up! I will remind you in agendas as well closer to the day. Thanks so much!
Monroe R. - Fruit Plate
Olivia G. - Veggies and Dip
Rylee P. - Juice and Napkins  

Nicholas G. - Cookies
Ethan M. - Muffins/Cupcakes
Ceili deB. - Cheese and Crackers
Serena D. - Meat and pickles

Thanksgiving Week!

We are sooooo busy this month!The students worked so hard today! Fall leaf writing, Counting by 2's, 5's and 10's! Adding and subtracting! Reading with buddies. We were busy. We have two field trips this week. Please check out the information below for parent driver information and supervision reminders.

Thank you to the following volunteers who will be driving us to the Fort this Wednesday, October 5 at 9:40. We have just enough drivers who can transport students and supervise. So those of you who so graciously offered to drive can help out another time. Thank you so much. Our drivers/supervisors will be:

Mrs. deBoer

Mrs. Hagel

Mrs. Cook

Mrs. Gail

Mrs. Lorenz

Mrs. Babe

Mrs. Meerkerk

Our supervisors for our trip to the Galt Museum on Thursday, October 6 at 9:00 are:

Mrs. Babe

Mrs. Earl

Mrs. Lorenz

Mrs. Gail

You are more than welcome to ride the bus with us or meet us there at 9:15.

Thank you for ALL of the school support with the start of our magazine fundraiser! The kids are excited about all of the incentives.

No school on Monday, October 10th!

Bonus Blog Question:

Write a descriptive sentence about a leaf. Your sentence must have one colour word and one action word.

Help!

We are in need of shoeboxes for a special project this Winter. If you have already sent one with your child, GREAT! If you have not please send one this week. We are also in need of old margarine and yogurt tubs and lids for our painting times. We arelooking for the larger sized plastic tubs, not the minis that come in lunch kits. Thanks so much if you are able to help.

Kepp your eye out for the fire prevention activity coming home this week with your child. It is fire safety time!

Spelling words this week:
yes- tell -less- next - mess - went - help - send - well - end
Sight words this week:
people - call - after - school - was