Dear Family,
The month of September has flown by! It is hard to believe that we have been at school for almost a month.
We have been busy in the classroom learning routines and establishing classroom behaviours, expectations and responsibilities. We have also been reviewing our letters and developing some early reading skills. The children have settled in our routine nicely and are very eager to learn all of the new things we have been exploring.
As you know, we now have smaller groups during our morning literacy block. Mrs. Newson and I will be working on reading and writing skills, and integrating our social studies, health and science curriculum into our literacy block. At home, you can support us by reading the weekly poem with your child and by practicing sight words each night. Tomorrow, your child will bring home a book that he or she will read to you. Your child will bring home a new book each weeknight to read. The book should be easy and enjoyable, but your child will still need you support.
In math, we have been working on a unit on patterning, which will be finished early next week. In our next unit, we will be exploring numbers to 20. Next week I will send home a math game that the children have already played in class. This game can be kept at home and your child can play it with a friend, sibling or with you for some extra review. Occasionally I will send home a sight word or math game to add some variety to homework, and you can keep these games at home to play at you convenience.
Here are some October dates to remember:
Monday, October 11 – Thanksgiving (no school)
Monday, October 17 – rescheduled field trip to Arlington Orchard
Thursday, October 20 and Friday, October 21 – PEITF Convention – no school for students
Monday, October 31 – Halloween stations – students can come dressed in their Halloween costumes (no masks or face paint, please)
Thanks for all of your support over this first month of school. Remember, I will still be responsible for math instruction, lunch forms, book orders, and all correspondence regarding drop off or pick up after school, and I will be continuing to check agendas for notes for all of the students in Mrs. Newson’s morning class regarding these matters.
Your partner in education,
Tina Connolly
888-8492
