Monday

Hello families!

Today we chose words from the "-oat" family for our weekly words. We also graphed the data from last week's book collection in a bar graph.


In the afternoon we had some quiet reading time and then moved on to a "final project." I thought it would be fun to end the year with students choosing a project to work on. I saw some half written stories while working on report cards that have so much potential and I thought it would be fun to push those students to illustrate and create a book and I know some other students have been interested in comics. I gave the students some rules and we brainstormed some ideas. If you get a chance to talk to your child about this and help them come up with an idea, or a way to make their idea even better, that would be awesome! We will be working on this throughout the next week. 


Report Cards
Report cards will be coming home on the last day of school. We are not able to send them home before then. If you will not be here on the last day, please let me know. The report card can either wait until September, or you can provide a stamped and addressed envelope to the school and we will mail it to you. 

I do my best to capture your child's strengths and personality in report cards. A lot of thought goes into writing report card comments and I appreciate you taking them time to read them. I wanted to remind everyone that a '2' is considered "at grade level." If a child received a '2' on their report card last term in reading, for example, and again receive a '2' this time, that does not mean they did not improve. The expectations for the middle of grade 1 or 2 are different than the expectations at the end of grade 1 or 2 so the same mark both times does not mean they are not showing growth. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about report cards. There should be nothing there that will surprise you! 



Sports Day 

Hello Parents/Guardians, 

We are seeking volunteers for our LBS 2019 Sports Day! We are looking for parents who would be comfortable co-leading (with support from a teacher) a sports day activity. This year, sports day is happening on Friday, June 21st, 2019 from 9:30am until 12:00pm. If you’re available to join us please email Lindsay Brown at librown@cbe.ab.ca. Please note that a valid police clearance is required to volunteer.

Thanks!
Active Living Committee

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