Friday

Happy Friday!

I am still getting used to these early dismissal Fridays... it doesn't feel like there is enough time in the day!

Today we had our first spelling quiz! Students did a great job. For our grade ones, I wasn't looking to see if they could spell every word correctly but rather if they could identify the beginning, middle, or end sound of words. Please don't worry if they were unable to complete the spelling quiz! It is only the second week of grade 1. The quiz gave me an idea of student literacy skills and where we need to start with each student.

We had a quick PE class where we played snakes in the grass and 4 corners. We also enjoyed some "free choice" time and watched The Magic School Bus about colours during our snack time. On Fridays, Mrs. Kawchuck is able to provide extra music classes for students so today we had a bonus music class right at the end of the day!

If you have not yet sent headphones, and you are able to, please try to send them for next week as we will be starting our real Daily 5 schedule and students will be using them during "Listen to Reading" once/week. If you are unable to send headphones to school please let me know and we can borrow some from the school.

Please remember to send back the Student Information Packages (By Sept. 17), ADmazing Savings books or money (By Oct. 12), as well as Scholastic book orders (Sept. 20). 

Have a fantastic, and hopefully not snowy, weekend!

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