January 11, 2013

Happy New Year, Everyone!

I hope you all had a terrific holiday.  I certainly enjoyed spending lots of time with my family over the winter break.

We have started this term focusing on winter/goal setting (connected to resolutions) and will move onto our unit on Space next week.  The students' are very excited about this theme and are already posing a lot of tough questions!  We will seek to find the answers together during the upcoming weeks.

In math we are extending our understanding of place value into the thousands and will begin adding/subtracting these numbers.  We will focus on numbers that require regrouping/borrowing soon as well.  We are also focusing on geometry during 'Explorations'.

In writing, we are focusing on developing our editing skills. To support this, we are beginning a spelling program next week.  This program will focus on looking for patterns in words and then transition into learning/memorizing those challenging English words that don't follow a pattern and that are often misspelled.  Please check your child's planner pocket early next week for a more detailed explanation.

In reading, we continue to focus on developing skills/confidence via our 'Reader's Workshop'.  We have some exciting space-related activities coming up next week which we hope will inspire everyone.


Information/Reminders:

*we will continue to welcome everyone Friday mornings from 8:30-8:45 for Family Reading
*memory book money ($6) is still outstanding for quite a few individuals.  I will be sending home a reminder note for those who have not sent it in by the end of the week.  Thank you.
*a calendar of January events went home this week, if you did not receive one, please let me know via your child's planner.  Noteworthy days include 'Popcorn Day' (15th and 16th), ProD Day (24th) and MacMillan Space Center Fieldtrip (31st-the permission slip will be sent home next week).

Have a great weekend, everyone,

Amanda Roberts

Great Work, Div. 6!

Congratulations on your third place finish in the cotton ball bulletin board contest and more importantly congratulations on all of the great work you did raising money and collecting toys for children in need.  Remember to take a moment on Christmas morning to think of all of the children whose day you made a little brighter.  You should all be very proud of yourselves :)

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Mrs. Roberts

Merry Christmas!

Thank you everyone for all of the lovely cards and gifts!  I hope you all have a wonderful winter break, spending time with your families.

Mrs. Roberts

3 Reminders

I have already reminded the class but I told them I would post this in case they forgot... :)

1) Pajama Day tomorrow
2) Class party in the afternoon (but please still send a lunch)
3) Candy Canes for sale at lunch 25 cents

Thank you,

Amanda Roberts

Hi Everyone!

I hope you are having a fantastic weekend!

A couple of reminders about our upcoming week...

1) We will have a dress rehearsal (in front of the Fairview students) on Tuesday.  The children are welcome to wear pajamas and Santa hats that day (and on Wednesday and Thursday for the concert).  The dress rehearsal is after recess so it is probably best to wear pajamas to school that day and then students can wear or bring them for the afternoon performances on Wednesday and Thursday.  I hope everyone can make it.  Everyone has been working really hard on both their dance (led by Mrs. Lukacs) and their song. ***Please refer to your child's calendar for specific times***

2) Friday is pajama day (I know, lots of PJ time this week, sorry about the laundry) and our class party.  Thanks in advance for providing snacks:

Veggie Plate:  Callie
Cheese/Crackers:  Logan
Sweet Treat:  Giah
Popcorn or Chips:  Amalia

**No one has signed up to bring fruit so if anyone would like to do this and hasn't signed up for another party, please let me know.  Thank you!

A big thank you to our parent drivers for volunteering to take the students skating last week.  We had a wonderful time.

Please feel free to contact me via your child's planner, my school email Amanda_Roberts@sd42.ca or in person if you ever have any questions or concerns.

Thank you,

Amanda Roberts

December 7, 2013

Hi Everyone,

I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend and caught a glimpse of the mountains today...spectacular!  Here are a few updates and requests:

*we now have enough parent drivers for skating so the fieldtrip is on, please remember to send booster seats with your child that day and skates, helmets etc. if you are not renting

*I am still looking for more medium pine cones if anyone has any they would like to donate to the class

*our class party will be on the last day of school, I will add another post next week reminding those of you who signed up to bring snacks, thanks in advance to those volunteers

*in the new year we will begin studying space, if anyone has any puzzles, models, books, games, figures, posteres etc. that they would like to donate to the class that would be greatly appreciated

*everyone should have received a December calendar of class events by now, please keep this handy as it is a busy month

*the students will be wearing pajamas for the Christmas concerts;  I would like to give a big thank you to Miss Lukacs who has been teaching the students a holiday dance, we have been having a great time learning this :)

*all donations to the Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Hamper Society are welcome until December 10th, please remember that both new toys and money donations are welcome (our class have been doing a great job reminding the other students about this important charity event via posters and announcements)

Enjoy the remainder of the weekend everyone and I will look forward to seeing you all on Monday,

Amanda Roberts

December 2, 2013

Hi Everyone,

I apologize that this posting is a little later than usual but I have been busy preparing for our upcoming conferences.  Thank you to everyone for signing up for a time to meet this Thursday.  I will be sending home reminders of your time tomorrow.  They will be taped inside your child's planner to ensure that they get to you.

We had a fantastic time dissecting our owl pellets last week.  I hope your children took some time to tell you all about it.  I was so impressed with the way they just dove right in and how inquisitive they were about locating all of the bones and discovering which animals they came from.  These will be on display during the conferences so you can take a look and discuss these with your children at that time. (see photos below of the children 'in action'-we have some real scientists in the making!)

Reminders/Information

*your child is to attend the conference with you on Thursday but there is no school for students that day
*skating notices are due this by Wednesday, we presently only have drivers for 2 students.  If I do not have enough drivers by Friday I will, unfortunately have to cancel the field trip.  I know this is a busy time for everyone but hopefully we will be able to make this work.
*students will be asked to wear their pajamas for the Christmas concerts, they are also welcome to wear Santa hats but they should fit snugly so they don't fall off during our amazing dance moves (a big thank you to Miss Lukacs for choreographing/teaching our class on her own time-you will love the performance!)
*our class is taking a leadership role in collecting toys/money for the Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Hamper Society.  All donations are due in by December 10th.  Thanks so much for your support!

I will look forward to meeting with all of you on Thursday!  Thank you, Amanda Roberts

 This is 'Pokey'.  He is a barred owl and everyone loved him!  Our class owl puppet has been named after him :)

 Dissecting teams hard at work!

Sharing our discoveries with our big buddies.  This time the little buddies get to be the teachers!