Dec. 18th

A special thank you to Adam, Ashton, Eli, Quinn, Kevin, Gianna and Mallary!  For bringing all the delicious goodies that you sent for our classroom celebration!  They were enjoyed by all!  

I would like to thank you all for the generous gifts, cards and greetings!  Your thoughtfulness and generosity is really appreciated!

 Hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a wonderful holiday season!!

Dec. 17

I hope you were all able to see Fairview's amazing Christmas concert!  The children all did so well and the cast of The Grinch were amazing!

It has /is a crazy busy week.  Division 7 has been busy doing Christmas stuff!  Christmas Readers's Workshop, Christmas crafts and Christmas math stations!  Below are some students in math playing Double the Gifts and Race to Rudolph!

I know your children are excited to show you some of their special Christmas crafts, I hope you like your special gift!

Below is an example of the creativity and energy the students have had this week!   

                                          A HUMAN CHRISTMAS TREE!

In the Poetry and More duotangs this week we have added some math Christmas games!

I hope you all have a magical  holiday season!  See you in 2016!

Dec. 11/15

 It was so nice to spend the last couple of days with you for the conferences.  You should all be proud of your children - I am!

This next week will be crazy so here are just a few reminders...

*See below for details on this busy upcoming week, the students will be wearing their pajamas a lot so that will take the 'getting dressed' part of the day off the list!  Christmas hats are also welcome!

December 14th-Concert dress rehearsal (please wear pyjamas/hats-this is a practice day for students)
December 15th-1:00pm Concert (families welcome-wear PJ's/hats)
December 16th-1:00pm Christmas Concert (families welcome-wear PJ's/hats)
December 18th- Pajama Day and bring your favourite Christmas book to school for hallway reading
Dec. 19  - Jan. 3 - Christmas Break - HAPPY HOLIDAYS

*We will have our class party on Friday.  Thank you to these parents for sending in treats:  Adam (fruit plate), Ashton (veggie plate), Eli (cheese/crackers or small sandwiches), Quinn (sweet treat) and Kevin (popcorn, chips or pretzels) and also Katrina ??

Enjoy your weekend, everyone and Merry Christmas!

Skating!

Fun was had by all!

Thanks to all the parents who drove and helped tie up skates, your help was and is appreciated! 

 

December 4th

Yikes it's December!

For the Christmas Hamper this year we are providing for an 8 year old girl.  If you are wanting to participate please send in either an unwrapped toy or a $5.00 cash donation by Tuesday.  Thank you for your generosity.

Skating is on Monday afternoon please be sure to send in booster seats, skates, helmets (or the cash $3.75 skates, $2.50 for a helmet) snow pants and gloves.   Thanks to everyone who volunteered to drive, I am counting on all of you Mrs. Roberts is short drivers so I may be asking you to take some of her students.  Thank you for your continued support!

On Tuesday Mrs. Crook came and did an amazing presentation with both Div. 6 & 7.   We learned all about the land of Canada before we were a country specifically the Arctic, the Plains and the Eastern Woodlands.  Ask your child what all they did and learned.

We have started Raz kids an online reading program which the students are very excited about.  You should have received a letter on Thursday with the link.  You can also use the link on thiis blog.

Div. 7 won the contest for our hallway for litter less lunch!  We will be getting our pizza on Wednesday, Dec. 9th.  Please send other food in your child's lunch as they will only get two pieces of pizza.

On Tuesday if your child has a Santa, elf or reindeer hat could you please send them to school.  Thanks

Please practice the Christmas concert songs at home as the students need to memorize these songs. 

November 27

Div. 7 is going skating on Monday, December 7th.  Please sign up on the blog ASAP, We do need parent drivers and volunteers.  Thank you in advance.

Conferences are also just around the corner please follow this link to sign up. https://sheralynrt.youcanbook.me/

We started a new set of Explorations this week which the students seem very excited about.

Canadian Animals!

Place Value Math Game - helping the students understand how to make tens and then hundreds

An Inukshuk!

In your child's poetry book we have now added their Christmas songs, please practice these and don't forget to try the math game!

If anyone has medium- large sized pine cones  (not the kind we have in our playground) they would like to donate to our class we have a craft idea we'd like to make.  Please send in ASAP.  Thanks

Nov. 20th

Our field trip to Fort Langley was a huge success!  Thanks so much to Kevin, Mason,  Cassi, Ashton, Charlotte and Marco moms plus Quinn's dad for driving other students  and also thanks to all the other parents who helped out.  Below are some of the highlights of our morning, we couldn't have had better weather!

If you have not already sent in a sketch book fir your child please do so ASAP as we have just started to use them. 

Scholastic is due next Wednesday at the latest.  This will be the last order before Christmas, plus if you want me to keep the order a secret please mark gift on the order and I will give it to you personally.

Please go to the conference link on this blog to sign up for conferences.  This may not work on your phones so if you need to do it on my computer please just let me know.

Reminder there is no school for students on Monday as it is a professional development day.

FORT LANGLEY field trip Div. 6 & 7!

Nov. 18

Friday is our field trip to Fort Langley, thank you to all the parents who have volunteered to drive.  We will need all of your help.  Students must dress for any kind of weather, remember to bring booster seats and have their snack in their pocket.  We will still be having Family Reading as we don't leave until 9:15.  (Parents who are driving please arrive at 9:10).

If you have not signed up for the Kathleen Hatley Health Talk presentation on Friday, Nov. 27th please do so as soon as possible.  Mrs. Watkins sent out a message on the parent portal so if you want your child to attend you need to sign up.

For the Christmas concert "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" which is now just around the corner, Div. 6 and 7 will be 'whos' from Whoville.  They are to wear pajamas and if wanted they could do something special with their hair.

I have added Fairview's Library blog to our front page so that you can also easily check that.

All students did an amazing job of their Christmas card, these were sent home on Monday.  Please send any orders in by Thursday, Nov. 26th.

***Please sign up for conferences on Dec. 10 and 11th.  All conferences will be 30 minutes long, the first 15 minutes is with your child and the last 15 minutes is with both your child and myself.   Just let me know if these times work for you and I can try to make alternate times. 

Friday the 13!

Despite the fact it is Friday the 13th - hopefully you all have a great day!

I was so proud of Div. 7 as they did an awesome job at the Remembrance Day assembly.

Canada  - at one of our Reader's Workshop students were learning all the provinces and territories plus their capital cities.  If you could discuss this at home it would reinforce their learning. We are now looking closer at each province to find out the things that make it unique.

Next Friday is our field trip to Fort Langley.  It looks like we will have enough drivers - thanks so much to everyone for volunteering.  If you have not already signed up for the field trip or paid please do so asap.  Thanks   Just a reminder to everyone we will be going rain or shine so please dress for the weather, with a recess snack in your pocket.  Also all students will need to bring in their booster seats that morning.   Thanks.

Hopefully everyone is reading their Just Right Reading, please remember to bring these book bags to school daily.  

Nov.5th

On Monday your child received their Just Right Reading back with 4/5 books and a letter explaining this program.  Your child has the choice of just a different classroom book or one from their JRR each day. These books should be brought to school each day.

Tuesday afternoon we had a great musical presentation by Hoja.

Our Great Canadian presentations  have been excellent and it is so nice to get to know more about our friends.  It has also been great to meet all the special pets that have visited!

We are now back into our Canada unit and the students are busy learning the different provinces/territories, capital cities and where they are located.  We will be looking at each province and territory in more detail as we take a 'trip' across Canada.

Please sign up on the portal for our field trip to Fort Langley on Friday, Nov. 20th.

We have new Reader's Workshop and exploration stations.  They are busy constructing all different things (even coffins!) and classifying Canadian animals and then creating their habitats.

Nov. 3rd

A huge thank you to Marco and Mason's mom who took groups out this morning to make pumpkin cookies!  Marco's mom even supplied all the ingredients and supplies!  It was a great follow up after Charlotte and Ashton presented their Pumpkin book.

Scholastic is due tomorrow if you are interested.

Happy Halloween!

It's has been a busy, crazy week in Div. 7 with Halloween Math, Reader's Workshop and Explorations!  Some of the highlights were our Multiplication Monsters, a smartie graph, surveying and graphing Fairview's Halloween treats  (chocolate bars were the most popular choice).  These graphs will be displayed by the library.  Hopefully all the ghosts arrived home safely - thanks again to Quinn and Mason"s moms for helping.

This week not only do the students have some Halloween poems but also addition and subtraction games for you to play at home!
Thanks to Mallary, Marco, Mason, Gianna and Kate for all the yummy food and treats today for our celebration.  All the students looked great in their costumes and I hope everyone has a fun, safe Halloweeen!

     

 

for providing all the yummy food for our celebration.

Thanks to Heather for organizing my birthday surprise - very appreciated!!

We have a field trip booked for Friday, November 20.  You should be receiving a portal notification soon.  We do need parent drivers and volunteers.  Thanks in advance!

Oct. 22/15

Just a reminder that tomorrow Friday, Oct. 23rd is a pro d day so there is no school for students.

Eli, Eva and Charlotte were our great Canadians this week, they all had good presentations!  Thanks for sharing!

Div. 6 & 7 assembly line of ghosts!!   A huge thank you to Quinn, Mason and Vincent's (from Ms Roberts class) moms for helping making these and to Eli's mom for getting the rags ready for production and to Mason's mom for buying the all the rags :)  

Your child will be bringing home a book bag with a Halloween story (some have already). Please practice these as your child will be part of a group to present these next week.  I will be sending more books the first week of November!

Pajama day was a big success!  We even painted in our pjs with our big buddies!  

Next Friday is our Halloween celebration, all students are welcome to dress up for Halloween and wear their costumes to school in the morning.  We will be having a costume parade in the gym at 8:50 right after family reading.  Thanks in advance to the following students who are bringing the food for our celebration.   Fruit plate -   Gianna       Veggie plate - Marco    

Cheese/Crackers or small sandwiches - Kate       Other - Mallary    

Pretzels, popcorn or chips - Mason.      Sweet Treats -    Zander

Oct. 20th

Just a couple of reminders:

Thursday, Oct. 22 is Pajama Day and Hot Lunch!

Friday, Oct. 23rd is a Pro D day so there is no school for students.

October 16/15

We now have beautiful fall leaves hanging from the ceiling, the students used their pastels to colour and smudge to create these realistic colourful leaves.

Thanks to everyone for sending in paper towel rolls but please keep sending them in as we still need 10 more.

If you know your child is going to be absent please contact the office as with our new computer system it can only be imputed by Mrs. Corcoran.

During buddies we played Capture the Flag, it was Div. 1 against Div. 6 & 7.  It was lots of fun.

The students have started their Christmas cards this week which they will finish up next week so they can be submitted and published for possible purchase.  

I have added our Celebration Snack list as an additional page on this blog but before each celebration I will also post a reminder for everyone. 

Thanks to all families who have worked to find further words in their child's names.  Obviously some names have many more possibilities but the goal is just to find as many words in each name and help strengthen literacy skills (specifically reading and spelling).  

Great Canadians start next week.  If you have any questions about this please just ask.  

Oct. 9

If anyone has paper towel rolls please send in ASAP.  Thanks. We are making rain sticks and yes we  need some parent helpers :)

Please return student verification forms as soon as possible.  Thanks

There is just a few of you that have not signed upto bring something for one of our class celebrations please see or email me next week as I will be finalizing and posting it next Friday.  Please don't worry as I will always put up a reminder on the blog before the celebration.

Scholastic order has been placed thanks to Miranda (Mason's mom). Please do not send cash instead please pay by cheque made out to Scholastic.  Next order that we send out will have a letter with information about paying by visa so that you can pay them directly.   Also if you are purchasing gifts please just indicate on your order form and I will be sure to not give them to your child but instead just hold them and give them to you in person.  

I hope you all like the turkey and the pumpkin that your child made for your dinner tables, they were very excited to bring them home!  Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend.  

Oct. 2

Fairview had a successful Terry Fox Run, thanks to all the parents who helped out on the course, cutting oranges and walking/running the route with the students.  We are still collecting money all next week so that hopefully we can reach our goal of $500.00 from Fairview (approximately a twonnie per student). 

Planners just arrived so we will start using them Monday.

We have finished our All About Me and are starting our Canada unit next week.  Students will soon be bringing home information about being our #1 Canadian!  

Ask your child about Reader's Workshop and Explorations, we have these activities regularly but the stations change every week or two. 

Just a reminder that if you have not sent in your child's inside shoes, please do so as soon as possible.  With the wetter weather plus even the dew their shoes are getting very wet and dirty and we'd like to avoid bringing that into the classroom. 

Family Reading has been going very well the last few weeks. Thanks so much to everyone who has been able to join us.  The students love it when you can make it.

Important reminder that next week with Thanksgiving coming up we are wanting to help out the Friends in Need Food Bank.  Please send non-perishable food items in any day Monday- Friday.  Thanks for your support!

This is Slowy our class turtle as you can see some students have build him a special home!!

September 22/15

Attention all parents - please check the school district portal and go to the form section as we have many forms posted there that need to be filled out.  For example - our Terry Fox Run is next Wed. Sept. 30 and you must have completed the walking form for your child to participate.   We also need parent volunteers to walk/run with our class, please let me know if you are available.  Thanks.  Also on Wednesday it is Picture Day in the am but then the run in afternoon please ensure that your child has appropriate clothing and running shoes for the run (rain or shine!) Please also be sure to send a water bottle. 

Thanks to everyone that has already sent in the $15.00 to cover the cost of planners and memory books.  Unfortunately there was an error in the planners we received so we had to re-order and the new ones won't be in for a few weeks but they are on their way.  As soon as they come in we will be using them daily for home reading and communication.  Thanks for your patience with this.

Family Reading will be starting this Friday morning at 8:30 - 8:45.  Last year we were very fortunate that so many parents could attend, I am really hoping that parents are available to come out this year.

Just a reminder we do have a nut allergy in our class so do not send any food that contains nuts.
Also I did put out the sign up for snacks for our celebrations so if you haven't had a chance to sign up please just drop by the class to sign up for one of the holidays.  Thanks in advance for contributing. 

Welcome to our class blog!

You will find hopefully everything that is happening and going to happen in Div. 7 here. Monthly newsletters and calendars will be posted as well as weekly updates. Student photos will be posted and they will have input as to what is included and shared on this blog. Hope you enjoy and check it regularly!