Viernes 17 de marzo

Hola a todos,

English

• Sight words last week: could, people, my, than, first, water
• Sight words this week: been, call, who, am, it's, now
• Writing: We are are learning how to use sequencing in our writing. Sequencing will help us learn how to write a story with a beginning, middle, and end. 
  
  
  
  
  

Spanish

• This week we started our family unit "La Familia". We learned vocabulary words for our family members in Spanish. We used our knowledge to write sentences about our family. 
  
  
  
  
  

Math 

• We are in our 3d shapes unit. We are learning the names of 3d shapes in Spanish and their attributes. At home, ask your child what 3d shapes do they see in the kitchen, at the grocery store, at the park, etc. 
• We continue to create the shapes we see in real life with paper models. Thank you to all the volunteers who have been helping us glue those together!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Social Studies 

• We continue in our traditions unit. We are completing our "My Family Traditions" poster using the answers from the questionnaire Señorita sent home back in February. 

SCHOOL UPDATES: 

Friday, March 24 is the last day of classes before Spring Break.  Classes will resume on Monday, April 3.  After Spring Break, there is no school on Friday, April 7 and Monday, April 10.

 

 

Spring Concert Information

 With our highly anticipated Spring Concert coming up next week, here are some important notes:

March 22 & 23 Evening Performances

For the evening performances on March 22 & 23, doors will open at 6:00 pm.  Seating is first come, first served.  Please be respectful of our neighbours when parking.  There is no parking available in the parking lot.

Due to space restrictions and fire code regulations, each family has two seats.  Seats are one person per seat due to the maximum capacity allowed (no lap children).

For evening performances only, please have your child at the school by 6:00 pm for the evening that they are performing.   They should be dropped off in classrooms as follows:

Kindergarten – Sra. Fredette	Sra. Fredette’s M/W class go to Room 4 on their evening Sra. Fredette’s T/Th class go to Room 6 on their evening
Kindergarten – Srta. Di Lorenzo	Sra. Di Lorenzo’s M/W class go to Room 3 on their evening Sra. Di Lorenzo’s T/Th class go to Room 5 on their evening
Grade 1	Sra. Fuentes and Srta. Alvarado go to Room 7 (in the Learning Commons) on their evening. Srta. Houde and Srta. Carcamo go to Room 8 (in the Learning Commons) on their evening.
Grade 2	Grade 2 students go to Room 2 (in the Learning Commons) on their respective evening
Grade 3	Grade 3 students go to their regular classroom on their respective evening
Grade 4	Grade 4 students go to their regular classroom on their respective evening
Grade 5	All Grade 5 students go to Room 1 on any evening that they are performing

March 20 & 21 Dress Rehearsal

We encourage families who would like to bring additional family members and small children to attend the dress rehearsal performance at 2:00 p.m on March 20 or 21, where there are no limits and everyone is welcome.  Doors open at 1:45pm and seating is first come, first served.  Again, please be respectful of our neighbours when parking.

The March 20 dress rehearsal will be for those performing in the evening performance on March 22.   The March 21 dress rehearsal will be for those performing in the evening performance on March 23.  If you plan on attending the dress rehearsal, please ensure that you are attending on the correct date to see your child.

Students will be called to the dress rehearsal and classes will resume once the dress rehearsal is complete, so there is no need to sign out your child.

Thank you to everyone who has supported their child and the school in preparation for the concert.  We look forward to seeing you there!

Online Learning Series for parents

A three-part online learning series for the parents of kindergarten and grade one students is being offered to discuss how parents/caregivers can support their child’s language development through books.  Please see the attached handout for more information and how to register. 

Paul Davis Presentation

The Dalhousie Parent Society presents:   PAUL DAVIS – Online and Social Networking Safety Officer. Join us March 15th at 7:30 pm for this information session.  Click here to register.  A zoom link will be sent out shortly to registered parents.

 

We are so thrilled to have been able to book a virtual presentation from Paul Davis, an expert in Online Safety.

Davis, a father of two teenagers, is a self-described ‘techie’. He has worked in IT for more than 25 years. Since 2011, he has added the role of social networking safety educator, regularly addressing students, teachers, educators and parents in school settings across Canada and the United States, as well as speaking to corporate clients about topics including: online safety, cyberbullying, online security, and social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tik Tok, etc.).

Since the digital world is not going away, we wanted to learn how to best protect our children now since many kids already have access to smartphones. Paul's presentation will talk about the appropriate age for a child to have a smartphone, Smartphone contracts — understanding terms and conditions, what is legal and illegal, Establishing rules for smartphone usage (he does not recommend smartphones until grade 7), Regulating and monitoring screen time and mobile device usage and his personal experience with internet and social media safety, as a father of two teenagers, along with research on screen time and its effect on sleep patterns. There will also be a Q&A!

REGISTER TODAY: March 15 at 7:30 pm as this is not a presentation you will want to miss. Register here!

Viernes 3 de marzo

Hola a todos,

English

• Sight words of the week: write, go, see, number, no, way
• Writing: We used our knowledge of teachings of the Eagle from Social Studies to write on our art project. We used iPads to follow a guided drawing and wrote how we love nature. 
  
  
  
  
  

Spanish

• Our initial sounds of the week are: ñ, v and ll. 
• Reading: We are reading books with the 'r' sound. RR = hard r sound, R = soft r sound.
• Here are some videos you can watch at home:
  https://youtu.be/SDQb8Y2Ihp4 
  https://youtu.be/_pp-OQvrLeE 
  https://youtu.be/3c0DEPl11L8 

Math

• We continue in our addition and subtraction unit. We are creating our own addition/subtraction problems in Spanish and showing different strategies to solve the problem. 
• We have been working on our "Librito de problemas" (Book of problems). We are writing our own math problem in Spanish using the numbers given to use by Srta. We are writing an addition problem and a subtraction problem. Here is Srta's example: 
  
  
  
  
  

Weekly Updates - Mar 3

Please see the separate email sent regarding our Celebration of Learning & Book Fair on March 9 & 10 and how to book for it.   A reminder that Thursday, March 9 is a full day of school and that there is no school for all students on March 10.

 

We are continuing our Food Drive for Kindness Month.  All donations are gratefully accepted and can be dropped off at the donation boxes at either the front or the back door.

 

Volunteer opportunities are available for each class.  You must have a valid CBE volunteer clearance at the time you sign up and we ask that you sign up for two opportunities per class to allow for as many people as possible to participate.  If you would like to volunteer more, please check with the teacher.    More details can be found in the separate email that was sent out.

Our Spring Concert will be held on March 22 & 23 at 6:30pm.  You can see which classes perform when as well as the costume preparation in when in the separate emails that were sent out.   You can also check the class blogs for information. Srta. Primak is also looking for helping with prop creation.  You can sign up here if you can help out.  If you have any questions regarding the concert, please email Srta. Primak.