Monday, Oct. 31st, 2016

Highlights

It was black and orange day!  Students also had fun participating in their first inline skating class.  We have inline skating again on Tuesday and Wednesday.  If your child brought a helmet or inline skating equipment, we will keep it at the school until Wednesday.

Today some of our students shared about how they celebrated Diwali over the weekend.  There are also a number of students who are celebrating Halloween today.  We worked on adding details and descriptive words when writing about a haunted house picture.

Important Information   

Scholastic book orders due next Monday (Nov. 7)- cash, cheque or online payment

Nov. 4- Ticket and food orders due for the Grade 2 Family Movie night

Nov. 10- Remembrance Day Assembly at 10 am, Healthy Hunger Lunch (Subway), Grade 2 family movie night

Nov 11- Remembrance Day (no school)

Nov. 15-Scientists in School presentation

Nov. 24- Healthy Hunger Lunch (Little Caesars), School Council Meeting at 7 pm

Photos for School Remembrance Day Assembly

As part of our Remembrance Day assembly we are asking for photographs of family members, past or present, who have served in any military branch.  We are requesting a photograph to be scanned and emailed to Mrs. Boutillier (miboutillier@cbe.ab.ca). If you cannot scan the photograph please feel free to send it to school and we will scan it and return it to you. Please include their name, when they served, and any other information you would like to include.

Please send photos by November 3, 2016.

CANS IN BOTH HANDS: DONATIONS FOR THE CALGARY VETERANS FOOD BANK 

The Calgary Veterans Food Bank is collecting non-perishable food items at our school beginning the first of November. Many of our Canadian veterans, their widows and dependants will be benefiting from your generous donations. Please bring your non-perishable food items to place in the collection boxes located inside the doors through the school’s main entrance.

Homework

-Reading (please sign the home reading log)

-Be safe if you go trick-or-treating

-Due to the inline skating schedules we will not be having word work (spelling) this week.  Spelling lists will be sent home next week.

Ask me about:

How was inline skating?  Did you keep trying even if you fell down? 

Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016

Highlights

On Tuesday we had a practice evacuation drill and the whole school walked to Captain Nichola Goddard School.

In Social Studies we looked at pictures and talked about different places and events in Calgary (e.g., Calaway Park, Saddledome, Stampede, Fort Calgary, etc.)  Later we will be comparing our community with other communities in Canada.

We also started working on editing our writing.  We are checking to make sure that our sentences have a capital letter at the start and punctuation at the end.  We are also checking to make sure that words from our word wall are spelled correctly in our writing.

Important Information   

Inline Skating

Thank you to students who have returned their inline skating forms.  Our class has inline skating times next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.  If your child has a helmet or inline skating equipment they would like to use, please send these items on Monday.

Students are taught and encouraged to put on their own inline skating equipment; however, it would be beneficial to have a parent volunteer assist with the equipment.  If you would like to help on any of these days, please email Ms. Bain at lcbain@cbe.ab.ca.

Our inline skating times are:

Monday: 9:05-9:55

Tuesday: 10:50-11:45

Wednesday: 9:55-10:50 

Thursday, Oct. 27- Parent council meeting (Gr. 4 teachers will be presenting at this meeting)

Monday, Oct. 31- Black and Orange Day- Please wear black or orange.  Students are not to wear costumes to school this day.  

CANS IN BOTH HANDS: DONATIONS FOR THE CALGARY VETERANS FOOD BANK 

The Calgary Veterans Food Bank is collecting non-perishable food items at our school beginning the first of November. Many of our Canadian veterans, their widows and dependants will be benefiting from your generous donations. Please bring your non-perishable food items to place in the collection boxes located inside the doors through the school’s main entrance.

PHS Used Book Sale

We are having a Used Book Drive and Sale.  Kindly save us your gently used books (no adult books please). Books can be brought in October 11 to November 25.  The Book Sale will happen during Parent Teacher Conferences December 1 and 2.  All books will be reasonably priced. Thank you in advance for your support!

Photos for School Remembrance Day Assembly

As part of our Remembrance Day assembly we are asking for photographs of family members, past or present, who have served in any military branch.  We are requesting a photograph to be scanned and emailed to Mrs. Boutillier (miboutillier@cbe.ab.ca). If you cannot scan the photograph please feel free to send it to school and we will scan it and return it to you. Please include their name, when they served, and any other information you would like to include.

Please send photos by November 3, 2016.

Homework

-Spelling quiz tomorrow

-Reading (please sign the home reading log)

-Dreambox

Ask me about:

What are you counting by if you say 8, 28, 38, 48, 58? (counting forward by 10’s)

What are you counting by if say 52, 50, 48, 46, 44? (counting backward by 2’s)

Monday, Oct. 24, 2016

Highlights

We reviewed how to login and use Dreambox.  Please take advantage of this program and have your child use it at home to practice math concepts. 

This week we are finishing our Science unit about Magnets and then we will be starting our next unit on Liquids.  We also started reading “Sunset of the Sabertooth,” which is the 7^th novel in the Magic Tree House series.  In Math we are working on counting objects by 2, 5 and 10.  

Important Information   

Thursday, Oct. 27- Parent council meeting (Gr. 4 teachers will be presenting at this meeting)

Monday, Oct. 31- Black and Orange Day- Please wear black or orange.  Students are not to wear costumes to school this day.   

Photos for School Remembrance Day Assembly

As part of our Remembrance Day assembly we are asking for photographs of family members, past or present, who have served in any military branch.  We are requesting a photograph to be scanned and emailed to Mrs. Boutillier (miboutillier@cbe.ab.ca). If you cannot scan the photograph please feel free to send it to school and we will scan it and return it to you. Please include their name, when they served, and any other information you would like to include.

Please send photos by November 3, 2016.

Homework

-Each night, please have your child record the date and one book they read on the home reading log.  (If the book is longer, just write the chapter read, or the number of pages).  Your child may read a book on Raz-Kids, one of the paper books sent home, a library book or magazine, etc.  The important aspect is that your child reads a “just right” book, where they are able to read the majority of words and discuss what happened in the book.  Reading logs will be collected at the end of Nov. and will be reviewed at parent-teacher conferences. 

-New spelling lists were sent home for the week

-Dreambox

Ask me about:

True or false:  The Earth is like a giant magnet. (true)

Thurs, Oct. 20, 2016

Highlights

Today we logged into the computers and tried the Dreambox math program.  A link for Dreambox can be found on the Panorama Hills School homepage.  A note was also sent home with information on the program, along with your child’s username and password.

In Social Studies we read the story, “The Town Mouse and Country Mouse” and discussed advantages and disadvantages of living in these two places.  During Math we are starting to apply our skip counting skills to help us count money amounts up to $1.00.  We are currently working on counting pennies, nickels and dimes.  Students are also working on writing their own stories based on the book, “Pete the Cat: I Love My New Shoes.”    

Important Information   

Friday, Oct. 21- School pictures order forms due (Picture retakes will be on Thursday, Nov. 3)

Thursday, Oct. 27- Parent council meeting (Gr. 4 teachers will be presenting at this meeting)

Nov. 4- Ticket and food orders due for the Grade 2 Family Movie night.  Please note that ticket orders are on a first come-first serve basis and that students must be accompanied by an adult.

Nov. 10- Grade 2 family movie night

Photos for School Remembrance Day Assembly

As part of our Remembrance Day assembly we are asking for photographs of family members, past or present, who have served in any military branch.  We are requesting a photograph to be scanned and emailed to Mrs. Boutillier (miboutillier@cbe.ab.ca). If you cannot scan the photograph please feel free to send it to school and we will scan it and return it to you. Please include their name, when they served, and any other information you would like to include.

Please send photos by November 3, 2016.

PHS Used Book Sale

We are having a Used Book Drive and Sale.  Kindly save us your gently used books (no adult books please). Books can be brought in October 11 to November 25.  The Book Sale will happen during Parent Teacher Conferences December 1 and 2.  All books will be reasonably priced. Thank you in advance for your support!

Homework

-Each night, please have your child record the date and one book they read on the home reading log.  (If the book is longer, just write the chapter read, or the number of pages).  Your child may read a book on Raz-Kids, one of the paper books sent home, a library book or magazine, etc.  The important aspect is that your child reads a “just right” book, where they are able to read the majority of words and discuss what happened in the book.  Reading logs will be collected at the end of Nov. and will be reviewed at parent-teacher conferences. 

-Spelling quiz tomorrow on this week’s words

-Try the Dreambox math program at home

Ask me about:

What community do you live in?

What city do you live in?

What province do you live in?

What country do you live in?