Welcome to the last week of May! The countdown to summer vacation will begin soon! Just a reminder to continue to read the blog weekly, as this time of year there are often special activities and changes in schedules. Thanks in advance.
We had a short, but busy week in Room 159. We continued to work on our Van Gogh paintings and many of our masterpieces are complete. Please have a look at our bulletin board in the hall. We have received many compliments on our art and Mr. Currie included us on his twitter feed this week. We went outside with our Reading Buddies and looked in the playground for examples of living and non-living objects. We have also introduced the features and value of the dime this week. Everyone was excited to discuss seeing the Queen at the Royal wedding after talking about her on our coins. We have also been counting nickels and dimes, since we are able to count by 5's and 10's. Our "This is Me in May" pictures are also completed and will be in our classroom later this week.
On Friday morning, we had a wonderful presentation entitled Visions of Turtle Island. This was presented by members of the Six Nations Reserve and they introduced the audience to First Nations' powwow singing and dancing. We learned that dance and music the First Nations' people's way of giving thanks and enjoying each other's company through social dances.
In the gym this week the children played Clean the Gym and in the computer lab, Ms Santiago introduced Number Bingo on abc.ya.
The Grade 7 classes are continuing to accept donations to the Children's Book Bank until Monday morning. Thanks for all your donations. Please bring in any last minute donations with your child at entry on Monday.
June calendars were sent home on Friday. It includes June, July and August birthdays. Please let me know if I have missed any birthdays. As you can imagine, this calendar is full.
The award winners for the Sharing Assembly on Thursday have been notified. I will notify the June winners in the upcoming weeks.
Just a reminder to SK parents to please sent me your child's baby picture or toddler picture for our Senior Kindergarten graduation. Thanks so much!
This is also the last week for Springfest basket and Tombola donations. We would like all Springfest basket donations Monday morning. Tombola donations should be sent in by Thursday. Thanks again for your generosity. It takes everyone to make Springfest a success. Please see e-mails from the Grade Parents for your opportunity to volunteer. See you on Saturday, fingers crossed for wonderful weather.
This Week:
Monday-Bring your book bank donations
Bring your Springfest basket donations
Music
Tuesday-Snuggle Up books exchanged
Library (A), Computers (B)
Wednesday-Smile!
Thursday-Sharing Assembly
Library (B), Computers(A)
Return Sight Word books and Sound Review Books
Scholastic Book orders due!
Friday-Happy June!
Snuggle Up books exchanged
Saturday-Springfest 10:00-2:00 See you there!
