Monday, November 29th

Homework

Spelling words - please practice words as per the links below.

Yellow
Orange
Purple
Red
Blue
Green

Bits and Pieces

Spelling Tests came home today.

Dr. Seussical The Musical forms need to be returned as soon as possible, no later than December 6th. Please note: there are two forms to fill out: Acknowledgement of Risk and the Medical Form.


Fun Lunch –We need 1 ‘Fun Lunch’ parent from our room. We ABSOLUTELY need to have one parent to assist is counting your money, check your orders, and be here to distribute on Fun Lunch Day. We are not having any fun lunch during the month of December, but need to be getting ready for the New Year.

Wednesday, November 24th

Homework

Please practice spelling. Spelling quiz on Tomorrow!

In Social Studies today we drew maps of our classroom. Ask your child about some of the shapes they observed.

Bits and Pieces

Today we checked out the Scholastic Book Fair and had a lot of fun browsing through all the books! You child has a wish list in their folder. Scholastic Book Fair will be on in the Library during Parent Teacher Conferences. Please take a moment to stop by!

NO SCHOOL Friday due to Parent Teacher Conferences.

Please remember to book you conference. If you are unable to come on Thursday or Friday please email me and we will set up a time next week. I look forward to meeting with everyone!

Our Winter Wonderland orders are here! Your order will be available for pick-up from your child's teacher during the Parent-Teacher conferences. Please inspect your items for any damage and report to hala_99@hotmail.com by November 30th at 3pm.
Thank you for your support, PHS Parent Council

Monday, November 22nd

Homework

Spelling words - please practice the spelling words based on what colour group your child is in.


Yellow
Orange
Purple
Red
Blue
Green


Bits and Pieces

Parents please remember to pick up the student prizes from the Winter Wonderland Sales and Entertainment Books from your child’s teacher during interviews this week.

Thank you for your support with both these fundraisers.

Volunteers for Dr. Seussical - We have been advised that we only need ONE volunteer from each room. Thank you for all who volunteered. I have sent a confirmation email to the one volunteer.

We also need volunteers for the afternoon of December 3rd for a art/craft day. If you can volunteer for this please email me.

Thursday, November 18th

Homework

Please review the spelling list for tomorrow's quiz!

Bits & Pieces

***Our class is looking for two Parent Volunteers to join us on our trip to Dr.Seussical the Musical on December 7th. If you are interested please email me. rckroeker@cbe.ab.ca ***

Just a reminder that there is a Parent Council meeting this evening. Please join us at the school at 7pm. We will have updates on fundraising, traffic initiatives, reports from the principal and teachers and more! Parent Council is a great avenue to get involved with the school and find out what is going on and why! If you have any questions, concerns, suggestions or just can't make the meeting but would like to be involved in any way please contact the Parent Council at panoramahillsschool@hotmail.com Stay warm and stay safe! Thank you, Elaine Cohen, Parent Council Chair

REPORT CARDS GO HOME TOMORROW. Please see the GREEN sheet, included with your child's report card on how to sign up for interviews. Parent Teacher Interviews will be held Thursday November 25th and Friday November 26th

Tuesday, November 16th

Homework

Spelling words - please practice the words according to their colour group. The link for these is on yesterday's post.
We will have a spelling quiz on Friday and a grapheme quiz on Thursday.

Bits and Pieces

Welcome, Winter!
The children will be outside for recess if it is not colder than -20 degrees. Please ensure your child is warmly dressed. Better to have too much on than too little!

Taco Fun Lunch this Thursday. I will remind those who have ordered fun lunch. It seems like ages ago that those forms went home!

Parent Teacher Interviews are on Thursday Nov. 25 and Friday Nov. 26th.

No school for all students on Friday Nov. 26th and no school for all kindergarten students Nov, 25 and 26.

Online booking opens up Nov. 18th at 6:30 am

There will be new software for conference booking, parents need to delete anything they used before and register with the new School Conference manager. More information to follow.

Monday, November 15th

Homework

Spelling words: The children are in colour groups. Please find links below for the spelling lists by colour. Your child should be able to tell you what colour group they are in.

Yellow Group

Orange Group

Purple Group

Red Group

Blue Group

Green Group

Please practice with your child in the manner that best suits your child. They might be more successful playing games like word searches, memory, word scrambles, or word fill ins. You could try going on a scavenger hunt to find the words or the letters of the words in your home or community. See if they can spot any spelling words on billboards as you drive by. There are many different learning strategies to try. See if you can find the one that your child responds to the best and then use it! It does not always need to be printing practice.

Bits and Pieces

Scholastic book orders went home on Wednesday. They are due this Wednesday. This will hopefully ensure we get the order before holidays.

We will be going to Dr. Seussical the Musical on December 7th. We will need two volunteers from each class. If you would like to volunteer for this and have filled out the paperwork, please let me know via email. The first two to email me will be chosen.

Thank you!

Mrs. Kroeker

Tuesday, November 9th

A Book Fair flyer went home today. The Book Fair will be held in the Library during Parent Teacher Interviews, on November 25th and 26th. We will preview the Book Fair as a class on Wednesday the 24th.

Remembrance Day Assembly Tomorrow - 10:30 am. Please remember your food bank donations!

Poppies available tomorrow morning - Donations will be accepted.

No School Thursday or Friday!

Today we made story maps for our Leaf Creatures. We looked at Lois Ehlert's book, Leaf Man to help guide our story structure. Ask your child about the places their Leaf Creature stopped along the way!

Monday, November 8th

Reminders:

Spelling Test tomorrow on first 12 spelling words.

I, a, to, the
is, can, on, see
in, you, that, it
he, she, was, for

Remembrance Day Assembly Wednesday November 10th @ 10:30 am. Please remember our motto "a can in each hand" - We will be accepting donations for the food bank in the morning on Wednesday. We will also have poppies available for students, donations will be accepted. Everyone is welcome to attend the assembly

No School Thursday or Friday this week.

Thursday, November 4th

Bits and Pieces:

Those students who ordered pictures they went home today!

We will be doing the final 4 spelling words on the list that went home yesterday on Monday. Tomorrow (Friday) we will be doing a review of the 26 single graphemes and their sounds.

Our Remembrance Day assembly is on Wednesday November 10 at 10:30 am. Students are encouraged to please bring a food donation. We are using the motto "a can in each hand". We will also be selling poppies in the classroom for students to purchase the morning of the assembly. All are welcome to attend!

Reminder: No school on Thursday or Friday Next week, November 11 or 12.
We have been talking about our November virtue "Compassion" in the classroom this week. Yesterday we discussed what Peace "feels like, smells like, sounds like, looks like and tastes like."

Tuesday, November 2nd

Homework

Students do not have any formal homework until Wednesday. We will begin our spelling words on Wednesday, introducing 4 words a day until the following Monday. Our first spelling test will be on Tuesday. This will not be the normal routine but is necessary for the first one due to the nature of next week's schedule. Our normal routine will be: Monday - Thursday - introduce four new words a day, Friday - Quiz. Teachers will provide challenge words to those children who are capable. Your child may have a few extra words than what is listed below.

Wednesday: I, a, to, the
Thursday: is, can, on, see
Friday: in, you, that, it
Monday: he, she, was, for
Tuesday: Spelling Quiz

Your child is bringing home a note regarding spelling tomorrow.

Bits and Pieces

Picture Retakes Tomorrow - Wednesday, November 3rd.

Our Remembrance Day Assembly is on November 10 at 10:30. The Students have been working very hard on a song with Mrs. Mann. The lyrics are written below. If you are able, please help your child practice their song in preparation for next Wednesday.
Reminder: There is no school on Thursday, November 11th, and no school for students on Friday, November 12th.

Show some kindness, start today.
Show some kindness find a way.
Could be a neighbour, could be a friend,
Or maybe a family that needs to mend.

Show some kindness, reach out your hand.
Show some kindness in this land.
Not tomorrow, try today,
To love somebody, you’ll find a way.

Show some kindness, start today.
Show some kindness find a way.
Could be a mother, could be a dad,
or maybe a friend who's feeling kind of sad.

Show some kindness, reach out your hand.
Show some kindness in this land.
Not tomorrow, try today,
To love somebody, you’ll find a way.