Monday, March 21st

Happy Spring Everyone!

Swimming today was great! The children are learning so much in their lessons! It is fun to watch them take new risks and gain confidence as young swimmers.

We had another busy day with concert practice in the gym this afternoon. We are looking forward to showing off all of our hard work this Wednesday!

Note about the Spring Concert Wednesday, March 23rd:

The Spring Concert has finally arrived!  Doors open a half hour before the show, and students are expected to arrive between 6:00 and 6:15 on the evening of their performance.  Please drop off and pick up your child(ren) at the classroom. As the children are presenting two full performances, it is important that all students are present for both shows.

Mr. Simmons' and Mrs. Kroeker's class are being asked to please wear jeans and a black t-shirt on the day of the concert.

Remember, YOU MUST HAVE A TICKET TO ATTEND THE SHOW.  Young children who are able to sit on an adult's lap do not need a ticket.  Please plan to arrive early, as parking is limited.  If you are unexpectedly delayed, late seating will take place during the first appropriate pause in the program.  Assigned seats are not guaranteed after the performance starts.  Latecomers will be seated in the back out of courtesy to the performers and other audience members.

Panorama Hills School has hired a professional videographer to record all performances, and copies of the DVD will be available for purchase.  We ask that you please refrain from taking photos or video of the performance, as it interferes with the sight lines of other audience members and blocks access for the performers.

Thank you for your support and encouragement, and enjoy the show!

Bits & Pieces

Fun Lunch is this Wednesday

No School Friday - Spring Break - Back to School April 4th

March 16, 2011

Our first day of swimming was great!  Some slow busses but the pool made sure we got our fair amount of time in the water!  Don't forget to bring all your swimming gear again tomorrow!!!!


Send some happy and healthy thoughts to Mrs. Kroeker this evening as she had to go home sick this afternoon and missed our first whole grade practice for the Spring Concert.  (We are getting better and better, by the way!)


NO HOMEWORK! Just relax and get to bed early!

March 15, 2011

 Our Day:

It feels like our days are passing really, really quickly lately - we are just so busy!  We worked on more story problems in Math today and followed this by comparing two versions of the Three Little Pigs.  We had some extra music time (our Rosie & Micheal poem is getting better and better) and finally got to go outside to draw our Winter Trees!  Tomorrow will be even busier....Spring Break will be here before we know it and there's so much to do still!!

Reminders:

Tomorrow is our first day of SWIMMING!  Please don't forget to bring a bag, bathing suit, underwear and towel!  It will help if bathing suits are on under clothing since we leave so quickly tomorrow.  Also, if you need goggles, pack those too!!!

Homework: Check out the homework question below!

Spelling List for the week can be found below:
Spelling - March 14, 2011

Monday, March 14th

Our Day:

We had some extra music practice this afternoon in preparation for our Spring Concert.  We continued to work on our "Three Little ____" stories after spelling stations this morning.  We had PE and music after lunch.  With the weather being so nice, we went outside after recess and drew our Winter Tree into our Big Jounrals - it was hard keeping everything dry, though!!

Your child should have TWO handouts today - A spelling list and a blue letter about our next unit in Science called Building Things!  If you are missing the blue sheet, please let me know and I will send another home.
Reminders:

Swimming starts Wednesday. Please have your child wear their bathing suit underneath their clothing. In a seperate plastic bag please send a towel, underwear, brush/comb (optional), goggles (optional).

FINAL CALL FOR PURPLE TICKET FORMS!  If they are not back ASAP, your tickets will be given away!

Homework:

Spelling List for the week can be found below:
Spelling - March 14, 2011

Wednesday, March 9th

REMINDERS!  All FUN LUNCH forms are due tomorrow!  Don't forget!


Also we are still waiting for a few swimming forms. They need to be brought in with the fee tomorrow please!


Don't forget to send in your purple Spring Concert ticket request forms - it is sure to be a great show!

Our Day:

We are really trying to get our Three Little ___ stories finished before the long weekend, so we spent lots of time working on them today; we are creeping towards completion and they look great! 


We continued our work with Word Problems in Math and checked our work against our newly developed criteria. The students are beginning to take ownership for their work and are able to identify if they are doing their best work.
Homework:

Spelling Practice: not, but, what, all, were, when (plus your child's two bonus words of their choice)


Spelling Review tomorrow.


I look forward to seeing you all at Parent Teacher Conferences over the next couple of days!

March 8, 2011

REMINDER!  All swimming forms are DUE TOMORROW! We must have all forms and payments for tomorrow so the pool can organize levelled groups!!

Our Day:

We've been working hard on our Three Little... stories - We are so close to having them published! In Math we developed criteria for solving a word problem and all of our student had some very good ideas about creating a high level response. 

Homework:

Spelling Practice
Homework Question (below)



Questions? Email bwsimmons@cbe.ab.ca

Monday, March 7th

Library Books:  We are now using large, plastic bags for our library books! All library books need to travel to and from school in these bags.  We have had to replace many many books this year and we hope to stop this by protecting them while they are in student backpacks. 


Homework: We are going to be experimenting with an online homework question posted through our blogs.  Please complete the question below as homework! 


Spelling - The spelling lists have two student-choice words on them this week.  I have to put up a link to the common words but you will need to ask your child for their two words to practice with!

Spelling March 7, 2011

Friday, March 4th

Report Cards went home today. Also check for the Purple Form for Spring Concert tickets in the report card envelope.

We had a much better day today and almost all of the students in our class acted with integrity and respect. I was very proud of the choices they made today!

Please sign up for Parent Teacher Conferences next week (Thursday March 10th & Friday March 11th) via our school website.

Have a great weekend!

Thursday, March 3rd

Today we had to have a very serious conversation about integrity and respect with Mrs. Unruh as our classrooms are experiencing difficulties with missing/damaged materials, poor listening skills and treating others with respect.  We would like to thank all those students who act with integrity and respect each and everyday and we encourage all of our families to have a discussion about making the right choices in all situations. 

Thank you to all the parents who have signed up to volunteer for swimming. We REALLY appreciate it! If you are still interested in helping out, please e-mail me directly, and we can try to put you into our schedule.

Please look for the Swimming notice and consent form in your child's backpack today. They have also brought home a form for Fun Lunch and a March calendar. We have a very busy month ahead of us!

Please sign and return the swimming fees and blue forms as soon as possible. If we do not receive these, your child will unfortunately not be able to go swimming with us.

Today we read an alternate version of the Three Little Pigs. It was called The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by A. Wolf. The children enjoyed listening to this classic fairy tale told from the Big Bad Wolf's perspective. In class we are continuing to work on writing and illustrating our own versions of the story.

Report Cards go home tomorrow

Homework

Spelling Review Tomorrow

Wednesday, March 2nd

Here is a new website you might want to try out when practising the spelling words:

www.spellingcity.com

There are many free games and activities using your own spelling words.  Follow the link above, click on "batch entry" and type in all the spelling words (including challenge words).  Then click on a game or activity.  The web site will automatically use your spelling words for the activities.

Bits and Pieces

Thank you to those who have put their names on the swimming volunteer calendar.  If you haven't seen it yet, please see yesterday's post for the link. 

Today in Science, we wrote about our favourite season, why we like the weather and what activities we like to do. Ask your child about their favourite season!

Thank you to everyone who turned in their 100 minutes Home Reading log. Many of the students in our class read for 100 minutes or MORE in the month of February! 


News From the Office:

1.    Parent Teacher Conferences

Thursday, March 10, 4:00-8:00 pm Kindergarten 9:00 am -8:00 pm

No School for Kindergarten students

Friday , March 11, 8:00 am-12:00 pm No School for all students

Please book conferences online at 

https://panoramahills.schoolsoft.ca/login.jsf

2.   Spring Concert-Save the Date!

Wednesday, March 23 12:45 and 6:30 pm

Thursday, March 24^th 10:00 am and 6:30 pm

We will be having afternoon and evening performances.

All families will be issued numbered tickets.  Each family is eligible for 4 tickets for the Daytime show OR 2 tickets for the evening performance.  Order forms will be coming home soon.

Tuesday, March 1st

SWIMMING
WE STILL NEED PARENT VOLUNTEERS FOR SWIMMING!!! So far we only have four parents who have signed up for swimming.  If we do not have 2 parent volunteers for each day of swimming, we will unfortunately not be able to go. Please use the link below to sign up:

Volunteer Calendar:

SWIMMING VOLUNTEER CALENDAR

Spring Concert Practice
Use the video below to practice at home for the Spring Concert (Wednesday, March 23rd)