Skating Next Week - And Other Reminders

Some important reminders – this week is Tuesday lunch hour Lego club and drama club for our grade ones.  Thursday there will be a special farm safety presentation in our room from 10:30 – 11:15.  Friday is lunch hour tacos for $3.50.

Also a reminder that even though the temperature outside has temporarily improved, weather can turn really fast for the worse.  Please continue to ensure that your child comes to school with inside and outside shoes, proper coats, gloves and hat for winter weather.

This week in grade one we are learning about odd and even numbers, as well as counting by 5 and 10 to 100.  In Social studies, we are learning about the difference between living in an urban and rural community.  We’ve begun the unit ‘building things’ in science, and are reviewing our short vowel sounds and ‘wh’, ‘ch’, ‘ph’ and ‘th’ blends in words such as ‘phone’, ‘what’, ‘that’ and ‘chop’.

Spelling words this week are long, time, good, with, look, and the star word is heart.   The spelling try-it this week is to write the word on a scrap paper or white board and draw a picture to go with it.

Our busy, buzzy goal this week is to ‘bee’ safe.  We want to focus particularly on snow safety – both in playing and traveling and working with. 

Next week we begin our skating unit, Monday thru Thursday starting at 2:30, with the exception of Wed. Jan 28, which is a PD day (no school).  Grade one students progress more quickly when their experiences are as consecutive as possible.  We will head to the arena at 2:30 to get ready and tie skates.  We will get off the ice at approx. 3:10 or 3:15.  Your child needs skates and must have a helmet of some kind.  It is also helpful to have warm clothes like mittens, gloves, jacket and snow pants.  Sometimes two pairs of sock s can prevent blisters.  We would appreciate any help we can get for tying skates, untying skates, and parents that are willing to skate on ice with the children as they are learning to skate or skate with the hockey players.  Thank you for your help and cooperation in this matter.  If you cannot find skates, the school has a few extra pairs available to borrow.  Please let me know ahead of time.

Have a good week!