Tuesday, 1 October 2013

Curriculum Night & Delicious Apples!

Hello students & parents!

We have a very busy week ahead!  Please read below for our week events:

- On Thursday, I will be at a Technology Workshop, but the students will be prepared for their day with the supply teacher.

- Curriculum Night will take place this Thursday from 6-7pm! I hope that most of you will be able to attend as I would like to meet you & briefly go over Edmodo & our plans for the year. Please email me at evita.massaro@tcdsb.org confirming that you are able to attend- thank you!

- On Friday, the students will be celebrating our first Achievement Day of the year! Please note that the students are allowed to bring in personal electronics, boardgames etc, for use IN our classroom, not outside of our classroom. Also please note that the students are responsible for their personal electronics and belongings. Students will receive free time according to the amount of badges they have received on Edmodo. Each badge is equal to 10 minutes of free time. We will be celebrating Achievement Day once a month!

- On Friday, as a treat, the students will be welcoming Fall by enjoying a delicious apple from a local farm (YUM!) and participating in other Fall activities.

REMINDERS:

-  Our 'Joseph' trip is Thursday October 10th in the AM! Please ensure the students have breakfast as we will not have an opportunity for morning recess snacks.

- P.A. Day Friday October 11th & Thanksgiving Day is Monday October 14th.

- Math Ch. 1 test is tomorrow! Please look out for the results next week.

- There will be construction taking place in our schoolyard soon, so for this reason, our dismissal and arrival procedures will be changed starting this week to prepare the students. During the morning recess from 8-8:30am, students will remain in the hallway area outside of our classroom as the field is not used during this time and the yard will be under construction. In terms of entry into the school after recess and dismissals, students will be asked to line-up near the field and we will enter or leave the school by the stairwell near the Community Centre.

- It would be greatly appreciated if you could provide exact change for pizza orders and any other times we need to collect money. Thank you!!

- Food Bank @ Richview Baptist Church (1548 Kipling Avenue) every Sunday 2:30-4:30pm for any families in need. Food Bank items include fresh vegetables & fruit, milk, canned goods, pasta, rice and other items at NO COST. Please share the news!

WEEKLY UPDATE:

- In Math, we have completed Chapter 1 and will have the test tomorrow. We reviewed for the test today and most students feel that they are ready for the test. Good luck students!!

Class 'Success Criteria' for how to create graphs




- In Language, we continue to work on Daily Cafe, specifically the Read to Self station. The students also worked on reading prompts and responses about the story of Terry Fox. They will continue to work on these responses often about books they are reading. The students also practiced how to 'check for understanding' after reading a page. Today, we introduced the Read to Others station. I was very impressed with how well the students did with this station! They also seemed to really enjoy this station as they get to read with a partner.

 
 
 




*** Parents, please check each subject group in your child's Edmodo account as there are many items posted for students to work on, particularly in Media, Religion and Math. Thank you for your support!!


Thank you for reading and have a great week!

Mrs Massaro



Happy Fall!

Delicious, local apples! The students will be enjoying these on Friday!