How is fundraising for Jump Rope for Heart going? We are be participating in Jump Rope for Heart on April 5th so please have fundraising in before then. Thanks!
Easter Egg Decorating
We will be decorating eggs on Tuesday, April 3. Please send 2 or 3 hard-boiled WHITE eggs. The eggs need to be wrapped in paper towel and sent in a margarine container with a lid. Please don't send in egg carton. Thanks!
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Social Studies Project
I guess I will have to update each section one at a time!
Social Studies – My Family Collage/PowerPoint
Dear Grade One Parents:
We are studying about very important people in our lives – Our Family!
The My Family unit gives the students opportunities to learn how families are alike, how families are different and how families change. I will be making a family collage or power point myself to show to the students also.
Collage - Each student needs to make a collage or about his or her family. I have sent the students home with a piece of paper.
Power point – for you techno parents! It may be easier to put together a Powerpoint or DVD to show us! Please make sure to work with your child if you choose to do this. Discuss the pictures that are selected and what you could say about each photo.
This collage/power point could show some of the following things:
-who the people are in your family
-who lives in your house and who might live somewhere else
-where do you live? Farm, acreage, village, etc
-activities your family enjoys together
-family traditions
-favorite foods, TV shows, games, etc
-your house, your pets
-vacation photos!
If you do not have photos, you and your child can draw pictures or use magazine pictures to represent the people in your family.
Please write your family name on the collage and label the people in the picture. You can also write a caption about the events if you wish. I have a attached an example of what your collage might look like. I would like these to start coming back to school after the Easter Break and no later than the end of April please!
Thanks! Mrs. Burzynski
Important Information - Oratory, Social Studies Project, Easter Egg coloring, Jump Rope for Heart
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1. Oratory: I've sent a letter home and here is the information as well.
1. Oratory: I've sent a letter home and here is the information as well.
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
Time: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Grades: One, Two, Three and Four
Dear Parents:
Hillmond School will be hosting Oratory again this year for Grades One to Three. Marshall School and Onion Lake will be coming to our Oratory this year. Oratory is an excellent opportunity for the students to learn to memorize a poem and to speak in public!
Class Poem
We will be presenting a class choral poem called, “Nobody Knows Where Our Bus Driver Goes”. I will send a copy home next week to practice. I want to learn the whole poem with the students first.
Individual Poems
Grade ones also present an individual oratory. Please email or send a paper copy of the poem including author by Monday, April 16. The individual poem is usually quite short – less than 10 lines. I have listed a few web sites you can check out to see if there is a poem that your child would be interested in presenting. They will need your help to select a poem at home and to practice it at home. We are not able to practice individual poems at school often but I will occasionally ask the students to recite their poems and help them. Most of the practice will need to be done at home.
Selecting a poem
Choose a poem that your child really likes. Children at this age like humorous poems but please make sure it is appropriate (humorous but not rude). It should be short with an easy rhythm to recite and remember. Your child can use actions and lots of expression but cannot use props.
Another option, the many students have done, is writing their own original poem. Your child can sit down with you, think of a subject they like (hockey, the beach, my brother, etc) and write a poem with you. It doesn’t need to be a rhyming poem.
Preliminary Competition
This year there will be a preliminary competition within our school for each grade. Then the 3 best poem presentations from each grade with compete Grade One’s from Marshall and Onion Lake.
I would like the students to have a poem selected by next Monday,April 16.
If you have any questions or need help finding a poem, please call me.
Thank you,
Mrs. Burzynski
Websites:
www.barkingspiderpoetry.com
www.robertpottle.co
or Google: Children’s poetry for many other possibilities. Children’s books and magazines (like Chickadee) are also good sources
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
March 26- March 30 Update
The weather is definitely getting nicer! The students have enjoyed playing in the snow while it lasts!
Spelling - please note that the spelling words are written in your child's agenda each week as well as posted on the blog. The students know this!
This week's spelling unit words:
1. ropes
2. bones
3. kites
4. bees
5. cakes
6. boxes
7. foxes
8. roses
9. waxes
10? I am giving a mystery word each test that will be based on the phonics rules we have been learning!
Parent Teacher Interviews
You should have all received your interview time in the envelope with your child's report card. I will try very hard to maintain the 10 minute time frame as I have a full schedule after supper on Wednesday. Thanks.
Best wishes to Andrea Allen waiting in the hospital for baby #3! We're thinking of you!
Spelling - please note that the spelling words are written in your child's agenda each week as well as posted on the blog. The students know this!
This week's spelling unit words:
1. ropes
2. bones
3. kites
4. bees
5. cakes
6. boxes
7. foxes
8. roses
9. waxes
10? I am giving a mystery word each test that will be based on the phonics rules we have been learning!
Parent Teacher Interviews
You should have all received your interview time in the envelope with your child's report card. I will try very hard to maintain the 10 minute time frame as I have a full schedule after supper on Wednesday. Thanks.
Best wishes to Andrea Allen waiting in the hospital for baby #3! We're thinking of you!
Thursday, March 22, 2012
If your child is not taking the bus!!!!!!
A reminder that if your child is NOT going on the bus after school, you must notify the school.
You can write a note in the agenda, send me an email or phone the school.
Otherwise, I will send your child home on the bus!
You child will not remember at the end of the day what they are supposed to do! Also, for things like birthday parties, they want to go and then 'think' they have permission to go.
Please, the responsibility is on you, the parent, to communicate with me directly - not through an older sibling.
Thank you to those parents who always notify me!
Mrs. Burzynski
You can write a note in the agenda, send me an email or phone the school.
Otherwise, I will send your child home on the bus!
You child will not remember at the end of the day what they are supposed to do! Also, for things like birthday parties, they want to go and then 'think' they have permission to go.
Please, the responsibility is on you, the parent, to communicate with me directly - not through an older sibling.
Thank you to those parents who always notify me!
Mrs. Burzynski
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
March 20-23
Well, I hope you are shovelled out from the snow! The children are loving it!
A reminder that Parent/Teacher forms went out on Thursday last week. Parent/Teacher times are Wednesday March 28 3:30-5:50 - 6:30-8:00: Thursday, March 29 3:30-5:50.
If you have not returned a form, please make sure to contact the school today or me at home tonight 825-3371. We will be scheduling tomorrow morning at 8:10. Thanks!
Report cards go out on Friday and the interview time will be included in the report card.
A few report card expectations for this time in Grade one:
Reading - Level 10 at the minimum
Writing - a complete sentence with proper punctuation, standard spelling for common words and good attempted spelling for other words. You and your child should be able to easily read what he or she has written.
Math - counting easily to 100 by 1's, 10's, 5's and a good start on counting by 2's. Easily tell you 2 or more strategies for adding numbers. Should understand how to solve subtraction problems without prompting. Easily create or extend patterns that have repetitive attributes (AABAC, AABAC) etc. Understand the concept of place value (tens and ones). Able to count one from a number between 0-99 without any prompting.
Spelling - an average of 80% or above
Sight Words - Level 2A is the standard your child should be working on or above.
Phonics - easily be able to sound out words with silent e rule, consonants blends, ing, double vowel combinations. Should be able to print dictated words with 4 or more letters, silent e rule, ing and consonant blends.
Comprehension - easily read a passage of 5 or more sentences (level 8-10), retell the information or story and be able to provide details from the passage.
If you have any questions about the report card, make sure to write them down and we will address them at the Parent/Teacher interview. Hopefully, this information will help you determine where your child is performing in Grade One compared to the Saskatchewan Curriculum average for Grade One.
Finally, Spelling words this week: Unit #20
1. late
2. gave
3. cone
4. line
5. snake
6. feet
7. jeep
8. use
9. doesn't
Congratulations to Levi, Ainsley, Logan, Blake, Burke, and Kali who scored 100% on Unit #19. Close behind with nine correct: Brooklyn and Morgan. Well done!
A reminder that Parent/Teacher forms went out on Thursday last week. Parent/Teacher times are Wednesday March 28 3:30-5:50 - 6:30-8:00: Thursday, March 29 3:30-5:50.
If you have not returned a form, please make sure to contact the school today or me at home tonight 825-3371. We will be scheduling tomorrow morning at 8:10. Thanks!
Report cards go out on Friday and the interview time will be included in the report card.
A few report card expectations for this time in Grade one:
Reading - Level 10 at the minimum
Writing - a complete sentence with proper punctuation, standard spelling for common words and good attempted spelling for other words. You and your child should be able to easily read what he or she has written.
Math - counting easily to 100 by 1's, 10's, 5's and a good start on counting by 2's. Easily tell you 2 or more strategies for adding numbers. Should understand how to solve subtraction problems without prompting. Easily create or extend patterns that have repetitive attributes (AABAC, AABAC) etc. Understand the concept of place value (tens and ones). Able to count one from a number between 0-99 without any prompting.
Spelling - an average of 80% or above
Sight Words - Level 2A is the standard your child should be working on or above.
Phonics - easily be able to sound out words with silent e rule, consonants blends, ing, double vowel combinations. Should be able to print dictated words with 4 or more letters, silent e rule, ing and consonant blends.
Comprehension - easily read a passage of 5 or more sentences (level 8-10), retell the information or story and be able to provide details from the passage.
If you have any questions about the report card, make sure to write them down and we will address them at the Parent/Teacher interview. Hopefully, this information will help you determine where your child is performing in Grade One compared to the Saskatchewan Curriculum average for Grade One.
Finally, Spelling words this week: Unit #20
1. late
2. gave
3. cone
4. line
5. snake
6. feet
7. jeep
8. use
9. doesn't
Congratulations to Levi, Ainsley, Logan, Blake, Burke, and Kali who scored 100% on Unit #19. Close behind with nine correct: Brooklyn and Morgan. Well done!
Monday, March 12, 2012
March 12-16 Update
Well, it was hard to come back to winter after the wonderful Caribbean sun! However, it was fabulous to be greeted with 15 big bear hugs! I didn't miss the snow but I did miss my class!
We were very proud of our Canadian dancers and received lots of compliments on their dancing and also, on what nice girls they were!
A HUGE Thank you to Mrs. Tenney for all her great work with the students this week! I knew she'd have a lot of fun!
Reminders
1. This week is a short week with No School on Friday in lieu of Parent-Teacher Interviews the end of March.
2. No School Monday, March 19 Division PLC Day
3. Report Cards will go out March 23.
4. Parent Teacher Interviews will be scheduled for March 28 and March 29. Please check Monday memo this week and return the schedule time by Tuesday, March 20. Thank you!
Green Day (no, not the band!)
We will celebrate St. Patrick's Day on Thursday, March15 with a Green Day theme. It would be great if the students could wear as much green as possible! Also, please send something green for snack. We will have a few activities to participate in such as graphing our green clothes and green snacks.
Finally, the students should still be wearing ski pants or splash pants. It is very muddy and wet on the playground.
We were very proud of our Canadian dancers and received lots of compliments on their dancing and also, on what nice girls they were!
A HUGE Thank you to Mrs. Tenney for all her great work with the students this week! I knew she'd have a lot of fun!
Reminders
1. This week is a short week with No School on Friday in lieu of Parent-Teacher Interviews the end of March.
2. No School Monday, March 19 Division PLC Day
3. Report Cards will go out March 23.
4. Parent Teacher Interviews will be scheduled for March 28 and March 29. Please check Monday memo this week and return the schedule time by Tuesday, March 20. Thank you!
Green Day (no, not the band!)
We will celebrate St. Patrick's Day on Thursday, March15 with a Green Day theme. It would be great if the students could wear as much green as possible! Also, please send something green for snack. We will have a few activities to participate in such as graphing our green clothes and green snacks.
Finally, the students should still be wearing ski pants or splash pants. It is very muddy and wet on the playground.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Penny Carnival for Telemiracle
Just a reminder that the Grade One's need $5.00 for Friday to participate in the Telemiracle Penny Carnival. This has been on the Monday memo. Please send tomorrow morning if you haven't done so already.
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