It was another great week in grade one! I'm sure that all of your children are  very tired and ready for a weekend...grade one is a big jump from kindergarten! I notice that the students are falling into routine very well and learning to work and play with new friends. The last few minutes of each day we meet at the carpet for wrap up and prayer. At this time, each student earns their "exit ticket" by telling me one thing they have learned that day. Some of that answers are pretty general "We learned math", but I am gradually encouraging them to become more specific "We are learning ABAB patterns". We have started working on our reading stamina and we are up to 4 minutes of focused reading behaviours!!

On Thursday we paired up with the grade three's for a period of computer instruction and on Friday we met our reading buddies from grade five. At this stage our buddies are reading to us, but that will soon change!

It was wonderful to meet those of you who came to the "Meet The Teacher" on Thursday night. Please know that you don't have to wait for formal interview times to contact me with questions or concerns.

Reminders:

• School pictures are on Sept. 20th. Please make sure that your picture form is in
• Please send back "family tree" activites
• watch for pizza lunch order forms this week
• Scholastic Book order forms will come home this week  - orders will be due Friday September 28th
• Please check the calendar on this blog for your child's special days throughout the year.

The school council can still use more parents to help with the following committees: Hot Lunch, Social, Health and Wellness, Fundraising and Playground Enhancement. Please contact me if you are interested and I will pass your name along.

REMINDER:  PLEASE DO NOT SEND NUTS OF ANY KIND IN YOUR CHILD'S SNACK TO SCHOOL.  WE HAVE SEVERAL CHILDREN WITH SEVERE NUT ALLERGIES.  IN ORDER TO MAKE THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT SAFE FOR THESE CHILDREN, WE NEED TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL!