The week of April 30th – May 4th, 2018
Good morning everyone,
This week we say goodbye to April and, frankly, that is a relief.
Tuesday, May 1st promises to be much warmer than this weekend. This would not take much! May and June are incredibly busy months at V.M. with lots of sports (e.g., track and field), school activities, field trips and academic projects. The wonderful V.M. Multi-cultural Dinner will be held on Thursday, May 10th at the school from 4:30 – 6:30. Notices were sent home with youngest or only children. The dinner is a great deal of fun. Families bring a favourite dish to share with all. Art is displayed everywhere and you get to meet the teachers and many families.
The second round of immunizations will take place this week on May 3rd and 4th. If your child does not have the immunization, you must make arrangements with Public Health or your family doctor for the vaccination outside of school.
Due to excessive amounts of water, our Water Walk (ironically) was postponed from last week to Wednesday, May 16th. Please send in a recyclable plastic container in with your child. All students are being asked to wear blue for Water Day.
Some of the students in R7A have organized a Bake Sale for Tuesday, May 15th to raise money for Christie Lake Kids (CLK). You may or not know that Ms Prokaska and I are on a trekking/fundraising team that will be climbing in the Rainbow Mountains/Ausungate region of Peru this summer to raise money for CLK and to challenge ourselves with long treks at a very high altitude. As a team, we have raised over $13,000.00 so far. Here is a link to the CLK page in case you are interested in learning more.
http://www.christielakekids.com/climb-for-kids
In Literacy this week, we continue to learn about water issues through reading, answering comprehension questions and discussions. We are starting a new read-aloud and will be continuing Guided Reading. All students have now been assessed on their reading for the second time this year. As you know, many of our students are not yet reading at grade level. For many students, we are seeing solid progress in fluency and comprehension skills. This week, we will be discussing their progress with the students and making recommendations on how they can make more progress. The assessment form will be sent home for your review and signature. Here is what it will look like:
At the beginning of Term One, in February, you were assessed on your reading and placed in a reading group. You have been assessed for a second time and here are your results and suggested strategies and actions to continue to improve.
LEVEL AT THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY:
LEVEL ACQUIRED BY THE END OF APRIL:
STRENGTHS: FLUENCY, COMPREHENSION
AREAS TO WORK ON:
SUGGESTED STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS
In Ourstory, we will be learning about how colonization and many related issues/events in early Canada affected indigenous and non-indigenous people. We will be learning about daily life in New France and be understanding the incredible physical challenges for individuals and families.
Geography project assessments are bring sent home tomorrow for your signature as are the creation story art assessments.
Friday is a special day. MAY THE 4th be with you! (groan)
Ms Swail