Hello parents. Last week a letter was sent home explaining some changes of the teachers in our classroom. Mr. Sczcepanowski has taken a leave of absence from the classroom. Mrs. Brown is now teaching Monday to Thursday, leaving at 2:10 on Wednesday afternoons. Mr. Chris Fry will now be teaching our class Wednesday afternoon from 2:10-2:48 and full days on Fridays. Mr. Fry will be teaching the Socials Studies curriculum, as well as some of the Math curriculum. We are thrilled to have Mr. Fry join Division 12! If you have any questions or concerns, please email, call or come in and talk to us.
Here are the events and reminders for next week:
This Week:
Writing: Continue with opinion writing; Spelling pattern: Apply what we learned about te /j/ sound; Journals;
Reading: We will begin our novel study on, "Number the Stars".
Math: Begin multiplication unit; Multiplication drills; Math Wall; Graphing;
Science: We started the "Skeletal System" last week and will continue learning about our bones, completing an experiment to help us discover the role of calcium in our bones.
Socials Studies: Mr. Fry began a new unit which will move towards exploring Canadian residential school systems. Students spent some time this past Friday learning the difference between human rights and privelages by looking at the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Art: Continue with guitar art piece using pastels on construction paper; Mandalas;
P.E.: Our focus is on basketball skills and cooperative games.
Reminders:
Agendas, Reading Calendars and Reflex: Please check and sign your child's agenda every night. Students should also be reading and doing 20 minutes of Reflex Math each night. Don't forget to sign your child's reading calendar when they have completed thier nightly reading.
Swim Club: Practice this Mondays, 3:15-4:00 at Panorama Pool
Fun Lunch: Wednesday, January 18th
Climbing Wall Field Trip: Monday, January 16th - Please make sure your child is in comfy athletic clothing with appropriate footwear for climbing.
Literacy Day:
January 27th is Family Literacy Day! Family Literacy Day began in Canada in 1999 with the purpose of raising awareness of the importance of reading and engaging in other literacy-related activities as a family and we have lots of fun activities planned to celebrate this day at Brentwood!
Dress as Your Favourite Literacy Character: Come to school dressed as your favourite book character! This Brentwood tradition is always lots of fun
Family Reading: Come join your child in his/her classroom from 8:40-9:00 for some reading time together!
Book Swap: On Family Literacy Day we would like to send the children home with a new (for them) book to read and enjoy. In order to make this possible we are asking if every child can bring in one (or two!) gentlyused book(s) from home to swap for a new one. Please bring books in by Friday, January 20th!
If you have any questions please feel free to come see me in the library, Thank you so much for your participation in making this a wonderful day!
Buddy Breakfast: Tuesday, February 14th....Details to follow.