JANUARY 2013 NEWS FOR
DIVISION 9
Happy New Year Everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas
vacation. Our first week back has been
busy! We wrote our Five Senses Memories from our Christmas Vacation, played a
real fun New Year’s odd/even math game (if you are interested in playing at
home please send me a note and I will make you a copy to play at home) and also
set goals or resolutions for the new year so that we are “Starting off on the
Right Foot!” If you are in the school
stop by and see the bulletin board outside our classroom. Thursday was a very exciting day as we learned
how to drum and at the end of the day, the whole school did a presentation. Fairview really is a talented school – we
sounded great!
We have started our new theme
on the Human Body and Nutrition. We will
first focus on the body and then move into Healthy Eating. Our field trip to Save-On Foods on Friday,
Jan. 18th will be an exciting way to learn more about
Nutrition. We will also be doing a
mini-unit on mapping and the students will need to follow a map while walking
to Save-on Foods. Therefore it is even
more important that we have as many parent volunteers for this trip as possible. Please return your forms asap.
Our family reading each
morning unfortunately has not been very successful so instead I thought we
would try Friday our Family Reading
Day! In the past that has been
the day that we have had the most parent readers. If you are only available on a different day
but would still like to come to read please just come see me and we can make
some arrangements.
This winter term is very
important so I wanted to stress the importance of regular routines and bedtimes
(please remember to read daily and sign the planner). Your child will continue to sign out a book
of their choice each morning but should also continue to bring their JRR bag of
books to school daily. Just a reminder
to please check our class blog each week - but also for our January
calendar. In case you don’t have the
address it is: http://fairviewrt.blogspot.ca/
or you can go to Fairview
Elementary – Class websites and then Mrs. Rowledge-Toscani. Could
you please write a note in the planner to let me know if you are accessing the
blog? Ideally I would like to stop
sending paper notices but I also need to ensure that everyone is aware of what
is happening in Div. 9. Thank you.
Starting next Monday,
Division 9 is very lucky to that Mrs. Lemire will be joining our class. She has written this letter to all of you:
Dear Parents/Guardians:
I would like to introduce myself, Mrs Lemire, as the student
teacher for your child’s class beginning January 14th until mid April. I am completing my final practicum experience
with your child’s class as part of the SFU Professional Development Program
under the guidance of Mrs Rowledge-Toscani.
I am very excited to have the opportunity to work with your
child and have many great projects and experiences for them to learn and grow
from. We will be exploring such units as
the Human Body, Healthy Nutrition and Dance and Creative Movement during Gym.
I encourage you to come by the classroom to say hello and
welcome any questions you may have.
Sincerely,
Mrs Lemire
Attached is also the January
calendar for your fridge.
If you have any questions or
concerns please feel free to stop by, email or give me a call.
Sheralyn Rowledge-Toscani
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