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Classroom Newsletter
Important Dates:
Feb. 4- Winter Walk Day
Feb. 14- Happy Valentine’s Day
Feb. 16- Canada Flag’s 50th Birthday
Feb. 16-20- Family Day Break
Feb. 25- Pink Shirt Day
Agendas
Students need to bring their agendas to class daily. I ask that they read the message to parents daily and that parents please sign.
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February, 2015
Mrs .Neher
Grade Four
403-381-1244
Thank you!
For supporting your child through the Market Day process. Students had such a great time and learned so much about planning (habit 2), prepping (habit 3), and practiced working with money. Students demonstrated manners and skill!
Learning Updates:SOCIAL: we will be continuing learning about the 6 regions of Alberta
WRITING: we will be learning to use VOICES (Voice, Organizations, Ideas, Conventions, Excellent Word Choice and Sentence Fluency) in our writing . We will be finishing writing poetry and will begin an animal research project.
MATH- we will continue to study fractions and decimals as well as review and study multiplication and division.
SCIENCE- we will begin to study Wheels and Levers.
February, 2015
Being Proactive :
List of supplies we could use for our next units of study, please and thank you:
More Pringle Cans (almost have 22)
Old toys to donate with moving parts(cranks, gears, wheels etc…Macdonald’s prizes etc…)
Winter Walk DayStudents will be participating
in the Winter Walk day to model and promote healthy
active living. Classes will begin to walk at 1:45pm and will make their way around
the lake one time. If you would like to join us, please
meet in the classroom at 1:40pm. Thank you!
Reading Record SheetsI am thrilled with the progress I am seeing in our overall class reading growth. Students work daily to improve their individual reading comprehension and fluency goals. Every student strives to choose IPICK (just right) books and many have become voracious readers! In April, students will be preparing a Book Talk and will be practicing all their reading and presentation skills. Beginning with this end in mind, I would like each child to record their At-Home reading, for a month. This will allow students an opportunity to reflect while they choose the perfect book for their Book Talk. I have attached a reading record sheet and students should record the title and author. I recommend reading 20 minutes every night however, this is different for every student. The goal is to create a love of books and to enjoy the journey that great literature provides.
Happy Reading!
February, 2015
Valentine Celebration Snacks
These students volunteered to bring snacks:
Griffin- veggie tray
Wesley- cheese and crackers
Daniel- fruit
Owen- something sweet
Tyrus- juice boxes/ napkins
Thank you! We have 22 students!
February, 2015
Valentine Challenge
I challenge all students to save paper and look at a way to recycle paper or cardboard
to make each student in our class, a valentine, rather than buying Valentines. I
also challenge students to be creative and to keep their notes small because all 22
valentines need to fit in a Pringle can. This is not a mandatory assignment; it is a
wonderful way to show we care about each other! Sarah is a student in Nikki’s Den and some of our students have begun to make
her feel like she is a part of our class, so we are all invited to make her a Valentine and
make her feel welcome!
February, 2015Valentine’s List
GraceJoshCarterLexiTyrus
ShelbyOwenStephanieDanielMorgan
Aeris
MirsadDaillon Griffin
Tegan
Wesley
Tyson
Hayat
ColsonTaiga
Claire
Riley
Mrs.MeadMrs.Neher
Miss.SmithMiss.Walsh
Sarah
