Happy Tuesday everyone!
Looks like this rain is going to take away all of our beautiful snow away. Life in Ottawa!!
Today, the bus and van transportation was cancelled because of unsafe driving conditions. This is a good time to remind everyone that on these days your children are more than welcome to attend a full day at their homeschool. The schools are prepared for days like this!
As we speak of transportation, please remember to call STS and report if your child will be absent for the day. It is important for the drivers to be aware if they are not going to pick up a student. I know that some of you have have already been in contact with the drivers to let them know personally, so thank you! If you do not have the phone number of the person who drives your child, please call STS at 6132-723-9677 and they will let the driver know. Thank you for your cooperation with this manner.
On Sunday, we entered into the season of Advent. We have now begun to prepare our hearts for the coming of our Lord at Christmas!
In our class, we will be looking at gifts we can give Jesus for each week during Advent. These gifts, will not be the kind we can purchase at Tory R' Us! I will be encouraging the students to think about how we can help each other, be kind and love our neighbour in an effort to give back during this season. We have spoken about how one kindness, one simple act or word can make a BIG difference. This is the spirit of Christmas!
There are many charitable efforts happening here at SJA, including an Advent sock tree and a Hat drive. If you would like to donate any new socks, hats, mittens or scarves, they will be used to help keep little ones throughout the city stay warm during this winter season!
Here are our word wall words for this week:
you, my
make, run, up
what, very, will, was, but
sentence, mother, brother, again, found
Please remember that I send the words home each week and you can practice as much or as little as you can. I want the homework to fit into your schedule, so as long as the books are returned by Friday, I will continue to put the words into the book for each week. Thank you for your help with this!
As I have previously mentioned, we have been studying the book, Harry the Dirty Dog this month. Ask your child about our vocabulary words. We have created definitions for some of the words to help us better understand their meanings. We are now practicing using these words in full sentences. As an extension of this learning, we are trying to use the words within new contexts!
Throughout the year, we have been very focused on becoming better readers! Each student is at a different place in his/her reading journey and we are celebrating each step, both big and small on this journey! The students are using many different reading strategies to decode when they come to a word that they do not know.
Looks like this rain is going to take away all of our beautiful snow away. Life in Ottawa!!
Today, the bus and van transportation was cancelled because of unsafe driving conditions. This is a good time to remind everyone that on these days your children are more than welcome to attend a full day at their homeschool. The schools are prepared for days like this!
As we speak of transportation, please remember to call STS and report if your child will be absent for the day. It is important for the drivers to be aware if they are not going to pick up a student. I know that some of you have have already been in contact with the drivers to let them know personally, so thank you! If you do not have the phone number of the person who drives your child, please call STS at 6132-723-9677 and they will let the driver know. Thank you for your cooperation with this manner.
On Sunday, we entered into the season of Advent. We have now begun to prepare our hearts for the coming of our Lord at Christmas!
In our class, we will be looking at gifts we can give Jesus for each week during Advent. These gifts, will not be the kind we can purchase at Tory R' Us! I will be encouraging the students to think about how we can help each other, be kind and love our neighbour in an effort to give back during this season. We have spoken about how one kindness, one simple act or word can make a BIG difference. This is the spirit of Christmas!
There are many charitable efforts happening here at SJA, including an Advent sock tree and a Hat drive. If you would like to donate any new socks, hats, mittens or scarves, they will be used to help keep little ones throughout the city stay warm during this winter season!
Here are our word wall words for this week:
you, my
make, run, up
what, very, will, was, but
sentence, mother, brother, again, found
Please remember that I send the words home each week and you can practice as much or as little as you can. I want the homework to fit into your schedule, so as long as the books are returned by Friday, I will continue to put the words into the book for each week. Thank you for your help with this!
As I have previously mentioned, we have been studying the book, Harry the Dirty Dog this month. Ask your child about our vocabulary words. We have created definitions for some of the words to help us better understand their meanings. We are now practicing using these words in full sentences. As an extension of this learning, we are trying to use the words within new contexts!
Throughout the year, we have been very focused on becoming better readers! Each student is at a different place in his/her reading journey and we are celebrating each step, both big and small on this journey! The students are using many different reading strategies to decode when they come to a word that they do not know.
Here are the strategies that we have been learning about. As I just mentioned, as students progress in their reading, they will be working on different strategies to help them out! Ask them which strategy they are using now. Maybe they can show you how they use it while reading their Snuggle Book. 😊
I know I say this often, but I am so proud of each and every one of my students. It can be very overwhelming going to two different schools, having multiple teachers and leaving friends from one school or another. These kids are strong and resilient! I am thankful to be able to spend my days learning with them!
As we move through December I know it will be very busy. Please do not hesitate to give me a call or write a note in the communication book if you have ANY questions or concerns.
Happy "Snow" Day!!!
Mrs. Faloon
