Hello everyone!

This information below will be coming home in a letter today! Check in the mailbag. Please note that I will not be present at the meet the teacher evening at ST. John the Apostle this week. I will instead be hosting IEP meetings to discuss your child's goals for the term.

Please read the letter in the mailbag tonight, fill in your choices and return the bottom portion.

I will confirm your time and date on a first come first serve basis.

Thank you!!!

IEP Interviews

Dear parents,

This year is off to a wonderful start! We have had a very productive few weeks and
I am really excited about the year ahead of us. It is so nice to see how my returning
students have grown over the summer and it is so much fun getting to know my new students!
We are getting to know each other and having a fantastic time!

I am writing to inform you that I will not be present at the Parent Program
Evening here at  St. John the Apostle School on Thursday, September 20th.
Instead, I would like to offer you a time to come in and chat with me about
your child’s goals and expectations for the year.

I am currently in the process of developing your child's IEP (Individual Education Plan)
for the year. Part of this process involves consulting parents in regards to the establishment
of goals for the term and the year. I would like to meet with you within the next few weeks to
present what I have so far and to ask for your input into the plan.  It will be a half hour meeting.
I am offering time slots from after school at 3:45 pm until about 7:00 pm on 2 different nights.
It is my sincere hope that you will be able to schedule yourself into one of these time slots in
order to participate in the development of your child's education plan for this year. I will be
confirming spots on a first come, first serve basis so please return your time request as
soon as possible. I will let you know your time slot as soon as the schedule has been confirmed.
Thank you and I look forward to seeing you soon.

Sarah Faloon

Primary Language Class teacher

St. John the Apostle School.

Welcome Back!

Mrs. Faloon

Primary Language Class

Hello and welcome to a new school year! I hope that everyone had a wonderful and relaxing summer! I know I enjoyed my time with my family!

I was so thrilled to see my returning students and I am very excited

to get to know my new students.

We certainly have had an exciting start to our new school year.  

It has been a very busy few days. We have started some getting-to-

know-you activities, talked about our summer holidays, discussed

school and classroom rules and procedures, and began to establish

routines within the classroom. We even practiced a fire drill so we

know what to do when the first one happens. We are off to a great

start and I know it is going to be a wonderful school year!!

In the next few weeks we will dive right into our learning. I will

be teaching the students about reading and writing strategies and

we will be working on our oral language skills daily. We have

already begun talking about letters and sounds and how they work

together to make words. We have practiced rhyming and syllables

each day.

We read a book called, You're Finally Here! The students drew a

picture and told me all about their summer.

We will begin weekly word wall words shortly. The students will

complete activities within the classroom to practice and learn their

words. The words will be sent home each week for you to practice

with your children. I will write the students words in a book each

week and you can review them with your children. There is no

specific activity that will be required of them, the words are sent

home for reinforcement and to keep you in the loop about what

your children are learning. Feel free to read the words with your

children, write the words with them or simply bring them up in

conversation and talk about their spelling.

We will also begin our Snuggle Up and Read Program soon. I will be sending home their reading folders with a book for your child to read.

For the new families, the concept of the Snuggle Book is that I send home a book for you to snuggle up and read with your child.  While I am sure you have tons of books at home, this is a book that I have chosen to be at your child's reading level. The idea is that you read the book with your child a few times until they can read it to you independently.  This may be right away or it may take a few days.

However long it takes.....no problem! Please keep the book until your child feels comfortable reading it on their own, then you can return it for a new book. In the folder there is a place for you to write whether the book was too easy, too hard or just right.  Please let me know so I can continue to choose appropriate books for each child!

We will begin learning about our Daily Five workstations.

This is valuable learning time that we use to focus on each

child’s individual goals. The stations are set out with each

child’s individual learning needs in mind. It gives them time

to work on skills at their level!

Also in the next few weeks we will be learning some new

games to help with our learning. We love to make learning

feel like playing!

The students are working hard and I am really proud of them.

 It is a lot of work coming to two different schools! I would

like to thank you for your dedication to your child's learning.

Our little class can be best described as a family. We take

care of each other and learn from one another. Our situation

is unique and beautiful. I feel so fortunate to be in a class

where I can focus on each child, assisting each one to meet

their goals. I am looking forward to learning with them

throughout this school year. I know it will be amazing!

Here are just a few little reminders:

Have you checked us out on Twitter yet?

@MrsFaloonPLC

There are tons of pictures and snippets of what we do everyday.

Also, remember that our blog is mrsfaloonplc.blogspot.ca.

We will also be using the SEESAW app again as a way for you to see what is happening in the class. You will be able to sign up and get notifications when your child adds work to their folder. There will be more information sent home about that shortly. Stay tuned!

Transportation: If your child is absent from our Primary Language Class, it is very important that you call the transportation office to cancel the STS drivers (arrival and departure).

The phone number is 613-723- 9677.

Does your child have indoor shoes at St. John the Apostle Catholic

School?   We are requesting that each student brings an extra pair

of shoes that could be left in our classroom. The shoes should be

shoes he/she can put on easily on their own (i.e. without laces if

you child is unable to tie his/her shoes yet).  This will help keep

the class floors neat and tidy. Please be sure to write your child’s

name in the shoes clearly. Please let me know if you have any

concerns about this.

Please label your child’s belongings. It is very helpful to have your

child’s name in their coats, sweaters, lunch bags, backpacks,

shoes and boots!

IEP’s

Your child’s Individual Education Plan is developed in collaboration between the homeschool team, you the parents, and me. The homeschool will send home a draft copy of the IEP in October.  Please take the time to read it carefully. Please remember your input is very important. Please note that a different teacher from St. John the Apostle will be reporting on the Social Studies curriculum for our students.

I hope everyone had a nice week. The first week back is always busy

and hectic and wonderful! Please remember that I am happy to help if

you have any questions or concerns.

Sarah Faloon