Happy Monday!

What an amazing snowfall yesterday!  As inconvenient as 30 cm of snow can be, we live in a beautiful city and I love the way the snow glistens and shines on sunny days like today. And the kids are having a BLAST playing in it! 

That being sad, I hope all were safe and sound yesterday. 

We are starting a fun week here at SJA! Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day and we are going to celebrate our friendship and kindness in our P.J.'s. Students are invited to bring their "stuffies" for the day. We will be playing some fun games and we may even enjoy a little treat! 

I sent home a list of the first names of all of the students in the class. If you and your child decide to send in cards or treats, feel free to use this list. Another option is to just have your child write their name on the card. Also, please do not feel obligated to send anything. I know it can be difficult with your child being part of two classes. We will have plenty of kindness and treats to make it a great day here!

Here are some of the activities we will be doing this week to celebrate our friendships this week!

We have read a story, There Was An Old Lady who Swallowed a Rose. We will be using this Valentines themed book to reinforce rhyming and sequencing. It follows the same pattern as many of the other "Old Lady" books we have read this year. 

We will be using Valentine's Task Cards to help us infer information. "My Valentine is for an animal that is long and thin. This animal slithers. This animal might stick out its tongue"!

We are going to learn some special friendship words and use them to play an exciting game of BINGO!

To practice our reading and speaking skills, the students will participate in a fun heart game involving reading, telling stories and active participation tasks! 

These activities will be going on all week! Check out our Twitter account @MrsFaloonPLC to see some of the pictures of our exciting days!

Last week, we started writing in our journals about something the students could do. The class was asked to brainstorm something that they were really good at. It had to be something they were proud of.  This is something we are going to continue to work on. The students will be asked this question many times, "What can you do?" The idea is to remind the students that we are all good at some things, while others tasks may be more challenging. It is important for us all to remember that we are people with strengths and weaknesses. This is what makes us, us! It is good that we all have different strengths because it makes this world unique, diverse and beautiful. Watch for more learning about this! Look for the title, I Can!

Just a reminder that your child's Term 1 report card and IEP will be coming home soon. These reports are completed as a collaboration between myself and the homeschool. They are sent home from your child's homeschool. 

If you would like to discuss your child's progress at all, either on the phone or in person, I am happy to talk with you. I will send home an interview request form at the end of the week. 

Some schools will be including the Term 2 IEP's in with the reports from Term 1. This means you will be receiving the grades and evaluations of their progress on their expectations from Term 1 as well as the new IEP goals that your child will be working toward in Term 2. Some schools will be sending the Term 2 expectations home at a later date. 

Regardless of when you will be receiving the Term 2 document, I am happy to go over it with you as well. There is a lot of information in those documents and your voice as the parents is important. Your input on the IEP is encouraged! 

Thanks for reading! As always, let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Have a great week J