Happy Monday!

We are starting a fun week here at SJA! This week 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 have seng 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 also look at a story about the Valentine adventures of Amelia

Bedelia. We will use this book as a springboard for activities about

figurative language, following directions, vocabulary studies and

looking at the components of narrative stories.

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"!

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!

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 ☺