What an amazing week! The boys and girls are all doing such an amazing job. Please continue doing Home Reading and Sight Words every day.  There will be new sight words this week and they are; then, not, school, today, and if.  We will be doing a lot of physical activity every day, and need to be drinking more water. Please send a bottle of water to school (with name on it).   We will continue to practice partners of 10 (2+8, 7+3, 6+4, etc.). It would be great if you could review these at home.

During reading/phonics, we are continuing with the letter "p." Students will be reading a book that blends "p," "g," "ck," "n," "k," "j," "h," "i," "b," "s," "a," "t," "m," "c" and "f." 

 Please continue to practice the words that we have already learned EVERYDAY. In Language Arts we are learning about Fairy Tales.
 
Show & Tell
During this month only, each student is encouraged to bring ONE toy that he/she received for Christmas to show during his/her Show & Tell time.

This week:
Monday, January 27-Big Buddies & New sight words
Tuesday, January 28-
Wednesday, January 29-Gym Day & Library books are due
Thursday, January 30-Gym Day & Library Day
Friday, January 31-Fine Arts & Computers

As always you can contact me at the school or email through this blog.

Let's have a great week!
A. Dhaliwal

In Class this Week...
☼    In math, we are practicing partners of 10 (2+8, 7+3, 6+4, etc.). It would be great if you could review these at home.
☼    During reading/phonics, we are looking at the letter “p.” Students will be reading a book that blends “p,” “g,” “ck,” “n,” “k,” “j,” “h,” “i,” “b,” “s,” “a,” “t,” “m,” “c” and “f.”
☼    There are 5 new sight words this week: make, come, his, so and down. Please continue to practice the words that we have already learned EVERYDAY.
☼    We are learning about Fairy Tales.

Show & Tell
During this month only, each student is encouraged to bring ONE toy that he/she received for Christmas to show during his/her Show & Tell time.

Library Books

Library books/bags must be returned to our class’ yellow bin (just inside our class door) by WEDNESDAY.  If your child is done with his/her books early, please return them at that time. Let’s work hard to prevent overdue books this year.

Change of Clothes
We have recently begun the “wet field” season at Haldane. Students are returning from recess/lunch completely soaked. Please send a complete change of clothes (including socks) to school in a plastic bag with your son/daughter’s name on it. It will stay in the classroom for emergencies.

I am very excited to see many grade one students starting to change reading levels. If your son/daughter has not yet moved to level 3 (or higher), the best way to help your child be a successful reader is to practice sight words and home reading DAILY.
Highlights this Week:
Monday, Jan. 20-Big Buddies & New sight words
Tuesday, Jan. 21-
Wednesday, Jan. 22-Library books due & Gym Day
Thursday, Jan. 23-Gym Day, Library exchange and Roots of Empathy 
Friday, Jan. 24-Computers & Fine Arts

Have a wonderful week,

As always you can contact me by phoning the school or email me through this site.
Aj Dhaliwal

 We are starting a unit in Language Arts that involves stories from Fairy Tales.  Students will learn about different parts of the story for example: the setting, plot, and characters.  In math we are continuing with subtraction and we will also review addition.  
    In Science we will continue with habitat of animals...in Social Studies we are learning about "mapping" so we are mapping our classroom.      
    This week will also see us going skating on Tuesday so if you can come out and help out with skates great!  I am still waiting for some permission notices which were due back January 6th.  Please get those notices in ASAP.
 This week:
Monday, Jan. 13 - New sight words & Big Buddies
Tuesday, Jan. 14 -skating @ 1:15 to 2:15
Wednesday, Jan. 15 - Return library books & Gym Day 
Thursday, Jan. 16 - Library day and Gym Day 
Friday, Jan. 17 - Fine Arts & computers 

Let's have a great week!
As always if you need to contact me please phone the school or sent me an email.

Welcome to 2014!
    I hope everyone had a great break and enjoyed their time with family and friends over the winter break.  Although its nice to have time to relax we must now get back into our routines and schedules... so this week we will begin with new sight words and continue with our Home reading program.  Kindergarten students will  be introduced to Home Reading program this month, its going to be exciting!  We will also try to complete projects that were started before the break!
    In math we will continue to develop an understanding of the "subtraction" concept as well as counting by 2's, 5's, 10's and counting backwards from 100.  In Science we will be learning about animals' needs such as shelter and food.  Social Studies our "responsibilities" will continue...If you have any questions or concerns about your child progress please either e-mail me(adhaliwal@sd73.bc.ca) or phone the school and we can arrange a time to meet.    
This week:
 Monday-First school day of 2014 & Big Buddies
Tuesday-computers
Wednesday-bring over due library books in & Gym Day
Thursday-Library day & Gym Day
Friday-Computers & Fine Arts