Feb. 23/18

We have had a fun and busy week! On Wednesday we had a special presentation from the 'Maple Man'.  Ask your child how he got and made his maple syrup!    I will add the pictures next week.

As part of our Club RED celebration we had a special guest author.  Linda Smith she is the author of One Two Many.  This book is one we are using as part of our Compassion unit and has a very special message.

Remember that Tuesday is our 100th day of school...
In celebration of being 100 days smarter, we want students to come to school wearing 100 of something! Please don’t think you have to go out and buy anything. Below are a few ideas that involve items you might just have around the house! The only thing we ask is that it is school appropriate of course and realistic for your child to wear all day at school. We can’t wait to see all the creativity!

A few ideas:

• A necklace with 100 beads or cereal
• 100 dots on a shirt
• Pom poms attached to a shirt
• 100 hair ties
• 100 safety pins

Enjoy your weekend in the snow!

February 16, 2018

A short but busy week.  Thanks to Liberty, Kali, Lily, Chase and Vienna  for bringing in snacks for our valentine's celebration.   The students were very excited to give and receive their valentines.  Thanks for your help with this.

In your child's Poetry this week I have included some 'Olympic homework', they have two weeks to complete this so it is due Monday, Feb. 26th.  The students were excited to talk and learn more about the olympics. They brainstormed some excellent questions!

Skating is next Tuesday, Feb. 20 at 12:40.  Please sign up on the portal and send in the $ for skates and helmets asap.  Boosters are needed so please send on Tuesday am. Thanks to everyone who signed up to drive we will see you Tuesday afternoon!

Fairview Leadership students are hosting a bake sale next Friday, Feb. 23rd. Treats will be $1- $2.

Hopefully everyone is continuing to read and fill out their Club RED calendars.  If possible next week (Monday - Thursday) please send in 1-3 gently used books for our Book Swap. These will be placed in the library and then on Friday morning every class will have a chance to go and choose a 'new' book that they will be able to keep.  Friday afternoon we will have hallway reading sharing these books!

Our hundred day celebration is just around the corner, Tuesday, Feb. 27th.  This year as I mentioned we are wearing our 100 Day collections - we are looking forward to seeing all these creations.

I will not be sending home any Scholastic this month as there will be a book fair in the library.  Information on this will be sent home soon.

There will be changes to our recycling program at the school coming soon but please encourage your child to pack in and pack out their lunches and snacks as this is a new addition to our already busy custodian's work load.   Thanks for your support.

Mark your calendars for Grandparent Day, Thursday, March 29th in the afternoon (just before our Easter long weekend).

Please notify the office directly when your child is going to be absent from school.

February 8

Division 9 has a new student.   Aashton has joined our class, the students were very welcoming to him and excited that he was back!

On Wednesday we had a fire safety presentation and everyone is bringing home a homework packet for families to do and review.  The fire fighters were impressed with Div. 9's knowledge about fire safety.

Just a reminder that there is no school for the next three days; tomorrow Friday, February 9th (altered calendar day),  Monday, Feb. 12th due to Family Day and on Tuesday, Feb. 13th.

Then Wednesday is Valentine's Day.  Please remember if your child is handing out valentines it is important that they give them to everyone in the class so we are including everyone.  Below is another list of all the students in Div. 9.  ***Note this includes our new student so if you have already done your valentines you will need to do one more.

Josh Kamryn   Aashton   Eleana  Jared   Mannat  Stephen   Kali    Jerome   Libby   Ben   Vienna
Alanna   Ava    Lily   Teresa   Alexis   Chase   Sienna     Cody    Rachel   Roman

For our celebration in the afternoon the following people are providing our snacks and goodies.    Kali - fruit plate, Chase - veggie plate, Vienna - sweet treat,  Liberty - popcorn/chips or pretzels,
Lily - other?    Thank you in advance.

Also just a reminder that Wed. Feb. 14th is also Poem in a Pocket day as part of our Club RED.  Hopefully everyone is remembering to read and record/initial their daily reading on their calendar.  Div. 9 let's see how many Club RED members we can get in our class!

There will be no spelling next week with only three days of school.

February 1st, 2018

February is Club RED month at Fairview!  You should have received the letter and calendar on Wednesday.  Please note that tomorrow Friday, Feb. 2nd is Flashlight reading, Div. 9 is super excited because we will be reading with Mrs. Van Buuren's kindergarten class.  If possible please send your child with a favourite picture book and a flashlight that day.  

Your child is also bringing home another place value sheet that needs to be done for homework.  It is similar to the one they did a couple weeks ago.  Thanks for your assistance with this.

Treat Day is on Tuesday and Wednesday Feb. 6 & 7th at lunch

- TCBY frozen yogurt $2.00 or chips/doritos for $1.00. ***Thanks again to our PAC!
There is also a bake sale on Feb. 8 that our Leadership students are putting on to raise money for Haiti.

Valentine's Day is February 14th.  I did put a list of all students in Div. 9 on the blog a couple weeks for you to use when your child is doing their valentines.  It is also Poem in a Pocket Day so students are encouraged to bring a poem in their pocket to share with adults and their classmates. 

Come Read With Me - on Thursday, Feb. 15 from 6 - 7 at Fairview.  Learn how to help your child become a life-long reader!  This program will give you examples of how to help children read naturally and have fun at the same time!  Babysitting and snacks will be provided plus an opportunity if you'd like afterwards to immediately use some of these new skills and read with your child from 7- - 7:30.  We are very fortunate to have our the Literacy Committee sponsor this program.  If you are available to attend please RSVP: Maria_temlett@sd42.ca     We are really hoping to get a good turn out for this as like mentioned in our Club RED letter - home reading is drastically decreasing and this is such an important and enjoyable activity for everyone!

Our next skating field trip on Tuesday, Feb. 20th is now up on the portal.

It will be the 100th day of school on Tuesday, February 27th.  Please remember that we are 'wearing' our 100 day project this year!

Yikes - February is going to be a very busy but fun month!  

Thursday, February 15th

January 25th

Thanks for assisting your child with the homework they had last weekend with the Place Value Scavenger Hunt.   Over the next couple of months we will continue to send a few of these home as it is an excellent review of place value.  Just so you know we do consider $3.48 as a 3 in the hundreds, 4 in the tens and 8 in the ones (we discussed this in class as it is a bit confusing) - we encourage the children to think of pennies as the ones, dimes as the tens and loonies as the hundreds.

Also just a reminder to keep a look out for your child's spelling book on Wednesday as they need to complete both sides of their lesson.  If you know that Wednesday isn't a good night to do home work just ask your child to bring it home on Monday or Tuesday.  It's just important that they have it completed before Thursday so they can practice their words for Friday.  Thanks!

A notice about head lice screening went home this week.  You were only suppose to return the form if you did not want your child to participate.  Many people however were confused and returned it anyways so if you did return your form but did not circle the NO your child WILL participate in the screening.  I was notified that a student in Div. 9 was found with nits just yesterday so I am really hope that you are all okay with the screening.  Thanks to our PAC for providing this service.

Yesterday we read an amazing book called 'The Invisible Boy', have your child talk about it with you.  We talked about whether they have ever felt invisible like Brian did.  In the afternoon we created a scene of compassion with loose parts.  Below are just a couple of the great creations!

We are using this book as the launch into our compassion unit that we will soon be starting in the library with Mrs. Neufeld and also Mrs. Roberts' class.

Scholastic is due on Monday.  Many students said they still hoped to purchase books so I extended the deadline.

Today Dan (the recycling man) came to our class and did a very interesting presentation on 2 Canadian animals that live near us.  Ask your child about this and all that they learned.  Below are a couple of pictures - as you can see it was exciting and engaging for the students.

Just a reminder there is no school tomorrow for students.   Hope you have a good long weekend.

January 19th

Spelling has started this week.  You should have received a letter on white paper explaining our spelling program.  As you hopefully have noticed the children write their list of words in their planner on Monday.  If by Wednesday they have not completed the lesson that accompanies each word list they will be bringing it home for homework.  We thought this way you can finish up the assignment on Wednesday and then practice and study the words on Thursday so they are ready for the quiz on Friday.  I will only be giving them 5 words from the list and then 1/2 bonus words which follow the same phonic sound that we are studying.  On the blog I have also added to our useful links - Spelling City.  On this website I have added our list words and there are a variety of activities and games that the students can play using each week's words.  ***Just a note that next week we will have the quiz on Thursday as Friday, Jan. 26th is a pro d day and there is no school for students.

In their poetry book this weekend we have included a place value scavenger hunt.  If you could help your child to complete this for Monday that would be great!  Thanks.

New Just Right Reading came home this week.  Please help your child remember that they need to bring their JRR to school every day as we often use them.  Thanks.  Also could everyone please check their homes for any classroom books - it seems that many are not making it back or even out of the backpacks.

Scholastic was sent home today.  Please remember I can not accept cash.  Please make cheques out to Scholastic or pay on-line.

We have one more skating booked for Tuesday, February 20th in the afternoon. Please mark your calendars and the portal notice will go out at a later date.
100 Day is on Tuesday, February 27th.  As a primary department we have decided to try something new and are asking the children to wear their collections!  (Just realized I have not told the students about this yet - whoops!)  For example - they could make and wear a bracelet or necklace with 100 beads, wear 100 hair elastics or clips, wear a hat/shirt with 100 ? pinned on.  We will be having a parade and a 100 day sing-along so everyone can share and see the many different creative ideas!  We will send out more information later but wanted to give you the heads up so you can start thinking!

Valentine's Day is coming up next month - I had a parent request for the names so below is a list of all Div. 9's students.  Please remember it is important if your child is handing out valentines that they include everyone in the class.  Thanks for your support with this.

Josh          Kamryn        Eleana          Jared         Mannat           Stephen          Kali          
Liberty      Ben              Alanna         Ava           Lily                Teressa           Alexis
Jerome       Chase          Sienna          Cody        Rachel            Roman            Vienna

January 12, 2018

Happy New Year everyone!  I hope you all had a relaxing and enjoyable holiday break.  It sounded like you all had an exciting Christmas and some fun family time. We have made it through our first long week - everyone including myself have been tired as it is so hard to get back into routine! For that reason January doesn't have many special events or field trips as you can see from the blog calendar.

Tuesday,  January 16th is Hot Chocolate Day!  The PAC will be providing hot chocolate for all students.  Please send in a mug (labelled with your child's name) on Tuesday so that this special day is environmentally friendly!  Thank you in advance for doing this for Fairview!  Hot lunch order forms also came. home today for a hot dog/sushi lunch on Tuesday, Jan. 30th.

Some students have not yet brought in their own earbuds/headphones (dollar store are fine).   Could you please send some in (in a labelled plastic bag) as soon as possible as we do use them for Reader's Workshop, Math and computer.  Thanks to everyone who already sent them in.  Also with this rainy weather please ensure your child has inside shoes an an extra set of clothes in case of accidents.

I am coaching girls basketball every Tuesday (game day) and Friday after school so if you are running a bit late either of those days your child will be in the office so they can be properly supervised.