September 30-October 4 September 29, 2019

Hey parents! Getting ready for our first week in October, and there is a lot going on!

Fundations begins in full this week. Please be looking in your child’s homework bag for this weeks lesson emphasis. Please know that these letters are for you to help your child. I do not expect them to be returned to school, as a matter of fact, they will be very useful as the year progresses. It might be a good idea to find a binder to put all of the letter sheets in so that your child can refer to them at home if needed.

In Math we are continuing on with number sense to 5. This includes learning counting rules, subitizing (seeing a group at a glance and knowing how many are there), and counting on (starting at a number other than 1 and counting to 5 or 10).

In Writing we are emphasizing the idea that pictures help tell our stories, so we are creating our own picture books.

We are also learning the trick words: the, see

I am hoping to get out for a nature walk this week, it all depends on the weather!

Items to note:

Monday is Orange Shirt Day. Orange Shirt Day—September 30th, is a day to honour residential school survivors and their families and reflect on the residential school system in Canada.

Monday is also the first Home and School meeting of the year.

Friday is Walk to School Day- students and parents can meet at the Town Hall at 7:45 to walk to school together.

Monday is Day 4 in the cycle

Here’s to another great week!

Ms. Marshall

 

September 23-27 September 23, 2019

The last full week of September, and you’d think the class had been here for a year! It’s been a great 3 weeks, we have spent a lot of time preparing for right now- we have learned our morning routines, we have learned where we go for music and gym, we have learned about working in our little classroom community, and we have mastered the bus. Time to get down to “business” so to speak!

In literacy, we have begun learning some “trick words”. Last week it was the word the, this week it is the word see. We have begun Fundations, and there is a very important note in your child’s homework bag explaining what Fundations is and what will help your child have the most success. We have begun “writing” by using pictures to tell our stories.

In Math we are learning about the different ways to count. We are also learning about our Five Senses and about colours.

Just a reminder that there is no school on Friday as it is a PD day for teachers. Some other notes to remember:

Foods Banned at Glen Stewart School

Attention Teachers:

Due to severe food allergies, the following items are not permitted inside Glen Stewart Primary; this would include staff areas.

• Sesame-based food products including:

• • • • Multi-Grain products such as:

 Multi-Grain Breads, Bagels, and Crackers. 

• • • • Foods containing sesame oil.

      • Hummus

      • Sushi

      • Multi-Grain Bagels

      • Sesame Seeds

      • Please Note: White and whole wheat breads, bagels and crackers are permitted.

• Sunflower Food Products including:

• • • • Sunflower Seeds

      • Sun Butter

      • Foods containing sunflower seeds; highly refined sunflower oils are permitted (chips, goldfish, etc.).

• All nuts and peanuts including:

• • • • All tree nuts and tree nut spreads.

      • All peanuts and peanut spreads.

• All products that are considered peanut substitutes such as Wow Butter.

• All seafood.

1. There will be no bus notes given to students to support after school playdates or recreational activities. Our buses are full and cannot accommodate these requests.
2. Reminder of our school’s Terry Fox run on Thursday.
3. Home and School Meeting on September 30 (6:00) in our new meeting room.

Have a great week, and as always, if you need anything, please do not hesitate to contact me!

Ms. Marshall

cmmarshall@edu.pe.ca

 

September 16-20 September 15, 2019

Thanks to all who came out for Meet the Teacher night. I sent home a copy of the overall notes from the evening for those who missed it. It was brought to my attention that I didn’t have my email on the letter, oops! Here it is:

cmmarshall@edu.pe.ca

If you need to get ahold of me, this is the easiest way. If you would like to speak to me, just send me an email telling me you’d like to give you a call and I will get back to you as soon as I can!

We have been spending time working on our fine motor development. Last week we focused on our pencil/crayon grip as well as eye-hand coordination. This week we will be working on scissor skills! We will begin Fundations in the next few weeks.

In math we have been doing an overview of numbers 1-10, as well as creating a 1-10 number line. After this, we will begin exploring different ways to count to 10.

We will begin our five senses study this week. We are also reviewing letters and the differences between letters, numbers, and words.

Some reminders:

• Picture Day is Monday! We usually get ours taken before first recess.
• Regarding drop off/pick up:
• • • 1. Parents who are picking up their children after school, must do so in the lobby.  Parents are not permitted in the bus loop and cannot pick their children up in this area.
    • 1. Parents who are dropping their children off in the morning, please let them out of their cars close to the metal barriers near the exit area of the drop off loop.
      2. Parents are not permitted to enter the staff parking areas.
      3. There will be no bus notes given to students to support after school playdates or recreational activities.  Our buses are full and cannot accommodate these requests.
• Our hot lunch program will start on Monday the 16^th
• Wednesday afternoon will be our bus evacuation drill. The class has been doing great with our fire drills, by the way.

I think that’s it for the week! Have a great one, and if you need anything, please let me know!

Ms. Marshall

 

Welcome to KD September 10, 2019

Hello to all of the new parents! Welcome to Glen Stewart and welcome to KD! In this space we will: give weekly updates, send out information that needs to go out all families, post special activities we are doing during the week. I am excited to begin another year of Kindergarten, and I am excited to have your child in KD.

This week we will be:

Learning about how we go to school, creating our own number line, reinforcing alphabetical order, working on our fine motor strength. We will also be playing and having lots of fun!

Things to be aware of:

In regards to dropping off and picking up your child:

1. Parents who are picking up their children after school, must do so in the lobby.  Parents are not permitted in the bus loop and cannot pick their children up in this area.
2. Parents who are dropping their children off in the morning, please let them out of their cars close to the metal barriers near the exit area of the drop off loop.
3. Parents are not permitted to enter the staff parking areas.

The morning bell rings at 8:15 and class begins at 8:30 sharp! When dropping off your child after 8:15- please check in at the lobby. Parents are not allowed to walk through the hallways without special identification tags.

Instructions on how to order hot lunches will be sent home this week.

Meet the Teacher is Thursday at 6/6:25

September 16- School Photos

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Here’s to a great year!

 

Ms. Marshall