Nice To Meet You!

 Thank you to all of the parents for attending the Parent Information Evenings.  It was great to have a chance to meet the families, and let you know how everyone is settling into the school year.  

This week in your student's communication book you should find milk order forms, FOIPP forms and Scholastic book order forms. 

In regards to Scholastic book orders, if you are interested in purchasing books for children in your life that may be young readers, or above grade 3, please send me a note or email, and I will be sure to include the order booklets for those age groups in your next set of order forms.  Books make fabulous gifts!

In English Language Arts we discussed the "I PICK" method of selecting "good fit" books.  Making sure that we choose "good fit" books for ourselves helps us to become better readers, and makes reading so much more fun!

We also practiced the "Five Finger Rule" when looking at a book to see if we know most of the words.  Ask your child to explain how and why they use this method as they make book selections.

In Science with Mme. Forman, the students are learning about Rocks and Minerals, as well as the layers of the Earth.  Ask your child if they can remember the four types of rocks.

In Social Studies last week we read about Rosa from Peru, and this week we are reading about Tahar from Tunisia.  In the next week, we will also read about Oksana from Ukraine, and Anil from India.  Learning about these children helps us to learn and talk about the similarities and differences between our lives and children in other parts of the world.