It's been a fun but very busy week! Thanks to Gurnoor, Kenzie, Matthew, Seth and Avin for the snacks for our Christmas celebration tomorrow. Reminder that tomorrow is Pajama Day!
Look at all our stockings hung on the fireplace.
Charlie Brown's Christmas Tree Created by Div. 11
Hope you all have a wonderful winter break with your families. Merry Christmas - Stay safe!
If you could please make sure that your child has a mask each morning (and maybe an extra one in case it gets lost or wet). We have actually gone through the two extra boxes that were donated so it's important that everyone has their own and a spare.
A big thank you to Cooper and his mom for making us some new play dough! The students have already started enjoying it at one of our Exploration stations.
On Tuesday at Forest Fun Div. 10 and Div. 11 demonstrated their creative abilities. They were instructed to make Christmas trees. We were very impressed at the unique and artistic ideas!
Our classroom is looking and feeling a lot like Santa's workshop, with paining and all our special Christmas crafts!
SUBWAY LUNCH TOMORROW! - for all those families that ordered.
Fairview's Leadership Spirit Week! You are welcome to join in the fun!
Mon., Dec. 13 - Wear school colours
Tues., Dec. 14 - Funky Sock Day!
Wed., Dec. 15 - Hat Day
Thurs., Dec. 16 - Winter Flair Day (Anything works - a winter/Christmas sweater, etc)
Div. 4's Entrepreneur Fair is on Thursday, we will have an opportunity to go after lunch - more information to follow
Fri. Dec. 17th - PJ Day and Classroom Celebration - Thanks in advance to the following students who will be providing our snacks. As mentioned we can have only pre-packaged individual treats for our celebration. (Please send enough for the whole class 20 in total). Below are the people who are responsible our Christmas celebration. PLEASE SEND IN BY WEDNESDAY, DEC. 15TH
1) Gurnoor - Chips *already sent in 2) Seth - Fruit Snacks/Gummies 3) Matthew - Treats (Chocolate or candy) 4) Kenzie - Juice Boxes 5) Avin - Rice Krispy Squares (store purchased only)/Bear Paws/Packaged Cookies etc
It's December! November seemed to fly by and now Christmas is in the air!
First I want to thank all of you for your time to go through your child's work, to meet and conference with me. I really enjoyed finally meeting all of you, loved sharing your child's successes and seeing all of you without a mask! The good copy of the reports will be coming home later next week.
Volunteer needed: Div. 11 needs play dough. If you could please make and send in a batch that would be really appreciated. Please email if you could do this (ideally we need some for Wednesday but we still have some that works) so whenever you have a chance. The students love playing Nailed It! at Explorations and their creations are amazing.
Reminders for the next two weeks (yes we are going to be busy!)...
Dec. 8 & 9th Christmas Concert Recordings - (Dr. Saul is still taping so please send winter wear (toques/mittens/scarves) Thanks!
Dec. 8th - Last day for donations for the Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Christmas Hamper (cash and gift cards are really appreciated)
Dec. 10th - Subway Hot Lunch - A big Thank You to our PAC!!
Fairview's Leadership Spirit Week! You are welcome to join in the fun!
Mon., Dec. 13 - Wear school colours
Tues., Dec. 14 - Funky Sock Day!
Wed., Dec. 15 - Hat Day
Thurs., Dec. 16 - Winter Flair Day (Anything works - a winter/Christmas sweater, etc)
Fri. Dec. 17th - PJ Day and Classroom Celebration - Thanks in advance to the following students who will be providing our snacks. As mentioned we can have only pre-packaged individual treats for our celebration. (Please send enough for the whole class 20 in total). Below are the people who are responsible our Christmas celebration. PLEASE SEND IN BY WEDNESDAY, DEC. 15TH
1) Cooper - Chips 2) Seth - Fruit Snacks/Gummies 3) Matthew - Treats (Chocolate or candy)
4) Kenzie - Juice Boxes 5) Avin - Rice Krispy Squares (store purchased only)/Bear Paws/Packaged Cookies etc
Hope you have a wonderful weekend (we may even see a little snow!)
Conferences: Please sign up ASAP These conferences are on Thursday, Dec. 1 in the afternoon (students will be dismissed at 11:30 that day) and all day Fri., Dec. 2nd. *Please sign up for one conference time/child on the parent portal. The link will be sent out next week but could you please also email me a phone number that you can be reached at in case we have any zoom issues. It is important that your child be with you during the zoom conference as we'll be celebrating their learning and setting goals together. Please let me know if you are unable to make any of the times that are listed and we can arrange another time. Your child's work and a draft of their report will be sent home on Wednesday, Nov. 30th so that you can go through these together prior to their conference. This is a time to enjoy, celebrate and discuss their work. Please return their bag of work the following Monday.
Div. 11 latest art project!! Aren't these Fall Gnomes Amazing?
Please send in headphones asap.
Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Christmas Hamper donations are being collected until Dec. 8th. Please send any donations of gift cards or cash. Thank you so much for your support and generosity in this important community endeavour.
Raz Kids! Everyone has a Raz Kids account that they can access through the blog - teacher name is srowledgetoscani and their password is their name with a capital at the beginning. The students know that they only ever go on their own account. During Reader's Workshop the students can only listen and/or read books, and answer questions. I have told them at home they can build their robots and of course read!
Exciting news! Fairview PAC is hosting a Subway Hot lunch! The order forms were sent home earlier this week. All orders must be in by Tuesday, Nov. 30th.
Spirit Days every Friday students are encouraged to wear Fairview colours (blue/yellow)!
Fairview is so lucky to have Dr. Saul and because of him our Christmas concert is in full gear! Your child has the words to their song in their Poetry Duotangs. For their costume, could you please send scarves, torques, mitts and winter coats next Wednesday as Dr. Saul will be filming. Thanks!
Div. 11 did some great Remembrance Day art and writing!
A sign up for Conferences will be on the parent portal tomorrow afternoon. These conferences are on Thursday, Dec. 1 in the afternoon (students will be dismissed at 11:30 that day) and all day Fri., Dec. 2nd. *Please sign up for one conference time/child on the parent portal. The link will be sent out closer to conferences. It is important that your child be with you during the zoom conference as we'll be celebrating their learning and setting goals together. Please let me know if you are unable to make any of the times that are listed and we can arrange another time. My plan is to send home some of your child's work and a draft of their report on Wednesday, Nov. 30th so that you can go through these together prior to their conference. This is a time to enjoy, celebrate and discuss their work.
Saturday was National Kindness Day so we have been focusing on the importance of being kind and different ways to show kindness. We are currently reading the book The Kindness Quilt and in it they talk about a Kindness Project. Div. 11 thought they should do this too! If everyone can do something kind, make a picture about this and bring it to school to share. These will be in their Poetry books on Friday and we will share them next week. Thanks for your support with this project.
Speaking about Kindness...Fairview's Annual Collection for Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Christmas Hamper will be starting next week. This year again only gift cards will be accepted but these are very appreciated to help families that are less fortune. Thanks for your support!
Wow it is hard to believe it is already November and that Div. 11 has been together for 2 months now. While we were in the forest today I was thinking of the many friendships that are developing and the community we are creating together. Our first Reader's Workshop presentations have gone very well and the students are a good audience and complimentary of their peers' reading.
Updates/Reminders/Thank you's
Art Cards are due tomorrow, if you want to place an order. Please ensure you have filled out the back before sending it in. Please return even if you don't want to order as we are keeping them for your child's memory book. Thanks!
Tomorrow is our first Spirit Friday. Students are encouraged to wear Fairview colours blue/yellow or their Fairview gear.
Thank you to everyone that completed the word search last weekend. It was a challenging one I know and was meant to be a family activity and that you would need to help your child. Please keep working on it this weekend.
This week we have the poem 'Hug of War' in our Poetry duotangs. We have been asked to read/record for our school Remembrance Day assembly with Mrs. Roberts' class on Tuesday. Please practice reading this over the weekend and ensure that these are returned by Tuesday. Thanks again for your support with this.
Please only send 1-2 Halloween treats in your child's lunch if you send them and please no lollipops. I am encouraging them to eat something healthy first.
Leadership students are having a hot chocolate fundraiser on Friday, November 19th. More information to follow.
Thursday, Nov. 11 there is no school due to Remembrance Day and Nov. 12 is an Non-instructional day (no school)
Nov.18th we will be posting the conference sign up on the parent portal. All Fairview teachers will be doing it on the 18th so that you can coordinate times with siblings. Conferences will be on Zoom again this year and as usual your child should attend. I will be sending home your child's work prior to the conferences.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! It has been an exciting and busy week in Div. 11. We are playing a variety of math Halloween games; practicing our addition, subtraction, identifying odd/even numbers, doubles and place value skills. We did a Smartie graph, the student's were surprised that not all boxes had the same number of smarties. Plus tomorrow they will be bringing home their dancing 'Math' jack-o-lantern, which you can put up for Halloween!
Thank you to Akua, Kayden, Maahi, Janine, Landon N.'s families for providing our snacks and treats for our Halloween celebration. As mentioned before costumes can be worn tomorrow. Our Thriller Dance will be outside after recess as it looks like the weather is clearing tonight.
The class enjoyed our virtual field Halloween Yoga trip and are looking forward to Aldor Acres Pumpkin Patch tomorrow (also a virtual zoom activity).
Reminders:
In the Poetry and More duotangs this week there will be both a Handwashing word search and a Subtraction Math game. I am hoping that everyone has an opportunity to do both of these this weekend.
Please send in headphones/ear buds if you haven't already done so.
Art Cards - Please return these, even if you do not wish to order as we will add these to our Memory Books. Important: If you do wish to place an order, please write it on the back of the art and include payment or if ordering online, please write your Order Reference Code in the pink box at the bottom of the art card. If there is nothing written on the back of the art card I will assume you are not placing an order so it will go into your child's memory book. All art cards should be returned on/before November 5th. To ensure delivery for Christmas, late orders can not be accepted.
Please continue to practice your child's Reader's Workshop books. We have just started our class presentations and the students are doing a great job of reading their books in front of their classmates.
Monday, Nov. 1 is Pajama Day.
***Next week please limit your child's treats to 1-2 Treats in their lunches and please no lollipops.
Every Friday at Fairview is Spirit Day - wear blue and yellow!
Nov. 12 - Non-instructional day (no school)
Hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween weekend!
Thanks to Sam, Landon R., Evan, Hunter, Vivian and Maahi's family for providing our yummy treats for our final celebration. Your chil...
