Happy Summer!!

This week the students all finished publishing their stories Fortunately, Unfortunately.  As you can see in the photo below of our Author's Tree, your children are definitely authors and should be proud of themselves!  All year we have featured different popular authors!  Be sure to have your child read their story to you they are near the back of their memory books!  A huge thank you to Landon's mom who made all the apples for us on her Cricut!  

Your child has brought home all their books and school supplies.  I hope you all have an opportunity to look through your child's work as well as their memory book.  They were all very excited to make their photo collages yesterday so I'm sure they will be excited to show you.  In both their Reader's Workshop and Math duotangs there is work that can be completed over the summer.   They also have their writing books which they could continue to use to write in.  I hope all the students continue to use Raz Kids over the summer, I have increased their levels so they will have some new books to enjoy.  If you are wanting more math - go to the Online K-5 Math Worksheets on the side of this blog.

Music with Dr. Saul is always amazing!  These last few weeks we have been singing campfire songs, it can't get any better! 

                       Just another picture to show how much Div. 11 students love to build with lego!

 Thank you to all parents for contributing to our class celebrations this year by sending in goodies, they were really appreciated and enjoyed by Div. 11.

Thank you to everyone for your support this year,  I loved working with your children and getting to know all of you even though it was at a distance or over zoom!  This is a year none of us will forget!      I really appreciated your generous gifts, thanks so much.  

Hope you all have a wonderful summer!  

June 16th

 Thought I'd post this today just as a reminder that tomorrow Friday, June 17th is 'Gum Day' for Div. 11.   Students are allowed to bring gum from home but must follow the rules that we have set out together in the class.  Poetry Chants and More will come home tomorrow and they should stay at home as we will not be adding anything else this school year.    Hope your Father's Day is a good one, the students were excited about their gifts for you dads!!

Next week your child will be bringing home all their books, supplies plus their inside shoes either on Wednesday and/or Thursday. Their memory books, growthfolios and report cards will come home Friday.  If possible please bring a bag for your child to transport their supplies in as usually they don't fit in backpacks.  Thanks!

Monday, June 21 - National Indigenous People Day as well as our originally planned Hat Day 

June 22 - Jersey and TREAT day (Sports and Ice Cream or Yogurt seem like they should go together! - TCBY Frozen Yogurt provided by the PAC ***Thank YOU!!

June 23rd - Yard in the Card 7:30 - 3:30 (Photos can be taken by families in front of the school during this time.  Please maintain social distancing).  More details will be coming form Jenn Gallop via the Monday newsletter.  

June 24th -Hawaiian Day!! Dress up in summer or Hawaiian attire  Class Celebration for Year End                                                                                                  Thanks in advance to the following students for bringing in our pre-packaged snacks!!  Please send these snacks in by Tuesday, June 22 Chase (chips), Caleb (rice Krispy/bear paw treat), Ryder (Treats - chocolate or candy), Tatum (fruit snacks) and LJ (chocolate or candy treat)

June 25th - Last day of school for students Memory Books/Growthfolios/Report Cards will come home

June 10/21

PUBLIC LIBRARY CARDS went home on Tuesday.  Div. 11 students were very excited to see these! Hopefully you will all have the opportunity to go to the public library soon so that your child can borrow some books, a backpack or even a telescope!  

In the last couple of weeks in math we have been focusing more on early multiplication.  We were talking about the fact that multiplication just means 'groups of' and that skip counting is actually a great thing to practice to help you do mulitplication.  If you could please practice skip counting by 2's and 5's that would be very helpful.

*Please ensure that your child is dressed for some outdoor activities (shorts should be worn under dresses/skirts and shoes should be appropriate for activity-no flip flops, please)

*Just a reminder that we are a 'West coast Recess' district which means we are outside every recess/lunch (rain or shine).  Please ensure that your child has appropriate clothes for outside, as well as shoes that allow them to be active every day.  

*Our Scientist of the Day is now complete. This week we experienced 'Elephant Toothpaste', how heavy objects can float if in a boat, and how oil is lighter than water plus what happens if you add an Alka-Seltzer to this mixture! I was very impressed by how well prepared the students were for their day and the fact that I had never seen several of the experiments.  Everyone did a great job!

*Class photos were sent home Monday.  They are in the front pouch of your child's planner.

*Summer birthdays will be celebrated over the next couple of weeks (in case you are wondering why your child is wearing a birthday bracelet/sticker :))

Your children wanted me to add this to the blog - SPCA Home Workshops over the summer!! Here's is the flyer:  

Important Dates in June:

Friday, June 18th - Gum day (students are allowed to bring gum from home but must follow the rules that we have set out together in the class)

Monday, June 21 - Hat Day

June 22 - Jersey and TREAT day (Sports and Ice Cream or Yogurt seem like they should go together! - TCBY Frozen Yogurt provided by the PAC ***Thank YOU!!

June 23rd - Yard in the Card 7:30 - 3:30 (Photos can be taken by families in front of the school during this time.  Please maintain social distancing).  More details will be coming form Jenn Gallop via the Monday newsletter.  

June 24th -Hawaiin Day!! Dress up in summer or Hawaiin attire  Class Celebration for Year End                                                                                                  Thanks in advance to the following students for bringing in our pre-packaged snacks!!  Please send these snacks in by Tuesday, June 22 Chase (chips), Caleb (rice Krispy/bear paw treat), Ryder (Treats - chocolate or candy), Tatum (fruit snacks) and LJ (chocolate or candy treat)

June 25th - Last day of school for Students

 

June 4th

This week we had our 'Public Library Zoom field trip'!  The students were excited to hear all the things that are available to take out from the library as well as the idea of all the possible books they could read!  Every summer they have a special summer reading program which I hope all of Div. 11 will join.  It's fun and a great way to maintain and strengthen their reading skills that they have worked so hard on this year.  Please see attachment in the email.  

We have had another exciting week of scientists!!  Friction Fun, How clouds hold water, Milk, food colouring soap experiment, Float/Sink, and how to make slime!  Ask your child also about the experiment we did with celery to show how water gets to the top of trees.

Important June Dates:

June 2 was our Club RED celebration - we were proud of Natalie for winning the book mard contest for the primary!

June 22 - TREAT day - TCBY Frozen Yogurt provided by the PAC ***Thank YOU!!

June 23rd - Yard in the Card 7:30 - 3:30  

June 24th - Class Celebration - Year end celebration - Thanks in advance to the following students for bringing in our pre-packaged snacks!!  Please send these snacks in by Tuesday, June 22.                       Chase (chips), Caleb (rice Krispy/bear paw treat), Ryder (Treats - chocolate or candy), Tatum (fruit snacks) and LJ (chocolate or candy treat)

June 25th - Last day of school for Students

May 28th

We still have a couple students that need to return their public library card forms.   These must be returned by Tuesday as I need to get them to the library for processing.  Thank you!

Please ensure that your child dresses for the weather. They should have extra sweaters or sweatshirts, socks and rain boots if needed.  Even though I have heard the weather is suppose to get warmer next week the school has no heat (due to the broken boiler) and I always have the door open for ventilation.    

Our scientists this week were great.  We learned about salt water, what conducts electricity, what happens when diet coke mixes with mentos, how to make rainbow bubbles and how a hover craft works!  If your child is suddenly asking to try some experimenting this is why!  They are asking great 'What if' questions.

Thanks to everyone who has paid for the memory book.  

Look at Div. 11's Friday Art work!

Enjoy your weekend!  

May 21/21

Have a wonderful May long weekend, it looks like the weather actually might hold!  Enjoy!

Please return library card information asap as we need to get these back to the library before our zoom field trip.  We only have a few students left to pay for their memory book, please go to the parent portal to pay the $10.00.  Thanks!!

Our 'Scientists' have been a huge highlight of our week.  We learned about chemical reactions from both Ryan and Taturm (Ryan made a balloon fill up and Tatum made an egg turn bouncy!).  Evan made a very cool rainbow teaching us about the refraction of white light and Chase did a floating man experiment.  Your child may be asking to try some of these experiments at home as they have had many 'What If' questions!  We are all looking forward to seeing all the other students experiments.

May 12th

Div. 11 has been a very small class so far this week,  as you are aware Fairview unfortunately has cases of covid and exposures. You should have recieved a letter from Fraser Health that our class should be self-monitoring regularly.  This means checking temperature and doing the daily health check-list on our website.  It is crucial that we are all deligent in taking all safety precautions that we can.  Hopefully things will settle down very soon. 

If your child is at home and you'd like some activities and school work please check out the Fairview Library link which I have added to our Useful Links.  Also there you will see Raz Kids, Epic and K-5 Math worksheets.  Of course you should continue to read and write daily.   

Next week we will be starting our Scientist of the Day.  Please see in the email the attachments of instructions, date each child presents and also the papers for the experiment that your child should complete.  Obviously we will be flexible with dates with our recent situation.  

We also have a special Library  'Zoom fieldtrip'.  Each child has a paper that was sent home (or will be sent home) to enable every child to get a library card so they are ready and hopefully join the Fraser Valley Summer Reading Program.  Please return this form ASAP.  

Club RED has continued and the students are really enjoying reading outside as well as our Mystery Readers.  Last week our special reader was Natalie's mom, a lunch hour supervisor.  We are guessing who it will be tomorrow!  Hopefully everyone is reading each day and enjoying new adventures or learning new facts!  Don't forgot about the Fariview Book Mark contest, these could be completed at home I have the blank bookmarks here that they can pick up.

Memory Book $10, please pay on the parent portal as soon as possible.   

Don't forget to check out the link for our courage collection projects...

https://read.bookcreator.com/MhSRoqbvsRarh9nEfqYBBqqhnu53/CKxE-Xm0RKeQE3_7e1q-Dg

This is the thank you we made to Brook at Me & Eds for donating the pizza boxes for our courage projects.  The creators were... Avin, Natalie, Neena, Niki, Neena, and Tatum!  

They did an awesome job.