April 12th, 2017

Hello families and friends,

Yesterday we read the book The Alphabet Tree by Leo Lionni, a book about how letters come together to make words, and words to make sentences.  We practiced some Making Words with the letters from Easter Hunt to go with this.  We have also been continuing work on our stories about the creatures that we created.  Today we worked with a partner to work on revising the beginning of our stories.   Ask your child what their story is about.  Continuing our work with our buddies in Mrs. Sloane's class, most of the groups are finishing up their research on their animal.  In the comments below, write one difference between your animal and leopard geckos.  In gym, we have been continuing our dance residency with Mr. Ajay.

Next Wednesday, we will be having our performance for dance from 2:10 - 2:45.  Parents are welcome to come and watch the performance.  Next Wednesday is also Fun Lunch, and Picture Day.

If anyone is interested in volunteering for either of our upcoming events, the Boats and Buoyancy in-school field trip with Teacher's Pet on the afternoon of May 10th, or the trip to the zoo for the day of June 5th, please email me and let me know at <gasoulliere@cbe.ab.ca>.  We are able to accommodate for up to 2 more volunteers for the zoo trip, as they limit how many adults are included in the program package.  Volunteer forms for Teacher's Pet will be going home next week, and forms for the zoo trip will be going home in May.

One of our students has misplaced their Beanie Boo at some point today.  If you could please check your child's backpack to make sure that it did not end up in there by accident that would be appreciated.  As the weather warms up, another reminder to make sure that your child's belongings are labelled with their name or initials to help with locating who they belong to when they inevitably get to the lost and found, as many students take off coats, mitts, hats, etc. during recess time and forget about them.

For our Music Monday assembly we will be singing Sing It Together, and We Are One.  We may also be singing Sing Sing and Tomorrow is Coming.  If you can be practicing these songs at home with your child it would be much appreciated.

Have a wonderful Wednesday,
Mr. Soulliere