Juin, 2013 - June Newsletter and calendar ** updated **

Les nouvelles de la première année

Grade One News

Juin 2013

In celebration of Environment Week (June 3 - 9) …   Wild & Wacky Walking Wednesday – June 5 Everyone is encouraged to leave the car behind and to come to school or work using a non-polluting mode of transport.  Be a role model for your kids!    Parks Canada Enviro Fair – Wednesday, June 5th, time TBA Our class will be walking over to the Information Centre grounds to check out their displays for Environment Week.

French Book Fair ~ Foire de livres – Tuesday, June 4 & Wednesday, June 5

Our class will be browsing the book fair in the J.E.S. library on Wednesday from 11:30-11:45am.  Parents are welcome to join us if they would like to check out materials with their child.  Or, if you trust your child’s decision making skills, you can send some money to school with him/her on Wednesday.  Please don’t feel that you need to send money in to class with your child!  If you do send money in, please put it in a baggie or envelope with your child’s name on it and let him/her know what they should spend it on (be advised that students are drawn to buying erasers and posters, rather than books).  The book fair will be open until 6 pm on these two days. 

 

Municipal Library Visit ~ Visite à la bibliothèque municipale – June 5th   2 :30pm

Our last visit to the school library was last Wednesday.  All library materials have now been returned for the year.  This Wednesday, we will be spending our library period at the Municipal library in their temporary location at the Activity Centre.   Parents are welcome to join us.  If your child brings their library card, they will be allowed to take out 2 books.  If your child does not have a library card, the library will make him/her one.  If your child has lost their card, you will need to go to the library to arrange for a replacement card.

 

*Please return all school books and book bags as you find them hiding at home.  We are still missing a couple of French books and CDs from the book bags!

Mina Lake Hike ~ Randonné à Lac Mina – Friday, June 14    11am – 3:15 pm

We will be hiking to Mina Lake with Mrs. Morgan’s class for a picnic.  We will need several parent volunteers to help supervise.  We will be out from 11:00 am until the end of the day, so students will need a healthy bagged lunch.   Please send the attached permission form back to school ASAP.

Shhhh!  Cooking Day – Wednesday, June 12^th, 1:30 – 3:00 pm

All moms, aunts, grandmas, friends, etc. are invited in to class to help make a gift for someone special (dads, grandpas, uncles, friends, etc.)  If you fit the description, come on in!  No advance notice necessary.

Swimming ~ La natation – Friday, June 21   1:30 – 3:15 pm

No lessons, just an afternoon of frolicking in the pools at the Jasper Aquatic Centre.  Students will be dismissed from the pool.  The permission form has been sent home– please return ASAP.  We will need help from moms and dads!

Year-End Celebrations ~ Célébrations de la fin de l’année –  Monday, June 24

At 10:00 am, please meet us in the classroom for a special grade one celebration.  We will be celebrating the end of a very successful year for your children.  I will provide the snacks on this day.  Don’t forget your cameras - We’ll take pictures for those unable to attend.  The celebration should be over by 11 am.

Sports Day ~ Journée sportive – Monday, June 24th    1 – 3 pm

We will need at least two volunteers for this outdoor day.  Responsibilities include being in charge of a group of students as they rotate through the activities.  Please let me know with a note in the agenda if you would be willing to help out.

Grade One and Two Picnic at Lake Annette – Wednesday, June 26    11am – 3:15 pm

We will be serving hot dogs and munchies out at the Lake Annette picnic shelter, and everyone is invited to join us.  We will need some volunteers to cook the hot dogs and prepare snacks.  Please let me know in advance if you are able to come out to the Lake to help and I will pencil you into a volunteer duty.  Permission forms will be going home in the coming weeks.

Last day of school –Wednesday, June 27     AM Only

Students come to school, then head over to the Activity Centre to see the Grade 6 walk-down.  When we return to the school, they’ll receive their report cards and will not come back for the afternoon.  Please pick up your child at 12:00.

 

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Reading Tests – We have completed a “Gates-MacGinitie” Grade One reading test in English that gives a rough idea of students’ reading levels in English.  This is not something that goes on the report card, but if you would like to know your child’s results, please come in to talk with me.

 

Juin 2013           Activités de la première année

  

Dim. Sun.	Lundi Monday	Mardi Tuesday	Mercredi Wednesday	Jeudi Thursday	Vendredi Friday	Sam. Sat.
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2	3 Environment Week Garbage-less snack week - -   Try to send healthy snacks in reusable containers!	4	5   Wacky Walking Wednesday Don’t drive!  Walk or ride instead!   Municipal Library 2:30 pm Bring library card	6	7	8
9	10	11	12   Cooking Day: “Mom-types” invited into class to help!  1:30 – 3 pm	13	14 Mina Lake Hike 11 – 3:15 Pack a lunch Be prepared for the weather	15
16 Father’s Day   Fête des Pères	17	18	19	20	21 National Aboriginal Day   Summer Solstice Swimming 1:30 – 3:15 pm Students dismissed from the pool	22
23	24 Graduation    Celebration 10:00 am in the class  Sports Day Dress for the weather 1 – 3 pm	25	26 Grade 1 & 2 Picnic at Lake Annette	27 ½ day of school Pick up report cards Au revoir!	29	30

 

Questions?  Call Mme Becky:  852 - 4447 x 206  e-mail: beckkoss@gypsd.ca

Grade one playlist! Les chansons de la première année -

1. Les poissons
2. Avec un gros nez
3. Les mois de l'année
4. Les yeux arc-en-ciel
5. Bonjour, bonjour
6. Les chiffres 1 - 20
7. Allouette
8. Pirouette, cachuète
9. Savez-vous planter les choux?
10. Frère Jacques
11. A la claire fontaine
12. Le ragga des pingouins
13. Jouez au hockey
14. Quand je vais à l'école
15. Une patate
16. Le café crocodile
17. Les poissons
18. Le disco
19. Comment Y aller?
20. Je suis malade
21. Lundi matin
22. Les couleurs primaires
23. Les squelettes
24. Les lunettes de soleil
25. Je suis une pizza
26. Quel temps fait-il?
27. Quand tu sera grand
28. Louis la grenouille
29. Le printemps
30.  O Canada
31. Au fond de le jungle
32. La chanson chocolat
33. Assis, debout
34.L'araignee Gypsie
35. Mon petit lapin
36. What I am - Will i. am


I can't believe we have learned this many songs so far this year (and I am sure I have forgotten a few!).  How many can your child sing?

23 mai, 2013

We are all done with spelling (dictée) for the year!  Way to go, grade one! The focus is now on reading as much as possible at home and to read to me as often as possible, in class.

In our classroom, I have posted a chart that shows the students' reading progress.  They each have a frog that jumps a lily pad for each book that the they read; I have seen an impressive growth in reading fluency and comprehension and hope that you have too!

The students were reminiscing the other day about, "way back when I was a baby...".  I thought it would be fun to have the students share a favourite item from their baby days in a "show and tell" situation.  I will pick a student each day to be the show and tell person the following day.  Dig out those baby items (but please keep the most sentimental at home!).

Thanks,

Becky

13 mai, 2013

There will not be a spelling dictée quiz this week (some students were very disappointed - sorry...!).  The emphasis will now be on getting the students to read each night and to read to me as often as possible.  The progress has been remarkable and I encourage them to keep it up!

This week at school:
Thursday @ 1:10 - Spotlight Assembly
Friday @ 11:00 - Talent show in the gym
                 12:00 - Noon dismissal

No school on Monday, May 20 (Victoria Day)

Have a great week!

7 mai, 2013

Welcome to summer!  What great weather we have been having, let's hope it stays for a while!

In class, we have been talking about Space (espace) and learning about life on the International Space Station.  We learned how Canadian astronaut, Chris Hadfield eats, sleeps, cooks food, uses the bathroom and trims his fingernails in space!  We even tasted some freeze-dried ice cream (not bad but the cold stuff can`t be beat!).

The sound of the week is 'tion', and the words are:
1. récréation (recess)
2. addition (addition)
3. éducation (education)
4. collation  (snack)

Good luck with these four words!  If you wanted to practice one of the bonus words, it will be
aujourd' hui , meaning, today,

With the new reading books that are coming home, I encourage the students to  practice reading the book at home and then bring it back to me when they are confident reading it and understand what it is about.  Once they show a good understanding of the book, they can choose a new book to take home to practice reading.
Any questions, please stop by the class or call me at school (-4447).

Have a great week!