TWAS and Home Reading coming home!

Please enjoy reading and sharing your child's TWAS entry in their journal.
As printers were all down today at school their checklists did not get printed to be included in their messages. 

Here they are if you want to print them off and glue them in yourselves. 
This might be an interesting conversation to have with your child.



TWAS check in – SEPTEMBER 26, 2019  Grade 1

Copied date accurately
Copied sentence starter accurately
Added own words by sounding out
Included a picture about writing

 TWAS check in – SEPTEMBER 26, 2019  Grade  2

Copied date accurately – included day of the week
Used 3 - 4 sentences (minimum)
Added descriptive words or new vocabulary
Included a picture about writing showing details
Used capitals and end punctuation consistently

Home Reading bags went home today.... and again, the introductory letter that is usually included was not able to be printed.  Here is a copy of the information the letter contained - I will send home a paper copy on Monday.  (We only sent home one book for each student as a beginning piece, but next week they will bring two each each night. )

Dear Families,                                        

Today we are sending home your child’s first home reading books for homework. It is important that your child reads for a minimum of 10-15 minutes each night. Please ensure you are reading with your child every night – practicing reading aloud to an adult ensures students are improving their fluency and reading words correctly each time.

Two books will be sent home each day and should be returned the next day so your child can exchange them for new books. New books will only be sent home when the previous days books are returned. If you would like to keep one of the books for 2 days that’s ok; however, varying the books a child reads help increase their word knowledge and deepens their understanding of the books they read. If you choose to keep the books at home to practice, please ensure the Communication Folder is returned every day.

Your child will begin to gain confidence as a reader and develop reading fluency by reading a variety of different types of books.

Always be sure to ask your child questions about the book before, during, and after reading to better judge if they understand what they are reading.

As we are just beginning our Guided Reading program in the classroom, we are still adjusting reading levels. If you strongly feel a book is too easy or too difficult, please write a little note and send it to school. Remember, a reading level includes being able to fluently read the words on the page and demonstrate your understanding of the text by confidently responding to a variety of questions about the story.

Have fun reading together!

Yours in Learning,

 Ms. Betty

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Thanks to all the parents and students who donated money and items for Ms. Betty to wear for the Terry Fox Run.  We had 2 Luigi hats, 1 blue feather boa, two sets of wings - Mr. G. took off with the butterfly wings and Ms. Betty enjoyed swooping around with the black wings.  The wind was really strong at one point and Ms. Betty almost took off into the air.... just kidding! But they were flapping around wildly - the dinosaur headband was a hit because it looked like it was eating Ms. Betty's head.  We also had a pretty red hand band, a fabulous pumpkin orange tuque and a lime green Microsoft hat to wear.  In addition we had a Cat in the Hat hat.  There were lots of hats!  Thanks for the fun and fundraising all done in the honor of our hero Terry Fox.  We raced through the wind and rain, just like Terry.  Our class raised $70.85.  

Wednesday we had our first library day.
Books are due back in two weeks.
Please mark Wednesday on your calendar.
Your friends in room 13.