Today in the Joy Pod we worked on writing and math. We attempted to write "headlines" for things that happened or we saw at the Ranch. Ask your child what headline they came up with...
More Information on Reading From Mrs. Kinsman's Latest Blog: The good news is that planning to nurture great readers requires some very simple input from parents that will yield tremendous results :)
- Read something aloud every day with your child - a story, a poem, a recipe, a nursery rhyme, a newspaper headline, a catalogue description - anything that lets your child know reading is valuable and worth doing every day
- Rhyme, rhyme, rhyme - repeat nursery rhymes, share giggles over riddles or tongue twisters, share puns with your 'tweens & teens - have fun with words as often as you can
- Encourage your child to choose books to read with you - small children will often choose the same book many times over until they know the words by heart - these are the early roots of reading, understanding that particular words belong to a specific story. As children grow in reading, they will begin to choose favourite authors or topics, non-fiction or fiction stories - and be more than willing to share them with Mom and Dad
- Every child in CBE schools - and every Calgarian - is able to obtain a free library card. Use it with your child - learn how to browse books, choose a book for a good reason, get to know favourite authors, share ideas with each other about the books you share together
- Use your tablet apps as teaching tools - there are many, many letter, letter sounds, numbers, words, patterns and rhyming apps that will entertain and engage your child while teaching them how to smoosh letters together to make words, label pictures with words, identify letter sounds, etc - and for older children, there are numerous story apps, fan fiction sites and always thousands of books available for purchase on Kindles and ibooks - not to mention the audio book apps :)
- Celebrate accomplishments! When your child reads a book by themselves, talk about it, dance about it, track it in a journal, sticker book or on a white board - make a fuss that acknowledges this is hard work and you are very proud of their efforts :) Make a video of them talking about their book - or reading it - and share with grandparents or relatives or friends - readers are worth it! I have videos of my children and grandchildren as they grew as readers - from turning pages and telling stories to triumphantly sharing their 'all by myself' first reads - it is as lovely to treasure the first moments in reading as it is to treasure their first steps :)
Volunteer Opportunity:
Jacket Racket Project 2018
The Grade 4 Peace Ambassadors are running the annual Jacket Racket Project this year. They will run the collection of clothing items from Thursday October 25 to Friday November 2.
We are looking for 1-2 parent volunteers to come in fist thing in the morning for during that time to assist the students with sorting and bagging the collected items. One group of students will collect the items from classrooms and the other group will help sort the items with the parent volunteer. There will be sorting bins, bags and labels set up in the hub and parent volunteers can expect to be there from about 8:30 to 9 AM. If you can help us out, please sign up at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080d44afab28abf94-jacket1
Volunteers must have completed their police security checks and have their security clearance.
Thank you for volunteering your time!
PLASTIC LIDS:
Joy Pod is looking for plastic bottle cap lids (brown, white/clear, yellow, orange, green, red, blue and black) to use in a recyclable art project. These lids can be found on pop bottles, milk jugs and other drinks. We are also looking for a LARGE cardboard box. Please think of us when recycling these lids...we need a TON!!!
Reminders:
Thursday, October 25th Flouride Information Forms Due (grade 2's)
Thursday, October 25th Fun Lunch
Thursday, October 25th Flouride Information Forms Due (grade 2's)
Thursday, October 25th Fun Lunch
Friday, October 26th No School For Students
Tuesday, October 30th Fun Snack
Monday, November 5th, Picture Retake Day
