April 25/25

Free Choice Friday these three designed and coloured these snakes!

Div. 1 have been busy designing, creating and preparing for their Entreprneur Fair on Tuesday, April 29th. This is an opportunity for students at Fairview to purchase a variety of items from mini hockey sticks, keychains, bookmarks, 3D-printed Miecraft toys, slime, thoughtful Mother's Day gifts.  Prices range from $1-$8.  I told the students to please not bring more than $10 to allow everyone an opportunity to buy and also hopefully avoid any lost money.  

April home reading is coming to an end.  Students should return their bunny by May 2nd /May 5th at the latest.  Your child should have coloured the days that they read and if parents please sign if your child did read the days coloured.  

Everyone should have received a letter (on green paper) about our upcoming literacy activity 'Starbooks'green form. Your child's presentation date was written on the letter with all the information needed for this.  Our Starbooks Cafe will be daily May 5 - May 9th.  If you have any questions or concerns about this either email or talk to me in person. 

I am coaching cross country so on Tuesday and Thursday, so if you are late picking up your child they will be at the office.  

May 1 - Reptile Guy

May 5 - Class Photos

Please sign up for our walking trip to Save On Foods Trip on May 6th. Parent volunteers are needed so if you could let me know if you are able to walk and supervise during our nutrition tour that would be appreciated.   

Memory book fee is up on the parent portal $15, please either pay online or send in the cash in a labelled ziplock.  

May 8- Assembly @ 1:00 - Div. 12 & 13 presenting

I also just added a field trip on Friday, May 23rd Field trip to Maple Ridge Park, parent drivers will be needed.  

Family Literacy Event - Fairview's first ever is on Thursday, May 29th @ 2:45 - 4:15 - Tickets (free) are available on the portal.

We also have Rev's Bowling planned for Wednesday, June 4th in the morning and will also need parent drivers.  This portal announcement will be posted later.   

April 17

Hope you all have a fantastic long weekend.

A huge thank you to Devon's family who brought pizza for lunch yesterday, Walter for the fantastic fruit tray, Michael the yummy Easter treats and Gavin the sought after potato chips!  Div. 13 devoured almost everything!  

Hopefully all students are reading most days and completing their Easter bunny home reading! Next Tuesday we start our Mystery Bags,  please ensure that your child has their book bag.  

Please sign up on the Parent Portal for the field trip to Save-on as well as our memory book fee.       Family Literacy Event - Fairview's first ever is on Thursday, May 29th @ 2:45 - 4:15 - Tickets (free) are available on the portal.

Due to the two short school weeks our spelling needs to be done in fewer days.  Unfortunately the lessons are also more difficult. It is important to practise daily, some of these phonetic patterns students just need to memorize. Also don't forget to check out Spelling City on the Useful Link on the side of this website.  All lessons are there so you could review the lists ahead of time or practise ones that your child had difficulty with.  

Div. 13 continues to enjoy their exploration stations...

Upcoming Important Dates...

April 25- Hot Lunch

May 1 - Reptile Guy

May 5 - Class Photos

May 6th - Save-On Nutrition walking field trip

May 8- Assembly @ 1:00 - Div. 12 & 13 presenting

May 29 - Family Literacy Event

May 30 - Hot Lunch

June 4th - Bowling with Div. 12 at Rev's (parent drivers will be needed)

June 13-Fun Day!

June 25-Last day of school for students

April 11/25

We will still have spelling next week, the quiz will be on Thursday. 

Div. 13's Easter Bunnies!

Devon's mom will be bringing pizza Thursday so you won't need to send a lunch.

April 17 - Class Easter Celebration Thanks to the students for providing our snacks: Devon - Pizza, Walter - Fruit Plate,  Michael - sweet treat, and Gavin - popcorn/chips or pretzels

April 18-Good Friday, no school

April 21- Easter Monday, no school

April 25- Hot Lunch

May 1 - Reptile Guy

Save these dates for upcoming field trips...

Tuesday, May 6th - Save-On Nutrition walking field trip (a couple parent volunteers will be needed)

Wednesday, June 4th - Bowling with Div. 12 at Rev's (parent drivers will be needed)

April 4th/25

 It is hard to believe it is already April!  Spring is always such a busy time of year but I am hoping that students in Div. 13 can still read each day. Your child has received a home reading bunny. Each day they read, they should color in that part of the bunny. If they miss a day, just leave that section blank. Please return the completed sheets by May 1st. Daily reading is so important, even if it's just for a few minutes! Also please practise their Reader's Workshop books as they will be presenting in the next couple of weeks.  

Div. 13 seems to be enjoying our body unit.  We are focusing on our body organs.  Ask them about the experiments we did this we to learn how our stomachs and intestines work (kind of disgusting but also amazing!).  Body Science, including topics on private parts and the reproductive system, will not be covered at school until next year, as it is taught every other year. Please take the time to discuss these topics at home, as your children may have questions.  We will be presenting the body songs at the May assembly so please be practising these at home.  

Your child brought home a Scholastic book flyer yesterday.  If you are interested you can order online and just include our class code.  Thank you to Annie's mom for organizing these for the class!  

Enjoy this beautiful weather as the rain is forecasted to return soon! 

Upcoming Events:

Friday, April 11 - Hot Lunch & Movie Night sponsored by the PAC

April 17 - Class Easter Celebration (Thanks to the students for providing our snacks:           Walter - Fruit Plate,  Michael - sweet treat, Gavin - popcorn/chips or pretzels, Devon - other)

April 18-Good Friday, no school

April 21- Easter Monday, no school

April 25- Hot Lunch

March 14/25

 It was such a pleasure meeting with all of you over the past few days and celebrating your child’s learning journey. 

Just a reminder, students have access to Raz Kids, Epic (during school hours), and Spelling City if you’re looking for some educational screen time over the spring break. Additionally, I’ve updated all students' Raz-Kids accounts, so they will have new books available. These resources can be found on the class website under the “Useful Links” section.  ABCYA also has some fun, educational games, especially in math, that your child might enjoy.

Wishing you a fantastic couple of weeks ahead! Let’s hope the weather is kind to us.

March 7th

Skating was lots of fun and all the students are improving their skating skills. Thanks to all the parents who drove and tied up skates!  We were disappointed not to have our whole class there, unfortunately, several were sick and some had holidays. 

   Buddies was also fun, we played board games!

                                             

Please sign up on the portal for conferences. The conferences are Wed., March 12 in the afternoon and Thursday, March 13 all day.  These conferences will be a  30-minute commitment (1st 15 minutes with your child in the hall to celebrate and go through their work and then up to 15 minutes with me and your child to discuss their report card and set goals for our next term).  If none of these times work for you please email and let me know when you are available and we can make arrangements.   

There will be no spelling next week we will start Lesson 7 after spring break.

Just a reminder that there is school on Friday, March 14, it will be PJ day for both Div. 12 & 13!  

February 28/25

It is so hard to believe today is our last day of February!                                                                            The weather looks like spring, today Div. 13 loved being outside during gym and free choice. 

Our Kindness Parade was a huge success.  The students enjoyed walking, complimenting people they passed, all the honking from the cars and meeting Laityview students and staff at Volker Park.  Kindness was definitely in the air!  Speaking of kindness Div. 13 has done an amazing job of their poems, they did so well we will be presenting them to another class and hopefully during a Family Reading in the near future.  Thanks for your help practising these.

In Math we have been working on place value, it is important students have a solid understanding of place value to move forward.  They really enjoyed playing Place Value Challenge (War) with cards making either the largest number or the smallest.  This would be a great game to play at home (your child should be able to teach you)!

We went today to preview the Scholastic Book Fair, your child should have brought home their wish list (I did remind them that it was only a wish list and not to expect all or any of the items!)  Monday is Div. 13's shopping day if you would like to purchase any books or items.            Book Fair is open to everyone Monday, March 3  2:20 pm to 3:00 pm (after school shopping) Tuesday, March 4 – 8:00 am to 8:30 am (before school shopping),  2:20 pm to 3:00 pm (after school shopping) Wednesday, March 5 - 8:00 am to 8:30 am (before school shopping).

Our Skating Field trip is Friday, March 7 - please sign up on the portal, if you are renting skates and/or helmets please pay online or send cash in a labelled ziplock bag  as soon as possible. 

Please sign up on the portal for conferences. The conferences are Wed., March 12 in the afternoon and Thursday, March 13 all day.  These conferences will be a  30-minute commitment (1st 15 minutes with your child in the hall to celebrate and go through their work and then up to 15 minutes with me and your child to discuss their report card and set goals for our next term).  If none of these times work for you please email and let me know when you are available and we can make arrangements.