Happy Spring Break!

Dear Families,

Students have no school Thursday and Friday.  Next week is Spring break.  We will see you all on Monday, April 3rd.

This week our Power Words are: (only 3 due to the short week)

down
day
did

Please see below for important upcoming dates:

Apr 3 Classes Resume 
April 11  Grade 1 Zoo Fieldtrip
April 12  School Council / KDT Fundraising Association Meeting 6:30 pm
April 14 Good Friday - No School
April 17 Parent Teacher Interviews – No School
April 21 Early Dismissal 11:30 am No PM Kindergarten 
April 26 Fun Lunch
April 28 Movie Night

Have a great break!

Ms. Bakkan

St. Paddy's Day

Reminders that tomorrow is an early dismissal and students do not have school on Thursday and Friday of next week!

Today we built our Leprechaun Traps and are excited to see what happens overnight! Stay tuned for photos!

Students can wear green tomorrow if they wish.

Have a great night!

Reminders

Dear Families,

This Friday is early dismissal.

The Power Words for this week are:

who
am
its
now
find
long

We will complete the first 100 words next week and the week we return from Spring break:

down
day
did
get
made
may
part
play

Inline Skating:

Inline skating takes place for the grade one students on Monday, March 20; Tuesday, March 21; and Wednesday, March 22.

Ice Outside:

Please be careful outside the grade one doors.  Traction sand has been spread over much of the ice but it is still quite slippery in some spots.  Students were reminded of ice safety today.  Please continue this conversation at home.

St. Patrick's Day:

We will be building "Leprechaun Traps" on Thursday, March 16th as an introduction to our "Building Things" unit in grade one science.  Please continue to send in materials as listed in the "Material Request" blog.

Thank you,
Ms. Bakkan

Blue Folders: Please Check

Dear Parents,

The students are bringing a significant amount of completed work home today.  If the students had their blue folders at school, this work will be in the folder.

I have started to re-assess the students Power Words and I have sent approximately half of these assessments home today, along with more flash cards.  Please check through the blue folders for this important information.  If you do not find it, I will be sending it home before break.

Students first green and blue journals came home today as well.  These can stay home and new ones are being started next week.

Last time we cleaned out our bins, some of the students accidentally brought home their "Personal Dictionaries."  Please ask your child if they do not have theirs at school and check at home for it.  It is a large booklet that the students have written in and illustrated.  Thank you.

Have a great weekend!

Thank you,
Ms. Bakkan

Material Request- Building Things

Dear Parents/Guardians,

 

We are going to be starting our science unit on Building Things in the next few weeks. It is a really fun unit, but it requires lots of materials. Therefore, we are requesting your help!

 

If you have any of the following items that are empty and clean, please send them with your child to school.

 

·      Kleenex boxes

·      Cereal boxes

·      Yogurt cups

·      Shoe boxes

·      Toilet paper tubes

·      Paper towel tubes

 

  If you would like to purchase and donate some supplies, here is our “wish list”

·      Box of straws

·      Box of popsicle sticks

·      Pipe cleaners

·      Paper plates

·      Paper or plastic cups

·      String/Twine

·      Ribbon

·      Scotch tape or duct tape

* Please note, you will not get the items back again. Please continue to watch the blog, as list will be updated once we have received enough of each material.

Thank you for your help!

The Grade 1 Team

Calgary Zoo- Volunteers

Dear Parents,

The grade ones will be going to the Calgary Zoo on Tuesday, April 11th for the full-day.  We are looking for volunteers who already have CBE clearance with Kenneth Taylor School to join us on that day.

If you are available, please contact your child's teacher via e-mail before Friday, March 10th.

If you are able to volunteer and have a zoo pass, please also inform your child's teacher.

sibrar@cbe.ab.ca 
cobakkan@cbe.ab.ca
tkcarstairs@cbe.ab.ca
lawitczak@cbe.ab.ca

Thank you,

Grade 1 Team

Writing Power Words

We are focusing on accurately including Power Words in our writing.

These are the first 25 Power Words we practiced this year.

We will continue to have 6 new words each week.

The words we will be focusing on writing for the remainder of March are:

a

and

the

it

is

in

was

of

to

he

I

that

here

come

you

on

for

my

went

see

like

up

go

she

said