Week of Oct. 31

Happy Halloween everyone! With Halloween falling on a Monday and a busy week ahead of us that includes Parent-teacher-student interviews, followed by a short week for Remembrance Day we will be taking a short break from our weekly homework assignments.  Please expect to see spelling coming home again next on Monday, Nov.14th.

A reminder that LGMS works at being a healthy school.  This means that items like pop are not welcome on campus and that sugary treats should be kept to a minimum.  We understand that delicious treats come with trick or treating, but please help your child to be present and best able to learn by balancing their sweets with healthy food (one handful of treats maximum per day balanced with a healthy lunch please).

Monday:  No homework this week.  Your child will likely also come home with their Halloween gift from me, 2 containers of sculpting sand, which we used today to create fun creatures that we will be writing about.  

Tuesday:

Interview etiquette - please respect everyone’s time by arriving for the beginning of your interview and being mindful of leaving before or at the end of your 15 minutes of booked time.  Your child’s portfolio will be available for you to take home after your interview time to look through more closely if you would like.  

Wednesday:  Parent-teacher-student interviews 5:00-8:00

Thursday:  Parent-teacher-student interviews 4:00-7:00

Friday: No school for students. Parent-teacher-student interviews 8:30-12:00 and teacher professional development in the afternoon.  

 GrandPal kick off celebration!

We talked, we played games, we built connections and we even decorated and ate cookies!    What an awesome time we had this morning.  Please take a look at the slideshow and if you see any photos you would like a closer look at please navigate to your child's Google Classroom and head to the Classwork tab, then Photos.

  Week of Oct. 24: 

** A very important reminder that our classroom is a NUT FREE class.  This is for the safety of a student in our room and includes all nuts including things like peanut butter or nuts in granola bars***

Monday (Monster Monday):  This week's homework is math weekly #4, due first thing Friday morning

Tuesday (Top Hat Tuesday):  Please be sure that you have signed up for a parent-teacher-student interview time.  You have until Friday to do so.

Wednesday (Onesie Wednesday):  LA - Characterization Paragraph writing due

Thursday (Theater Thursday):   Grand Pals visit - please let me know as soon as possible if your child will not be in school Thursday morning so that we can let their GrandPal know not to expect them.

An extra special guest that will be joining our GrandPal event is Danny, a lab puppy who is in training to be a guide dog for the visually impaired.  His trainer is one of our wonderful community GrandPals and though Danny will be mainly "on duty" and wearing his vest (which means students need to ignore him and let him do his job), towards the end of our visit his trainer will take off his vest so he can be off duty.  At that time those kids that are interested can also greet Danny.

Friday (Funky Friday) Full day:  Math weekly questions are due first thing in the morning.

 HAPPY FALL!

  Interested in seeing some videos from our special guest Miranda Currie today? Head to your child's Google Classroom for the link to our pictures and these video files.

Next week we are having a LGMS spirit week with a different dress up theme each day.  So look through your costumes at home and join in to help us earn house points!    

(Our Halloween costume day will be Monday the 31st and students will be able to dress in their full costumes in the afternoon.  We will have a school wide costume parade with prizes awarded for different categories)

Monday Oct.24	Monster Monday Examples: -horns, tail, ears, claws...
Tuesday Oct.25	Tall Hat Tuesday -any hat
Wednesday Oct.26	Onesie Wednesday -Pj’s
Thursday Oct.27	Theater Thursday -any character
Friday  Oct.28	Funky  Friday -Dress crazy

  Week of Oct. 17: 

Monday:  This week's homework is spelling - list and assignment #3 - due Friday morning

 - Field trip forms come home for our Grand Pals kick off event.  On Oct.27th we will get a chance to meet the volunteer Grand Pals from our community that we will be writing to as part of our Language Arts program this year.  Please return the filed trip forms ASAP.

Tuesday:  

Wednesday:  Reading Records are due  - though we complete these mainly during classroom reading blocks you should see the duotangs and current page come home early in the week for you to sign.  This is a way for you to to get a sneak peak into your child's understanding of what they are reading, and also to give you insight into the expectations for them this year.  Please be sure to take a look at the grading rubric (at the top of the page) as well as your child's answers.  Details are key to showing understanding.  

Thursday:

Friday (half day): Spelling assignment  Math weekly questions are due first thing in the morning.

- Please book your appointment for our upcoming Parent-teacher-student interviews taking place the week of October 31.  Appointments are on a first come, first serve basis and you can book starting at 9am this Friday.  Each appointment is 15mins long and can be done either virtually or in the classroom face to face.  If you believe we need more than 15 minutes, please contact me directly so that I can help you to book an additional block of time.  

Parents book appointments online at https://lgms.schoolappointments.com (not Parent Portal)

  Week of Oct.11: 

I hope you all had a wonderful, family filled Thanksgiving weekend and you were able to take some time to do something you love and to reflect on those important items that you are thankful for.  

Tuesday:  This week's homework is Math Weekly #3, due Friday morning 

      - Ask about our mold farming in science - it's getting interesting looking!!

Wednesday:

Thursday:  Social maps of the continents and oceans due

Friday (full day) : Math weekly questions are due first thing in the morning.  

  -  Bus Safety course last period today.

To help build some connections and to inspire your conversations about our mold lab where we are talking about fungi as decomposers and what we are observing in the classroom.  Here are a few exciting (and a little gross) pictures for you.

Take a look at our field trip to the Waste Management site in Canmore today.  Great weather, great information (and some not-so great smells:)

Thank you to our fabulous parent volunteers that joined us too for this informative outing.   * If you see any photos that you would like to keep of your child, please sign in to their Google Classroom for the link to the picture folder.

  Week of Spetember 3: 

Monday:  This week's homework is spelling - list #2  

We will be Mold Farming for science this week.  Please check with your child tonight about what small item they chose to collect and bring for school Tuesday.  * A small (finger sized/ couple of tablespoons worth amount) is needed in a zipped baggie.  I will have ziploc bags at school in case you don't have them)

Tuesday:  

Wednesday: 10:30-12:15 Waste Management Center - walking field trip.  

Thursday:

Friday (half day): Spelling assignment #2 due first thing in the morning.

* Please check in with your child that they have all of their work completed.  We once again had a number of students without their math weekly assignment completed last week.  When students do not have their work caught up they will be missing out on other classroom events or activities until they have all of their work done.  

Thank you for your help supporting your child on this at home!