Final Updates

 Hello Parents, 

Here are some final updates for you!

Monday June 20 is our School-Wide Year-End Assembly.  Students must be in formal uniform. 

Tuesday June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day - this is a casual day and students are asked to please wear an orange shirt. 

Wednesday June 22 is Pioneer Day.  This is a casual day however students are welcome to dress up in clothes from the past if you have some! Students will be engaging in a variety of activities throughout the day. 

Thursday June 23 is a casual day. 

Friday  June 24 is SPORTS DAY  - Each class at the school will be wearing a different colour.  PLEASE HAVE YOUR CHILD WEAR A WHITE SHIRT and casual bottoms. 

Monday June 27 is a casual day .

Tuesday June 28 is a casual day and the last day of school! 

Please email me if your child will be leaving school early, as they have many items they will be bringing home before that last day of school. 

Sincerely 

Miss Boettcher 

Heritage Park Field Trip

 Hello Parents! 
We have our final field trip of the year tomorrow to Heritage Park.  We will be going - so please dress your child to be outside in the rain with appropriate weather gear, umbrellas, jackets, etc.  Reminder that students need to be in formal uniform as we represent TLC and Le Roi Daniels. 

Please pack snacks and a lunch for your child - and a water bottle as well! 

Community Walk

 Students will be going on a community walk around the perimeter of Le Roi Daniel's School field this week, weather pending! :) We will look for signs of summer!

Friday March 18

I hope you have a wonderful, safe and healthy  Spring Break with your family !

Couple of Info Items:

• Homework will be posted Monday March 28 upon student's return to class. 
• Students are bringing home their leprechaun traps, and a special note as well! 
• Please click on the link to Mrs. Hawkins MUSIC BLOG, and Click the "WILLY WONKA" link and have your child practice singing the Grade 1 songs for our performance coming up next month! April 21st! Save the Date!
• Have a fabulous Spring Break!

Sincerely

Miss Boettcher 

Friday March 4

 Happy Friday! What a lot of snow we received this week! A friendly reminder to please send your child with appropriate winter gear, such as hats, mittens/gloves and snowpants :) 

I understand some parents have encountered glitches with homework assignments on Mathletics.   I believe the issue has been rectified on my end.  I sincerely apologize for any confusion! I of course understand if students were unable to complete the assigned Mathletic's tasks this past week. Thank you for your understanding! 

• Please see the additional information in the upcoming homework assignment about bringing in items to build leprechaun traps the week of March 14. 
• Please book a (virtual) parent-teacher conference - system opens Saturday morning at 8am. 
• We are visiting the Book Fair to browse the books on Tuesday March 8.  Students are able to bring in money for Thursday March 10 to purchase books.  Mrs. Taylor will also send an email with the online book fair store school link should you wish you purchase books that way.  

Thank you so much and have a wonderful weekend

Miss Boettcher 

Fun Science Experiment

 Hello! Check out our awesome experiment we did today! 

Friday February 25

 HAPPY 100th DAY OF SCHOOL!

Ask your child about all the different activities they did today!

• 100 second workout challenge
• 100 second meditation
• 100 second name and number writing
• 100 item building
• $100 - what would you buy?
• Race to 100 with a partner 

AND MORE!!! 

Have a fabulous weekend!

Week Wrap Up - Friday February 11

• ! Monday is Casual Day - Valentine's Themed Colours - Red, Pink, Purple
• Bring your valentines if you made them on Monday to hand out to classmates ! 
• Next week is only school for 3 days - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday!
• Homework will be due February 25 
• 100th Day of School Celebrations February 25! (More info to come soon!) 

Friday January 28

 Wow! Here we are at the end of January! What a wonderful 3 weeks of learning! 

• Monday - NO SCHOOL - PD DAY 
• Fun Lunch for Panago has been posted! 
• Please send your child with 2 clean masks each day.  I have medical-grade masks available for them in the classroom as well. 
• Thank you for continuing to keep our classroom as safe as possible.  Please complete the AHS Daily Checklist, each morning before school.  Even if your child tests negative but has symptoms of cold/illness, they must stay home until they have no symptoms.  Thank you! 

This week, students:

• Reviewed and practiced addition facts to 20 through various warm ups, mad minutes, games and open-ended word problems
• Kicked off a new Science unit all about COLOUR! Ask your child about the primary and secondary colours! 
• Wrote a funny story about DJ Dog and a guitar playing pig! 

Friday January 21

 Weekly Wrap-Up!

We are so excited to share these photos with you of our community! We are so so proud of our hard work!! 

Reminders and Updates:

• Test Kits will be sent home on Monday with your child
• Library Books returned each Thursday please and thank you! 
• Thank you for continuing to monitor your child for any symptoms of cold/flu/illness and following the AHS Daily Health Checklist.  Thank you for helping to keep our class and students safe and stopping any transmission of illness. 
• Have a fabulous weekend!

Miss Boettcher 

Monday January 17, 2022

 Hello Families!

I hope you had a wonderful weekend!  New homework has been posted.  Please remember to mark and check your child's homework.  I do not mark their homework but check if it has been completed and track complete/incomplete. 

Reminders:

- Please send 2 clean masks with your child each day 

- Virtual Parent Council Meeting this Wednesday 6:30pm

- FUN LUNCH CANCELLED! 

- January 31 is a PD Day  - no school! 

Have a wonderful week! Stay tuned for details about our community building project!

Welcome Back! Hello 2022!

 Happy Monday!

Welcome Back to School! I was so happy to see each student this morning and hear all about their time on vacation! 

Reminders:

• Name Project - if you haven't already, please complete the name project (see previous post) and send in as soon as possible for sharing!
• Boxes - do you have any leftover boxes (cereal box, shoe box, etc) that we can have? Students will be creating a special Social Studies project starting next week and we are in need of boxes! Please send clean boxes with your child this week if you are able to! Thank you!
• Homework - new homework has been posted on the homework page - I will do a Friday check for all homework assignments.  
• Please do not send your child to school if they are unwell or have any symptoms, even if they have a negative test.  Please complete the AHS Daily Checklist and refer to Mrs. Taylor's welcome back email as well.  
• We have not received the rapid tests or medical masks from the government yet.  Please ensure your child comes to school wearing a new, clean mask each day and has at least 2 backup masks in their backpack as well.  

Have a wonderful week! Check back here on Friday for our weekly wrap-up! 

Miss Boettcher 

Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays!!

Hello Parents & Guardians!

Thank you for every gift and wonderful note and card! I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas Break!

• Students brought home 2 handmade ornaments today
• Ask your child about our paper chain challenge!
• Here is the digital link to the name project: My Name Project
• If you have any extra cardboard boxes (cereal, shoe boxes, small toy) and you don't mind hanging onto them until the new year, please send them to school with your child the week of January 4 - we have a secret Social Studies project planned (building a community!) Stay tuned for more details in the new year!

See you in 2022!

Sincerely, 

Miss Boettcher 

Monday December 13

 Reminders:

Please see Mrs. Taylor's email about each day's dress-up themes! 

Homework has been posted - you have several weeks to complete the tasks - homework is due Friday January 7, 2022

Weekly Wrap-Up: December 10

 Reminders:

Please see Mrs. Taylor's email with all details for next week's fun festivities! 

Thank you for your generous donations to the food bank! So far, Room 20 students have brought in 71 items! Wow!! Amazing!

Our Learning This Week:

• We finished representing numbers up to 20! Ask your child to show you! 
• We discussed 2D shapes, how we could sort them, learned the new word "vertice" and played dice roll addition games with partners! We also made 2D Shape pizzas!
• We made our own 1-100 number lines and then circled the 2s to 20, 5s to 100 and 10s to 100! 
• In Social, students started to create their own dream community maps, complete with 10+ landmarks, green spaces and more! Be on the look out for more information in January about when we start building a community! 
• Students continue to experiment with beginning story writing and using different sentence starters 
• We had an amazing Virtual Assembly with Earth Rangers! You can download the app for free and use the code "LYNX" for 25 points and the code "BELUGA" for a free shirt for your avatar! 
• In Art, we created an oil pastel winter sunrise art piece! 

 Weekly Wrap-Up: November 29 - December 3

Wow! Welcome to December! Time is just flying by! 

Reminders:

• Please ensure students have winter boots and all winter gear with them everyday for the winter season.  
• Please ensure students bring at least 2 clean masks with them each day.
• Fun Lunch Orders due soon
• Virtual Assembly with Earth Rangers next week on Dec 9!
• Donations to the Calgary Food Bank can be brought in at any time! We have a friendly challenge set up between the Grade 1 classes to see which class can bring in the most non-perishable food items! 

We Are Learning About...

Science

• Animal Senses and Changes during Autumn and Fall 

English Language Arts 

• Walking Stories about ourselves - I am strong when..., I can show respect when...
• Winter Story Prompts - can you use the sight word of the week "SNOW" to create a story? 

Math 

• Representing numbers, addition facts to 10, using a number line and manipulatives to solve addition problems, number bonds and number facts to 18 
• Practice skip counting by 2s to 20, 5s to 100 and 10s to 100 
• Doubles practice (1 + 1 = 2 all the way to 10 + 10 = 20) 

Social

• Final review of rights and responsibilities before we move into our community landmark project! Stay tuned for details! 

REMINDERS

 Hello Parents!

I hope you are having a good week so far! 

Please do not send your child to school if they are sick, even with mild symptoms of a cold.  We are doing our best as a school community to limit transmission of any viruses or sicknesses.   

 Reminders for the Week

• Parent-Teacher Conferences Thursday and Friday 
• No School Friday
• Taste Test Wednesday/Thursday afternoon
• Book Fair - Wednesday morning - check it out, Thursday morning, bring money to purchase books
• Food Drive - we are collecting non-perishable food for the Food Bank.  You can send in donations at any time! 

 Friday Wrap Up 

Reminders:

• Please book a parent-teacher conference if you have not already.  There are several openings on Friday morning.  
• Fun Lunch - November 24
• No School Friday November 26 due to Parent-Teacher Conferences 
• Hip-Hop Residency - look for video link to be sent out shortly from the school 

We had a special zoom meeting story time with a host from CBC Kids, Tony!  - We played a funny game and read us "Paddington the Magician" 

English Language Arts

• Focus on explicit practice and learning of weekly sight words 
• Picture prompts and sentence starters anchor chart - we are going to be starting simple story writing 

Math 

• Representing double digit numbers multiple ways
• Open-ended word problems 
• Addition with sums up to 10, bridging into sums up to 20 

Science

• Review of our five senses
• Introduction to animal senses and how animals change their appearance/prepare for seasonal changes

Social 

• Rights and Responsibilities - introduction - what are my rights as a child? What are my responsibilities

 Monday November 14 Reminders

• Have you booked a Parent-Teacher Conference yet? 
• Winter Gear - please ensure all of your students items are labelled with their name if possible! 
• Virtual School Meeting - Wednesday November 17 @ 6:30pm
• Fun Lunch orders due by November 20
• We need Casino Volunteers - please see Mrs. Taylor's email 
• Hip Hop Residency this week - wear casual clothes on Friday for special videotaping! 
• On Wednesday, we will have a virtual Zoom meeting with a host from CBC Kids, Janaye! She will read us a story!