Wednesday May 6, 2015

Homework

1. Literacy Map: 

Please encourage your child to print 1 line of each spelling word and at 2 sentences using these words.  As they are printing the words they should be making the sounds for each grapheme they print.  Please have your child edit their sentences to ensure that they have the following: Sentences start with an uppercase and the rest lowercase, end with punctuation, simple words spelled correctly, and include juicy words (descriptive vocabulary).

Green Group (Ms. Beechey):

Monday: books, apples

Tuesday: games, boys

Wednesday: girls, learn

Thursday: Practice Quiz/Review

Friday: Quiz

Blue Group (Mrs. McGivern)

Monday: box, boxes, wish, wishes (Please review the rule for adding suffixes to words ending in s, z, x, ch, sh)

Tuesday: sing, together, heard, thank 

Wednesday:  please, spring, grass, flowers

Thursday: Practice Quiz/Review

Friday: Quiz   

2. Reading:

Please have your child read for a minimum of 10-15 minutes per night.  This can be a paper book or Raz-Kids.  If using Raz-Kids, please have your child listen to the book, read the book, and then complete the comprehension quiz (independently).  Remember to allow your child time when solving unknown words.  Encourage them to use single and double graphemes, think about what would make sense, use the picture clues, and skip the word and continue reading to solve the word. 

3.Tell and Show:

This is our last week of Tell & Show.  This week will be sharing letter Z and any other letters students haven’t shared yet.  Please allow your child to complete this work independently.  Thank you to those of you who have been doing this already.  If you are concerned we will not be able to read your child’s writing please just scribe underneath what they have written. 

Ask Me About:

Writing: What is a simile?  Give an example of a simile using yourself.  I am as _______________ as a ___________________.

Reminders:

1. Blue Forms: There are blue forms in your child’s purple folder that need to be signed and returned to school as soon as possible for our May 14^th Fieldtrip to Bowmont Park. Parent Volunteers will also need to fill out a form, which we will send with your child.

2. Volunteering:  We now have enough volunteers for our Bowmont Park and Heritage Park fieldtrips.  However, both classes still require volunteers for our Birdhouse Building (June 8^th-12:30 -3:00 at the school). If you are interested in volunteering and have completed/will be completing your Police Clearance please email your child’s teacher.

3. Canceling “Fun Lunch”: Our May 14^th field trip will be on a “fun lunch” day.  It is recommended that you cancel your child’s fun lunch.  If you are unable to cancel the lunch, it will be kept in the fridge and given to your child at the end of the day. To cancel see below:

All Orders can be canceled or deleted as long as it is before the 5 day cut-off.  Go to the "My orders" tab and select "My Up-Coming Orders". You will see all of your up-coming orders with a "Delete" button to the right. When you delete an order your refund will be automatically sent to your method of payment. It will show on your Credit Card or bank account within 24-48 hours.

4.  Volunteer Tea: Please join us in appreciating the wonderful volunteers at Panorama Hills School. On Tuesday May 26th 2015 from 1:30PM – 2:30PM, we will be hosting a Volunteer Tea in our Gymnasium to recognize and celebrate all that our volunteers do for our school community. Come and enjoy some special treats served by none other than our silver service grade 3 Student Voice team! We look forward to seeing you there!

5.   Book orders: This is our second last book order of the year. All orders are due Friday May 8^th.

6.  The Alex: As a school, we will be collecting items for The Alex from May 4-14th.  We are collecting items such as: new toothbrushes, toothpaste, socks, deodorant, etc. Place the donation items into a clean sock and put the other sock inside.  Please bring any items you may have for donation and hand them into your classroom teacher and we will deliver the items the third week of May. Thank you for your generosity and thoughtfulness as we continue to support our homeless youth in Calgary. 

7. Real Recyclers Challenge: WASTE FREE WEDNESDAYS:  Classes are competing to reduce their garbage at lunchtime by bringing a litterless lunch every Wednesday for the month of May.  Winning classes will host the Class Cup or get a recycled bracelet for championing this environmental challenge!

8. Boston Pizza Receipts: Continue to send in your Boston Pizza receipts to support our Boston Pizza Fundraiser.  When your child brings in a receipt they have a chance to win a prize.

9. Education Budget: To check out the information on the recent education budget information: http://www.cbe.ab.ca/about-us/budget-and-finance/Pages/budget.aspx

A note from Panorama Hills Comprehensive Health Committee:

Click HERE to check out information on how our school is connected to the Calgary Scotiabank Marathon!!!Click HERE to support our school in winning $$ for PE equipment by registering for one of the Calgary Scotiabank Marathon walks/runs

Important Dates:

Friday May 8: Book orders due

                            Early Dismissal 2:05pm (Please be on time)

Thursday May 14:  BOWMONT PARK FIELD TRIP-ALL DAY

Friday May 15: Non-Instructional Day (no school for students)

Monday May 18: Victoria Day: NO SCHOOL

Tuesday May 26: Volunteer Tea 1:30pm-2:30pm

Thursday May 28: Multicultural night

Friday May 29: Early Dismissal 2:05pm (Please be on time)

Wednesday June 3: Heritage Park Fieldtrip-ALL DAY

Monday June 8: Building Birdhouses (12:30-3:00pm at Panorama Hills School)