la classe KC
2022 - 2023
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Working hard to learn our routines...
Everyday, we are learning more and more about how to do things in school. Our children are learning some words and expressions in French. We have had a wonderful start to our learning journey...
A few reminders:
the homework bag is my communication tool for forms and your notes
If you are ordering milk, please send a note with quantities - chocolate 0.75 and white 0.50
our day starts at 8:30
I can be reached at tjcouture@edu.pe.ca - I do normally get to my emails before 8AM and after 2:45 PM. If you need to change the end of day routine, please call the office as soon as possible.
Our children should be able to open their food containers - practice, practice, practice. I do take care of the thermos.
Forks and spoons are needed in our children's lunch bag.
We are going to do the Terry Fox run/walk this coming Friday. We are asking for a 1$ donation. We are trying to raise 1000$. Ms J ,Mr. Durrell and a mystery teacher will get a pie in the face!!!
Have a great week!
Thank you for coming to our meet the staff BBQ! It was fantastic to see you all...
Monsieur Terry
We are back!
It was so wonderful to see all our sweet faces today! Everyone seemed happy to be back in our world of building relationships and learning. As you already know, your daily support is so greatly appreciated. This week, we are back into our routines and we are learning to use certain expressions in french : J'aime (to like or love)... Please ask them to use it at home. They should be able to start their thinking with J'aime followed by something in english. We are also learning the french alphabet - this is more than only singing it. We are linking upper case and lower case letters. It is not an easy task!!! You wil find our ABC french song on this site.
Learning how to hold our pencil and write is very challenging for most of us. Give them some paper and a pencil so you are able to check it out. I will send you a link that could help with the proper pencil grip.
Here are a few important events happening this week:
We are going to do some Thanksgiving Craft and read some books...
Thursday is our Teaddy Bear Clinic - Our UPEI student nurses are going to set our classroom as an ER. Everyone is invited to bring a stuffy. It should fit in their school bag.
Friday is Orange Shirt day and also the Terry Fox Walk/Run .
Wednesdat Oct 19th, we are going to Arlington Orchard... You will find a high risk permission form in your child's homework bag - every section needs to be signed and the form returned. There is a cost of $3 for the event. If you wish to make a donation to help others in the class to be able to go. It would be greatly appreciated.
Well that is it for now!
Talk soon
Monsieur Terry
All the students who had ordered milk last week was carried over. Send me an email if you need to know about your child's milk situation.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
We are still working on establishing our daily routines... The children are responding well to the classroom expectations. You will find our classroom's code of conduct created by us all. After reading some books and having great conversations, the children came up with what we need to do to have the best learning day.
We are going to start some Halloween learning activities. We are learning to be everyone's friend and to be kind with our words, with our actions and with our hands.
You will find the Scholastic Book Reading club catalogues in our children's homework bag. If you desire to order, follow the instruction. I will send those catalogues home every month. It is only one way to get books in our children's hands. You may also go to our local library and bookstore.
Here are a few important dates coming up:
Wednesday Oct. 19th - going to Arlington Orchard
Friday Oct. 21st - no classes for students/ PD for staff
Thursday Oct. 27th - French Immersion School Picture Day
Monday Oct. 31st - Halloween: more information to come!
Have a wonderful day and talk soon...
Monsieur Terry
A four day week ahead
The next few days are going to be all about apples... As you know, we are heading out to Arlington Orchard this coming Wednesday for the morning. Looking at the weather forcast, we may have to cancel and go the next day. Keep your fingers crossed!
Our children are learning a lot of words and expressions in French. Ask them to sing our color song, to ask you how you are, Halloween words and something they like. You will be surprised! They are doing very well and working hard in all areas.
We are working on how to hold our pencil. We will also start working on proper scissor holding and cutting. This will need you home support.
A few reminders for the week:
Children do need their waterbottle everyday and the necessary spoon/fork to eat their lunch.
Arlington Orchard on Wednesday at this moment in time - I will email you early Wednesday if it it cancelled.
School picture day for our French Immersion students is Oct. 27th
No school this coming Friday (Oct. 21st) - All staff PD
Oct. 31st is Halloween - Our class will have a party! Treats are welcomed if packaged.
Have a great week and reach out if I am able to support you in anyway.
Monsieur Terry (tjcouture@edu.pe.ca)
Remembrance Day
Our children are working really hard in all areas of their day. Each day brings some new learning and the children are growing academically and socially. They are starting to use more and more French in our classroom. Your support is greatly appreciated. Please continue to encourage their daily effort. We will be reading alot of stories about Remembrance Day - at their level of course. I will get them to draw a picture to enter the Summerside Legion Contest - more information (permission to participate) to come via the homework bag. I will only send off the drawings of the students who hand in their permission forms.
Here are a few important dates:
Tuesday, Nov 8th : Home and School Meeting - Our next Home and School meeting will be at 6:00pm in the library.We had an excellent turnout last time so we hope to see lots of parents/guardians again this week!
Wednesday, Nov 9th: Home and School Fall Fundraiser will start. More details to come later this week. Check to homework bag...
Canada Games Torch Run - We will be celebrating the torch run during the afternoon.
Thursday, Nov 10th: Remembrance Day Assembly today.
Friday, Nov 11th: Remembrance Day
Wednesday, 16th: Parents are to sign up for Parent teacher interviews on SIGN-UP GENIUS platform. More information provided next week.
Our class will be going for a visit of the Learning Center (Library). We will be walking there. More information to come later, check the homework bag.
Friday, Nov 18th - National Child Day - cookies and milk provided for all students by the Home and School
Tuesday, Nov 22th - Report Cards go home
Thursday, Nov 24th - Parent Teacher in the evening
Friday, Nov 25th - Parent Teacher in the morning
I do encourage you all to send me a short email (tjcouture@edu.pe.ca) if you are sending money via the homework bag. Eventhough I do check it every morning, I want to make sure that I am getting the money and your notes. Some children maybe opening their homework bag on the bus or elswhere. Please remind the children to also tell me that they have money. Thank you much for helping out!
Have a great week and talk soon :)
Monsieur Terry
Celebrating all our children's growth this week!
We will have the opportunity to talk about our children's progress and challenges this week. It goes without saying that everyone has grown so much academically and socially since the first day of school. I hope that you are also seeing some positive changes at home with independance and skills. This is only possible when everyone is working together for each child.
It is not always easy to share, to cooperate, to work hard, to be kind all the time! Our children are mostly learning how to be with each other and to learn to respect that everyone is different.
Academically, we are still trying to learn our letters name and sounds... That is really challenging!
Here are a few important dates:
Tuesday, Nov. 22nd : Report cards are going home - You will find it in your child's homework bag.
Wednesday, Nov. 23rd: Potato fundraiser money and forms due back to school today.
Thursday, Nov. 24th : School Picture retakes - You will find a form to fill and to send to me as soon as possible. If your child wasn't at school, they will get their picture taken also.
Parent teacher Conference after school and evening
Friday, Nov. 25th : No school for students because of Parent Teacher Conferences
Monday, Nov. 28th: Ice Cream Sandwich orders due today/ They will get them on Wednesday
That is all for now!
Please make sure the children are dressed for the weather! It is getting really cold during outside playtime.
Monsieur Terry
December is here!
We are already a few weeks away from our Christmas break! A lot of events have happened in the last few weeks: First report card, Parent- Teacher Conferences, Visit to the Summerside Library, Home & School fundraiser, Elmer the Elf was in our classroom, had a pizza party for being the top selling class for the potatoe fundraiser...
The next few weeks are filled with so many learning opportunities. Of course, we will be continuing to follow our classroom routines and schedule but Christmas will also be part of all of it. As you already know, we are practicing our songs for the Christmas Concert! This should be so special and so exciting. Please keep in mind that the weather is colder and we are going outside for playtime - It is so important that our children have mittens, snowpants, hat.
Here are a few important dates:
A lot of Christmas Concert practicies this week!
Wednesday Dec 7th - Potato bag pick up after school
Friday Dec 9th - Christmas Story Guest Reader coming to our classroom. We have Mrs. Reeves, principal for TOSH and our former principal coming with a Christmas book.
Wednesday Dec 14th - Christmas Concerts: Grade K - 3 at 9:30 AM in the gym, Grade 4 - 6 at 1 PM in the gym
Thursday Dec. 15th - Going to the Wyatt Hertiage Properties for their Christmas event. We will be walking there for the morning performance.
Friday Dec. 16th - Assembly at 1 PM - We will get to see Ms. J kiss a chicken! Yep! You have actually read that!
Tuesday Dec. 20th - Last Day of School before the Christmas Break
Enjoy your week and talk soon
Monsieur Terry
A few pictures...
Pizza party picture! Yum! Yum!
We got a letter from Santa Claus today!
We were very excited!!!!
After the Christmas concert...
We are back tomorrow!
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas season with family and friends. This week, we will be getting back into our classroom routines and learning.
Have a wonderful day and talk soon
Monsieur Terry
We are heading into February!
Good morning all,
It's is hard to believe that we are heading into February this week. As you already know, this past week has been very exciting for all.
It all started with some wild winter weather. Once back in school, we had the pleasure to get a presentation on snakes and bearded dragons, a winter walk to the dome and a fantastic assembly revealing the values of what being EAGLES mean! We also worked hard on letter recognition, numbers, patterns, holding our scissors (challenging for many), drawing stories, talking in french, learning our winter clothing vocabulary...
Next week, we will have a milk presentation and the learning will continue!
I will send you the third reading homework in the yellow duo tang. I hope that this is not stressful and that some children are reading daily. Please remember the importance of you reading to them. I've included our short video on the homework process in case you didn't see it. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jYvwWOsva6G5Jmwu2qp3ARjcnI04tvjo/view?usp=share_link
A few important dates:
February 2nd - Our school is hosting from 6PM to 7 PM a session called Co-Regualation: How to share your calm with your children.
February 3rd - Kindness Candy purchase are due - You will find a form in your child's homework bag. You can buy a small bag of candy for your child for $1. We will not be accepting late orders.
That is all for this week
Have a great weekend and talk soon :)
Monsieur Terry
Remember to read Ms. Doyle's and Ms. J's weekly update.
Winter Carnival and wellness week!
We are going to have a wonderful week before the break! I have included the activity schedule:
Monday is hat day...
Tuesday is PJ day and we are going to the movies in the morning. We will be sharing our Valentine's Day cards and party time! Music and food are only some of the highlights.
Wednesday is Pink Shirt Day or dress alike day. Students and staff will have a pancake breakfast. We are also going to play Canada Games Trivia.
Thursday is Blue and White day. We are also going skating... Students who are not skating are going to have some fun at school!
Friday is Red and White day (the Canada colors).
The last email you have all received has everyone's name for the Valentine's Day cards. If your child is participating, please have one for every child in the class. It is hard to deal with hurt feelings...
Learning will still happen during all this...
Furthermore, I would like to THANK you all for your support since September and I have enjoyed working with our/your children. I know that the future is bright for our/your children because they are already demonstrating some leadership qualities, kind hearts and joy of learning.
Take care and be well!
Monsieur Terry
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