Miss Flanigan's Class

  Happy end of September! This week students began reviewing place value in math, continued learning/reviewing proper grammar in writing and continued their studies around National Truth and Reconciliation Day in social studies. If you were not able to place your scholastic book order for this month, there will be a new order date for October in next weeks blog post! Read to Win Info for home reading:  https://readtowin.ca/for-families Homework for the long weekend: -Students who did not finish our PLACE VALUE practice pages are to take them home to finish for homework and bring back on MONDAY MORNING. 

  Happy Friday! It was wonderful to see so many amazing families last night for the Meet the Teacher Open House.  This week students began their look into bar graphs in math, did an in depth review of nouns and verbs in writing and began learning about the different types of waste we have in our world (and our school) in science. Students gave their best smiles on Tuesday for picture day, I cant wait to send the prints home when we receive them! Please remember that there is no school next Friday September 29th for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.  ** We are in need of volunteers for our field trips this upcoming year with our first one coming up in October. You will need a police clearance form in order to volunteer. Please email me ASAP if you are able to help us this year! Important Dates: - September 27th Terry Fox Run (Bring your Toonies for Terry!) - September 29th Scholastic Book Orders Being Placed! - September 29th No School - October 12th IPP's to go home - Hall

Yay! We made it through the first official 5 day school week of the year! Students will probably be a little extra tired this weekend, so much learning to absorb this week. This week, students began to explore data collection through pictographs, began their exploration of the diverse landscapes in Alberta and continued to build their writing brains back up from the summer. Students also had their first library visit of the year, pease be sure if your student likes to bring their school books home that they come back every Tuesday (our library day) to be renewed and/or exchanged.  Upcoming dates: - School Pictures Tuesday September 19th - September 21st 4:00-7:30pm Meet the Teacher - September 22nd No School for Students (NID) - September 27th Terry Fox Run One of the goals of observing the life of Terry Fox and participating in this Canada-wide event is to raise money for the Terry Fox Foundation.  The run demonstrates generosity and determination of those who participate in it.  ‘Too

 Happy Friday Families!  This week students continued to build community within our classroom. We learned about ourselves as learners in a new environment and continued to have some joyful moments to begin our year. Students got access to their Google Classroom accounts, learned some fun math games and did some about me writing. Just a few reminders about the coming weeks: - Meet the Teacher Night Open House is Thursday September 21st 4:00-7:30pm - If you have any empty toilet paper rolls, please send them into the school... instruments are in the making, and music is in need! - Scholastic book flyers are coming home today, as students were very excited about reading this year, and there are some good deals for families if they are wanting to have books at home! :) Our class code is RC147808. Books will be shipped to the school and sent home with your student when they arrive! Orders for September are due by the 29th. Have a great weekend! Kendra