Our Blog Posts

On Monday we blogged about our weekend activities! You can see them here:

 https://kidblog.org/class/MrsEldersClass2016/posts

Writer's Workshop

Each day we do guided writing activities to help students practice the skills we are teaching them.  We have been giving students picture prompts  to guide their writing and these students offered to share their writing with the class.

** We have been working on the season of Fall, taking clues from colours, and asking questions

Bake Sale Tuesday

The SRC will be hosting a Terry Fox Bake Sale on Tuesday, Sept 27^th at morning recess.  
All items are $1.  Thank you in advance for your support.

FCC Drive Away Hunger

Once again Coronach School is participating in the FCC Drive Away Hunger campaign in honor of World Food Day on October 14th.

Collection bags were sent home today and should be returned before October 11th.  A list of the most needed items are attached to the collection bag.  Last year Coronach School collected 770 pounds of food and we are hoping to beat that total this year!

Thank you for your support!

School Pictures

School Pictures envelopes are being sent home today.  Details of available packages and ordering information is on the envelope.  Please return envelopes (even if you are not ordering) by September 28th.

Our First Blog Posts!

Last week the students did their very FIRST blog posts on their very OWN blogs!!
You can view the posts here:

https://kidblog.org/class/MrsEldersClass2016/posts

We would love for you to share this link with friends and family (around the world) who may be interested in our classroom.  We always try to get as many "visitor flags" from around the world as possible so please share with others.

We also encourage you, and others, to leave comments on our blog as it helps to create ownership of our posts and initiate reading and conversations online.  Please follow these guidelines when sharing comments on our blog:

1) Only use first names when commenting on the blog.  Names like Mom, Dad, Auntie Suzy and Grandma Betty are perfect BUT please do not use Grandma Betty Smith, as it is not a safe internet practice and creates issues with privacy and safety.

2) As we are using the blog for a teaching tool, we encourage all comments to use proper spelling, punctuation and language (no abbreviations, slang, etc)

3) Please only leave positive comments on the blog. Again, we are encouraging conversations and building confidence so only positive comments will be approved.

4) Be patient with comment approval.  ALL posts and comments MUST be approved by me before they are visible on the blog.  I do try to check each day but that does not always happen ~ it will be approved as soon as possible.

Reading Spaces and Stamina

For the first few weeks of school we work on finding the best places to work and read.  With so many seating options within our room, this is an important first step in taking ownership of their learning.  We have made some great progress and the students have definitely found some places to help build their reading and writing stamina.

Scholastic Book Orders

Yesterday your child brought home book order catalogs from Scholastic.  When you order from Scholastic, our classroom earns credit towards purchasing Reading and Math Resources, classroom books and other items, so thank you in advance for your support.

If you are interested in ordering from September catalogs, please return the order form and a cheque (we are not allowed to accept cash) by Monday, September 19th.

Library Days ~ Correction

My previous post about library visits asked for the library bags and journals to be returned on Monday, which was an error on my part.  We will visit the library every Wednesday, so the green library bags and journals can be returned every Wednesday morning.

Sorry for the confusion.

Star of the Week Schedule

Below is the schedule for Star of the Week.  A few days before your child's turn, a Star of the Week bag will arrive at home. There is a guideline in the bag for what information we are requesting and paper to write the information on.  Your child will present this information and our class will then create a book describing your child.  Thanks for your cooperation!

Sept 12  Anthony
Sept 19  Kieren
Sept 26  Dillyn
Oct 3      Cade
Oct 11    Demetri
Oct 18    Walker
Oct 24    Fiona
Oct 31    Rylan
Nov 7    Bryn
Nov 14  Mackenzie
Nov 21  Josie
Nov 28  Lexy
Dec 5    Brayden
Dec 12   Caili
Jan 3    Jesse
Jan 9    Danesha
Jan 16  Ellie
Jan 23  Alexis
Jan 31  Ella
Feb 6   Dylan
Feb 13 Gillian
Feb 27  Jadon
Mar 6  Kiptyn
Mar 13  Ky
Mar 20  Bronson
Mar 27  Jaycee
Apr 3  Declan
Apr 10  Ciera
Apr 24  Saydee
May 1  Kali
May 8  Kaylee
May 15 Samantha
May 29 Quinn

Alphabet Rings and Word Rings

Over the last few days your child may have brought home an alphabet ring or a word ring. These are the beginning steps to reading and we strongly encourage you to practice them daily until they are recognized by sight (the alphabet cards or words should be read quickly, without hesitation).  Once they are recognized by sight and with confidence, return them to school and we will switch them for the next ring.

Thank you for your support in our first steps towards building readers!

Fall Painting with Aluminum Foil

Library Visits, Ways to Read Books and Good Fit Books

Today we made our first visit to the school library.  Students will be bringing home 5 books to read over the next week.  All 5 books, and Reading Journals, need to be returned the following Wednesday morning.

We have been learning about the 3 ways to read a book:
1) Read the Pictures (allow the child to look at the pictures and tell you what they see, or create a story based on what is happening in the pictures)
2) Read the Words (read all the words, or share your reading with an adult)
3) Retell the story (after someone has read the book to them, they retell it)

Their library books can be read in any of these ways, and then documented in their Reading Journal that is in their library bag.

Today we also talked about Good Fit books, and how your books should fit you. We are in the beginning stages of this lesson, and it is a long process to learn what books fit them but it will happen.  Today we compared how books are like shoes, and need to fit properly in order to help us in the best way.  Books, or shoes, that are way to big only make us stumble and get frustrated.  Again, this is a long lesson that we will practice daily, but I want you to be familiar with the language we are using at school.

Community Terry Fox Walk

Coronach School will be hosting a community Terry Fox Walk on Wednesday, September 28th at 2pm.

We are opening our school gym to the public at 12pm. The committee will, again, have a Penny Parade over the lunch hour in the gym and we will start our walk from there at 2. We love having the community walk with us!

Please try your best to support this great cause!

  

SRC Spirit Week

The SRC is hosting a Spirit Week from September 19th - 22nd and we encourage everyone to participate in the following days:

Monday - PJ Day

Tuesday - Hat Day

Wednesday - Coronach Colt Color Day (blue and green)

Thursday—Fall Colour Day (red, orange, yellow, green and brown)