Inline Skating

• Students are welcome and encouraged to bring their own helmets (bike helmet, skateboard-type helmet) on skating days
• Socks are required for skating
• Comfortable clothes that are easy to move in would be best.  Perhaps no dresses/skirts on skating days
• We will be watching this video clip from Alien Inline on Wednesday morning.  Here is the link in case you would like to review it at home as well. 
• http://alieninline.com/program-orientation-video/

Library 

• Students are bringing home a library book today.  We each borrowed 2 books.  One should be in the backpack and one stays at school.
• Note that library books are not necessarily at your child's reading level, and support may be required to read the books.

Me Bags

• Thank you for helping your child to create a "Me Bag."  We have shared many already, but we have a few bags left here for sharing next week.  We have learned so much about each other!

Some of the things we have been working on this week:

• Sorting by colour, size, type, etc.
• Skip counting by 1's, 2's, 5's and 10's to 100
• Reviewing calendar concepts such as days of the week, months of the year and counting the number of days we have been in school
• Practicing two ways to read a book - Read the words and Read the pictures
• We have been reading and writing using the following picture books for inspiration:  The Kissing Hand, First Day Jitters and How I Spent My Summer Vacation.
• We are looking at signs of the seasons in Science.  Please take any opportunity to have conversations about the changes around us as we head into the Autumn season.

Next week:

• International Peace Day is on Wednesday.  We will be making Pinwheels for Peace.  For more information, here is one of the websites we will be using to support our learning:   www.pinwheelsforpeace.com
• Meet the Teacher night is next Thursday, September 22 from 6:30-7:30.  We are looking forward to seeing everyone!
• Friday September 23 is a PD Day.  There are no classes on this day.