Parents Meeting Reminder

This is a reminder that Parents Meeting is next Sunday November 4th 2012. Please send the note back signed to confirm your attendance. The note was sent last week with the students.

Looking forward to meeting you all!

Homework Change and Parents Meeting

The Math homework for today will be a worksheet instead of the Math Practice book.

You will receive a note today regarding the Parents Meeting, it is on November 4th 2012. Please sign the note and send it bac to confirm attendance.

Thanks

Book Character Costumes

This Wednesday we are celebrating the end of "Reading Week". The students will come to school wearing a costume of a book character. We discussed what they can wear today and here are some ideas:

- They cant come dressed as a cartoon character such as Sponge Bob or Ben Ten.

- If they dont want to dress up, they have to come wearing the school uniform.

- Be creative when making your costume you can use old clothes, construction paper and any items you find at home.

The kids thought of the following characters:
- Ali Baba
- Red Riding Hood
- Miss Nelson
-Miss Viola Swamp
- Dr. Seuss
- Fancy Nancy

We are trying to read 100 books by Wednesday so encourage your child to read a lot at home this week.

Thanks

Homework Changes

Hello Parents,

As you child may have told you, I was absent today. There will be no homework for today. Check the homework tomorrow.

Thank you
Laila

Sitara Trip

We are very excited about our trip to Sitara. The kids are looking forward to watching the play and interacting with the cast.

Here are some reminders:

- The students are expected to wear their school uniform.
- The food policy still applies and any prohibited food items will be taken away.
- There is no buying there, so please dont send any money with your child.
- Mobile Phones are not allowed.
- The students will return to school after the trip and its a normal school day.

Thank you
 

Spelling

We will be starting our spelling tests this week. Every Sunday I will provide the students with the spelling words (They are the basic words in the Journeys books) and they will get tested on them every Thursday. Check the homework section every Sunday to know where the words are in the book.

We will also be working on "Dolch Words" which are words they should know before moving to 3rd Grade. These words will not be included in the spelling tests as we will practice them in class and we will have surprise tests for these words.

This week the spelling test will be next Sunday as Thursday we have the trip.

Thanks

Grade 1 and 2 Values

Grade 1 and Grade 2 are learning about Values. Each month the teacher will pick a value for the children to learn about. This is helping the children to learn how to play nicely with their friends, take care of themselves and respect people around them.

This month, the Value is Friendship. The children will be given a Value card if a teacher catches them showing friendship. The child then puts their card in a draw box. Every 2 weeks, Grade 1A, Grade 1B, Grade 2A and Grade 2B will meet for a Values Celebration. We will talk about the Value, and we will also draw 4 names from the box. These 4 children are chosen randomly! They will have morning snack in the Elementary office with Ms. Sanaa as a special prize! They will have hot chocolate in the cold months, and some popcorn in the warm months!

I am looking forward to seeing our kids showing the values!

October Value: Friendship
Friendship is having kind words to other people, helping people, giving a hug or playing with someone who you don't always play with.

Missing Supplies

Dear Parents,

Please make sure you have sent the correct supplies. We have some students missing folders and sketchbooks.

Please make sure they have:
- 2 sketch books (Science and Social Studies)
Most students only got one sketchbook and we need them urgently as all our Science and SS activities are done using them.

- Three folders (Red,Green,Yellow)
- Transparent home folder

Thank you

Leveled Readers

Starting today the students will start getting their "leveled books" with them home. They will be in their red folders. Please make sure they read it and bring it back the next day to school.

Your child will bring a book around 3-4 times a week.

Please keep them in the "Red Folder" so that they dont get ripped, if a book is ripped there is a fine of 100 LE.

Thank you
 

Important Notice

Please note that next Thursday 4th October will be a half day for students. They will leave at 12 pm. If your child leaves by car, please make sure to pick them up at that time.

Also, Sunday 7th October is a day off.

Thank you