Halloween

Please note that students will not attend school on Friday, October 31st.  As Halloween is celebrated on this date, students will the opportunity to participate in dressing -up on the Thursday afternoon of October 30th.

 If students would like, they may bring costumes which they can change into for the afternoon. For safety reasons, masks and weapons are not allowed to be part of the dress. As well, please do not send treats to school due to allergies, but save them for the trick-or-treaters of the Vista Heights community.

Determination!

Our virtue for October is Determination. Today we read the story The Little Engine that Could, where a happy little train breaks down and the clown and elephant are in despair. Please ask your child: What happened in the story? How did the little engine show determination? 

Here are some questions you can discuss at home:

1. How can you show determination when you are doing your home reading or chores?
2. How do you feel after finishing a hard task?
3. How can you make healthy choices this week?

Home Reading

Thank you for your continued support in helping your child read each day. Home reading books have been sent home, and Raz-Kids is always available at your convenience. 

Have you noticed the learning links on the right hand side of this page? Feel free to visit these free websites, as well as those under the Educational Resources page up above!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Every day, many of our students have been reading books from their Raz- kids collection. 

 Which book(s) will your child read this evening?

Pizza Lunch Tomorrow

Students who have ordered pizza, 

but usually eat lunch at home or at Daycare,

may eat with their friends at school

Please remember to pack a healthy snack for the morning break.

We have been studying the old European Folktale, 'Something From Nothing' illustrated by Phoebe Gilman.

 Joseph's grandfather made him a beautiful blanket when he was a baby, but now it's frazzled and worn, and Joseph's mother says it is time to throw it out. Joseph doesn't want to part with his special blanket, and he's sure that his grandfather can fix it. Sure enough, Grandfather miraculously alters the blanket into useful items again and again. But when Joseph loses the final item, even Grandfather can't make something from nothing. 

Please ask your child if Joseph can make 'Something from Nothing' ?

Can you make something from nothing?
 Please talk about  Something that you could make from nothing. 
Share your idea tomorrow morning.

Hot Soup Tomorrow

The soup was delicious but If your child was still hungry on Tuesday, 

please bring a sandwich, buns or some other extra food.

If your child did not return the form but would like to join, 
please write a note and send it to school.

Hot Soup Program - Sponsored by Meals on Wheels!
Today was the first day we had hot soup! Students who returned the soup forms were given soup today at lunch in addition to their lunch. Today we had Chicken Vegetable! If you wish for your child to participate in this program, they must eat lunch at school and have permission to be given soup. If you have not returned the soup forms yet, please bring them to school as soon as possible.

If you cannot locate this form, please write on a piece of paper that your child may participate in the FREE HOT SOUP program and indicate which soups they are allowed to eat from the following:

- Beef Noodle
- Chicken Rice
- Chicken Noodle
- Beef Rice
- Chicken Vegetable

Soup will be served every Tuesday and Thursday with a package of crackers!

Fish!
Ms. Toor and Mrs. Queen's classrooms have  new fish tanks! These aquariums have 6 fish each!
Introducing from Ms. Toor's class....

Throughout the year we will watch these fish grow and possibly add more! 

We will do a lot of scientific observations just like we did today! For example, what do you see in the tank? What do you notice the fish doing? Do you remember what schooling fish are?

Our Home Reading Program starts this week!

In your child's backpack please locate the home reading/communication folder. In this folder you will find two piece of paper and a home reading book. The first sheet includes some strategies to support to sound out words. The back page includes some comprehension questions you can ask your child during and after they finish reading.

On the home reading log, please fill in (or have your child fill in) the information. Please assess whether or not the book was easy to read, just right, or too hard. This will help us in determining what kind of books should be sent home the next time.

This home reading program will work in conjunction with the Raz-Kids program. If your child has read books on Raz-Kids, they are not required to read the paper book. If they have read the paper book, they are not required to read on Raz-Kids. 

Early literacy is so important and we appreciate your support in your child's learning!

Reminders
- Last day for Pizza orders is tomorrow (Tuesday, October 21, 2014)
- Pizza day is on Friday October 24, 2014
- Last day for soup forms is tomorrow (Tuesday, October 21, 2014)