Dear parents,
Tuesday park day is a GO!
We will leave the school fairly shortly after attendance, so please be on time.
Remember, students are welcome to bring a ball, frisbee or other game to play with at the park, but they must be able to carry it on their own and are responsible for keeping track of all their belongings. All students will need a lunch (litterless if you can) and water bottle.
Please send students to school with sunscreen already applied, a hat, and if your child has a Dewson t-shirt, this would be a good day to wear it!
We will be back to school around 12:30 and report cards will be distributed at the end of the day.
As always with reports, I will talk to the children about the following:
1. Only open your envelope with a parent or caregiver.
2. Please consider the learning skills section carefully - it is hard to make progress academically without strong learning skills and I have taken great care to be specific here.
3. My comments are more important than specific marks. I've worked hard to say what your child is great at and what you can continue to work on. Nevertheless, here are what the letters mean:
If you receive a 'B' or 'G', that means you are meeting expectations - following instructions, completing work well, working with an appropriate amount of independence... basically what the teacher has asked of you. These are great marks and should be celebrated! A 'C' or 'S' means you are approaching expectations. You could use a little practice with that skill or concept, but nothing to get upset about. A 'D' or 'N' means we need to work on this area and it is important that we work on it both at school and at home. To achieve an 'A' or 'E', you really must be demonstrating that you have gone beyond expectations. This could mean working or maintaining classroom routines independently, making connections between concepts, putting a great deal of energy into creating work that is more detailed or more descriptive than what was expected or outlined.
Please share my comments with your children and help them set a goal for grade 2!
You've probably noticed that we've begun cleaning out our classroom. A bunch of workbooks and duotangs came home today and we started working on the shoe bin. If you know you are missing shoes or anything else, please send your child to school on a mission to find it! One of the duotangs that came home today was our orange dictionary. I would encourage everyone to use this, along with your words of the week, to review over the summer. Then, in September, bring it back to school so that your student already has a bank of words to refer to in grade 2!
Please scroll down for a special thank you from me to you.
Thanks!