Bonjour!
I am very excited to begin the school year! My goal is to create a positive learning
environment to help set your child up for success in
developing good work habits and responsibility for his/her
work and behaviour. I look forward to your support and partnership in
making this a great year for your child.
The following teachers will also be working with your child this
year:
M. Johnson - Music
M. Eldridge/ M. Davis - Physical Education
Classroom News
Please visit our classroom blog. You can
read our classroom news as well as see some of your child’s work.
Communication
I believe communication between parents and teacher
is integral to your child’s success at school. Please feel free to
contact me with any questions or concerns you may have via email: lmenard@pembinatrails.ca , by phone: (204) 889-1034 or with
a note in your child’s agenda. I will respond as quickly as possible.
Agenda
The agenda is an excellent communication and organizational tool. Your child will bring home his/her agenda every night,
containing assignments, reminders and/or notes from school. Please sign it daily. The agenda will be found in a zippered bag. Please return the zippered bag daily.
Scholastic Book Orders
Each month your child will be bringing home Scholastic order
forms. Do not feel obligated to purchase, but do look through it with
your child. Please do not send cash.
If you would like to order:
Option A:
Please submit the order with a cheque payable to Scholastic Canada Ltd.
by the date specified.
Option B:
An new option this year is to pay by credit card using parent pay.
- Parents visit parentpay.scholastic.ca to complete the payment for their Reading Club order, then submit their order form to their child's teacher.
- Teachers place class orders as usual and when they're ready to submit, the parent payments are already there waiting to be applied.
- Books arrive in our classroom.
Homework
“Ask Me To” will be sent home on
Wednesdays and will be expected to be completed and returned by the following
Wednesday. Some of the assignments will be found on the blog and some will be tasks for your child to complete. The assignments are to reinforce what is being studied in class.
Home Reading
Students will have a home reading bag which will contain their
books and a reading log. They will be changing their books once a week;
therefore, they will choose a variety of books to read for the week. The
students will be reading in English as well as in French. Since the
students will be required to bring the book bag back and forth from home to
school throughout the year, I ask for your help in encouraging them to be
responsible for the bag and its contents.
Zippered Bags
I will send home an envelope
containing your child’s work. This will
allow you to see your child’s academic progress.
Some of your child’s work will remain at school in his/her
portfolio for student led conferences.
Please keep the work at home and send the bag back to school.
Healthy Learning
We are promoting the knowledge and practice of healthy eating
habits at a young age. Students are encouraged to bring nutritious snacks
to school. A healthy diet is associated
with better learning outcomes.
Parties
We will be having class parties throughout the year. Each student will be assigned a party to
contribute a snack to. Those responsible
for snacks will be contacted a few days before each party. Snack sign up will happen around the end of September.
Classroom Expectations
During
the first week of school, the students and I will work together to establish
our classroom expectations. They will be
posted in the classroom and a copy will be glued in their agendas. We will be going over these expectations
often during the year.
Schedule
Library - Day 5. (Library books should be returned.)
Music
- Days 1, 4 and 6.
Physical Education - Days 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
I am looking forward to a great learning
year with your son or daughter!
Mme Leanne Menard
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