I hope you had a wonderful week and enjoyed the little bursts of sunshine and warmth that showed up in the afternoons! I am so proud of our students and how well they have continued to settle in during our second week of school. They are truly an amazing group of kiddos and I feel so lucky to spend my days with them! 😊
Here are some important information updates:
🍋 Citrus Catering Canteen -
Check out our amazing new canteen service starting next week!
www.citruscatering.ca
grade3ferguson.weebly.com/citrus-catering
🧡 Orange Shirt Day School T-Shirt Orders -
Order a special t-shirt for your child for Orange Shirt Day on Wednesday, September 30th!
riverstoneorangetshirt2020.itemorder.com/sale
📖 Scholastic Book Orders
This month’s Scholastic Reading Club flyers are now available! This year, there is one all-ages flyer that will be sent home monthly and the rest of the selections will be located online. Families receive free shipping to their homes on online orders over $35.00! Your order helps our classroom earn free books and resources! Thank you for supporting your child’s reading success both at home and in the classroom!
Online Scholastic Digi-Flyer - www.scholastic.ca/rc/digiflyer
Order Online - www.scholastic.ca/clubshop
3F Class Order Code - RC174436
📚 Weekly Library Sign Out - Starts Next Week on Tuesday!
Students will now have the opportunity to sign out 2 school library books every week. Our weekly library exchange day will always be on Tuesdays. Library books will be due the following Monday or Tuesday so we can sign out new books during our next library block. It is my hope that these library books will provide additional selection for both independent and shared reading at home. The Grande Prairie Public Library is also an amazing place to help broaden your child’s home reading selections!
I have uploaded a “Parent’s Guide to Reading” resource to our class website here:
grade3ferguson.weebly.com/parent-resources.
It will help to clarify various aspects of literacy skills and provide strategies to support your child’s reading even further at home! Thank you in advance for your support with reading at home! It makes a tremendous difference!
💻 Website Resources -
I have started to set up a way for families who are sick/isolating/home for whatever reason to still have access to some of the concepts and activities we are learning about in class. For now, I am going to be putting some digital copies of student workbooks and materials on our 3F class weebly website. You don't need to print anything or send any written work back to school, as we want to avoid passing materials back and forth between home and school as much as possible, especially if your child is symptomatic. You can access and view the documents from our class website and use them for practice and skill building while isolating at home. I will keep it all relevant and up to date with what we are focusing on in class. There are also many other links throughout our website to online resources and games, such as Epic Books, Tumble Books, etc. I am sure this system will evolve and improve as we go, but we will start with it for now.
Here are the main links:
https://grade3ferguson.weebly.com/literacy-learning.html
https://grade3ferguson.weebly.com/numeracy-learning.html
🏃 Gym -
Our class has gym first block in the mornings on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We also have gym last block in the afternoon on Mondays and Wednesdays. Gym will be taught outside the majority of time, unless extreme weather conditions occur. As the fall weather continues to change, please ensure your child is dressed in layers to adapt to the fluctuations in temperature throughout the day. Thank you!
I hope you have a fantastic weekend! 😊