Homework & Reminders

PLANNERS

Your child's planner is an important tool we use to communicate daily about what's going on in the classroom and in the school. We encourage you to read your child's planner every night with your child to review the tasks for home. While we are starting to take responsibility for our own learning & homework, and writing in our own planners, we will post here as well daily so that you are aware of what is priority and what is coming up. Thanks for your cooperation as we work together to make your child successful in Grade 1/2.

What's Happening This Week In Our Hive...

Friday, March 13, 2026 - Day 3

Buses Cancelled - The school is still open for those that can arrive safely for regular drop off at 8:50am and pick up at 3:15pm. Please stay safe with whatever decision you need to make for your family. 

River Valley Tubeslide Trip Cancelled Today - hopefully this can be rescheduled or refunds will be issued.

Reminders:

• Mailbag - Each student has their mailbag to transport items to and from school in their backpack. Please check and empty this bag daily and return any items seeking your attention promptly.
• Planners - Please check the planner daily, with your child, to review homework due dates, reminders, materials to be brought to school, any notes, etc. Please initial/sign the planner each night, to confirm you have gone over your child’s planner with him/her, and ensure your child brings the planner to school every day.

Language:

• Snuggle Up & Read (Read) - Remember to read as often as possible and record on the reading log so students can be rewarded for their wonderful reading practice at their individual reading level. Students should keep this folder in their mailbag and sent back and forth daily. Students will have an opportunity to change their book daily. Folders will be checked at the end of each week. If you have completed a reading log earlier, please write a note in the planner for the teacher to know to update the folder. **Extra books and an extra reading log sent home for those wanting some more reading supplies for the March Break** Happy reading! 
• High Frequency Word Rings (Word Ring) - Students have their personalized ring with 5 words on them that they are working on learning. This can be part of reading homework for one or times through to practice reading and instantly recognizing each word. This should just be about 2 minutes of practice max. Rings should stay in student Snuggle Up & Read folders in the clip for practice at home and school. As students recognize a word instantly, please check the back off. Once students have 10 checks on all words on the ring, please write a note in student planners for students to have these words checked & celebrate their hard work. Words will be replaced until all words are high frequency words are mastered for Grade 1/2. 
• Letter Sound Rings (Sound Ring) - Students have a personalized ring with 5 letter sounds on them that they are working on learning. This can be part of reading homework for one or times through to practice reading and instantly recognizing each letter sound. This should just be about 2 minutes of practice max. Rings should stay in student Snuggle Up & Read folders in the clip for practice at home and school. As students recognize a sound instantly, please check the back off. Once students have 10 checks on all the cards on the ring, please write a note in student planners for students to have these letter sounds checked & celebrate their hard work. New cards, with new letter sounds, will be replaced until all letter sounds are mastered for Grade 1/2. 
• Library Day Monday (After March Break) - Students brought home one book from the school library before the school break to peruse until the next library day (Day 4's on our schedule/calendar) and noted in student's planners as a reminder to bring back for Monday.
• Reading Practice Book Home (came home Thursday) - Please see the letter on the first page of the workbook to see the home reading practice to support our phonics lessons in class. Complete the last page(s) not within the clip for this weekend's reading practice. Information for these lessons are posted on the blog & was emailed to parents.
• ***Home Learning Reading - Students can listen to one (or more) of the March themed books if you like from the March Reading Room.
• **Home Learning Kids A-Z or Teach Your Monster Phonics (Logins and passwords are in the back of the planner) - There have been activities assigned for students to work on in the reading section or the foundations section on Kids A-Z. On Teach Your Monster, the activities 'grow' with the students answers. Please work away on these activities for about approx: 20-30 minutes (no need to get caught up on all). 
• ***Home Learning Writing (Optional) - Students can write for approximately 25 minutes (aiming for about 4 super sentences for Grade 1 and about 7 super sentences for Grade 2) about what you would do if you found your leprechaun's pot of gold! Remember to check each sentence for COPPSS before moving on to the next sentence. Bring your writing to school after March and trade for some smiles for the extra writing practice!

Math:

• **Home Learning Prodigy or Teach Your Monster Numbers (Logins and passwords are in the back of the planner) - There have been activities assigned for students to work on. On Teach Your Monster, the activities 'grow' with the students answers. Please work away on these activities for about approx: 20 minutes (no need to get caught up on all).

Art:

• **Home Learning Leprechaun House Drawing (Optional) - Open the How to Draw A Leprechaun House video. Pause the video at any time to complete each step in the drawing. Remember to take your time and add the details! That's what a Just Right or Wow artist does. Art is not about racing but taking your time to really put in your best work! Take a picture of your work and post to your Seesaw Digital portfolio, if you would like.

DPA:

• **Home Learning DPA (Optional) - Open the DPA Just Dance Choice Board. Select videos on the slideshow of how different dances to follow along with! Enjoy!

Monday, March 16, 2026 - Friday, March 20, 2026

Happy March Break!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day on Tuesday, March 17!

Happy Birthday to Colt on Friday, March 20!

Happy First Day of Spring on Friday, March 20!

Enjoy your week and see you back to school on Monday, March, 23, 2026!

Coming Up Next Week In Our Hive...

Monday, March 23, 2026 - Day 4

Welcome Back!!

School Council Meeting @ 6:30pm - All parents welcome to attend to help support next steps for our school!

Reminders:

• Mailbag - Each student has their mailbag to transport items to and from school in their backpack. Please check and empty this bag daily and return any items seeking your attention promptly.
• Planners - Please check the planner daily, with your child, to review homework due dates, reminders, materials to be brought to school, any notes, etc. Please initial/sign the planner each night, to confirm you have gone over your child’s planner with him/her, and ensure your child brings the planner to school every day.

Language:

• Snuggle Up & Read (Read) - Remember to read as often as possible and record on the reading log so students can be rewarded for their wonderful reading practice at their individual reading level. Students should keep this folder in their mailbag and sent back and forth daily. Students will have an opportunity to change their book daily. Folders will be checked at the end of each week. If you have completed a reading log earlier, please write a note in the planner for the teacher to know to update the folder. Happy reading! 
• High Frequency Word Rings (Word Ring) - Students have their personalized ring with 5 words on them that they are working on learning. This can be part of reading homework for one or times through to practice reading and instantly recognizing each word. This should just be about 2 minutes of practice max. Rings should stay in student Snuggle Up & Read folders in the clip for practice at home and school. As students recognize a word instantly, please check the back off. Once students have 10 checks on all words on the ring, please write a note in student planners for students to have these words checked & celebrate their hard work. Words will be replaced until all words are high frequency words are mastered for Grade 1/2. 
• Letter Sound Rings (Sound Ring) - Students have a personalized ring with 5 letter sounds on them that they are working on learning. This can be part of reading homework for one or times through to practice reading and instantly recognizing each letter sound. This should just be about 2 minutes of practice max. Rings should stay in student Snuggle Up & Read folders in the clip for practice at home and school. As students recognize a sound instantly, please check the back off. Once students have 10 checks on all the cards on the ring, please write a note in student planners for students to have these letter sounds checked & celebrate their hard work. New cards, with new letter sounds, will be replaced until all letter sounds are mastered for Grade 1/2. 
• Spelling Words Home - Today, students are bringing home their 5 spelling words for the week. Each student is working on their own list of high frequency words that they are working on mastering. A list of ideas have come home at the beginning of the year to support fun home practice. At the end of each week, we will do a little Spelling Bee (quiz) on those 5 words. The words that they master will be marked off as achieved while the ones they are working on will stay on their learning list for the next week, sent home the beginning of the next week, until they have mastered them.
• Reading Practice Book Due - Please see the letter on the first page of the workbook to see the home reading practice to support our phonics lessons in class. Parents were emailed how to support the lesson work on Thursday and posted on the blog. These came home to work on the lessons for the week and are due today to be checked.  
• Library Day Today - Students brought home one book from the school library before the Spring Break, if they were at school, to peruse until the next library day (Day 4's on our schedule/calendar) and noted in student's planners as a reminder to bring back for today. Today, they brought home a new book to have until our next Library Day on Monday, Mar. 30.
• Student Reader Wednesday: Colt

Math:

• Mental Math Quiz Home - Students have been practicing their mental math abilities of seeing a number sentence and recognizing which strategy to use. We have practiced one/two more, one/two less, zero facts, wipe out, count on, count back, make 10, doubles, subtracting neighbours, monkey in the middle, doubles plus one and subtraction as think addition with a couple weeks of review. They put their knowledge to a little quiz last week to show what they know. Work will come home today to be corrected with whatever assistance they may need and returned to school tomorrow. For reference here is a copy of the Mental Math Fact Strategies.

Tuesday, March 24, 2026 - Day 5

Reminders:

• Mailbag - Each student has their mailbag to transport items to and from school in their backpack. Please check and empty this bag daily and return any items seeking your attention promptly.
• Planners - Please check the planner daily, with your child, to review homework due dates, reminders, materials to be brought to school, any notes, etc. Please initial/sign the planner each night, to confirm you have gone over your child’s planner with him/her, and ensure your child brings the planner to school every day.
• April Food & Milk Orders Due Tomorrow

Language:

• Snuggle Up & Read (Read) - Remember to read as often as possible and record on the reading log so students can be rewarded for their wonderful reading practice at their individual reading level. Students should keep this folder in their mailbag and sent back and forth daily. Students will have an opportunity to change their book daily. Folders will be checked at the end of each week. If you have completed a reading log earlier, please write a note in the planner for the teacher to know to update the folder. Happy reading! 
• High Frequency Word Rings (Word Ring) - Students have their personalized ring with 5 words on them that they are working on learning. This can be part of reading homework for one or times through to practice reading and instantly recognizing each word. This should just be about 2 minutes of practice max. Rings should stay in student Snuggle Up & Read folders in the clip for practice at home and school. As students recognize a word instantly, please check the back off. Once students have 10 checks on all words on the ring, please write a note in student planners for students to have these words checked & celebrate their hard work. Words will be replaced until all words are high frequency words are mastered for Grade 1/2. 
• Letter Sound Rings (Sound Ring) - Students have a personalized ring with 5 letter sounds on them that they are working on learning. This can be part of reading homework for one or times through to practice reading and instantly recognizing each letter sound. This should just be about 2 minutes of practice max. Rings should stay in student Snuggle Up & Read folders in the clip for practice at home and school. As students recognize a sound instantly, please check the back off. Once students have 10 checks on all the cards on the ring, please write a note in student planners for students to have these letter sounds checked & celebrate their hard work. New cards, with new letter sounds, will be replaced until all letter sounds are mastered for Grade 1/2. 

Math:

• Mental Math Quiz Corrections Due - Students have been practicing their mental math abilities of seeing a number sentence and recognizing which strategy to use. We have practiced one/two more, one/two less, zero facts, wipe out, count on, count back, make 10, doubles, subtracting neighbours, monkey in the middle, doubles plus one and subtraction as think addition with a couple weeks of review. They put their knowledge to a little quiz last week to show what they know. Work came home yesterday to be corrected with whatever assistance they may need and returned to school today. For reference here is a copy of the Mental Math Fact Strategies.

Wednesday, March 25, 2026 - Day 1

Happy Birthday to Bellamy!!!

Mrs. Herbert Away - Ms. Pincombe will be teaching.

Reminders:

• Mailbag - Each student has their mailbag to transport items to and from school in their backpack. Please check and empty this bag daily and return any items seeking your attention promptly.
• Planners - Please check the planner daily, with your child, to review homework due dates, reminders, materials to be brought to school, any notes, etc. Please initial/sign the planner each night, to confirm you have gone over your child’s planner with him/her, and ensure your child brings the planner to school every day.
• Pizza Lunch Day - For those that ordered
• April Food & Milk Orders Due Today

Language:

• Snuggle Up & Read (Read) - Remember to read as often as possible and record on the reading log so students can be rewarded for their wonderful reading practice at their individual reading level. Students should keep this folder in their mailbag and sent back and forth daily. Students will have an opportunity to change their book daily. Folders will be checked at the end of each week. If you have completed a reading log earlier, please write a note in the planner for the teacher to know to update the folder. Happy reading! 
• High Frequency Word Rings (Word Ring) - Students have their personalized ring with 5 words on them that they are working on learning. This can be part of reading homework for one or times through to practice reading and instantly recognizing each word. This should just be about 2 minutes of practice max. Rings should stay in student Snuggle Up & Read folders in the clip for practice at home and school. As students recognize a word instantly, please check the back off. Once students have 10 checks on all words on the ring, please write a note in student planners for students to have these words checked & celebrate their hard work. Words will be replaced until all words are high frequency words are mastered for Grade 1/2. 
• Letter Sound Rings (Sound Ring) - Students have a personalized ring with 5 letter sounds on them that they are working on learning. This can be part of reading homework for one or times through to practice reading and instantly recognizing each letter sound. This should just be about 2 minutes of practice max. Rings should stay in student Snuggle Up & Read folders in the clip for practice at home and school. As students recognize a sound instantly, please check the back off. Once students have 10 checks on all the cards on the ring, please write a note in student planners for students to have these letter sounds checked & celebrate their hard work. New cards, with new letter sounds, will be replaced until all letter sounds are mastered for Grade 1/2.
• Student Reader: Colt (due to the field trip yesterday)

Math:

• Mental Math Quiz Corrections Due (if didn't send Tuesday due to the field trip) - Students have been practicing their mental math abilities of seeing a number sentence and recognizing which strategy to use. We have practiced one/two more, one/two less, zero facts, wipe out, count on, count back, make 10, doubles, subtracting neighbours, monkey in the middle, doubles plus one and subtraction as think addition with a couple weeks of review. They put their knowledge to a little quiz last week to show what they know. Work came home yesterday to be corrected with whatever assistance they may need and returned to school today. For reference here is a copy of the Mental Math Fact Strategies.

Thursday, March 26, 2026 - Day 2

Reminders:

• Mailbag - Each student has their mailbag to transport items to and from school in their backpack. Please check and empty this bag daily and return any items seeking your attention promptly.
• Planners - Please check the planner daily, with your child, to review homework due dates, reminders, materials to be brought to school, any notes, etc. Please initial/sign the planner each night, to confirm you have gone over your child’s planner with him/her, and ensure your child brings the planner to school every day.
• PJ Day Tomorrow - Come dressed in your snuggly pjs and bring your favourite stuffie for today!

Language:

• Snuggle Up & Read (Read) - Remember to read as often as possible and record on the reading log so students can be rewarded for their wonderful reading practice at their individual reading level. Students should keep this folder in their mailbag and sent back and forth daily. Students will have an opportunity to change their book daily. Folders will be checked at the end of each week. If you have completed a reading log earlier, please write a note in the planner for the teacher to know to update the folder. Happy reading! 
• High Frequency Word Rings (Word Ring) - Students have their personalized ring with 5 words on them that they are working on learning. This can be part of reading homework for one or times through to practice reading and instantly recognizing each word. This should just be about 2 minutes of practice max. Rings should stay in student Snuggle Up & Read folders in the clip for practice at home and school. As students recognize a word instantly, please check the back off. Once students have 10 checks on all words on the ring, please write a note in student planners for students to have these words checked & celebrate their hard work. Words will be replaced until all words are high frequency words are mastered for Grade 1/2. 
• Letter Sound Rings (Sound Ring) - Students have a personalized ring with 5 letter sounds on them that they are working on learning. This can be part of reading homework for one or times through to practice reading and instantly recognizing each letter sound. This should just be about 2 minutes of practice max. Rings should stay in student Snuggle Up & Read folders in the clip for practice at home and school. As students recognize a sound instantly, please check the back off. Once students have 10 checks on all the cards on the ring, please write a note in student planners for students to have these letter sounds checked & celebrate their hard work. New cards, with new letter sounds, will be replaced until all letter sounds are mastered for Grade 1/2. 
• Spelling Quiz Tomorrow - Students brought home their 5 spelling words for the week on Monday. Each student is working on their own list of high frequency words that they are working on mastering. A list of ideas have come home at the beginning of the year to support fun home practice. Tomorrow, students we will do a little Spelling Bee (quiz) on those 5 words. The words that they master will be marked off as achieved while the ones they are working on will stay on their learning list for the next week, sent home the beginning of the next week, until they have mastered them.

Math:

• Mental Math Quiz Tomorrow - Students have been practicing their mental math abilities of seeing a number sentence and recognizing which strategy to use. We have practiced one/two more, one/two less, zero facts, wipe out, count on, count back, make 10, doubles, subtracting neighbours, monkey in the middle, doubles plus one, subtraction as think addition and this week we are working on learning about reverse doubles. They are going to put their knowledge to a little quiz tomorrow. Work will come home on Monday to be corrected with whatever assistance they may need and returned to school on Tuesday.

Friday, March 27, 2026 - Day 3

Happy Birthday to Liam!!!

PJ Day Today - Come dressed in your snuggly pjs and bring your favourite stuffie for today!

Reminders:

• Mailbag - Each student has their mailbag to transport items to and from school in their backpack. Please check and empty this bag daily and return any items seeking your attention promptly.
• Planners - Please check the planner daily, with your child, to review homework due dates, reminders, materials to be brought to school, any notes, etc. Please initial/sign the planner each night, to confirm you have gone over your child’s planner with him/her, and ensure your child brings the planner to school every day.

Language:

• Snuggle Up & Read (Read) - Remember to read as often as possible and record on the reading log so students can be rewarded for their wonderful reading practice at their individual reading level. Students should keep this folder in their mailbag and sent back and forth daily. Students will have an opportunity to change their book daily. Folders will be checked at the end of each week. If you have completed a reading log earlier, please write a note in the planner for the teacher to know to update the folder. Happy reading! 
• High Frequency Word Rings (Word Ring) - Students have their personalized ring with 5 words on them that they are working on learning. This can be part of reading homework for one or times through to practice reading and instantly recognizing each word. This should just be about 2 minutes of practice max. Rings should stay in student Snuggle Up & Read folders in the clip for practice at home and school. As students recognize a word instantly, please check the back off. Once students have 10 checks on all words on the ring, please write a note in student planners for students to have these words checked & celebrate their hard work. Words will be replaced until all words are high frequency words are mastered for Grade 1/2. 
• Letter Sound Rings (Sound Ring) - Students have a personalized ring with 5 letter sounds on them that they are working on learning. This can be part of reading homework for one or times through to practice reading and instantly recognizing each letter sound. This should just be about 2 minutes of practice max. Rings should stay in student Snuggle Up & Read folders in the clip for practice at home and school. As students recognize a sound instantly, please check the back off. Once students have 10 checks on all the cards on the ring, please write a note in student planners for students to have these letter sounds checked & celebrate their hard work. New cards, with new letter sounds, will be replaced until all letter sounds are mastered for Grade 1/2. 
• Library Day Monday - Students brought home one book from the school library before the school break to peruse until the next library day (Day 4's on our schedule/calendar) and noted in student's planners as a reminder to bring back for Monday.
• Reading Practice Book Home - Please see the letter on the first page of the workbook to see the home reading practice to support our phonics lessons in class. Complete the last page(s) not within the clip for this weekend's reading practice. Information for these lessons are posted on the blog & was emailed to parents.
• Spelling Quiz - Students brought home their 5 spelling words for the week on Monday. Each student is working on their own list of high frequency words that they are working on mastering. A list of ideas have come home at the beginning of the year to support fun home practice. Today, students we will do a little Spelling Bee (quiz) on those 5 words. The words that they master will be marked off as achieved while the ones they are working on will stay on their learning list for the next week, sent home the beginning of the next week, until they have mastered them.

Math:

• Mental Math Quiz Today - Students have been practicing their mental math abilities of seeing a number sentence and recognizing which strategy to use. We have practiced one/two more, one/two less, zero facts, wipe out, count on, count back, make 10, doubles, subtracting neighbours, monkey in the middle, doubles plus one, subtraction as think addition and this week we are working on learning about reverse doubles. They are going to put their knowledge to a little quiz tomorrow. Work will come home on the Monday after March Break to be corrected with whatever assistance they may need and returned to school on the Tuesday.

Coming Up Next Week In Our Hive...

Monday, March 30, 2026 - Day 4

Grade 2 Dental Screening Today

Reminders:

• Mailbag - Each student has their mailbag to transport items to and from school in their backpack. Please check and empty this bag daily and return any items seeking your attention promptly.
• Planners - Please check the planner daily, with your child, to review homework due dates, reminders, materials to be brought to school, any notes, etc. Please initial/sign the planner each night, to confirm you have gone over your child’s planner with him/her, and ensure your child brings the planner to school every day.

Language:

• Snuggle Up & Read (Read) - Remember to read as often as possible and record on the reading log so students can be rewarded for their wonderful reading practice at their individual reading level. Students should keep this folder in their mailbag and sent back and forth daily. Students will have an opportunity to change their book daily. Folders will be checked at the end of each week. If you have completed a reading log earlier, please write a note in the planner for the teacher to know to update the folder. Happy reading! 
• High Frequency Word Rings (Word Ring) - Students have their personalized ring with 5 words on them that they are working on learning. This can be part of reading homework for one or times through to practice reading and instantly recognizing each word. This should just be about 2 minutes of practice max. Rings should stay in student Snuggle Up & Read folders in the clip for practice at home and school. As students recognize a word instantly, please check the back off. Once students have 10 checks on all words on the ring, please write a note in student planners for students to have these words checked & celebrate their hard work. Words will be replaced until all words are high frequency words are mastered for Grade 1/2. 
• Letter Sound Rings (Sound Ring) - Students have a personalized ring with 5 letter sounds on them that they are working on learning. This can be part of reading homework for one or times through to practice reading and instantly recognizing each letter sound. This should just be about 2 minutes of practice max. Rings should stay in student Snuggle Up & Read folders in the clip for practice at home and school. As students recognize a sound instantly, please check the back off. Once students have 10 checks on all the cards on the ring, please write a note in student planners for students to have these letter sounds checked & celebrate their hard work. New cards, with new letter sounds, will be replaced until all letter sounds are mastered for Grade 1/2. 
• Spelling Words Home - Today, students are bringing home their 5 spelling words for the week. Each student is working on their own list of high frequency words that they are working on mastering. A list of ideas have come home at the beginning of the year to support fun home practice. At the end of each week, we will do a little Spelling Bee (quiz) on those 5 words. The words that they master will be marked off as achieved while the ones they are working on will stay on their learning list for the next week, sent home the beginning of the next week, until they have mastered them.
• Reading Practice Book Due - Please see the letter on the first page of the workbook to see the home reading practice to support our phonics lessons in class. Parents were emailed how to support the lesson work on Friday and posted on the blog. These came home to work on the lessons for the week and are due today to be checked.  
• Library Day Today - Students brought home one book from the school library before the Spring Break, if they were at school, to peruse until the next library day (Day 4's on our schedule/calendar) and noted in student's planners as a reminder to bring back for today. Today, they brought home a new book to have until our next Library Day on Wednesday, April 8.

Math:

• Mental Math Quiz Home - Students have been practicing their mental math abilities of seeing a number sentence and recognizing which strategy to use. We have practiced one/two more, one/two less, zero facts, wipe out, count on, count back, make 10, doubles, subtracting neighbours, monkey in the middle, doubles plus one, subtraction as think addition and this past week we added the strategy of reverse doubles. They put their knowledge to a little quiz last week to show what they know. Work will come home today to be corrected with whatever assistance they may need and returned to school tomorrow. For reference here is a copy of the Mental Math Fact Strategies.

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 - Day 5

Happy Birthday to Claire!

Reminders:

• Mailbag - Each student has their mailbag to transport items to and from school in their backpack. Please check and empty this bag daily and return any items seeking your attention promptly.
• Planners - Please check the planner daily, with your child, to review homework due dates, reminders, materials to be brought to school, any notes, etc. Please initial/sign the planner each night, to confirm you have gone over your child’s planner with him/her, and ensure your child brings the planner to school every day.
• Class April Calendar & Newsletter Home - A paper copy will come home for those that requested one.

Language:

• Snuggle Up & Read (Read) - Remember to read as often as possible and record on the reading log so students can be rewarded for their wonderful reading practice at their individual reading level. Students should keep this folder in their mailbag and sent back and forth daily. Students will have an opportunity to change their book daily. Folders will be checked at the end of each week. If you have completed a reading log earlier, please write a note in the planner for the teacher to know to update the folder. Happy reading! 
• High Frequency Word Rings (Word Ring) - Students have their personalized ring with 5 words on them that they are working on learning. This can be part of reading homework for one or times through to practice reading and instantly recognizing each word. This should just be about 2 minutes of practice max. Rings should stay in student Snuggle Up & Read folders in the clip for practice at home and school. As students recognize a word instantly, please check the back off. Once students have 10 checks on all words on the ring, please write a note in student planners for students to have these words checked & celebrate their hard work. Words will be replaced until all words are high frequency words are mastered for Grade 1/2. 
• Letter Sound Rings (Sound Ring) - Students have a personalized ring with 5 letter sounds on them that they are working on learning. This can be part of reading homework for one or times through to practice reading and instantly recognizing each letter sound. This should just be about 2 minutes of practice max. Rings should stay in student Snuggle Up & Read folders in the clip for practice at home and school. As students recognize a sound instantly, please check the back off. Once students have 10 checks on all the cards on the ring, please write a note in student planners for students to have these letter sounds checked & celebrate their hard work. New cards, with new letter sounds, will be replaced until all letter sounds are mastered for Grade 1/2. 

Math:

• Mental Math Quiz Corrections Due - Students have been practicing their mental math abilities of seeing a number sentence and recognizing which strategy to use.We have practiced one/two more, one/two less, zero facts, wipe out, count on, count back, make 10, doubles, subtracting neighbours, monkey in the middle, doubles plus one, subtraction as think addition and this past week we added the strategy of reverse doubles. They put their knowledge to a little quiz last week to show what they know. Work came home yesterday to be corrected with whatever assistance they may need and returned to school today. For reference here is a copy of the Mental Math Fact Strategies.

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 - Day 1

Reminders:

• Mailbag - Each student has their mailbag to transport items to and from school in their backpack. Please check and empty this bag daily and return any items seeking your attention promptly.
• Planners - Please check the planner daily, with your child, to review homework due dates, reminders, materials to be brought to school, any notes, etc. Please initial/sign the planner each night, to confirm you have gone over your child’s planner with him/her, and ensure your child brings the planner to school every day.
• Pizza Lunch Day - For those that ordered
• Easter Egg Hunt Tomorrow

Language:

• Snuggle Up & Read (Read) - Remember to read as often as possible and record on the reading log so students can be rewarded for their wonderful reading practice at their individual reading level. Students should keep this folder in their mailbag and sent back and forth daily. Students will have an opportunity to change their book daily. Folders will be checked at the end of each week. If you have completed a reading log earlier, please write a note in the planner for the teacher to know to update the folder. Happy reading! 
• High Frequency Word Rings (Word Ring) - Students have their personalized ring with 5 words on them that they are working on learning. This can be part of reading homework for one or times through to practice reading and instantly recognizing each word. This should just be about 2 minutes of practice max. Rings should stay in student Snuggle Up & Read folders in the clip for practice at home and school. As students recognize a word instantly, please check the back off. Once students have 10 checks on all words on the ring, please write a note in student planners for students to have these words checked & celebrate their hard work. Words will be replaced until all words are high frequency words are mastered for Grade 1/2. 
• Letter Sound Rings (Sound Ring) - Students have a personalized ring with 5 letter sounds on them that they are working on learning. This can be part of reading homework for one or times through to practice reading and instantly recognizing each letter sound. This should just be about 2 minutes of practice max. Rings should stay in student Snuggle Up & Read folders in the clip for practice at home and school. As students recognize a sound instantly, please check the back off. Once students have 10 checks on all the cards on the ring, please write a note in student planners for students to have these letter sounds checked & celebrate their hard work. New cards, with new letter sounds, will be replaced until all letter sounds are mastered for Grade 1/2.
• Spelling Quiz Tomorrow - Students brought home their 5 spelling words for the week on Monday. Each student is working on their own list of high frequency words that they are working on mastering. A list of ideas have come home at the beginning of the year to support fun home practice. Tomorrow, students we will do a little Spelling Bee (quiz) on those 5 words. The words that they master will be marked off as achieved while the ones they are working on will stay on their learning list for the next week, sent home the beginning of the next week, until they have mastered them.

Math:

• Mental Math Quiz Tomorrow - Students have been practicing their mental math abilities of seeing a number sentence and recognizing which strategy to use. We have practiced one/two more, one/two less, zero facts, wipe out, count on, count back, make 10, doubles, subtracting neighbours, monkey in the middle, doubles plus one, subtraction as think addition and this week we are working on learning about reverse doubles. They are going to put their knowledge to a little quiz tomorrow. Work will come home on Monday to be corrected with whatever assistance they may need and returned to school on Tuesday.

Thursday, April 2, 2026 - Day 2

Easter Egg Hunt!

Reminders:

• Mailbag - Each student has their mailbag to transport items to and from school in their backpack. Please check and empty this bag daily and return any items seeking your attention promptly.
• Planners - Please check the planner daily, with your child, to review homework due dates, reminders, materials to be brought to school, any notes, etc. Please initial/sign the planner each night, to confirm you have gone over your child’s planner with him/her, and ensure your child brings the planner to school every day.

Language:

• Snuggle Up & Read (Read) - Remember to read as often as possible and record on the reading log so students can be rewarded for their wonderful reading practice at their individual reading level. Students should keep this folder in their mailbag and sent back and forth daily. Students will have an opportunity to change their book daily. Folders will be checked at the end of each week. If you have completed a reading log earlier, please write a note in the planner for the teacher to know to update the folder. Happy reading! 
• High Frequency Word Rings (Word Ring) - Students have their personalized ring with 5 words on them that they are working on learning. This can be part of reading homework for one or times through to practice reading and instantly recognizing each word. This should just be about 2 minutes of practice max. Rings should stay in student Snuggle Up & Read folders in the clip for practice at home and school. As students recognize a word instantly, please check the back off. Once students have 10 checks on all words on the ring, please write a note in student planners for students to have these words checked & celebrate their hard work. Words will be replaced until all words are high frequency words are mastered for Grade 1/2. 
• Letter Sound Rings (Sound Ring) - Students have a personalized ring with 5 letter sounds on them that they are working on learning. This can be part of reading homework for one or times through to practice reading and instantly recognizing each letter sound. This should just be about 2 minutes of practice max. Rings should stay in student Snuggle Up & Read folders in the clip for practice at home and school. As students recognize a sound instantly, please check the back off. Once students have 10 checks on all the cards on the ring, please write a note in student planners for students to have these letter sounds checked & celebrate their hard work. New cards, with new letter sounds, will be replaced until all letter sounds are mastered for Grade 1/2. 
• Spelling Quiz - Students brought home their 5 spelling words for the week on Monday. Each student is working on their own list of high frequency words that they are working on mastering. A list of ideas have come home at the beginning of the year to support fun home practice. Today, students we will do a little Spelling Bee (quiz) on those 5 words. The words that they master will be marked off as achieved while the ones they are working on will stay on their learning list for the next week, sent home the beginning of next week, until they have mastered them.
• Reading Practice Book Home - Please see the letter on the first page of the workbook to see the home reading practice to support our phonics lessons in class. Complete the last page(s) not within the clip for this weekend's reading practice. Information for these lessons are posted on the blog & was emailed to parents.

Math:

• Mental Math Quiz Today - Students have been practicing their mental math abilities of seeing a number sentence and recognizing which strategy to use. We have practiced one/two more, one/two less, zero facts, wipe out, count on, count back, make 10, doubles, subtracting neighbours, monkey in the middle, doubles plus one, subtraction as think addition and this week we are working on learning about reverse doubles. They are going to put their knowledge to a little quiz tomorrow. Work will come home on Tuesday after the Easter weekend to be corrected with whatever assistance they may need and returned to school on the Wednesday.

Friday, April 3, 2026 - Good Friday (No School)

Monday, April 6, 2020 - Easter Monday (No School)

Enjoy your holiday weekend and see you back to school on Tuesday, April 7, 2026!