Year End Field Trip Tomorrow
Tomorrow we are spending the day at the Langley Centennial Museum.
We are still missing a number of permission slips. Please return your permission slip tomorrow morning if you have not done so already.
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Year End Class Party
It’s hard to believe that its already the end of June! We have lots of fun activities planned for next week. Please look for the Yellow Field Trip form coming home today, for the year end Field Trip on Tuesday. Please make sure you return the form on Monday!
Our year end class party will be Wednesday afternoon! We will start our party after Lunch. If your child is an Odd numbered student we ask that you please send a snack. Single digit numbers please send a salty/savory/ or healthy snack, Double digit numbers please send a sweet treat.
We are sad to see this year come to an end, but we are looking forward to our fun filled week next week!
Year End Class Party
It’s hard to believe that its already the end of June! We have lots of fun activities planned for next week. Please look for the Yellow Field Trip form coming home today, for the year end Field Trip on Tuesday. Please make sure you return the form on Monday!
Our year end class party will be Wednesday afternoon! We will start our party after Lunch. If your child is an Odd numbered student we ask that you please send a snack. Single digit numbers please send a salty/savory/ or healthy snack, Double digit numbers please send a sweet treat.
We are sad to see this year come to an end, but we are looking forward to our fun filled week next week!
Year-end Class party
It’s hard to believe that its already the end of June! We have lots of fun activities planned for next week. Please look for the Yellow Field Trip form coming home today, for the year end Field Trip on Tuesday. Please make sure you return the form on Monday!
Our year end class party will be Wednesday afternoon! We will start our party after Lunch. If your child is an Odd numbered student we ask that you please send a snack. Single digit numbers please send a salty/savory/ or healthy snack, Double digit numbers please send a sweet treat.
We are sad to see this year come to an end, but we are looking forward to our fun filled week next week!
June is here!
Welcome to June!
Things are getting busy as we enter our final month of school. Plans for a year end field trip and other fun activities are in the works and we will keep you posted as we finalize details.
Please note that due to an urgent and unavoidable family matter, I will be away for the next two weeks. Mrs. Smith will be teaching in my place.
I look forward to finishing up our year together when I return!
~ Mrs. Legassie
Hot Weather Ahead!
First of all, Happy Mother’s Day to everyone. Hope you are all enjoying your day!
Secondly, tomorrow is going to be a scorcher! Please remember to dress accordingly and to send hats, sunscreen, and water bottles.
Last, if you have not already connected to our class SeeSaw journal, please scroll down to the last post and follow the instructions there. There is a special Mother’s Day message from your children waiting for you.
Seesaw Family
Over the past few weeks we have been learning how to use a new app called Seesaw. We will be using Seesaw to track and share our learning for the remainder of the school year.
I discovered this app over Spring Break and think it is amazing! So many of the things we do in our class are Hands-On activities that do not result in papers to be brought home and shared. With this new app, you can catch a glimpse of what your child is working on day to day. Requiring students to “Seesaw” their work also keeps them accountable and motivated during our classroom activities. I wish I had discovered this earlier in the school year!
Note: Students are still learning how to take good pictures and record without muffling their voices, but they’re improving everyday.
Your child should have come home today with a notice with instructions to help you easily sign into Seesaw Family. If you didn’t receive it you can follow the instructions below.
Please Sign Up Now
1 Click on this link: https://app.seesaw.me/s/474-749-110
2 Choose your child from the list
3 Create your account
4 Once I approve you, you can see content from your child
After you sign up, download the free Seesaw Family app and sign in. You can also access Seesaw from a computer at https://app.seesaw.me.
iRide Waivers
Over the next three days our class will be participating in the iRide program.
In order for your child to participate, you MUST complete this online waiver form. Click here!
Also, it is highly recommended that students bring their own helmets. However, bikes and helmets will be provided for those who do not bring their own.
Report Cards & Student Led Conferences
Report Cards
Report Card season is upon us again. It feels like we were just here! This term flew by with lots of busyness, excitement, and learning.
While looking through your child’s report card, please keep in mind that report cards provide a snapshot of how your child is doing right now. It is not the sum of all the assignments they have completed. Nor is it a predictor of their future success as a student. It is our opportunity as teachers to formally communicate with you, as parents, about what we see in your child’s achievement and understanding at this point in time. In our class, the majority of our time is devoted to ensuring students have mastered the foundational numeracy and literacy skills they need in order to be successful in the intermediate grades and beyond. Students are regularly exposed to other curricular areas, but our emphasis is on numeracy and literacy.
Please be sure to sign into the My Education BC Parent Portal to access your child’s Term 2 Report Card.
Student-Led Conferences
In order to help you better understand what is going in with your child’s learning this year, we are going to be holding a different type of parent-teacher conference this Wednesday and Thursday. Your child has been collecting information throughout the term, and is preparing to present to you these efforts and achievements.
Students will be leading the conference and explaining to you what they have been doing in each subject area this term. We will also be at each conference to offer our perspectives on the work and to answer any questions you may have.
Students have worked really hard preparing for these conferences, so please try to attend. It is their chance to show you all the work they have done this year. Your input will be important for setting our learning goals for the remainder of the year.
Sign up sheets are posted outside the office. If you cannot attend at the designated times, please contact us so we can work out an alternate plan for your child to present their learning.
Un-Measurable Learning
Not everything that happens in a classroom is measurable and reportable on a report card. In fact, often the most profound and memorable lessons come from experiences that are simply un-measurable.The vision of Fort Langley Elementary is to develop successful learners through working together in a supportive environment. It is our desire to graduate students who are respectful, responsible, inclusive, and who contribute positively to the world they live in. Here are some highlights of our un-measurable learning this term:
Words of Life
Our class has struggled this year with kindness, both in our words and actions. At the beginning of February we read a book, called The Invisible Boy, about a boy who felt so unimportant to his classmates that he was practically invisible. We had a very heartfelt class discussion about times when we have felt invisible or unimportant. Students expressed empathy and understanding of how others have been made to feel invisible or unimportant by their words or actions. After this, students were encouraged to think about things they could say to their classmates that would help them feel important and valuable. The end result is a bulletin board filled with Words of Life, and a classroom full of students looking for ways to encourage their classmates.
Peace Circle
During the month of January, we had a special presenter come in once a week to lead our class in a Peace Circle. The goal of the Peace Circle to help students recognize and understand their emotions and frustrations and to provide strategies to calm down when they start to ‘climb anger mountain.’ During our times together, we noticed students had more empathy towards each other and were better at recognizing when a classmate was becoming frustrated. Our hope is that these experiences will be a good foundation upon which we can continue to build a more positive and caring classroom environment.
Buddies
Having buddy classes in a school helps to build bridges across the grades and create a sense of community and connectedness. Our class is fortunate enough to have two buddy classes. Our Big Buddies are Grade 6 students in Ms. McMitchell’s class. During our times with our Big Buddies, we benefit from their knowledge and experiences. Our Little Buddies are Grade 1 and 2 students in Ms. Harder’s class. Their class is part of the district Outdoor Education Program. When visiting with our little buddies, students have the opportunity to practice their leadership and respectful communication skills. In the middle of February we walked over to their Winter Base Camp at Brae Island. We had a great time exploring the trails and beach along Bedford Channel. Last Tuesday we returned to Brae Island and began a Collaborative Research Project. Together with their buddies, students will be researching an animal found in and around Fort Langley.
We have had a great year so far and we look forward to all the learning opportunities in store for us in the coming months!
Science Project
This term in Science we have been learning about Heat, including Temperature, insulators and conductors. We are starting a project tomorrow designing and building a solar oven to make s’mores. The goal of this project is that the students can create a solar oven that will cook a s’more in the given time period (about an hour). We are starting with the planning process and then next week will be building the solar oven. Weather pending we will be attempting to make s’mores in our ovens on either Thursday or Friday. If you have any spare cardboard boxes that are big enough to fit 2-3 graham crackers for s’mores, but not too large, (Shoe boxes or clean pizza boxes would be good examples) could you please send them into school as soon as possible? Also, If you have any spare tinfoil or saran wrap that we could use in the building of our ovens that would be great as well.
Thanks!
Mrs Smith