Mrs.Folkerts Grade 1 Adventures in Primary 

Friday, Dec.4— Knight Day

Tuesday, Dec.8— Chapel

Friday, Dec. 11— Pro-D- Day (no school)

Wednesday, Dec. 16— Silly Sweater Day

Thursday, Dec. 17— Last day before Christmas!

One very important tradition for us at Highroad Academy is to support the Salvation Army Food Drive, we are passionate about this program and this year we intend to bless their socks off! We typically collect food items within each class and calculate points to complete toward a goal for each department. This year, out of our desire to foster unity within the entire school body, we have determined to work toward the common goal of raising a minimum of $5,000.00 to bless the Food Drive ministry. The Salvation Army is able to make cash donations go much farther than we could with our grocery store purchases and this year we are reluctant to receive food items. We will have bin in the lobby for food donations if you have aleady set items aside in your pantry for this purpose.

The acheivement of the $5,000.00 school goal will result in a K-Gr.12 Pajama Day on Wednesday January 6, 2021.

 Food drive donations can be made in the following ways:

– Cash handed in to classroom teachers or the school office
– etransfer@highroadacademy.com (please note your name and purpose of the transfer in the notes/memo field)
– cheque (payable to Highroad Academy)
– debit at the school office (by appointment)

Tuesday Dec. 1st we will kick off our Food Drive event with a Pay to Wear Casual day for all students. Each student must make a minimum $5.00 donation to participate.

Donations can be made using any of the following methods:

• etransfer@highroadacademy.com (please note name and purpose of transfer in the notes/memo field of the transfer)
• cheque (payable to Highroad Academy)
• Debit (by appointment at the office)
• Cash

Every day after lunch, we spend some quiet time reading around the room. Here are some lovely pictures:

Yahoo, for Western Dress Up Day!   Lots of cowboys and cowgirls on display!

This will be our last spelling list before Christmas.  Here we go:  Gr 1:  you, he, him, she, her, it , we, us, man, boy

Gr 2:  with, our, same, fine, name, read, word, daddy, girl, never, forget, think, life, under, lord, side, outside, inside, oil, hard

Mon., November 30 – concert recording day **please come dressed for the concert**  Grade 1 /2 students should wear blue jeans and a red or green (PLAIN) t-shirt for the concert.  Shoes should be uniform shoes.

Tues., Dec. 1—-Food drive begins:  Pay to wear casual day/Salvation Army Food Drive – We will begin our annual food drive on December 1st, where you can pay ($5 minimum) to wear casual clothes. On December 1st we will also start collecting cash donations for the food drive. We have a school goal of $5000. There will be a jar in the classroom where students can put their donations when they come in in the morning. Thanks for your support in this cause!

Friday, December 4th – Knight day

-to complete your child’s health check everyday

-to check your child’s daily planner message (homework involved sometimes)

-to make sure you are reading with your child every night , and return your reading folder with book, when you have completed 5 readings.

-practise (orally) multi-letter phonograms we’ve learned so far

-continue to practise words in sight booklets: pgs. 1-8 in both Gr 1 and Gr 2 booklets

Please check the Highroad social media accounts (Facebook and Instagram) for some fun family festivities to participate in these days before Christmas holidays.

We have begun practicing for the Christmas concert this year.  This concert will be recorded as we did for the Remembrance Day Service.  Grade 1’s and  Grade 2’s of my class have been asked to wear blue jeans and a red or green (plain) t-shirt for the concert. Recording will take place on November 30th, and students may come dressed for the concert on that day.