I will introduce the words tomorrow (Feb 1) and on Friday, Feb 4 will be testing. (no pretest this week since it is a short week) Here are the words: ring, toy, like, fun, robe, wash, little, hot, cold, green, ice, sea
Here is a picture of our Winter bulletin board, displaying our art creation called “Snowglobes”. Also, a picture of our Habitat bulletin board displaying our art creation of snowy owls in the Polar Habitat and creatures in our Ocean Habitat.
Here are some February dates to add to your calendar:
Fri., February 4 – Knight Day
Fri., February 11 – Knight Day, Report Cards go home
Mon., February 14 – Valentine’s Day Celebrations, $2 fundraiser for Guatemala, Colour Day
Fri., February 18 – Pro D Day (no school)
Mon., February 21- Family Day (no school)
Wed., February 23 – Pink Shirt Day
Fri., February 25 – Knight Day
2022 Guatemala!!
As a school, Highroad has linked with Compelling Love Ministries in Guatemala since 2014. We have built classrooms in 4 villages. If a village can provide a classroom then the government will provide a teacher in Guatemala. The classrooms we have built have changed the futures of these villages and their kids. As the leaders of Compelling Love, Rocky and Karren Chupa work closely with a pastor in the village and this also brings an opportunity for spiritual impact.
For so many reasons it seemed clear that we couldn’t launch a mission trip this year. We are praying that opportunity might be possible in 2023. As a school we feel led to focus on something “outside of our community” and we are planning on building a schoolroom in Guatemala. Looking beyond ourselves will help us to know that God is at work, that we are blessed and that we can still be a blessing. This year’s village, Cerrania Los Mayas, has 45 families and 70 students whose present “school” is pictured on the right.
We are having 2 pay-to-wear (minimum $2) casual days- Feb. 14th and Apr. 13th for the whole school. On both days there will be a hot lunch fundraiser with all profits going to the building fund. Please note, too, that larger donations can go through City Life Church and receive a tax receipt. The cost for a classroom to transform a village is about $7000.
A good week in Grade 1!! The children enjoyed their cozy day and hanging out in their PJs for our yearly Pajama Day. (picture below) In Science, we finished our study of Polar habitats and will begin our study of Ocean habitats. In Socials, we finished learning about our roles, rules, rights and responsibilities in our school community and will begin looking at our roles, rules, rights and responsibilities within our local community. In Math, we continue to learn our addition facts to 20, and will begin a unit on Measurement (time, money, centimeters). In Spelling, we have progressed to 12 words and will be doing a pre-test on Thursdays before the test on Friday. Lots of great learning!
Bible Memory:
Lamentations 3:22-23
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Dates to Remember:
Friday, Jan. 21st – Knight Day
Friday, Jan. 28th – Knight Day
Monday, Jan. 31st – Pro-D- Day
Spelling Words:
I will introduce on Mon. Jan 24 and pre-test on Thurs. Jan 27 followed by test on Fri. Jan 28. (If a student scores perfect on the pre-test they do not have to take the test on Friday) Here are the words: must, has, have, had, look, see, may, this, your, bad, love, short
Valentine’s Day: Here is a class list of names, if you choose to give out Valentines. Please include all students. Mrs. Folkerts, Drew, Daniel, Amelia, Julia, Cobin, Aliyah, Lydia, Eva, Rilayah, Felicity, Aiden, Noah, Aubrey, Liza, Andrew, Christian
I will introduce the words on Mon. Jan 17 and testing will be Fri. Jan 21. (Note: We will be learning 12 words) Here are the words: man, boy, book, dog, home, school, street, mother, time, make, jump, play
Here are some important dates for January:
Wednesday, Jan. 19 – PJ Day
Friday, Jan. 21 – Knight Day
Friday, Jan. 28 – Knight Day
Monday, Jan. 31 – Pro-D-Day
Welcome back to school! We had a good first day back–it was great to talk with the students about their holidays and extended time off. Here are a few reminders for you this week.
