Mrs.Folkerts Grade 1 Adventures in Primary 

It was great to see so many grandparents!  It was so fun to be able to open our doors and let our Grandparents back into the building again.

May 4 – Super Hero dress up

May 19 – Pro D Day

May 22 – Victoria Day (no school)

May 24 – Blue Heron Reserve field trip

May 30 – Spring Music Showcase 2pm

Here is our Memory verse for the month of May. Your help is much appreciated!

Psalm 100:1-3

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

I will introduce on Monday, May 1 and testing on Friday, May 5.  yellow, blue, what, too, where, our, here, with, now, they

Just a reminder that Wednesday, April 26 is Grandparents Day.  Hopefully your child has given out the invitation to their grandparents or in the case of no grandparents available, they can invite an aunt/uncle or other special family adult friend.

Here are some pictures of our Field Trip this past Thursday.  We had a great time and were very thankful the weather was cooperative.

This week in Chapel the Guatemala team came to share about their trip over Spring Break. They shared about their experiences, sang some Spanish songs, and shared a special treat with us. It was exciting to talk and hear about their trip.  One of the members of the team came to our class to further talk about her experience and answer some questions from the students.

This week is a short week due to the Pro-D-Day on Friday, so I decided to have a review test on Thursday of the high frequency words we have already had before, but are still a challenge for students to spell correctly in their daily writing. Here are the 15 common words:  saw, of, are, that, was, she, you, be, and, for, am, on, he, I, can

Memory work:  Matt. 28: 5-7  Testing will be this week.  Thank you for your support with home practise.

Just to let you know that we will have Library this Monday, April 24 instead of Wednesday due to the Grandparent Day Celebration on Wednesday, April 26.

We have just a couple weeks left to memorize our passage that we have been working on for March/April.  Just a reminder to practise at home in addition to our school practise.

Matthew 28:5-7

The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘he has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.”