Orange Shirt Day Tomorrow

Tomorrow is Orange Shirt Day!  Please have your child wear an orange shirt to honour the survivors and victims of the residential school system and reflect on the atrocities Canada committed against Indigenous Peoples.

Love of Reading Campaign

Thank you so much to those parents who have already donated to our “Love of Reading” Fundraiser.  Please take a moment to watch this important video created by our teachers and visit the link to donate.

 https://youtu.be/WN9w3VVF7ME

https://indigoloveofreadingfoundation.givecloud.co/fundraisers/le-roi-daniels-calgary-alberta 

Teacher's Pet

 Hi Parents!

We have an in school field trip coming to our class on Tuesday September 28th.  As of now, I have no volunteers to help us out.  If you are able to join us from 12:30-2:30 please email me.  Thanks so much for helping provide these amazing experiences for our class. 

September Classroom updates

 

Toonies for Terry!

Next week we will be learning about who Terry Fox was and why we celebrate him each September. On Thursday September 23rd students will be participating in the Terry Fox run. We are asking for all families to bring in a toonie for Terry (or more if you would like) at some point between Monday-Thursday. All funds raised will be donated to the Cancer Foundation. If you would like to donate $20 or more and receive a tax receipt, please go to the following link:

  http://www.terryfox.ca/LeRoiDaniels

This week in Grade 2 we celebrated International Dot Day!  

International Dot Day is staged to encourage people of all ages to harness their creativity. The inspiration behind the event is the children’s book The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds. The story behind this book relates the tale of a teacher who challenges one of his female pupils, Vashti (who thinks she cannot draw), to take courage in her abilities. As the story progresses, from a simple dot on a page, the youngster goes on to make her mark.

Real-life teacher Terry Shay brought this book to his class in the late 2000s and it was this small gesture that sparked Dot Day to life. Since then, this day has grown from just one classroom to become a worldwide celebration each year. This is just one example that shows how a simple act can be like a spark that spreads joy and delight to people everywhere!

We used our creativity and knowledge of patterns to create our very own dots.  

Homework has started!  Please be sure to log into my blog and click the homework tab for the weekly homework.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  

We will be heading to Granary Road on Wednesday.  Please send your child to school dressed for the weather as we will be outside all day exploring.  We will be learning more about our Small Crawling and Flying animals that we began studying in Science.  

Indigo Love of Reading Fundraiser

 We are thrilled and excited that our school has been adopted by Chapters Chinook! From September 13th to October 3rd, this store is going to fundraise on our behalf through donations done directly at the Chapters Chinook location. We’re also going to be raising funds to support our library through the direct fundraising page, located below. Please spread the work by sharing this link with family and friends.  

https://indigoloveofreadingfoundation.givecloud.co/fundraisers/le-roi-daniels-calgary-alberta 

Our school is going to receive every dollar raised to support our library and receive an additional 30% discount off books when we shop at Indigo & Chapters program donations. These funds will go long way to bringing more diverse and inclusive picture books to our classrooms. 

Please help us by showing your support for our library and our school community! We look forward to surprising the staff and children at Le Roi Daniels School with all the new library books this year!  Thank you for your continued support. 

Scholastic Orders

 

Welcome to Grade 2!

 We have had a busy week in Grade 2 getting to know each other and settle into our classroom routines. Students worked on a book all about their summer holiday.  We also completed a classroom graph and began our Social Studies unit on Communities in Canada. 

 We are going on a field trip to Granary Road on September 22, Please let me know if you can volunteer.  Thanks!

 We are excited to have been selected as the Love of Reading School for Chapters Chinook! The campaign runs from Sept. 13th-October 3rd. Donations given by customers at this store will be used to buy new books for Le Roi Daniels. In preparing for this campaign, all students at our school read the book "Pass it On" by Sophy Henn. We talked about ways that we can pass on kindness, then decorated bookmarks and made art themed around the book. 

Parent Evening Presentation

 If you were unable to attend the parent night last week, I have added the powerpoint for you here to look at.  Please let me know if you have any questions. 

Click here to view the presentaton