Hello 5KP families

The class are enjoying preparing their first personal narrative for publishing. Using some of the new tools I was taught about at the Mac conference last Thursday and Friday we have been reading each others work, saving the work as a Pages Document and then using Voice Candy to give feedback to our writing partner. Ask the kids about it, they really worked hard. We will hold our first publishing party next Monday. It would be great if we could have some volunteers to send in a few treats for the kids. Please mail me if you are able to make brownies or cupcakes or send in some juice, pop-corn or potato chips, we would really appreciate it and then we will celebrate by sharing our stories aloud with each other.We are about half way through our second math unit and I anticipate having our second unit test first thing on Thursday the 23rd of September. That week is a busy week with our publishing party on Monday, school photos on either Monday the 20th or Tuesday the 21st (times to follow), an elementary assembly at 2 pm on Tuesday (you are always welcome to attend), our day off from school on Wednesday the 22nd and our first soccer day of the year on Thursday the 23rd, starting out on the fields at 10 am, please join us if you are able, we play about 5 matches between 10 am and 1.30 pm (details to follow).

All of these dates are in the google calendar at the left of this screen and are updated regularly.

All new students have now been put into their school houses, either Puma, Dolphin, Bear or Falcon so check out who is where.

Finally, if you are anything like me, you will sometimes find it difficult to get your child organized in the morning. Some of the students have been coming to school without their writer’s or reader’s notebooks, their study-links or other things they need for the day. I found this link handy in my own life and wonder if it may be helpful in yours. The site, unclutterer.com is in my useful sites category too on the right of the screen as I have followed it for a few years; there is always something handy on there to help me or my family/my class become more organized.

I look forward to perhaps seeing some of you at the S.A.S. swim meet of the P.T.S.A. barbecue this Saturday. Over and Out!