Spelling Quiz Tomorrow

Students have been practicing their new spelling (word work) words all week. Tomorrow they will be asked to write them out so that we can see how effective the word work tasks have been. This will help us determine what words students will practice next week - this quiz is not intended to be a stressful event and will not be used as a final assessment of your child's writing ability.

Crazy Hair Day

Hello Families,

Tomorrow is Crazy Hair Day! Students are encouraged to come to school with a fun and wild hairstyle.

We can't wait to see the hairstyles your kiddos come up with!

Ms. Betty & Mrs. Harvey

Our Community

Last week students learned about the important landmarks around CJP and created a map of where each landmark is. This week we have been learning about the different community helpers that we can find at these important places!

Please take some time to ask your child who some important people are in our community. Have your child write down a community helper that they would like to learn more about and bring it to school tomorrow to hand in.

Thank you for your on-going support at home!

Ms. Betty & Mrs. Harvey

New Spelling Groups

Today students were given a new list of spelling words to practice every day for the week. Your child's daily message will let you know which group he or she is part of. This week's words are:

Red Group: I, a, at, to, me

Blue Group: has, had, are, look, did, said

Green Group: what, when, where, how, who, why

Yellow Group: can't, didn't, don't, won't, that's, they're, it's

You may notice some of these words are review from previous weeks - this is to provide your child some extra practice on these words as we have noticed many students are not yet applying their learning to their independent writing.

Thank you for your support!

Ms. Betty & Mrs. Harvey

Grade 2 Math Quiz - Please return

If you haven't returned your Grade 2 Math Quiz yet, please sign and return as soon as possible.
Thanks!
Ms. Betty

TWAS journals

Today students are bringing home a new TWAS (This Week at School) journal. Please take some time to read it with your child and add a short positive comment. We will be working with these books first thing on Monday morning so please ensure that they are returned.

Have a fabulous long weekend! See you on Monday.

- Ms. Betty & Mrs. Harvey

Daily Message Books & Spelling Groups

Dear Parents of Rooms 6 & 13,

Please ensure that Daily Message Books and Communication folders are coming to school daily.

Starting on Monday, we will starting a new spelling program.  We will be grouping students into new Word Work groups to provide better support for their individual levels.  Each Monday, we will be posting new words on the blog for you to work with over the week.

Thanks,

Mrs. Harvey & Ms. Betty

Grade 2 Math

Dear Parents of Grade 2s!

Students completed a brief check-in quiz last week that covered 7 key concepts we have covered this term: Representing numbers in word form, tallies, base ten squares, counting by 5s from various starting points, odd and even numbers, adding two-digit numbers and word problems. 

Please look for this quiz tomorrow after school.  Once you have reviewed it, please sign it and return it so students can store it in their duotang to refer to.  Most students need to work on showing their steps and how they came to an answer.  It is important to show their understanding and not just the answer!  We will go over this on Monday.

Thanks for your support!

Ms. Betty

Fundraising with Purdy's Chocolatier

WE’RE FUNDRAISING WITH PURDYS CHOCOLATIER!

THIS PROGRAM GIVES 25% OF THE SALES BACK TO CAPTAIN JOHN PALLISER SCHOOL.

Purdys’ chocolates are made fresh in Vancouver from only 100% sustainable cocoa. They have a great selection of chocolate gifts so you can help us out while you get your Christmas shopping done.  See the attached catalogue.

If you'd like to support us through purchasing some very sweet Christmas gifts for friends, family and yourself, please follow the steps below to join our campaign:

TO ORDER ONLINE

1. Login or create a new account at https://fundraising.purdys.com/858592-60591

2. Enter your contact information

3. Click JOIN CAMPAIGN

After you've signed in you can buy our amazing chocolates or invite others to join and support our Fundraising Campaign.

PLACE & PAY FOR ORDERS BY:  November 27, 2018          PICK UP ORDERS ON:  December 12, 2018

Your order will be available for pickup at our school on December 12, 2018 during school hours or they can be sent home with your child on the same day.  Please email the Fundraising Coordinator if you need to make special arrangements.

Thank you very much for your support!

CJP Parent Association

fundraisingforCJP@gmail.com

Monday, November 12

Hello parents,

Just a friendly reminder that we do have school tomorrow, November 12.

We hope you had a wonderful weekend; we look forward to seeing students tomorrow.

Ms. Lamboo and Ms. Betty

Poppy donation

Students will be attending the Remembrance Day assembly tomorrow morning.
All students will be given poppies to wear for this event.
If you wish you may send in a small donation for the Poppy Fund.

Just a reminder as we discussed it today in class - members of Scouts, Beavers etc. may wear their uniforms tomorrow for the assembly.

Thanks, and have a great weekend!

School photos

School photos went home either yesterday or today.
Please check backpacks for them if you haven't already seen them.

The order deadline is November 8, 2018.

Retakes will be on November 5.

Pumpkin Math in Room 13 and other reminders...

Thanks to a donation of pumpkins to the school, Room 13 had the opportunity to plan and carve our Rainbow Spider pumpkin to decorate the gym for Friday's Family Dance.  It is both scary and beautiful!

We also have been work on counting using friendly numbers and got all the way to 580 as we counted the seeds! 

Our Robotics Residency starts next week so student have been busy planning their projects in Math class.  Stayed tuned for exciting details about our student projects.



REMINDER:  Please return information sheet for our Room Parent.  She is waiting to add you to the list so that she may contact you as needed throughout the year.  Thanks to Nya for volunteering to be our Room Parent.