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October 19th, 2017

Dear parents and guardians,

Today we had our very first lockdown practice of the year. We explained the meaning of a lockdown to the students yesterday, as well as reviewed procedures. The majority of students did a wonderful job and stayed silent through to the end of the lockdown. Ask your child how they did, and chat with them about the severity of talking during a lockdown.

The learning happens so fast it is hard to keep up! We have been continuing to practice our first 26 sight words. The most recent ones that we added are: 

- at
- be
- this
- have
- from
- or

Please continue to practice these words with your child. We have also added a new fall-themed poem this week for the children to practice, called "The Bat". It is one of the most challenging ones they have learned yet, and they are working hard to master it!

We have been very focused on our writing this week. We have been trying extremely hard to add new words to our vocabularies by describing objects in our writing. For example, today we wrote about pumpkins. Ask your child how they would describe the following pumpkins:



Here are some examples of our pumpkin writing:




Over the past week, we have been working on writing and illustrating our own "Hello Fall, Goodbye Summer" books which should have come home in your child's purple folder.  This was another opportunity for the students to work on descriptive vocabulary. The students were given plenty of time to finish their books. If your child's book is incomplete, you may want to ask them about it.

In social studies, we have been presenting our "All About Me" bags a few students at a time. It has been a great opportunity for students to share some information about themselves, and to ask questions about their fellow students!

In math, we have been continuing our work on patterning. Please continue to work with you child on translating (i.e. ABAB or 1212), creating, copying and extending various patterns. We finished our last round of sorting and patterning centers today.


Reminders:

- There is an assembly tomorrow at 10:45. All parents are welcome to attend.

Message from the office:

Hello Parents & Guardians,
Our fees have been loaded for all students in your MY CBE Account.  All fees can be payed online using your My CBE Account https://webapps.cbe.ab.ca/MyAccount/Account/LogOn?ReturnUrl=%2fMyAccount%2f
It is important to notice that we have bundled the lower costs fees as we are unable to collect an online payment for less than $10.00.  You will find the breakdown of the bundled fees in the description.  Please note that you can pay for these fees either all at once, or pay them in installments.  Ken Taylor School Fees Grade 1 2017-2018.pdf 
Please see the attached document for a detailed description of the of these fees.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions or require assistance if online payment.
Barb Rocca
Administrative Assistant, Kenneth D. Taylor School






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