Home Reading, Terry Fox Run, Cross Country Run

This week students got to take out books from the library. They were sent home in a plastic bag. The bag can stay at home, just have your child bring back their book to school in time for library day which is every MONDAY.

A note about Home Reading:

Great work reading with your children! I am so impressed that students are begging for new books to take home every day! It's like my dream come true. The only problem is that the books students are taking home are going to get too hard too soon because they are blowing through the books I have. So, please keep the home reading books (sent home in the yellow or red folder) for a week each time for now. I will exchange books with students every MONDAY. To make the home reading books last and stay interesting for a whole week, you can do different activities with the books like look for and write down all the words with the -at family in it (cat, mat, rat). You can also practice comprehension skills by asking your child about what they are reading and have them re-tell the story to you. 

I gave out beads (for their brag tag chains-ask your child about it) and treats for students who read for at least  5 days in the last week. This is something that we will be doing every FRIDAY. Please please please don't forget to write in your child's agenda every day for how long they are reading! Students do not get a bead unless their reading is written in their agenda!

The staff and students at Raymond Elementary are participating in the National School Terry

Fox Run. Our school theme is “TOONIES for TERRY”. Students are invited to bring a single

Toonie to the RES OFFICE to donate for cancer research starting -

Monday, Sept. 23rd. Our Terry Fox Run will take place on:

Thursday, September 26th, 2013

At 2:00pm @ RES GYM - PLEASE WEAR RED – Family is welcome!

On Tuesday, October 1, we will be having our annual "Cross Country Run" at the Temple Hill Race Track (west side). Students will be bused to and from the track. Parents and family are welcome to come and watch! The girls will run at approximately 11:30 and the boys will run at about 11:45 (BIG emphasis on approximately!). Please make sure that your child is wearing appropriate footwear (running shoes) that can get dirty. 

This week we have been practicing recognizing color words. This is one activity we did to practice this skill. Students had to go around the room and tape their color word to something of that color. I could tell they loved it from all the giggles as they realized they could tape their words to their friends!

Thanks for checkin' in!

-Carly