December 2015 Division 1 News · Grade 1 Team: Mrs. Hundal, Mrs. Konrad, and Ms. Kaur Kindergarten...
Transcript of December 2015 Division 1 News · Grade 1 Team: Mrs. Hundal, Mrs. Konrad, and Ms. Kaur Kindergarten...
Congratulations for
Putting First Things First
The students were working hard on Habit #3, Put First Things First. Be-
low are a list of this months student of the month! Congratulations and
Great work!!!
K H A L S A S C H O O L C A L G A R Y
Important Dates
December
3– PAC Meeting
4—Tribute to Manmeet Bhullar
9– Items due for helping fami-
lies in need
11– Christmas Concert
11– Last day of School before
Winter Holidays
School Closed Dec 14th
to Jan 8th.
Students Back from holi-
days January 11th.
Division 1 News
Preserving the Past...Preparing for the Future
December 2015
Student of the Month 1
Helping Families in
Need
2
Tips for Parents 3
Teachers’Corner
Kindergarten and
Grade 1
4
Teachers’Corner
Kindergarten and
Grades 2 and 3
5
Teacher’s Corner
Punjabi department 6
December Calendar 7
Inside this issue:
Kindergarten Z: Muskaan Gill
Kindergarten P: Udhay Sidhu
Grade 1H: Gurnoor Boparai
Grade 1K: Shabadjot Singh
Grade 1Kaur: Surpreet Doad
Grade 2G: Irshan Dhillon
Grade 2K: Gurkeerat Sahi
Grade 3H: Gurtegh Golan
Grade 3R: Sukhraj Kaler
This holiday season we are teaching Khalsa
school students about caring and giving.
Students will be synergizing to collect es-
sential items to fill up hampers to the “Even
Start for Children Foundation of Calgary”. Please send the items to school by
Wednesday, December 9th, 2015.
We Thank You Kindly for your
Generosity!
Khalsa School Calgary will be paying tribute to the life of Manmeet
Singh Bhullar on Friday, December 4th @ 1:00p.m
We will be conducting an assembly in the main gymnasium and we
would invite all parents to share in the celebration of Manmeet’s
life.
Helping Families in Need
Tribute to Manmeet Bhullar
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Let’s Make a
Difference
Together
Wash Your Hands- Germs are everywhere! Good hand washing is the
best prevention against picking up unwanted viruses.
Get enough sleep- We are all-sleep deprived in this country. Sleep
allows the immune system time to regenerate it’s resilient powers to
protect us. Make this a priority during flu season.
Avoid drafts- Dress your child properly for abrupt changes in temper-
ature especially when going outside. This can shock the immune sys-
tem and make it work let effectively.
Wash your hands- Germs are everywhere !Good hand washing is the
best prevention against picking up unwanted viruses.
Student Absences
If your child is sick or
will be away from school for
any reason, please call the
school office and let the secre-
tary know. The school phone
number is 403-293-
7712.
Important information for parents
Agendas
We want to remind all parents
to PLEASE CHECK YOUR
CHILD’S AGENDA EVERY
NIGHT. We send the agendas
home every night. It is a tool
that we communicate with par-
ents about what is going on at
school. We appreciate your
involvement in this way.
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Tips to Help Prevent a Cold
Healthy Eating
It is very important to pack your
child a healthy lunch with 2
healthy snacks. Food such as pop,
kool-aid, chips, candy, choco-
late, wagon wheels, and dun-
karoos are not allowed to be eat-
en at school. These items will be
sent back home! Thank you for
your cooperation.
Bana Day
On Fridays, students are permitted to wear Bana in-
stead of their school uniform. This is optional; how-
ever, if students choose not to wear Bana, they must
wear their uniform. Fridays are not casual dress
days!! Only the last Friday of the month is a Caus-
al Day.
The grade ones have been super busy over the last couple of months. In language
arts, we have begun looking at long vowel sounds. We are using rhymes and songs to help us remember the
long-vowel rules. We know that bumper words and mouse words help us make the long vowel sounds. We are
also learning all about bears! We are reading, researching, labeling and writing about different bears including
black bears, grizzly bears and polar bears. If you have any questions about bears, take a walk down the divi-
sion one hallway and we’ll help you out. We’re becoming experts! In the beginning of December, we will have
our annual “Teddy Bear Sleep-Over.” We can’t wait!
In math, we’re continuing to work on our numerical skills. We are mastering our skip-counting skills. We know
how to count to 100 by 10s, 5s and 2s. We know that repetition is important for us! The more we practise some-
thing, the better we will get. We are also looking at place value. We are learning how to represent numbers
using ten-base and one blocks.
In social studies, we are finishing up our discussions about rights and responsibilities. These were difficult con-
cepts, but we worked hard to learn them. We will now begin to look at citizenship and what it means to be a
good citizen.
In science, we continued to explore the world of colours. We discovered how to mix and blend colours to
make new colours. We loved painting! Now, we are learning about natural and manufactured colours.
Grade 1 Team: Mrs. Hundal, Mrs. Konrad, and Ms. Kaur
Kindergarten
As November comes to a close and December is nearly upon us, it is hard to believe that the first term of
the school year is over. It has been an exciting first term in Kindergarten. The kindergarten teachers have
seen such great progress in the kindergarten students in regards to them becoming familiar with their class
-room routines and expectations, seeing them become more independent, and seeing the youngest stu-
dents at KSC become little leaders in their own ways. They have continued to learn about fall weather,
activities and holidays. Letter recognition and sounds have also been a focus in literacy as well as express-
ing their ideas through journal entries. The kindergarten students have studied what Remembrance Day is
and have learned poems that teach about the poppy. In Math, kindergarten continues to work on recog-
nizing and writing numbers from zero to ten. Pattern recognition, pattern building and sorting objects
based on a single attribute have also been a focus. In Citizenship and Identity, the students are learning
about the origin and significance of their given names as well as learning what each other’s interests are.
Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind has been taught and demonstrated through various children’s stories
which teach the kindergarten students how to plan ahead, set goals, do things that make a difference,
and how to be a good citizen through following their Classroom Mission Statements.
Mrs. Parhar and Mrs. Zaseybida
Grade 1
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Reading and Writing:
The grade two students have just been introduced to the Explanation genre. Explanatory texts tell the reader how and
why things are the way they are, or how things work. Students will learn how to research on a topic of choice by using
different forms to collect information such as books, internet, videos, etc.
Math:
In math we are focusing on our addition and subtraction strategies unit. In this unit students will be able to develop
number sense and represent algebraic expressions in multiple ways. Students will demonstrate an understanding of ad-
dition(limited to 1- and 2 digit numerals) with answers to 100* and the corresponding subtraction by using personal strat-
egies for adding and subtracting with and without the support of manipulatives.
Science:
For science, we are currently looking at our “Hot and Cold temperature” unit. In this unit our goal is to have students
recognize the effects of heating and cooling, and identify methods for heating and cooling.
Social:
For social studies, we have continued learning about Meteghan, Saskatoon and Iqaluit. We have expanded on a vari-
ous traditions and celebrations that are significant in each community. This term, students were to demonstrate an in
depth understanding of traditions and the way of life in each community.
Mrs.Kaur and Ms.Gill
Grade 2
Grade 3
Students have completed their Numbers to 1000 unit and have already started the Addition and Subtraction unit. Students are describing and applying mental mathematics strategies for both addition and subtraction problems. They are also applying estimation strategies to pre-dict sums and differences. We will hope to complete this unit when students return from their winter holiday. We are continuing to work on our Fractured Fairy Tales unit and making para-graphs in literacy. We will be starting an independent novel study soon so be on the lookout for some hard working readers at home! In science, we are continuing to work on our Hearing and Sound unit. We learned a lot about sound on our trip to the Telus Spark Centre. We have learned what sound is, how sound travels, what pitch is, and how to measure sound using a sound meter. In Social, we are well into our unit on Ukraine and we should be finishing that up after the long holiday break. We are learning all about the culture, food, people, clothing, envi-ronment, jobs and entertainment in Ukraine. In our homeroom classes we are beginning to work on our Christmas concert presentations! We hope you will all join us in December for the concert!
Ms. Rendell and Mr. Hasegawa
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KG
Grades 1,2, and 3
Basic level classes: The students are learning to recognize different alphabets sounds so that they can get
ready for reading and writing Mukta words. They are getting one-on-one support to enhance their under-
standing. However, we request second helping hand from parents so that extra practice at home in the
form of homework could improve their progress. Please don't forget to send completed homework and oth-
er Punjabi materials in your child's backpack for every Punjabi class.
Advanced level classes: Our advanced Punjabi learners of G-1 and 2 are reading and writing different mat-
ra words from Baal Updesh. They are expected to read and write 2, 3 & 4 - letter words of that matra before
writing their matra test. The parents are requested to let them write mixed words test at home so as to give
them extra exposure to Punjabi practice at home. The advanced learners of G-3 are reading lessons and
stories from Punjabi Patth Mala and solve the given questions. Please make sure that they are writing their
answers in full sentences rather than some words.
Please feel free to call or have personal meeting with Punjabi teachers if you have any question regarding
your child's Punjabi progress. Your support and co-operation really makes a difference to your child's learn-
ing progress. Please feel free to call or have personal meeting with Punjabi teachers if you have any question regarding your child's
Punjabi progress. Your support and co-operation really makes a difference to your child's learning progress.
Our youngest Punjabi learners are doing great in their classes. They are learning reading and writ-
ing second line of Punjabi alphabets. Along with writing, they are learning to connect the names
of different objects with the first letter of their spellings and they can name 3-5 objects for every
letter they have learned. That 's a great strategy to make them familiar with different alphabets'
sounds. We will send their winter break homework and parents are requested to help them saying
next letters while writing one page everyday. We really appreciate the effort and interest parents
have shown in Punjabi learning for their children.
Punjabi Department Punjabi/Gurmat
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Winter has Arrived!!
The winter weather has arrived! Please make sure
your child is properly dressed for the cold weath-
er. Keeping an extra pair of socks, pants and mitts
in their backpacks is a great idea for those extra-
snowy days. Please also be sure to write your
child’s name in all of their outdoor clothing so that
we can ensure that these items do not go missing.
December 2015 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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PAC Meeting
@ 6:00 p.m
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Assembly @
1:00p.m
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6 7 8 9 10
11
Christmas
Concert @ 8:45
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13 14
Winter Holidays
Begin
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School Closed December 14th to January 8th.
Students Back from holidays Monday, January 11th.