Ms. Furlotte - Archived 04/20 | Parkwood Heights Elementary School

Kindergarten and Grade One

Our Visit to the SPCA!

Posted: April 30, 2013

Today marked the last phase of our "Cookies for Critters" project. The grade one classes visited the Bathurst SPCA today. They received a tour of the shelter, visited with the cats and dogs, and got a training session on how to approach dogs safely. Thank you to Bob for your captivating...

Posted: April 29, 2013

May Book Orders Due Wednesday, May 1

Date:

Tue, Apr 30/13 9:00 pm

May book orders due May 1, 2013. This months order is due early so that the June orders will be able to go out in time to be received before the end of the school year.

Posted: April 29, 2013

SPCA field trip tomorrow - EAR PLUGS

Just a note to parents that the SPCA can be a very loud place. You may want to consider sending a pair of soft ear plugs with your child if they have trouble with loud noises. This is just a suggestion and is NOT mandatory.

Posted: April 22, 2013

SPCA field trip - permission slip coming home today.

Students will be bringing home a permission slip today to go to the SPCA on Tuesday, April 30. At the SPCA we will be presenting our cheque from the money raised during the "Cookies For Critters" bake sale. The students will also get to have a tour of the SPCA and visit with the animals. Students will also get a little session on how to approach animals safely. NOTE: The SPCA can be a very loud place. You may want to consider getting your child some soft ear plugs if they're bothered by loud noises.

Charlie uses benchmarks to subtract

Posted: April 15, 2013

In this short clip, Charlie explains how he uses a benchmark number (10) to make subtraction easier.

Posted: April 15, 2013

Reminder: Book orders due Wednesday

Just a reminder that book orders are due this Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Thank you for supporting Literacy in our classroom!

Fact Families with 1A

Posted: April 10, 2013

Today in 1A we were busy working on fact families. According to our students, fact families: have 3 numbershave 4 number sentenceshave 2 addition number sentenceshave 2 subtraction number sentenceshave the same parts and wholecan be mixed up and changed around (the numbers)you can count 12 numbers...

Doubles and Making Ten - Strategy Handout

Posted: April 8, 2013

Attached you will find a copy of the handout I gave at the student led conferences. If you're like me, it can easily be misplaced, so here's a copy that's always available. Remember to remind your child to use these strategies in all adding and subtracting questions, not just in isolated questions that require it.