If you have not already, please fill out the Kindergarten to Grade 4 Intent to Return Form or the Grade 6 Plans Form by January 27.
Registration for the 2023-24 school year is ongoing. Please visit the CBE website to register a younger sibling. Submission must be received by February 14 at noon.
Report cards will be viewable through your MyCBE account on January 31. Please contact the office if you need help with this. If you have any questions about the contents of the report card, please contact your child’s teacher.
February 3 is a non-instruction day with no classes for all students.
The next Dalhousie School Council Parent Society meeting will be held through Teams on February 8 at 6pm. All are welcome to attend.
A reminder that we are a nut and allergy aware school, so no nuts or products containing nuts should be brought to school. Additionally, due to dietary/medical restrictions and preferences, students are not permitted to share or trade food at any time. In the same vein, we ask that no food or toys be sent to school for birthdays or other celebrations. There may be occasion for a class celebration in relation to learning, during which the teacher may ask for healthy and food specific donations.
NOTES FROM THE MUSIC ROOM
We will have our Spring concert in the evening the week of March 20. Exact date and time are still to be confirmed. You will be informed in a few weeks when your child will be performing.
Please refer to last week’s update for the lyrics of the songs that your children are working on.
In addition to the songs mentioned last week, I would like to share with you a song that we are all learnin: Un Barquito de Cascara de Nuez (the little nutshell boat). The link to the Youtube video is below. For anyone familiar with children’s music from Spain back in the 70s, this is the voice of Miliki (and the cartoon character that’s singing is him as well). I am teaching the words to the G1-5 students and the kindergarten students will become “familiar” with the song rather than be expected to fully learn the lyrics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfzUom7wAjY
Un barquito de cáscara de nuez,
adornado con velas de papel,
se hizo hoy a la mar para lejos llevar
gotitas doradas de miel.
Un mosquito sin miedo va en él
muy seguro de ser buen timonel.
Y subiendo y bajando las olas
el barquito ya se fue.
Navegar sin temor
en el mar es lo mejor,
no hay razón de ponerse a temblar.
Y si viene negra tempestad
reír y remar y cantar.
Navegar sin temor
en el mar es lo mejor.
Y si el cielo está muy azul,
el barquito va contento
por los mares lejanos del Sur.
And since you have read this whole message, I would like to share with you a special treat. I use the website www.musicplayonline.com for a number of activities with the children. The CBE has purchased the rights to use this site for us this year. Unfortunately, it’s not free, so this is a treat for me. This website has a student access code. Many of the children are familiar with this site since I used it quite a bit during our COVID days and am still using it from time to time. Below are the instructions to access the use of the site, which is only to be used by our Dalhousie Students:
Navigate to:
https://musicplayonline.com/
Login as:
Click on "Student"
Enter the code:
In the text field, enter the code: d667951
This week we are learning about:
ELAL : Students are working on different literacy centers and small guided reading groups with the teacher.
Sight words: use, an, each, which, she, do, how
Here is the list of the 125 sight words for grade 1
Read aloud: Big Bear, Little Bear
Writing prompt: When I grow up I want to be a ...
Spanish:
Syllables with f: fa-fe-fi-fo-fu
Vocabulary: body parts
We sang the song La hormiguita (Little ant) and play a game to identify the body parts)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAkL5bO1gwg&t=3s
Math: Los amigos del 5 y del 10 (numbers that add to 5 and then to 10)
Writing math problems
Science: The Five Senses poster
Social Studies: We finish the poster about landmarks.
