Meet the Teacher Night! September 14, 2018 Welcome to Probe! Meet the Teacher Night! September 14, 2018

I am excited to be joining the Probe Family Mrs. Howg Mrs. Howg I received my B ED from the University of Lethbridge with a major in Drama . I started as the Resource Room Teacher at General Stewart 28 years ago. I moved to grade 1 at General Stewart for 4 years. I had my son and took two years off. I then moved to Westminster where I taught grade ½ multiage for five years. I moved to Senator Buchanan where I taught grade 1-2 multiage for 16 years. I then moved to Nicholas Sheran where I taught grade two for three years. I had the privilege of opening the new school Coalbanks and taught grade 2-3 for one year. I am excited to be joining the Probe Family Favourite things include: reading, music and travelling to Disneyland as well as other places.

Doorway visits, after/before school Communication Daily agendas Monthly newsletter Email Phone calls Remind Doorway visits, after/before school Open door policy

Choose “Good Fit” books: Practice the Five Finger Rule Home Reading We will be earning prizes from the treasure box after both sides of the reading log are filled. Students can… Daily reading with parents for 20 minutes Students exchange books daily, they can read books from home as well Please listen to your child read RAZ Kids will be available soon Please continue to enjoy reading stories and retell stories to your child when possible… Choose “Good Fit” books: Practice the Five Finger Rule Let your Child choose books he/she are interested in

Spelling Spelling Inventory is given at the beginning of the year to determine which spelling stage your child will start with Students will practice their words at school through word sorts/games/various spelling activities Assessment every week The focus is not on how well they do on their spelling quizzes, but on how they apply what they have learned in their daily writing.

Book Orders Send home Book orders monthly optional to buy, if you purchase please make cheque out to “Scholastic Canada Inc.” Cash is also acceptable.

Holiday Celebrations We celebrate the following special days at school: Halloween, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Easter Thank you for signing up and sending healthy snacks like, fruit, veggies, crackers, cheese, and cookies or muffins, ONE time throughout the year is all you need to sign up for.

Reading Café : -teaching L.A. curriculum while fostering choice, independence, confidence, engagement and self-assessment Read to Self- students will eventually read for 30 minutes (building Stamina) Read to Someone Listen to Reading Work on Writing Word Work

Math Sept: Patterns/Sorting and Number Sense Encourage your child to sort things for you and recognize patterns at home and outside (grocery store) Repeating patterns and increasing patterns Number sense (numbers to 100,1000)

Volunteering If you are interested in volunteering as a room rep, helper in the classroom or with in-school literacy programs! Please let me know and we can set something up together. Thank you for your continued support; I look forward to, teaching, learning and growing together with your child this year!