Welcome
Meet the Teacher
Night!
September 10, 2014
Mrs. Howg
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Mrs. Howg
I received my B ED from the University of
Lethbridge with a major in Drama .
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I started as the Resource Room Teacher
at General Stewart 23 years ago. I moved
to grade 1 at General Stewart for 4
years.
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I then had my son and took two years
off. I then moved to Westminster where I
taught grade ½ multiage for five years.
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Ten I moved to Senator Buchanan where
I taught grade 1-2 multiage for 16 years.
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And now I feel fortunate to be here.
Favourite things include: reading, music
Communication
• Daily agendas
• Monthly newsletter on website
• Email
• Phone calls
• Doorway visits, after/before school
• Open door policy
Home Reading
• Daily reading with parents
• Students exchange books daily
• Please listen to your child read
books or RAZ
• Please continue to enjoy reading
stories and retell stories to you’re
your child when possible
• “Good Fit” books:
• Five Finger Rule
• Child is interested in the book
• Child reads fluently
Spelling
• Students write Weekly Words in
Agendas on Monday
• Students should practice words for
a few minutes each day (say and
spell, TIC TAC TOE, print etc…)
• Test on Friday (used to motivate
practice)
• I am most interested in how they
spell in their own writing
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(I choose words based on Grade Two Dolch list,
short and long vowels, word families and blends)
Book Orders
• Send home Book orders monthly
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optional to buy, if you purchase
please make cheque out to
“Scholastic Canada Inc.”
(No cash please!)
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.
Daily 5:
-teaching L.A. curriculum while
fostering choice, independence,
confidence, engagement and selfassessment
• Read to Self- students will
eventually read for 30 minutes
(building Stamina)
• Read to Someone
• Listen to Reading
• Work on Writing
• Word Work
Leader in Me
7 Habits of Happy Kids
Teaches children the power of living
according to these 7 principles:
Be Proactive
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Begin With The End In Mind
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Put First Things First
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Think Win-Win
Seek First To Understand
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Synergize
Sharpen The Saw
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 50)
Volunteering
If you are interested in volunteering
as a room rep. or helper in the
classroom 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!