Hi Parent's!!
What a great week to start off the fun and excitement of the holidays!!
Our Christamas concert was a HUGE success. The students worked hard learning their songs and actions and were amazing!
Thank you to all the families who brought items in for our Christmas bags. We spent the week decorating the bags and filling the with items for students in Grade 1 that may not be getting much.
We know that animals adapt to colder weather, but how do we adapt in Calgary? We came up with a lot of different ways!!
Our math and literacy centres are always part of our day! We started our special project to share with you in the Assembly we are hosting on DEC 21!!!
Rainbow day was a big success! We had so many colours on and used our math skills to find out which colour was the most popular. BLUE was the winner!
Reminders
Report cards go home Wednesday December 19th
Assembly will be Friday Dec 21 at 9:15. Parents are welcome to come watch. We will be sharing our learning as well as students from around the school.
Club Friday is also on the same Friday and school will go until 11:45 as usual.
Sunday, 16 December 2018
Sunday, 9 December 2018
Week of December 7!
Hi Mom and Dad!
The month of December is in full swing and as always is a busy one!!!
This week we had the opportunity to see the Kinders perform their Christmas concert and we have been working hard practicing our own songs!
We did a fun writing activity with the book "I Don't Want to be a Frog!". The frog wanted to be every animal but the one he was. We were able to choose what animals we wanted to be and reasons or characteristics about why would couldn't be that animal. There was a lot of great animals we came up with!
We have been working on how animals get ready for the winter and the changes they make. Whether they Hibernate, Migrate or Adapt, animals all do something! We've done a good job brainstorming animals and researching what animals do what!
On Thursday we worked with our Buddy Class and created our "Christmas Sweaters" out of paper. In honour of Christmas sweater day on Monday, they are hanging on the bulletin board in the HUB!
Reminders
Items for our Christmas bags are due tomorrrow!! We're hoping as many people as possible can help support some students who may not receive gifts this season.
Christmas concert is Thursday December 13 at 6:30pm. Our afternoon dress rehearsal will be at 1pm on Thursday. No tickets are required for that.
Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!!
The month of December is in full swing and as always is a busy one!!!
This week we had the opportunity to see the Kinders perform their Christmas concert and we have been working hard practicing our own songs!
We did a fun writing activity with the book "I Don't Want to be a Frog!". The frog wanted to be every animal but the one he was. We were able to choose what animals we wanted to be and reasons or characteristics about why would couldn't be that animal. There was a lot of great animals we came up with!
We have been working on how animals get ready for the winter and the changes they make. Whether they Hibernate, Migrate or Adapt, animals all do something! We've done a good job brainstorming animals and researching what animals do what!
On Thursday we worked with our Buddy Class and created our "Christmas Sweaters" out of paper. In honour of Christmas sweater day on Monday, they are hanging on the bulletin board in the HUB!
Reminders
Items for our Christmas bags are due tomorrrow!! We're hoping as many people as possible can help support some students who may not receive gifts this season.
Christmas concert is Thursday December 13 at 6:30pm. Our afternoon dress rehearsal will be at 1pm on Thursday. No tickets are required for that.
Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!!
Friday, 30 November 2018
Week of November 30th
Hi Mom and Dad,
Our Hip Hop dance residency was this week! We had an amazing time with our instructors and put on a great show for our audience. Sound Kreations did a wonderful job. Look for their link in the weekly update!!
We continue to work on our literacy centres, creating story with stop motion, writing letters to others and making words.
We read the book My Many Coloured Days by Dr. Suess. In the book it talked about colours representing our feelings. After, we did some writing about how colours make them feel.
In Math centres, we continue to work on number sense, ordering numbers, playing race to 50 and other fun games!!
In science we are working on the colour wheel and created some cool mixing jars. We added oil and water to 2 primary colours of our choice. When we shake it it makes the secondary colour! Ask me how we created the jars to get them to work and what colour I chose to make! We also did a cool experiment that used plastic cups and paper towel. Ask me to tell you about it!
Reminders!!
Our Christmas concert is Thursday December 13th at 6:30. The afternoon dress rehearsal will be at 1pm in the afternoon. More information to follow later!
We are really improving at reading!! Please continue to do your Home Reading every day!! As well as popcorn words.
Please start bringing in items for our Christmas Socks if you are able to paricipate!! We appreciate it!!
Our Hip Hop dance residency was this week! We had an amazing time with our instructors and put on a great show for our audience. Sound Kreations did a wonderful job. Look for their link in the weekly update!!
We continue to work on our literacy centres, creating story with stop motion, writing letters to others and making words.
We read the book My Many Coloured Days by Dr. Suess. In the book it talked about colours representing our feelings. After, we did some writing about how colours make them feel.
In Math centres, we continue to work on number sense, ordering numbers, playing race to 50 and other fun games!!
In science we are working on the colour wheel and created some cool mixing jars. We added oil and water to 2 primary colours of our choice. When we shake it it makes the secondary colour! Ask me how we created the jars to get them to work and what colour I chose to make! We also did a cool experiment that used plastic cups and paper towel. Ask me to tell you about it!
Reminders!!
Our Christmas concert is Thursday December 13th at 6:30. The afternoon dress rehearsal will be at 1pm in the afternoon. More information to follow later!
We are really improving at reading!! Please continue to do your Home Reading every day!! As well as popcorn words.
Please start bringing in items for our Christmas Socks if you are able to paricipate!! We appreciate it!!
Sunday, 18 November 2018
Colours, Colours Everywhere!
Hi Mom and Dad!
We spent this week exploring Primary and Secondary colours. Ask me which colours are which!!
Mixing colours was a favourite part of the week. We got to paint our hands with primary colours and mix them with a friend! We read the books Little Blue and Little Yellows, Harold and the Purple crayon and the Day the Crayons Quit!
Our blends of the week we learned were CH and TH! Knowing these blends help us when spelling! Did you know that TH can make 2 different sounds? Ask me what they are.
We finished our first round of literacy centres!! Working with groups and focusing on letter sounds and recognition have helped us in our reading and writing. Our next round of centres will start this week! We will be focusing on word work and guided reading.
Math Night was a great success. Thank you to all that came out to play and learn new math games. All the games that were shown can easily be played at home!! We showcased our Show Me and Number bingo games. Ask me to explain them to you, they are part of our current math centres!
Friday was a fun day!! We learned out to use stop motion animation with the ipads. Using some plastecine, we focused on using small movements and taking pictures to make a small story. We will start using this technology to tell stories in our literacy centres. We had a lot of fun!!!
Reminders
Library day is on Mondays - please remember to bring your library book back to school to take out a new one!
Popcorn words are finally posted on the side bar of the blog. Let us know if you need another sheet!
Thank you to all that have been bringing in their home reading regularly! We love reading with the kids everyday and seeing how much they have progressed!
Clubs will be this Thursday as we do not have school on Friday!!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
We spent this week exploring Primary and Secondary colours. Ask me which colours are which!!
Mixing colours was a favourite part of the week. We got to paint our hands with primary colours and mix them with a friend! We read the books Little Blue and Little Yellows, Harold and the Purple crayon and the Day the Crayons Quit!
Our blends of the week we learned were CH and TH! Knowing these blends help us when spelling! Did you know that TH can make 2 different sounds? Ask me what they are.
We finished our first round of literacy centres!! Working with groups and focusing on letter sounds and recognition have helped us in our reading and writing. Our next round of centres will start this week! We will be focusing on word work and guided reading.
Math Night was a great success. Thank you to all that came out to play and learn new math games. All the games that were shown can easily be played at home!! We showcased our Show Me and Number bingo games. Ask me to explain them to you, they are part of our current math centres!
Friday was a fun day!! We learned out to use stop motion animation with the ipads. Using some plastecine, we focused on using small movements and taking pictures to make a small story. We will start using this technology to tell stories in our literacy centres. We had a lot of fun!!!
Reminders
Library day is on Mondays - please remember to bring your library book back to school to take out a new one!
Popcorn words are finally posted on the side bar of the blog. Let us know if you need another sheet!
Thank you to all that have been bringing in their home reading regularly! We love reading with the kids everyday and seeing how much they have progressed!
Clubs will be this Thursday as we do not have school on Friday!!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Sunday, 11 November 2018
Remembrance Day
Hi Mom and Dad,
This week we talk a lot about Remembrance Day and what it means to remember those that fought and kept the peace so that we are able to live in a peaceful country. We read the Todd Parr book 'Peace is..." and "A Poppy is to Remember". For our assembly on Friday, we created a wreath of poppies and wrote a message of peace on a paper poppy. Our assembly on Friday was a wonderful way to end the week, reflecting on how others made sacrifices.
Letters Y, Q, X, Z, E and Blend 'SH'
We finished our letter work this week, finishing it off with the last vowel E! We love being able to use our knowledge of letters sounds to spell small words and sometimes words up to 5 letters long!!! After we finished the alphabet we started to work on letter blends starting with SH. We will continue to explore more blends to help us in our reading and writing.
We started a new round of Math Centres this week! This round we are focusing on number sense to 10. Ask me what centre I did on Friday!
POPCORN WORDS AND HOME READING
Parents, it is very important that your child is practicing their popcorn words and doing their home reading daily. Both activities help with their writing at school and allow them to explore new books and become more confident in themselves. Please have your child bring their Home Reading books back to school every day, unlike kindergarten, in grade one we are reading and exchanging your child's book daily to give them exposure to different text.
Reminders
Math night is Thursday November 15th from 6 -7 pm. We will be showcasing many different games and ways to help your child with math concepts we are working on. There will also be a bake sale run during this time.
There is school tomorrow Monday November 12.
Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend :)
This week we talk a lot about Remembrance Day and what it means to remember those that fought and kept the peace so that we are able to live in a peaceful country. We read the Todd Parr book 'Peace is..." and "A Poppy is to Remember". For our assembly on Friday, we created a wreath of poppies and wrote a message of peace on a paper poppy. Our assembly on Friday was a wonderful way to end the week, reflecting on how others made sacrifices.
Letters Y, Q, X, Z, E and Blend 'SH'
We finished our letter work this week, finishing it off with the last vowel E! We love being able to use our knowledge of letters sounds to spell small words and sometimes words up to 5 letters long!!! After we finished the alphabet we started to work on letter blends starting with SH. We will continue to explore more blends to help us in our reading and writing.
We started a new round of Math Centres this week! This round we are focusing on number sense to 10. Ask me what centre I did on Friday!
POPCORN WORDS AND HOME READING
Parents, it is very important that your child is practicing their popcorn words and doing their home reading daily. Both activities help with their writing at school and allow them to explore new books and become more confident in themselves. Please have your child bring their Home Reading books back to school every day, unlike kindergarten, in grade one we are reading and exchanging your child's book daily to give them exposure to different text.
Reminders
Math night is Thursday November 15th from 6 -7 pm. We will be showcasing many different games and ways to help your child with math concepts we are working on. There will also be a bake sale run during this time.
There is school tomorrow Monday November 12.
Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend :)
Friday, 2 November 2018
Halloween extravaganza!!!
Happy weekend parents!!
I apologize for no blog last week!!! Apparently the week got away from me!
This week was full of fun and frivolity!!
We worked on the letters H, J, V and U!! Were are getting close to the end and then will work on blends!!
We had fun writing about about our Halloween experiences, working with our pumpkins and using them in different math scenarios.
Our math and literacy centres have been a hit! We have been working so hard at becoming confident with letter sounds and popcorn words and working on patterns, sorting and number. Stay tuned, some new centres will be coming shortly!
We ended our week talking about Remembrance Day. This will be a large focus of our next week with our assembly happening on Friday.
Reminders
Popcorn words went home at parent teachers. If you have lost your list look to the side page of the blog for our new words!!
Please continue with your home reading! The more you practice at home and exchange your book when reading with the teacher the better you will get!!
Happy Weekend!!
I apologize for no blog last week!!! Apparently the week got away from me!
This week was full of fun and frivolity!!
We worked on the letters H, J, V and U!! Were are getting close to the end and then will work on blends!!
We had fun writing about about our Halloween experiences, working with our pumpkins and using them in different math scenarios.
Our math and literacy centres have been a hit! We have been working so hard at becoming confident with letter sounds and popcorn words and working on patterns, sorting and number. Stay tuned, some new centres will be coming shortly!
We ended our week talking about Remembrance Day. This will be a large focus of our next week with our assembly happening on Friday.
Reminders
Popcorn words went home at parent teachers. If you have lost your list look to the side page of the blog for our new words!!
Please continue with your home reading! The more you practice at home and exchange your book when reading with the teacher the better you will get!!
Happy Weekend!!
Saturday, 20 October 2018
Fall is finally here!!
Happy weekend!!
Hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful Fall weather!
We were able to take advantage of it and go on our Fall community walk this week. We payed close attention to what we saw, heard, felt and smelled! Even though most of the leaves have fallen off the trees, we were still able to admire the beauty of colour from our view at the ridge. At the end of our walk we found and area of grass will lots of leaves! Time to feel, crunch and throw them in the air! It was a wonderful time.
This week we worked on the letters L, P, O and G! Since we now have 2 vowel sounds, we are learning that we are able to spell even more small words!
We are getting really good at our POPCORN words. Parents, we encourage you to continue working with your child at home. These words will be a foundation of your child's reading and writing skills. Next week at interviews we will get a new list!!
Our math centres continue to engage us in reinforcing our sorting, patterning, and number skills. We have had a chance to go through 4 of our 10 rounds so far. Ask me what my favourite station is so far!
In writing we are learning about what happens First, Next and Last in a story. We read many "If you give a ......" stories to show students how many things happen in a story and in some they come full circle!
CLUB FRIDAY was this week. Students had an amazing time and were very independent in getting to and from their club. Ask me what I liked best about my club!
Reminders
Parent teacher conferences are Thursday evening and Friday morning. If you haven't booked an interview there is still time!!
Home Reading is an important program for your child. Please read with your child daily and use the sheet we sent home to help you with the ways you can support your child.
Parents, we could use more volunteers to do home reading. Spots open are Wednesdays or Fridays. Please sign up in you can! It usually only takes an hour of your time any time of the day!!
Hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful Fall weather!
We were able to take advantage of it and go on our Fall community walk this week. We payed close attention to what we saw, heard, felt and smelled! Even though most of the leaves have fallen off the trees, we were still able to admire the beauty of colour from our view at the ridge. At the end of our walk we found and area of grass will lots of leaves! Time to feel, crunch and throw them in the air! It was a wonderful time.
This week we worked on the letters L, P, O and G! Since we now have 2 vowel sounds, we are learning that we are able to spell even more small words!
We are getting really good at our POPCORN words. Parents, we encourage you to continue working with your child at home. These words will be a foundation of your child's reading and writing skills. Next week at interviews we will get a new list!!
Our math centres continue to engage us in reinforcing our sorting, patterning, and number skills. We have had a chance to go through 4 of our 10 rounds so far. Ask me what my favourite station is so far!
In writing we are learning about what happens First, Next and Last in a story. We read many "If you give a ......" stories to show students how many things happen in a story and in some they come full circle!
CLUB FRIDAY was this week. Students had an amazing time and were very independent in getting to and from their club. Ask me what I liked best about my club!
Reminders
Parent teacher conferences are Thursday evening and Friday morning. If you haven't booked an interview there is still time!!
Home Reading is an important program for your child. Please read with your child daily and use the sheet we sent home to help you with the ways you can support your child.
Parents, we could use more volunteers to do home reading. Spots open are Wednesdays or Fridays. Please sign up in you can! It usually only takes an hour of your time any time of the day!!
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