Working at our gingerbread math centres

It's Crock-a-Doodle Day!

We were very excited today for Crock a Doodle to come to our class.  We got to paint something special for Christmas.  We can't wait to get them back to see what they look like after they are fired in the kiln!



It's 50's Day!

50th Day

Dear Grade 1 Parents,

  We want to make you aware of an upcoming special day for the grade ones.  On Tuesday November 15th, we will be celebrating the 50th day of school.  We are going ‘back in time’ to the 1950’s to help celebrate that day!  We will be

doing some fun activities  within our classrooms.  These activities will include,

using a 50’s grid to find number patterns, counting out 50 fruit loops to make a necklace, using a bar graph to record our favourite activities, a sock hop, teaching the kids some dance moves from the 50’s and enjoying music from that decade.  Afterwards, the students will get to cool-off with a float. It is

going to be a lot of fun!

  To make it feel more authentic, we are asking for your help by having the students “dress” 50’s style.  Some ideas are: bobby socks, long skirts and pony tails tied with ribbons for the girls.  For the boys: white t-shirts, jeans rolled up and slicked hair.  Have fun being creative with this, but please don’t feel like you need to buy anything new!

  We are really looking forward to this (you’ll see us in our poodle skirts too!) Let us know if you have any questions.

Remembrance Day

Today is Remembrance Day. In class for the last couple of days, we have been talking about this day, and why it is so special and important. We learned about the Soldiers, and how we show our respect for them, and what they do and have done for our country. To get ready for our school assembly, we talked about Poppies, and why we wear them. We even made some soldiers to decorate the hallway on the way to the gym.



It's November Already!

I'm so sorry that it has been so long since my last post. I've been having some technical difficulties that hopefully are now resolved. I will post more later, and watch for some pictures too!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I would like to take the opportunity to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy this time with your family. We truly do have so much to be thankful for!

September just flew by!

It is so hard to believe that September is over already, and we are into cooler weather and the beautiful colours and smells of Fall.  This past week and continuing into this week we have used apples as the theme that we have based all of our learning activities on.  We have been making apple prints, had an apple pie baking centre, read an apple story, and we even did an apple science experiment! The students have had so much fun with these learning activities, Mrs. Wideen and I have decided to keep them open for one more week!
It was really great to meet so many parents at meet the teacher night.  It is so nice to be able to meet everyone's families and put faces to names!

The letter "M"

Today we heard a fun song about the letter "M". After, we got to practice printing our letter "M".

It's fun to explore!

The grade one students are having fun exploring our centres!

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