We had a wonderful Black and Orange Day!!!! We did centres, played in the Learning Commons, learned a new Math game, listened to a story, got tired in PE, did spooky connect the dots for math and ended with a Dance Party!!! We sure do love our Class Dances!

Notes:
Parent Council Hallowe'en Dance TONIGHT from 6-8pm. Please wear costumes! This is a free event for the whole family! Room 5 has been practicing their dance moves!!

No school tomorrow for the kids! 

Scholastic Orders Due Monday, November 3rd! Cash or cheques are fine :) 

Have a wonderful weekend!!!! Don't eat too much candy ;) 

Wednesday!

Tomorrow is Black and Orange Day! Please wear any shirts, pants or socks that are black or orange!

We had our Fun Lunch today and it was CRAZY!!! But we all enjoyed ourselves.

We worked on connect the dots that helped us with our alphabet and counting by ones or twos! Sneaky Fun Work!!! :)  We also listened to a story from Mrs. Nelson that talked about how we are each special!

Notes:
Photo Orders are due back Tomorrow! Thursday, October 30th!
Thursday is Orange and Black Day! Please no costumes.
Parent Council Hallowe'en Dance Thursday evening from 6-8pm. Please wear costumes!
Scholastic Orders Due Monday, November 3rd!
We are 500 cans short of what we raised last year for our WE SCARE HUNGER donations! Please send non-perishable food items for "We Scare Hunger".  If you wish to donate, please send canned or boxed food items by this Thursday. 

Tuesday, October 28th, 2014

We are almost finished our Letter's of the Day! Today we did the letter 'X' and found out that lots of words have an "x" in them.  We will finish the alphabet this week!!!!

We coloured pumpkins and tomorrow we will make them into Jack O'lanterns!

Notes:
Fun Lunch is TOMORROW!!!!  October 29th! Please send a snack with your child if they ordered lunch! 
Photo Orders are due back on Thursday. October 30th!
Thursday is Orange and Black Day! Please no costumes.
Parent Council Hallowe'en Dance Thursday evening from 6-8pm. Please wear costumes!
Scholastic Orders Due November 3rd!

The Mavericks are collecting non-perishable food items for "We Scare Hunger".  If you wish to donate, please send canned or boxed food items by this Thursday.

Monday October 27th, 2014

October is just whizzing by! We are working hard in class and becoming great workers and readers! We worked on our Student of the Day and the letter W. W vibrates and we feel air come out of our mouths too! It's a funny letter!

In Socials we read a poem called "Belonging". Then we talked about different groups that we belong to! As a class we belong to SO MANY different groups!

Notes:
Fun Lunch October 29th
Photo Orders are due back on Thursday. October 30th!
Thursday is Orange and Black Day! Please no costumes.
Parent Council Hallowe'en Dance Thursday evening at 6-8pm. Please wear costumes!
Scholastic Orders Due November 3rd!

The Mavericks are collecting non-perishable food items for "We Scare Hunger".  If you wish to donate, please send canned or boxed food items by this Thursday.

The special secret word is: Halloween Dance

Happy Friday!

We worked on our phonics songs this morning. We really love them! We did brain gym and in our PE class we did relay races!  We learned " mi so la" in music today!

We are excited for the weekend and finished our Friday with our class dance party!

See you on Monday!

Notes:
Photo Orders are coming home today! They are due back on October 30th!
Fun Lunch October 29th
Scholastic Orders Due November 3rd!


Please send non-perishable food items for the "We Scare Hunger" Campaign.  We will take donations until October 30.

Thursday, October 23, 2014

We had library today and almost everyone remembered to bring back their books! Great job everyone!

We worked on the letter V today! It feels funny when we put our hand on our mouth and make the /v/ sound! It also makes our throats feel funny! Mrs. Nelson says that is vibration!

We worked on our Math and most of us finished that too! We put numbers with dots and animals and words! It was hard work, but we DID IT!!!!!!!

In gym we did yoga and listened to a story about animals doing yoga positions! It was cool! Swimming report cards coming home for most kids today. (some are missing)


Reminders:
2 notices are coming home today about a new teacher and Student Learning Goals.

Scholastic Book Orders went home yesterday! They are Due back on November 3rd!!!

Please send non-perishable food items for the "We Scare Hunger" Campaign.  We will take donations until October 30th.

Secret Word!!!!! FRIDAY!!!!

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

We made it half way through our week! We continued to work hard today on our Math assignment and tried out our Literacy Centres too! We are excited to play Spot It!!!! It's a fun new game that Mrs. Nelson showed us how to play!

We are still learning how to control our bodies and listen to all our teachers. Some of us had a hard time in PE and class! We are working hard to get better!

Today was our first day in Open Commons! That means that we got to play in the Learning Commons during our Lunch Recess instead of going outside! We wore our hats and had a wonderful day!

Secret Phrase------ It's Library day tomorrow (Thursday) Remember to bring back your books!

Please send non-perishable food items for the "We Scare Hunger" Campaign.  We will take donations until October 30th.

Tuesday October 21st, 2014

Tomorrow is HAT DAY!!!!! You can wear any kind of hat you choose! This is our reward for raising money for the Terry Fox Foundation.

We worked hard today on Math! We matched numbers 1-12 to matching dots, pictures and words! Tomorrow we will cut them out and paste them into our Math booklets.

Today was our first day to play Benchball for Intramurals! We had a lot of fun! We will play every Tuesday after we are done eating lunch!

We are really building up our stamina for how long we can quietly read before our bodies need to move! We take lots of body breaks and do Brain Gym! Ask me to show you one thing we do during Brain Gym.

Please try to return library books for Wednesday, so we can take out new books on our Thursday library day!

Please send non-perishable food items for the "We Scare Hunger" Campaign.  We will take donations until October 30.

Monday, October 20th, 2014

We worked hard in Phys ED. We learned how to do squats, push ups, sit ups and planks! It was hard work!

We had a normal day filled with normal activities. We worked our brain during Brain Gym and worked hard on making new words! We learned how to make a 5 letter word today! Ask me what it is!!!!! It starts with the letter 'H'

Secret Word of the day is.....Listening!!!!

It's Friday! We hope you have a great weekend!!!!

Today we crammed a lot of work into a short amount of time. We worked on the letter T and had Student of the Day! At the end of the day we had a Dance Party!!!!! It is a lot of fun!

Next week is a normal week!!!! See you on Monday!!!!

Today was our first regular day since before swimming! We had PE this afternoon and played Dodgeball! It was a lot of fun!

Today's letter was S....like sssssssssnake!

We also had library today and some of us forgot our books. I think we will try to get our books back for each Wednesday and then we will know who can take out books on Thursday!

We also practiced filling our friends buckets! We showed our classmates how to do it! We can just smile at someone to fill their bucket, and guess what??? We fill our bucket too!!!

Secret word of the day is..........Thank You

Reminder:
Tomorrow is Early Dismissal! We are out at 11am.
Pizza Hot Lunch Forms are due tomorrow morning.
Benchball Intramurals starts soon!

Happy Wednesday!

Today was our last day of swimming! We all had such a great time! We learned so much and did things we thought we were too scared to do on the first day!

We worked on our Letter of the Day....R! We listened to some cool songs about it too! We also had a Student of the Day, her favourite colour is black!

Reminders:
-Pizza Hot Lunch Forms due back on Friday. No late orders accepted. Please look in your child's orange folder or backpack!
- Friday is a short day! We are dismissed at 11am!
- If your student has lost lost their orange (or yellow or red) folder, please let me know and send $1 so we can purchase another one at the office for you.
- Please help your child to remember to bring back their home reading bags to school everyday!

Thanks :)

October 14th, 2014

Welcome back from a beautiful long Thanksgiving Weekend! I hope you all had a wonderful time with your families.

Tomorrow is our LAST DAY of Swimming!!!! They have done so well and have really grown as swimmers!

Today we worked on our Daily 5....we are getting so good at it! We read some poems today and are starting a Poetry Journal too!

Reminders:
HOT LUNCH FORM COMING HOME TODAY!!! It is due back on Friday morning. Sorry, no late orders will be accepted.
Friday is a short day! We will be dismissed at 11am!!!!

Secret Word is.............Hot Lunch!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

We hope you all have a delicious weekend! Today we made a turkey with the leaves we collected! They look AWESOME!!!! We talked about what we are thankful for and had some great answers! Most of us are thankful for our family and teacher! We are also thankful for our houses, our friends, our food, our health, our clothes and many, many more things! We also had our pictures taken today...we looked great!

Have a great long weekend and we will see you all on Tuesday! (We are still swimming on Tuesday and Wednesday!!!!)

October 9th, 2014

Our third day of swimming was fantastic! We are getting so comfortable in the water and are learning so much. Day 4 of swimming tomorrow!

We talked about different colours and our letter of the day was Q! We learned that Q always sticks with the letter U.

We had library time today, and most of us remembered to bring back our books. Awesome Job!!!

Picture Day is TOMORROW!!!! Wear your best smile :)

Secret Word is..........rainbow

October 8th, 2014

Today was our second day of swimming. We had an awesome day! We didn't get a fancy bus today, we had a normal school bus! A lot of us swam in the deep end, but we had life jackets so we weren't scared for long!

We worked on the letter P and we learned that every word has a vowel!

Reminders:
Tomorrow is Library Day! Please help your child to remember to put their library book in their bag (some where left at school)
Friday is Picture Day!
Pretzel's that were ordered will come home soon!
Intramural forms are due on Friday! Please return them filled out if your child wants to participate in Bench Ball.

Secret Word is --- AWESOME!!!!

October 7th, 2014

This morning we celebrated a birthday in our class and watched a silly birthday video! We laughed and laughed! Then we went swimming! We only left behind a few things, so pretty good for our first day! We got to ride a fancy bus to the pool. We had our own soft and cushy seats with seatbelts. It is the kind of bus you take when you travel!

We had an awesome first day of swimming! We were a little nervous and scared to start out, but by the end we were cold and happy!

Reminders:
Intramural forms are due on Friday! Please return them filled out if your child wants to participate in Bench Ball.
Friday is PICTURE DAY!!!!! I can't wait to see those beautiful grins!

Secret Word is-------Swimming!

Monday, Monday, Monday

It was a crazy day! We did a lot of things today. We did our Daily 5 and are learning how to label pictures when we are unsure about writing sentences. We worked on our Wall Alphabet and it is almost ready to go up! It will make our classroom look great!

Reminders:
Swimming starts TOMORROW!!!!! Tuesday morning is our first day of swimming. Students should wear their swimsuits to school to speed up changing times. (remember to send underclothing for afterwards)

***Please speak with your child about changing quickly and not waiting for a private stall. There are not enough stalls for each person.***

Picture Day - say Cheese :-) Friday October 10th (this Friday) We will have our pictures taken before we go swimming!

Home reading bags should be returned daily. Students are learning to exchange their own books at appropriate times.

October 2nd, 2014

We had Library today, if there are any Library books at home, please send them back right away. We had Music today and learned a song called Oliver Twist. We also learned how to cross the street properly by using the 3 P's...Point, Pause, Proceed! We should always use the 3 P's when crossing the street. Our letter of the day was M for man, Mom and monkey!!!

Reminders:
- Please send back any intramurals forms by next Friday, October 10th.
- Swimming starts next Tuesday Oct 7 and we are still looking for any male volunteers that have their security check already done for this school year.

Wednesday October 1st, 2014

Welcome to October!!!!! We learned about why leaves change colour in the fall and we discussed about the different colours we see! We continue to work on our letters and printing and I see some great progress in Grade 1! We had a desk clean up.....my oh my we can collect lots of things in our desks!

Have a great Wednesday and enjoy this lovely Fall weather!

This week is Calgary School Traffic Safety Week.  Please visit http://tsk.capsc.ca for lots of great tips about how to keep children safe in traffic.  As a class, we will be reviewing how to cross the street safely, and how to be safe when coming to school.  Your child should be able to tell you more as the week goes on.