Happy Snow Day....I mean Friday!

Today we worked hard and earned some free time in the afternoon. We chose to play math games and some literacy games too.

Students can wear hats or toques for our Dance Class. We are having tons of fun learning our moves.

Notes:
Scholastic due Dec 4th.
Student Conferences Dec 4 & 5
Magazines!!!!


Stay warm this weekend!

Today we celebrated a birthday in our classroom. We watched a few silly birthday videos. One song was stuck in our head all day long!

We continue to work on our dance moves in Dance Class. We are having lots of fun.

This afternoon we worked on Social Studies and using different symbols to represent different places in our school.

We had Library today and a few of us forgot our books at home. Please send them tomorrow.

I sent home a special note, please return it as soon as possible. Thanks!

Notes:
Scholastic Orders Due Dec 4
Student Conferences Dec 4 & 5
Magazines! Magazines! Magazines!!!! Please keep them coming.

Wednesday, November 26th, 2014

Today we started our Hip Hop Dance class! It was so much fun! We learned some cool moves and listened some awesome music. Mrs. Nelson showed us our song on the Smart board! We will practice hard every day!

It is Library Day tomorrow. Please bring your books.


Notes:
Scholastic Due Dec 4th
Student Conferences Dec 4 & 5
We still need lots more magazines. Keep sending them in! Thanks!

Tuesday, November 25th, 2014

Today we  COLOURED ON THE CARPET....AND OURSELVES!!!!! Ask me about it!

We need lots of Magazines for our Dance Art Project! Please send them in as soon as possible!

We start our Dance unit in PE tomorrow! We are SOOOOOO excited!

In Socials we learned what a school is. We have a red card with the definition. Please practice with me so I can remember.

We played with new Math Centres today! It was a little difficult, but hopefully with practice we will whiz right through.

Notes:
Scholastic due Dec 4th
Book Fair Dec 1st-5th

Secret Word: Hip Hop

Good Afternoon!

Today we started our weekly spelling! We are bringing home a letter and a practice sheet. These do not need to come back to school. We will practice our new words every day and then have a review and put them on our Class Word Wall! Then I will be expected to spell these words correctly in my work. Our new words are:
I
a
to
and*
the

*and is a word family ending! Try to find other words that end in "and".
to & the are what we call "sight words". They do not follow the typical sounds of the alphabet.

Our Dance unit in PE starts on Wednesday. We are getting excited!

Notes:
Please send any and all magazines to school that can be used to cut out words and pictures. We need lots of these please!
Parent Council Dec 2
Student Conferences coming up on Dec 4 & 5.
Dance Performance Dec 11

November 20/14

Today we learned about the importance of PLAYING!!!!! It is our right, as children, to be creative and play how we want to. Here is a link for you to look at together at home. http://www.nationalchildday.ca/default.cfm

Our dance classes in gym start next Wednesday. We perform on Thursday Dec 11. Please mark it on your calendar.


Notes:
No school Friday
Scholastic due Dec 4

Wednesday, November 19th, 2014

Today Mrs. Nelson was back! Thanks for being so good with the substitute yesterday! She had a lot of fun in our class!

Today we did brain gym, literacy centres, math centres, PE, music and phonics fun! We also guessed some more teacher art in the Learning Commons! In PE we are learning Volleyball! It is a lot of fun!

Scholastic forms are coming home today! They are due back on December 4th!

Notes:
Today was picture re-take day - sorry about the confusion
Lunch forms due TOMORROW please and thank you :)
No School Friday! Another long weekend!

Monday, November 17th, 2014

Today we were missing a bunch of friends, we hope to see them soon! The rest of us had a wonderful day. We played a name game, we listened for a sound in our name and found others who had a similar sound.

We used our Math Centres today and we guessed what teacher created what art piece in the Learning Commons. A few guessed Mrs. Nelson's correctly!

An important notice is coming home today!!!! Please discuss this with your child!

The Learning Plans that came home on Friday do not need to be returned to the classroom. They are for your records and information. We will review and sign them at our December Conferences!

Have a happy evening!

Notes:
Tomorrow is Picture Re-take Day!!!!
Hot lunch forms are due Thursday!
No School Friday

Well that was sure a short week!!!

Today we learned about our new Math Centres and got to play with them for a bit! We can't wait to really get into them next week! We worked on our Literacy Centres too and are really gaining a lot of stamina staying in our stations for longer periods of time. In the afternoon we made a map of the school and talked about different symbols that could be used.

Have a great weekend!

Notes: Tuesday Nov 18 is Picture Retake Day
Hot Lunch forms went home on Thursday, please return by this coming Thursday!

Good Afternoon! We hope you are all staying warm on these very chilly days!!!

Today we learned about a new Student of the Day, we worked on Literacy Centres, had PE and Music and then we did a Self Reflection at the end of the day! This Self Reflection will help us see how we are doing right now and what we need to work on. Today was also Library day! If you need to return books please do so! It was a fun day!!!

Notes:

November 18th - Picture Retakes

2 important notes below!!!!!!

Winter weather has arrived!  We would like to remind students to dress properly for the cold weather.  Each school day, students should be wearing a warm coat that zips up (rather than just a hoodie), warm boots, a warm hat or ear muffs, and warm mittens or gloves.  Unless the weather is colder than -20 degrees, all students stay outside until the bell in the morning, and go outside for both morning and lunch recess.  We appreciate your support to ensure that all students are dressed properly and are keeping warm during the times they will be outside.  Thanks!

Pulse Dance Studios is coming to Beddington Heights through the generosity of the Alberta Foundations for the Arts and our School Parent Council. In preparation for our schools Winter Celebration, all students will be working with Dance Artists, Visual Artists , and spoken word instructors coming to us through Pulse studios. Our students will also be participating in the preparation of music for the celebration through their work with Mr. Rattan our school’s music teacher. The Winter Celebration and Spoken Word Performance will be a Multi-evening performance. Performances will be on Wednesday Dec 10^th and Thurs Dec 11^th, 2014.  Please check for your child’s teacher’s name to determine when your child is performing:

 

Dec 10 Performance: Hay, Young/Gaspar, Binks/Laberee Lee, Sadowsky/Anderson, Rasmussen/Paschalis

 

Dec 11 Performance: Fisher, Nelson/Brink, Grainger/Maher, Grant/Quon, Tam/Cheng

 

The performance is to be followed by Beverages and cookies supplied by parent council.  The parent council will also being selling tickets for the winter raffle on performance evenings.

 

Please mark the date for this important event.

November 12th, 2014

We hope you had a lovely 4 day weekend and took time to Remember! 

Today we learned 2 new games for our Literacy Centres. We also worked on Student of the Day. It was so cold out today, we stayed in the gym at lunch and watched a movie! 

During Social Studies we separated ourselves into different groups we are all a part of. We are all part of so many different groups! 

Note:

Tomorrow is Red and White Day to cheer on the Calgary Stampeders!!!!!! Show your Stamp Pride!!!

Tuesday November 18th is Picture Retake Day!

2 important notes below!!!!!!

Winter weather has arrived!  We would like to remind students to dress properly for the cold weather.  Each school day, students should be wearing a warm coat that zips up (rather than just a hoodie), warm boots, a warm hat or ear muffs, and warm mittens or gloves.  Unless the weather is colder than -20 degrees, all students stay outside until the bell in the morning, and go outside for both morning and lunch recess.  We appreciate your support to ensure that all students are dressed properly and are keeping warm during the times they will be outside.  Thanks!

Pulse Dance Studios is coming to Beddington Heights through the generosity of the Alberta Foundations for the Arts and our School Parent Council. In preparation for our schools Winter Celebration, all students will be working with Dance Artists, Visual Artists , and spoken word instructors coming to us through Pulse studios. Our students will also be participating in the preparation of music for the celebration through their work with Mr. Rattan our school’s music teacher. The Winter Celebration and Spoken Word Performance will be a Multi-evening performance. Performances will be on Wednesday Dec 10^th and Thurs Dec 11^th, 2014.  Please check for your child’s teacher’s name to determine when your child is performing:

 

Dec 10 Performance: Hay, Young/Gaspar, Binks/Laberee Lee, Sadowsky/Anderson, Rasmussen/Paschalis

 

Dec 11 Performance: Fisher, Nelson/Brink, Grainger/Maher, Grant/Quon, Tam/Cheng

 

The performance is to be followed by Beverages and cookies supplied by parent council.  The parent council will also being selling tickets for the winter raffle on performance evenings.

 

Please mark the date for this important event.

Today we remembered the soldiers who fought, or who still fight, for our Country to be safe, peaceful and free! After the assembly we drew pictures that reminded us of Remembrance Day.

We had a colour quiz for Science today! It was to complete a colour wheel with primary and secondary colours.

Notes:
No School Monday and Tuesday
Thursday, November 13th is Red & White Day to cheer on the Calgary Stampeders!!!
Tuesday, November 18th is Photo Retake day!

November 6th, 2014

Today we discussed healthy and unhealthy food with a Grade 2 buddy! We drew pictures and they wrote the words. We cut out our own shapes and worked on patterns in Math. In Science we explored what would happen when we use black or white paint! We love painting!

Students can wear their cubs/scouts or sparks/brownie outfit to school tomorrow for the assembly!

Notes:
Remembrance Day Assembly Tomorrow at 10:30am. Everyone is welcome!
No school Monday and Tuesday!!!! Have a great extra long weekend!

November 5th, 2014

Today we did Making Words! We made lots of 2, 3, 4 and 5 letter words with the letters a b l s t! As, me what the 5 letter word was! In Music we continued to work on Mi So La! We worked on Math and are getting really good at Race to 100!!!! We played Volleyball in PE. We are learning how to catch and pass the ball!

We continue to talk about Remembrance Day and why we wear poppies. Ask me why I wear a Poppy!!!

Notes:
Students  can wear Brownie, Sparks or Scout uniforms on Friday for our Remembrance Day assembly!
No school Monday or Tuesday!
Scholastic Orders were ordered today!

Welcome November!

It started out pretty snowy! We hope you are all being safe when you play in the snow. Remember at school there are no snowballs allowed. Please speak with your child about safety with snow.

We coloured in Poppy's and read a story about why we wear Poppy's today. If any families have stories  of a family member participating in a war, please send them to school this week.

We worked on Student of the day and he likes lions. We also finished our Letters of the Day!!!! Yahoo!!!! We also drew a picture of our Halloween weekend. Some of us labeled it, while others wrote sentences.

We played Monster Tag in PE and it was fun!!!

Notes:
Scholastic book orders were due today. If you forgot, please send them in the morning and I will order them later tomorrow afternoon.
Please send in a painting shirt for your child.