Merry Christmas!!!

Hi Everyone! I hope you are enjoying Christmas Day with lots of love and laughter!

From my Family to yours, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy Kwanzaa tomorrow!

Love,

Mrs. Nelson

One....More...Day!!!!!

Today was busy! Full of singing and spelling and painting and colouring and some more singing!

Tomorrow is our last day of 2015! It is a half day so please don't forget to pick us up at 11am.  We have caroling in the morning followed by a short Grinchy movie! Then we are going to do a craft with our Grade 2 friends! We will finish the year with a Dance Party....of course!!!

We have had a wonderful first 4 months of Grade 1 and we look forward to some more! We have so much to celebrate in the new year!

Keep up the reading, either with your own books or on Raz Kids!

I'm looking forward to the break, but I will miss you all! See you tomorrow!!!

This is out late...so sorry!

We had a great day filled with lots of painting! We sang carols this morning with the whole school and then we just had to listen to the Hippopotamus song in class too!!! Mrs. Nelson loves Hippos!

Popcorn still for sale tomorrow and they will get it on Friday!

We finished making a special gift today!!!!!

2 more days!

3 more days!!!!

Today each student was able to choose their own book as a gift from Parent Council! What a GREAT GIFT!!!! The money came from funds they have raised and we are so grateful to receive this gift! We hope you enjoy the book with your child. 

POPCORN SALE!!!! It started today and continues on Wed and Thurs. The popcorn can be bought anytime BUT it will be given to students on FRIDAY during our movie time.
Popcorn is $2 per bag. 

The flavors are:
Dill Pickle
White Cheddar
Say Cheese
Jalapeño Jack
Kettlecorn 
Salt and Vinegar

We have been working on a special gift for you! We really hope you like it!

In Social Studies we are talking about why we have certain businesses in our community. In the new year, we will celebrate Kwanzaa and learn about our Family History and what our future could hold! 

We will have our Spelling Review on Thursday....Friday is going to be crazy!!! :) 

Today we had our spelling review!!!! We did GREAT!!!! Thank you to everyone who is practicing at home! Keep up the great work!!!!

We learned about places in our community and followed a directions sheet to colour them a certain colour! We are getting great at reading and following directions!!!

Next week we will be making some great crafts made from US!!!!

There is a popcorn sale next week on Tues, Wed and Thurs. The popcorn can be bought any of those days BUT it will be given to students on the FRIDAY during our movie time.
Popcorn is $2 per bag....a notice should be coming home today about it!

Enjoy the last two days of Hanukkah!!!

Thank you Thank you!

Thank you to all of you who were able to make it to our Winter Concert and Art Walk last night! We had a great turn out! We hope you enjoyed all of the art! We loved creating it!

Today we did indoor PE and we were all exhausted by the end. We worked our legs, arms and hearts!!!

We did Student of the Day and practiced our printing and we looked for our spelling words in the lyrics of a song! Then we got to dance to the song!

We watched the Dress Rehearsal of the other students performing tonight! WOW....are you ever going to be blown away if you're going!

Spelling review tomorrow!

So Sorry!!!! Winter Concert Wednesday

This was supposed to be posted last night! A thousand apologies!!!

TONIGHT is our Winter Concert! We had a great dress rehearsal this afternoon! The doors will be open at 5:30. Please drop off your child to their classroom and then find a great seat to watch the concert! We appreciate everyone staying the entire evening!

After the concert, your child will tour you around the school for the Art Walk! A lot of time and effort has gone into the displays and the art! Please take time to enjoy it all!

Tomorrow is Library Day. We will not be taking books out tomorrow, but we will return all our books! We will take books out after the winter holiday!

Keep practicing those spelling words!

can
on
is
at
you

See you tonight!!!!!!

Tubular Tuesday!

Did you learn about Hanukkah from your child last night? We learned a song today about a driedel! Ask me to sing it for you!

We started to learn about different shades of colours this afternoon for Science! It is already looking so delicious.

Tomorrow evening, your child should be at school at 5:30. That is when the doors will be open. We are excited to show you our singing and art work!

Home Reading and Spelling practice for homework!

Happy Hanukkah

Today is the 2nd day of Hanukkah. We read a story and watched a video about why Jewish people celebrate Hanukkah! Hanukkah is celebrated for 8 days. Ask your child why!!!! It has to do with the oil!

We are so excited to sing for you on Wednesday night. Please be here at 5:30, so you can drop your child off at their classroom and you can find a great seat! The Art Walk will be after the concert!

New Spelling Words:

can
on
is
at
you

Your child will be bringing home a practice sheet! Please help them practice!

Thank you to those parents interested in joining our Wee Reads program! Please make sure that your green form is filled out and returned to your child's classroom teacher no later than Friday December 11. Our Calgary Reads coordinators will contact you about the training session being held on Tuesday December 15.

Thank you and Volunteering!

Thank you to everyone who was able to make it to Conferences! It was lovely to see you and talk about your child.

If you missed out on coming, please email me at milnelson@cbe.ab.ca and I will be able to set up a time to see you after school.

If anyone has received their security clearance and filled out our Volunteer forms, I am looking to have a schedule for Volunteering within our classroom starting in the New Year! If you are interested please email me or call after school and we can chat.

We have a program called Wee Reads with Calgary Reads and are looking for Volunteers for that. It is a time commitment of 20-30 minutes each week reading with 1 or 2 children. The children will be from K, Grade 1 or Grade 2. You will be matched with the same children each week. You may play a game or build other literacy skills with them as well. I have volunteer sheets for this and can send them home with your little one.

For Wee Reads there is a mandatory meeting on Tuesday, December 15th at 5:30pm here at the school.

For any information, please do not hesitate to email or call me.

Michelle Nelson
403-777-6610
milnelson@cbe.ab.ca

Conferences

Hope I get to see you all tonight or tomorrow! Mr. Rattan would love to have some visitors as well! Please call the office to book with him (403) 777-6610. Or see if you can just pop by while you are here.

Some students came home with books from the book fair. I love to see their thirst for knowledge!

Please read with your child each evening for about 10-20 minutes. Reading each day will help with their reading comprehension and fluency. Send them on a word hunt for some of our spelling words.

Have a glorious weekend!

Winter Community Fair

For Your Information:

Scholastic Book Fair

Students have looked at the books in our book fair and have brought home a sticky note with the title of the book and cost of the book. They are allowed to bring money in to make purchases, but it is not not mandatory.

Thank you for your support!!!

Sorry we missed yesterday! We had a student running in our hallway get hurt and I got pulled away to help him. It was a great reminder that we shouldn't run in the hallway.

This month we will be reading about different holidays that are celebrated this time of year. Hannukah, Christmas, New Years, Kwanzaa and any other holiday that we come across! If you know of a holiday that is celebrated please let me know and we will do our best to learn all about it.

my email is milnelson@cbe.ab.ca I promise it works now!!!!!

Yesterday and today we did dance in PE. Yesterday we were chicken's and today we were turned into Bunny's. It was SO much fun!

The students are working on their Math Centres as I write this, and it is beautiful to see their minds engaged in their activities.

If you haven't done so already, please book an appointment to meet with me for Conferences. You can also book with our Music Teacher, Mr. Rattan if you would like to know what your child is learning in Music. If you can't access through the website, please call the office and book with Mrs. Cummings.

http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b372/ this link takes you to our school website that has directions to the conference bookings.

This afternoon we continued working on our Snowman and our Countdown to Winter Break.

November is over already?

Scholastic Orders are due tomorrow.

Please sign up to meet with me on Thursday evening or Friday morning. There is no school for students on Friday!

We have a WINNER!!!!! It seems that Mr. Shackelton...our new grade 3/4 teacher, will be dressing up in an outfit that the Grade 2's get to choose. It was a close race and he won by only 2 votes (won? lost? same thing?) We raised $389 as a whole school. Thank you so much for all your donations. The grade 1's were close behind the grade 2's with donations. Great Job Everyone!

We had Literacy Centres and Math Centres! We did some tricky words in phonics and we have new Spelling words for the week. We will have a practice sheet sent home today and it does not need to be returned! Our Spelling words are:

in
it
go
my
like

School Swag for Sale

I completely forgot to let you know about the school t-shirts and jackets we have for sale! There are sample sizes in the office to try on. Monday is the LAST DAY to order! Please forgive me! If you would like a t-shirt for yourself or your child, or your sister-in-law's cousin, twice removed. Please send in your order form on Monday! I can help find the right size for anyone in my class!

Today we had our first Spelling Review! Everyone did fairly well! If your child has brought home some yellow cards on a ring, they are to practice saying and spelling those words. Each day they practice and get it right, they get a check mark! After 5 check marks, they can stop practicing!

I've also sent home the review page for you to review! Some students need to practice different things and it will say on their page what that is! Thanks for your support!

Scholastic Order Due Tuesday, December 1st!

Also remember to sign up for Conferences. They are next Thursday evening and Friday morning!

Today our phonic sound was /er/ like tigER! Help your child find this sound in words they see in their home reading. If you haven't exchanged your home reading in a few days, please do so! I want you to have new books for the weekend!

Fun Lunch was HIT!!!!! The pizza was delicious and the cookie was too!

Scholastic Orders due on Tuesday, December 1st!

This afternoon we created with playdoh! We then drew our creation. We did this 4 times! It was fun to be so creative. We are working on adding details to our creations and pictures!

Thank you to everyone who has voted so far for Movember! We are getting more and more donations each day! Keep them coming!

Spelling Review tomorrow! Practice! Practice! PRACTICE!!!!!!!

a
to
and
the
I

Movember!

Here are the moustaches we get to choose from! Our votes are supposed to be for the WORST looking moustache! We are only halfway to our goal of $300. Please help us reach our goal!!!!!

What colour crayon are you?

FUN LUNCH TOMORROW!!!!

Scholastic Order's due next Tuesday! Last order before the Winter Break!

We worked on our sentences today during our Student of the Day. Some students are beginning to create their own sentences. We also worked on the phonics long u sound when written as "ue". Your children are doing an amazing job and it warms my heart to be able to see them finally understand something and also to see the wheels moving in their brains. I know I can't really see their brains, but man oh man, I swear I can.

They worked on their Winter Concert song today and they are going to sound absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!!!

We sorted our crayons today, a little Math and organization skills!!! Some of us had no crayons and some had waaaaay too many :) We are all sorted now!

Spelling words should have come home yesterday. They are:

I
the
to
and
a

Please practice with your child each night. Flash cards are a great way to practice!

We had a special visitor in our classroom to read us a story about showing feelings with our face and how we can "read" other people's feelings. It was a fun activity.

Most of us finished our baby picture art work. They are beautiful! I can't wait to show it to you when you come for Conferences. Make sure to book yourself in!

Final Scholastic Orders due Dec 1st!

Fun Lunch is this Thursday for those who ordered!

An important letter came home today about an accident that occurred Friday morning. Please read and discuss the incident with your child as you see fit. The link for the gofundme page with more information is: https://www.gofundme.com/hitnrun2kidsyyc

As a class we talked about the importance of crossing the street safely and at a designated crosswalk or corner of a street. Please help support us in crossing streets safely and properly! A great video we watched today can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFu-vMRWf44

Today we started our spelling/word wall program! Please review the letter and spelling words with your child.

We continued working on our Art project that includes patterns and a picture of us from when we were little and on our first day of Grade 1. They will look so cute!

Final Scholastic Orders due Dec 1st!

Fun Lunch is this Thursday for those who ordered!

Please send in $1 (or however much you want) to vote for the WORST MOUSTACHE!!!!! The class with the most money raised will get to pick the silly outfit!!!!

Let's help raise money for Prostate Cancer!!!!!!!

Scholastic Orders due on December 1st! I will hide orders if they are for a special day! ;)

Special note from Mrs. Hayes!

Dear Families,

 

Calgary Firefighters Toy Association, is to be held this year on December 20^th at the Stampede Corral.  If you feel that your family is in need of this, please contact Karon Hayes, Assistant Principal before November 19^th. 

Important Dates:

Nov 26th - Fun Lunch 

Dec 1st - Scholastic Order Due - last one before Holiday's

Tomorrow is Blue Shirt Day!!!!! This week we have been watching videos and listening to stories about bullying and how we can stop it! We have also practiced saying "Stop It!" In a nice and polite way. Talk with your child about bullying and what they have learned this week.

We have also begun a "Buddy Bench" If a child finds themselves without a friend to play with, they can sit on the bench by the tire swings and a friend will appear! ***Magic***

Today we caught up on our Red Folders a bit and we did Word Search Wednesday. We are getting so much better at finding words in a word search!

Tomorrow is Library Day. Please help your child return their books tomorrow morning.

Scholastic Orders due on December 1st! I will hide orders if they are for a special day! ;)

Special note from Mrs. Hayes!

Dear Families,

 

Calgary Firefighters Toy Association, is to be held this year on December 20^th at the Stampede Corral.  If you feel that your family is in need of this, please contact Karon Hayes, Assistant Principal before November 19^th. 

Mrs. Nelson was sick today! We had a fabulous sub, Ms. Fillmore! I am sure all the students had a wonderful time with her.

Picture retakes are tomorrow, November 18^th.  Students are asked to bring their original proof sheets to the camera if possible, so that the photographer can then see how to improve the photos for the students.  We will also do photos of any students who didn’t have their pictures taken on original photo day.  

Stay Healthy :)

My email is milnelson@cbe.ab.ca I will try to get an email out to you all, so that you have the correct one. Sorry about all the confusion!

Don't forget to send in $1 for votes for the WORST MOUSTACHE!!!!! The class with the most money raised will get to pick the silly outfit!!!!

Let's help raise money for Prostate Cancer!!!!!!!

Special note from Mrs. Hayes!

Dear Families,

 

Attached is information on the Calgary Firefighters Toy Association, which is to be held this year on December 20^th at the Stampede Corral.  If you feel that your family is in need of this, please contact Karon Hayes, Assistant Principal before November 19^th. 

The new Scholastic Order forms came out and I will do my final order of 2015 on December 1st. That will hopefully give enough time for books to be mailed. If you are using any as a present, please let me know and I will hide it in a bag for you! :) 

We started our Home Reading Program today! Please review the letter and strategies in the yellow folder! 

We worked on some writing to do with our cute baby pictures. A few of us still need to bring in our cute pictures! Thanks for your support!!

Good Afternoon! We have 3 staff members who are participating in MOVEMBER! They are all growing moustaches in support of Movember which is an organization dedicated to promoting mens health and finding a cure for prostate cancer.

To help raise funds the three of them will have a little competition in which students and staff can vote for a small donation.

Each vote will cost $1.00 and you can vote as often as you like. You are voting for the one of us you believe has the worst stache. Each week some Mavericks will update a poster located in the front of the school with how many votes each person has. I am asking students to give their donations to their home room teacher.  On the last day of November we will determine who has the most votes and the class that raised the most money will get to choose an outfit of their choice that the losing teacher will have to wear all day on Monday Dec 7th. But we can only make the silliness a goal if we raise $300 as a whole school. That's less than $1 per student! 

Let's help raise money for Prostate Cancer!!!!!!!

Today, we had another fire drill. This time it wasn't as cold and we didn't have to stay out as long. We did a GREAT job! 

THANK YOU to all that donated food to the Mavericks to reach their goal. I hope they made it. I will update you next week about their success!

Special note from Mrs. Hayes!

Dear Families,

 

Attached is information on the Calgary Firefighters Toy Association, which is to be held this year on December 20^th at the Stampede Corral.  If you feel that your family is in need of this, please contact Karon Hayes, Assistant Principal before November 19^th. 

 

Thank you

Happy Monday....err we mean Thursday! It felt a lot like a Monday today! We practiced our phonics this morning and had a long chat about Fire Alarm/Drill Safety and Lockdown Safety.

We had an unexpected Fire Drill due to a mechanical issue with the system. The fire department was at our school before everyone was outside to our meeting point. It was nice to know they quickly respond! We had to stay outside for while the Fire Department checked our school and it took a long time. We were pretty chilly. As soon as we got into class we put our jackets on and warmed up while we chatted.

On that note, please help your child to wear a long sleeve shirt or have a sweater to wear in case we have another alarm when it is chilly!

We exchanged our Library books today! Please take time to read them with your child and help them find words that they know.

Scholastic Orders are due tomorrow! Please send in what you have. I will send home our December order forms soon and do a final order before Christmas. (Already???)

Dear Parents:

The Calgary Firefighters Toy Association hosts an annual Christmas party for families who may require some form of assistance during the festive season. If you feel you may need some support this holiday season and would like your children to be considered to attend the party on December 20th at the Stampede Corral, please pick up a form at the office and return to Karon Hayes, Assistant Principal. Please note this is only for children 12 years of age or younger. There are a maximum number of children that can be accepted and applicants are chosen on a first come first serve basis. If you have any questions, please contact Karon at (403) 777-6610. There is a deadline for applications so please contact Karon no later than Wednesday, November 18, 2015.

Respectfully,

Karon Hayes, Assistant Principal, Beddington Heights School

Today we had our Remembrance Day Assembly to remember those who fought for us and who still fight for us. It was a lovely assembly. Please take time with your child to have a moment of silence tomorrow at about 11 am. We will still accept donations for poppies until Friday.

There is still time to bring in food donations. We have until Friday. The Mavericks goal can be reached if we each bring 2 or 3 items.

Mr. Sadowsky came into our class this morning and read us a story about a pig that loves buttered toast. It was funny!

Today we continued to work on our Flanders Field picture. We finished coloring our poppies with crayon and then we painted over top of them with green watercolor. They look beautiful!

We practiced some yoga this afternoon after we finished our art! We received a book today from the TD Bank. Every student in Canada will receive this book. It is a story full of imagination.

Library day on Thursday.

Important Dates:
Nov 11 - No school
Nov 13 - Scholastic Order Due
Nov 20 - No school

First Snowfall!

Well I think it's official. We had our first real snowfall last night and today. Just a reminder that students need mitts and toques and maybe a scarf to keep warm. Snowpants are fine as well, but they do take a while for children to put on. Help them practice this at home. 

Our Remembrance Day Assembly is tomorrow at 10:35/40 ish until 11:25am. You are most welcome to come and share in the spirit of remembering those who have fought and still do fight for us. Students will receive a sticker poppy and donations are gladly accepted.

Please send or bring a food bank donation and lets help our Maverick Leadership team reach their goal.

Important Dates:
Nov 10 - Remembrance Day Assembly from 10:30-11:30
Nov 11 - No school
Nov 13 - Scholastic Order Due
Nov 20 - No school

We had a busy day! We worked on our Literacy and Math Centres, we practiced our phonics by saying their sounds, listening to songs and saying a word with the sound in it. We also had PE, we made some tissue paper Poppies for our Remembrance Day Celebration and then we had quiet free time! It was a lovely day!

We are getting really good at reading and will soon start our Home Reading program. Reading daily to your child will help them greatly. Help them search for words or sounds that they already know. Also helping your child write their name with lowercase letters will help them learn their lowercase letters. (except the first initial of course, that's always uppercase)!

Please remember to send in Food Bank donations by Tuesday. The Maverick Leadership team, would like to line all the hallways of the school with food! Please help them accomplish their goal.

Have a WONDERFUL weekend!

Important Dates:
Nov 10 - Remembrance Day Assembly - at about 10:30-11:30 (time to be narrowed down soon.)
Nov 11 - No school
Nov 13 - Scholastic Order Due
Nov 20 - No school

We celebrated a birthday today and Mickey Mouse wished our friend a Happy Birthday!

We had library today, and most of us are bringing home 2 books to share with you. We can keep them for the whole weekend and bring them back next week. A few of us still need to return our books, this is a friendly reminder. :)

We did literacy centres today and number order and we had Music and PE. Days just seem to whiz right by. Mrs. Nelson also read us a funny story. It was called "More Parts". It was about a boy who thought he had to give his hand to his Dad when his Dad said, "Give me a hand." The little boy didn't realize the Dad just wanted his help. It was super silly!

Important Dates:
Nov 6 - Picture money is due if you are ordering pictures.
Nov 10 - Remembrance Day Assembly - at about 10:30-11:30 (time to be narrowed down soon.)
Nov 11 - No school
Nov 13 - Scholastic Order Due
Nov 20 - No school

Today we learned a little bit about the Poppy and why we wear it! Discuss with your child reason's why you wear the Poppy. We coloured poppies and are going to make a tissue paper poppy wreath for our Assembly next week.

We logged on to Raz Kids with a friend and we got to listen to, read and take a quiz on a few stories. Mrs. Nelson is sending home our login information. They have been laminated to safeguard them from spills. :)

Picture money is due on November 6th if you are ordering pictures.

Mrs. Nelson is sending home more Scholastic Order forms. The due date will be on November 13th. I will do one more order before Christmas, probably the first week of December. 

Important Dates:
Nov 10 - Remembrance Day Assembly - at about 10:30-11:30 (time to be narrowed down soon.)
Nov 11 - No school
Nov 13 - Scholastic Order Due
Nov 20 - No school

Today we discussed playground safety and that we must use our scarves or mitten or toque string appropriately. We talked about not tying anything to the playground equipment because it could put us in danger. Please discuss with your child as you feel prompted.

Today we were able to explore our Literacy Centres and Mrs. Nelson continued to show us some of our new Math Centres. We should be able to be in full swing with our centres next week. This gives opportunity for Mrs. Nelson to work with us in small groups or 1:1with each of us to help us in our specific areas.

We had a new student start with us yesterday and he fits in already! It's like he has always been apart of our class.

The Mavericks of Beddington (Grade 6 Leadership group) are collecting non perishable food items for the food bank until Nov.10th.  If you would like to send it with your child that would be lovely, or if you are coming to the assembly on November 10th at approximately 10:30am, you can bring it with you then. 


Important Dates:
Nov 10 - Remembrance Day Assembly - at about 10:30-11:30 (time to be narrowed down soon.)
Nov 11 - No school
Nov 20 - No schoo

Happy Early Weekend! I hope you all have a safe and treat filled weekend!

Today was so short it just flew right by. We had calendar, went to the library, did our Outside the Box drawing and then we had an assembly to say goodbye to Mrs. Rasmussen who is retiring from teaching. We will miss her and all her sassiness!

We finished our day off by getting our cute Grade 1 pictures from LifeTouch and of course we ended with a little Dance Party! Our heart rates were high, high, high!

Thank you to all the parents who have sent in their ziploc bags, headphones and your child's baby picture! Your support is absolutely amazing!

Important Dates:
Nov 10 - Remembrance Day Assembly - at about 10:30-11:30 (time to be narrowed down soon.)
Nov 11 - No school
Nov 20 - No school

Notices:

Please send in a baby picture of your child this week. We are learning about us in our world for Social Studies and we would like to do an art project about "Us." We would like to put these photographs up in our classroom and make special frames for them (glue may be used).

Please send in a large Ziploc bag for home reading bags.

We are going to be listening to stories on the ipad or computer and it can get really noisy in the class with everyone listening. If you are able to send in a headband type set of headphones that would be wonderful! We only have a few in the class! (these would stay at school).

Tomorrow is Library Day. Please help your child remember to bring their book to school if they haven't done so already.

Tomorrow is also early dismissal day! Pick up is at 11am. In the evening there is a Hallowe'en Dance put on by the Parent Council. You should have received a notice from your child. Put on your favourite costume and come dance the evening away. 6-8pm

Today we worked on our writing and made a craft with our Grade 3/4 buddies. We hope you like it. 

Important Dates:
October 29 - Orange and Black Day at School - no costumes please
October 29 - Parent Council Hallowe'en Dance 6-8pm (I believe).
October 29 - Early Dismissal
October 30 - No School

Notices:

Please send in a baby picture of your child this week. We are learning about us in our world for Social Studies and we would like to do an art project about "Us." We would like to put these photographs up in our classroom and make special frames for them (glue may be used).

Please send in a large Ziploc bag for home reading bags.

We are going to be listening to stories on the ipad or computer and it can get really noisy in the class with everyone listening. If you are able to send in a headband type set of headphones that would be wonderful! We only have a few in the class! (these would stay at school).

The baby pictures coming in are SO cute! I can't wait to see more.

We practiced our phonics a lot this morning and I saw A LOT of lightbulbs going off! It is such a thrilling moment as a teacher to see their little brains finally "get it!" I'm so excited for them! Thank you to all the parents who sent in a large ziploc bag!

We are sending Raz Kids information home. If you have any questions, please email me at mldavy@cbe.ab.ca or call the school after 2:45pm (I'm usually here...home away from home!)

Important Dates:
October 28 - Hot Lunch - if your child ordered, but please still send a morning snack
October 29 - Orange and Black Day at School
October 29 - Parent Council Hallowe'en Dance 6-8pm (I believe).
October 29 - Early Dismissal
October 30 - No School

Notices:

Please send in a baby picture of your child this week. We are learning about us in our world for Social Studies and we would like to do an art project about "Us." We would like to put these photographs up in our classroom and make special frames for them (glue may be used).

Please send in a large Ziploc bag for home reading bags.

We are going to be listening to stories on the ipad or computer and it can get really noisy in the class with everyone listening. If you are able to send in a headband type set of headphones that would be wonderful! We only have a few in the class! (these would stay at school).

Today was a busy day! We did lots and lots of writing! We also practiced lots of our phonics sounds!

WATCH for notices coming home today! 

1  Please send in a baby picture of your child this week. We are learning about us in our world for Social Studies and we would like to do an art project about "Us." We would like to put these photographs up in our classroom and make special frames for them (glue may be used).

     Please send in a large Ziploc bag for home reading bags.

 We are going to be listening to stories on the ipad or computer and it can get really noisy in the class with everyone listening. If you are able to send in a headband type set of headphones that would be wonderful! We only have a few in the class!

Sorry for the confusion. My new email is NOT working. If you need to get ahold of me, please continue to use mldavy@cbe.ab.ca until it gets worked out. ~~~~ Thanks!

Today we talked about what you do when you retire. We have a teacher retiring in the school and kids had some awesome things to say!
- You don't go to the store anymore.
- She will go to China.
- She will get a pet.
- She will go to adoption.
- She will go to the adult park.
- She will go to a beach.
                                          They are funny kids!

For your information we do not wear costumes to school to celebrate Hallowe'en. But there is a Halowe'en Dance put on by our Parent Council.

Important Dates:
October 29 - Parent Council Hallowe'en Dance 6-8pm (I believe).
October 29 - Early Dismissal
October 30 - No School

Today in Math, we made lots of patterns using lots of different objects. We used: rubber coloured animals, coloured dominoes, Link-its, shapes and unifex cubes. After we made a pattern we had to copy it into our Math book. It was a lot of fun.

This afternoon, we made an Initial Flag. We wrote our first initial in a block letter and then we used tissue paper to make a pattern along the edge. We wrapped the tissue paper on our pencil and dipped it in glue and then stuck it on our flag! Doing this helps our hands get stronger! We didn't notice, but Mrs. Nelson helped our hands get stronger so they don't hurt as much when we write! We are now Superhero Hand Writers!!!!!!

Tomorrow is Library Day! Please return your books if you haven't already.

Thank you for your scholastic orders, I will but that order in today!

Important Dates:
October 28 - Fun Lunch
October 29 - Parent Council Hallowe'en Dance 6-8pm (I believe).
October 29 - Early Dismissal
October 30 - No School

Secret Word: Patterns

Scholastic orders are due tomorrow as well as the Fun Lunch orders. 

Everyone look so beautiful and handsome in their photos. We smiled our best! And then we only had PE in half the gym. It was a little squishy!

We worked on some tricky phonics today and we explored with patterns. We used different objects to make patterns and then we drew them in our Math booklet. 

Oct. 21st - Fun lunch envelope's due 
October 21 - Scholastic Orders due
October 28 - Fun Lunch
October 29 - Parent Council Hallowe'en Dance 6-8pm (I believe).
October 29 - Early Dismissal
October 30 - No School

Today we finished up our beautiful artwork! We cannot wait to show you what we created with our Art Resident, Mrs. Stables.

We worked on our phonics. Sounding out words is hard. A great way to help your child learn to spell is to have them spell words out phonetically. That means only writing the sounds they hear. For example, School would be accepted as "scul" "skol" "skewl" "skool" etc.
Reading to your child each night is important and can help them in their own reading progress. Going over letter sounds and formation would also be beneficial. If you need any ideas please send me an email at milnelson@cbe.ab.ca
We will send "Home Reading" home soon. Please send in a large Ziploc bag for your child to bring to and from school. 

We discussed many different "Community People" and why they are important to our community. Ask your child about who they picked and why they are important.

Please send a baby picture of your child in by Friday October 23rd. We are learning about us in our world for Social Studies and we would like to do an art project about "Us." We would like to put these photographs up in our classroom and make special frames for them (glue may be used).

Thanks for your support!

Important Dates:
October 19 - Election Day - hope you got out there and made your vote count!
October 20 - Picture Day
Oct. 21st - Fun lunch envelope's due 
October 21 - Scholastic Orders due
October 28 - Fun Lunch
October 29 - Early Dismissal
October 30 - No School

Today we worked on our awesome Art projects again with Mrs. Stables. They are looking amazing!!!!

Mrs. Nelson has a new email address! Please update her email in your contact list.

milnelson@cbe.ab.ca

Have a fabulous weekend!


Important Dates:
Oct. 21st - Fun lunch envelope's due 
October 19 - Election Day
October 20 - Picture Day
October 21 - Scholastic Orders due
October 28 - Fun Lunch
October 29 - Early Dismissal
October 30 - No School

Yesterday we to learned about colours! Ask me what the 3 primary colours are. We did a special experiment! Ask me what happened when we mixed red, yellow and blue together with soap and milk!

Today we started our awesome Art Project by doing some guided drawing with Mrs. Stables and then we painted our background with a tint of our colour and then we painted our pattern with a darker tint of the same colour. They are going to look AWESOME!!!!!!!!

We have library tomorrow. Please have your child return their library book if they haven't done so already. 

Mrs. Nelson will be absent on Thursday, October 15th. Sorry for any inconvenience. Coco Brooks pizza orders are due ASAP!
Oct. 21st - Fun lunch envelope's due 
October 19 - Election Day
October 20 - Picture Day
October 21 - Scholastic Orders due
October 28 - Hot Lunch
October 29 - Early Dismissal
October 30 - No School

Happy Thanksgivng Weekend

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend spending lots of time with family and loved ones.

Today was our last day of swimming! It was so much fun and we learned lots. Our report cards should come home next week.

Next week we are starting an amazing Art Project with a Special Art Teacher! She will be teaching the Grade 1 and 2's for 5 days and then we will be done and she will move on to the other Grades. Our teachers are going to learn a lot about how to incorporate Art into Math! Stay tuned for our final projects!

Today we did Think Outside the Box Thursday AND Fidget Friday AND Word Search Wednesday. We finished up our special Turkey's and are bringing them home. We also had music and we used xylophones!

We had library day today. Enjoy your new books.

Look at the previous post for important dates!

Notices coming home today!

Tomorrow is Library Day. Please bring in your books in your books if you haven't done so already.

Today we learned about patterns, we made a special Turkey, some of us jumped off the diving board at swimming and we talked about what we were thankful for.

Scholastic orders due on October 21st. Thanks for buying books for your child and also thank you for helping us get more books in our classroom.

Important Dates:
October 9 - No School
October 12 - Happy Thanksgiving - No School
October 19 - Election Day
October 20 - Picture Day
October 21 - Scholastic Orders due
October 28 - Hot Lunch
October 29 - Early Dismissal
October 30 - No School

Sorry there was no blog post yesterday. Mrs. Nelson's computer was being silly!

We are still loving our swimming lessons. Ask your child about what they are learning in swimming.

We did patterns for Math, we played Alphabet Bingo, in Music we used Rhythm sticks and of course we worked on Phonics and our morning routine!

Notes:
Scholastic Book Orders are coming home today and NEW Scholastic order forms as well!

Important Dates:
October 9 - No School
October 12 - Happy Thanksgiving - No School
October 19 - Election Day
October 20 - Picture Day
October 28 - Hot Lunch
October 29 - Early Dismissal
October 30 - No School

Today just whizzed right by. We had swimming in the morning and we are getting much better at changing quickly. We have a couple lost items, so if your child is missing something or has something that isn't theirs, please let us know! It was Fidget Friday and Dance Party Friday AND Reading Buddies too! We are not so tired at school anymore...we are making it through the whole day without too many yawns!!!!

Starting right after Thanksgiving our class will be involved with a Art Residency. We will be working on finding patterns in art! We will let you know more about it once we have another meeting with our Resident Art Teacher!

Important Dates:
October 9 - No School
October 19 - Election Day
October 20 - Picture Day
October 12 - Happy Thanksgiving - No School
October 28 - Hot Lunch
October 29 - Early Dismissal
October 30 - No School

We are Swimmers!!!!!

Today was our first day at Swimming Lessons. We did really good. Our class was one of the best classes on the bus. We did GREAT in our lessons. We blew bubbles, we jumped off the edge into the pool, we practiced our floating Starfish and we had a wonderful time! If your child is missing anything or has something that isn't theirs, please let us know and we will do our best to fix it!

We had Library today. Please read your child's book with them each night.

We learned about Raz Kids and Mrs. Nelson will give us our username and passwords soon!

We sang a fun song about our city, province and country. It will take some practice to get it down.

Today was our Terry Fox Run! We ran/walked for 45 minutes. It was a beautiful and sunny afternoon. We were really tired, but we did it for Terry! We finished our Terry Fox movie and were really sad to hear that the cancer returned to Terry's lungs and he died soon after. Today, most of us ran for Terry! We will be collecting money until Friday for the students to win prizes!
Here are the prizes students are working towards! Please help them in raising awareness and money for Cancer Research.
1. Extended recess-$400.00
2. Hat day-$800.00
3. Extra gym-$1200.00
4. Staff will dye their hair and wear it in a funky style for the day.-$1600.00


SWIMMING STARTS THURSDAY!!!!! That's tomorrow :)
Your child should wear their swimsuit to school and bring underclothes to change into. Please don't forget :) They will also need a towel. If you need a towel or a swimsuit please let me know ASAP!

Tomorrow is also Library Day! Please bring your books in if you haven't already! Thanks :)

Our Terry Fox Run is coming up on Wednesday September 30th at 12:45. Please consider donating a Toonie for Terry to support the Terry Fox Foundation. Please send donations in by Wednesday Sept. 30th. Our class has been watching videos about Terry Fox. We are learning that he had to go through a hard time with cancer. He had his leg cut off, amputated. He wanted to run across Canada to raise money for Cancer Research. Although Terry had to stop his run because the cancer spread to his lungs, we can help Terry accomplish his goal by participating in our School Terry Fox Run. 

Talk with your child about who they could run for. Some will run for Terry and some will run for Family members or pets. 
Here are the prizes students are working towards! Please help them in raising awareness and money for Cancer Research.
1. Extended recess-$400.00
2. Hat day-$800.00
3. Extra gym-$1200.00
4. Staff will dye their hair and wear it in a funky style for the day.-$1600.00