Today we did some adding and brainstormed a lot about numbers! We had 2 new literacy centers, poems and browsing box. Today was our last day for Gymnastics Mission Impossible! We did our best and became great spies!

This afternoon Mrs. Nelson read us a story in braille. Then we got to create our own name in braille too. They look so awesome! It must be hard for blind people to read a book.

Notes:
Library Day tomorrow
Hot Lunch forms due tomorrow
Early dismissal tomorrow
No school Friday

Today we learned about Alphabetization and put numbers in Number Order! We did Literacy Centres and wrote in our Journal's about our Field Trip yesterday!

This afternoon we had PE and Music. Then Mrs. Nelson told us that you could learn to read by using touch only, and no eyesight!!!! Do you know what that is called? It is called Braille. We are going to make our names in Braille later this week!

Notes:
Return Library books tomorrow for Thursday.
Hot Lunch forms due Thursday.
Early Dismissal Thursday
No School Friday!

Field Trip Monday!

Today we went to the Jack Singer Hall to see Untamed Antarctica! It as a great show! Thank you to our parent volunteers for helping out. We saw videos and pictures of what it is like to live there. It is freezing and very windy!

We looked at optical illusions this afternoon. Our brains like to play tricks on us. Explore some more optical illusions at home!

Note:
Hot Lunch Forms due on Thursday!

Happy Friday

Today we did a lot of fun poem activities. We recorded ourselves on the iPads to hear how we read a poem. We learned that we need to know when to pause and stop while reading, so that we can take a breath and also so our reading sounds smooth.

Please remember that Monday is our Field Trip! We need to leave by 9am. We will eat a small snack before we go and then we will eat lunch when we get back. The weather should be nice....YEA!!!!

And as always we ended our week with a dance party "because we're happy"!!!!!

Have a wonderfully, warm weekend!!!

Today we worked hard on an activity to put our 5 Senses poem in order. We practiced our spelling words and did an activity to find our word wall words in our poem. Our journal topic today was "The best day ever was..." We had some great sentences!

A few students still need to bring back their field trip forms and $3 by tomorrow!

Library Day tomorrow! Please remember to bring back your books!

Some students had "sight words" or number practice cards come home. Please make sure to send them back daily in the Home Reading Bag. If the bag has been lost, please let me know so I can get a replacement for your child.

Orange Folders - if you have lost your orange folder, please send $1 along with a note so that I can purchase your child another folder. These folders carry home important information that can sometimes get lost in backpacks.

Working Hard Tuesday!!!

We worked SO hard today! First thing we worked on our journals and wrote about the biggest thing we have ever seen. Then we found all the periods and uppercase letters in our weekly poem. We worked on spelling and we worked on Student of the Day. Woah....so much writing today! We are becoming so great at it!

After lunch we released a lot of energy in PE and then we worked on our 5 Senses booklet for Science. We are learning what body part goes with what sense. You should quiz me.

Our weekly spelling words are:
had
was
up
will
have

Notes:
Please bring back Library Books tomorrow for our Library time on Thursday!
Field Trip Permission Forms need to be back by Thursday. Please and Thank you!

Noisy Monday!!!

We are working on being more quiet in class! It is still hard to follow directions, BUT we are working on it and as Mrs. Nelson always says, "It is ok to make mistakes, because then we learn from them."

We wrote in our journals about our Winter Scene and we read a new poem about our 5 Senses. Today was Grade 1 day in the Learning Commons, we coloured, played with Lego and played with Puppets. In PE some of us went on the climbing wall. We are very safe and do the right thing. We also had music!

Notes:
Field Trip Forms need to be returned by Thursday. Our trip is on Monday!

School's Awesome!!!!

Today we had our spelling review and we created some winter scenes using only white paint and black paper! On Monday, we will write about our winter scenes in our journals!

We celebrated 2 birthdays today! We now have no 5 year olds in our class and two 7 year olds. We are growing up! We are also losing lots of teeth!!!!

We discussed as a class a new behaviour strategy! Mrs. Nelson will fill in an X or check mark shape and if we fill the X we lose a fun activity. If we fill the check mark shape, we will get EXTRA time on a fun activity! We are starting it on Monday!

And of  course because it is Friday, we ended the day with a Dance Party!!!!!

Notes:
Field Trip forms need to be returned by Thursday of next week!

Alligators in Class

Today we worked hard on a Student of the Day. We have gotten so good at these, we are creating our own sentences.

We had Math Centres, went to Gymnatstics and Music and then we watched a video on the Smartboard about our 5 Senses. In Gymnastics we learned how to climb on the ladders. It was so much fun.

Tomorrow is a spelling review! Please look back on the agenda for the spelling words.

What an AWESOME day

Today we had an super fun Science lesson in the morning. We used our 5 senses while Mrs. Nelson made us popcorn!!!! We used each sense to describe what was happening. Ask me what my 5 senses are!!!! (you are using one of them to read this right now :)

This afternoon we got to log on to computers for the first time this year and we played on Starfall.com Logging on to computers is harder than we thought and we all needed to have patience while the adults helped us.

Notes:
Library Day tomorrow- please return books if you didn't today
Field Trip forms need to be returned by Thursday next week with $3

Continue to practice spelling daily and as you read see if you can find your spelling words in your books.

Happy Wednesday!!!!

Today we learned about our spinal cord and nerves. Mrs. Nelson also taught us about 1 spot on our skin that we don't really feel. Ask me about it!

Field Trip form coming home today. Please return it by Thursday, January 22!

Library books should be returned tomorrow for our Library day on Thursday!
Please read with your child for 20 minutes each night. It is important for children to hear someone read to them, as well as practicing themselves on a daily basis!

Please practice spelling words at home
am
me
he
with
going

Monday, January 12th, 2015

In gymnastics we were learning how to roll safely. It was fun! We practiced listening to a story and writing our favourite part. We are working hard.

We got new spelling words today! They are:
am
me
he
with
going

On Wednesday we are introducing our 5 Senses unit in Science! We will be eating a little bit of popcorn.....shhhhh don't tell your child! It's a SURPRISE!!!!!!

Happy Friday!

Today we had Mr. Hebert join our class for our Math lesson. We had lots of fun activities for counting forwards and backwards. We are enjoying gymnastics. In Music we did centres and shared our learning with our classmates. At the end of the day we did played a game to recognize facial expressions! We did amazing! Then we had a dance party!

Have a great weekend!

Thursday January 8th, 2015

Mrs. Nelson was back today! We started gymnastics today in PE.

In Science we learned about the 5 senses and Mrs. Nelson shared with us some stories about someone she knows that is blind and another person that she knows who is deaf. We think that it would be difficult to lose one of our senses.

We practiced our spelling words, which are: went, for, we, play, day! (sorry I didn't post them earlier)
We have a spelling review tomorrow! Practice them tonight!

We created a play about a new student coming to our classroom and then we shared it with our class.

We also went to Library and took out a new book. Please remember to bring it back next Wednesday!

Wednesday January 7th, 2015

I've been sick the last couple of days, but here is a notice from Mr. Sadowsky about gymnastics.

Dear Parents:

On Thursday January 8th we will begin our gymnastics unit in our regularly scheduled physical education classes. This unit lasts 2.5 weeks and will lead into our mission impossible week. To begin this unit, we review safety procedures with each class. Students in elementary school are not expected to change for physical education. When participating in gymnastics we ask students to be dressed appropriately and prepared to participate. We ask you to consider the following;

• Clothing that allows freedom of movement (no special uniforms or outfits are required. Sweats and a t-shirt work best).

• Loose fitting/baggy clothing may get caught on equipment when climbing.

• Tucking shirts in will help to prevent an accident.

• All jewelry that could get caught on equipment needs to be removed (left in classrooms or at home). eg. Watches, rings, necklaces, bracelets etc.

• Students with long hair need to have their hair tied back. Tying hair back with elastics or scrunchies is recommended.

• Students may wear shorts under clothing if they wish.

• Students continue to wear indoor running shoes (1st preference). Students may also participate in bare feet or with gymnastics slippers.

Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Thank you in advance for your understanding in helping to assist with the safety of our students.

Sincerely,

G, Sadowsky

Happy New Year!

First I want to apologize for not posting a final December blog! I thought I pushed submit, but I guess my computer played a funny trick on me! I hope you all had a wonderful break and stayed cozy and warm!

Today was a CRAZY first day back to school! During our Math lesson, we had a fire drill and had to go to St. Bedes to stay warm. Please see the notice coming home!

We talked a lot about our break and we listened to some stories. We had PE and music and chatted about how we need to behave in class and school to be a good citizen!

Notes:
See Notice on Fire Drill today!
Library Thursday - we will get new books