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.