Goodbye!!!

It's been such a wonderful year in Grade 1! Thank you to all of you for trusting me with your child and for allowing me to watch them learn and grow! I am always amazed at who they become by the end of the year! I'm excited to see them continue to grow!

If by chance you have forgotten anything, or rather, your child has forgotten anything, we will still be at the school Mon, Tues and Wed morning until about 12.

Have a fabulous summer!!!

Last Full Day!!!!

Tomorrow is a half day! Remember to pick up your child at 11am. They will have things to bring home. We sent some things yesterday and will send more today!

We said Farewell to the Grade 6's in an assembly this afternoon.

Tomorrow we will say goodbye to some teachers who will be leaving.

It has been a lovely year here in Grade 1. We have learned so much and will take most of it with us into Grade 2.

The end is almost near! As we get ready for Summer I want to stress the importance of reading Daily with your child. Please keep this up over the Summer and your child will be geared up and all ready for Grade 2.

We watched a bit of Inside Out today. We will finish it tomorrow.

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Happy Summer Solstice!!!!

Sorry for the late post!!! The Internet is  being funny lately. Tomorrow is Dress as your Favourite Book Character!

We wrote letters to our Grade 2 teacher today. It was all about us. We have come a long way in our writing! You should be very proud!

June 22nd - Dress up as your Favourite Book Character

June 24th - Early Dismissal AND last day of Grade 1

Happy Summer Solstice!!!!

Today we finished our Zoo Enclosures and were able to bring them home. Have your child tell you all about them and the different components the enclosure needed.

We were able to go onto a Literacy Centre when our Zoo Enclosure was complete and most of us chose to work on puzzles. Puzzles are so good for your brain. Keep up the awesome work!

This afternoon we watched a presentation from the Social Media Club. They prepared videos on a variety of topics like, religious discrimination, bullying and a few others. They were very well done!

Mrs. Nelson read us a bunch of stories today as well. We are still reading Where the Red Fern Grows and we really hope we have time to get to the end. Mrs. Nelson may have to skip a couple parts!

Special Note***
On Wednesday the school will have a spirit day to end the year off with some Beluga pride. Earlier in the month we collected donations for the Fort McMurray forest fires and we raised over $700! Thanks to these generous donations we would like to extend the invitation to dress up for spirit day to everyone in the school to make sure no child is excluded from showing their Beluga spirit. If you would like, you can come to school on Wednesday dressed as your favourite book character!
- costumes may not included masks or any props that will distract from learning or cause issues at recess
- Costumes may not be gory or violent in nature and must adhere to the schools dress code

Important Info:

June 20th - Summer Solstice at 4:34 pm- Summer officially begins!!!!!!!!!

June 22nd - Dress up as your Favourite Book Character

June 24th - Early Dismissal AND last day of Grade 1

We Rock!!!!

Today we worked on our Zoo Enclosures...they are almost finished. Just a few tweaks more and they will be finished. 

We continued reading Where the Red Fern Grows.  It sure is good. I hope we finish it before school is over for the year! 

This afternoon we worked on a special Art project for someone special in our lives. 

THANK YOU to everyone who has returned their Library books. I think almost all of them have been returned! Great Job! This is the last week for Home Reading Books as well. We will collect all of those on Monday to ensure we have them all back for next year's Grade 1 students! 

June 19th - Father's Day 

June 20th - Summer Solstice at 4:34 pm- Summer officially begins!!!!!!!!!

June 22nd - Dress up as your Favourite Book Character

June 24th - Early Dismissal AND last day of Grade 1

Please remember to return all library books to school this week! We checked through our whole classroom for library books and found a couple of Mrs. Nelson's books that need to be returned!

Please try to find a rock about the size of 1 or 2 of your fists for tomorrow. I will try to get out to get a few extra myself, or if you find 2 please send them along! Thank you so much!

We are watching Mary Poppin's in Music class. It is hilarious! Today we heard the song "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious".

June 19th - Father's Day June 20th - Summer Solstice at 4:34 pm- Summer officially begins
June 22nd - Dress up as your Favourite Book Character
June 24th - Early Dismissal AND last day of Grade 1

It's a Zoo out there!!!!

We had a wonderful trip to the Calgary Zoo today! We saw lots of animals! Some of our favourites were: penguins, meerkats, hippos, lions, tigers, butterfly, snow leopard, the white black bear, zebra, giraffe, komodo dragon, red panda, rhino and of course we saw the cute baby gorilla, penguin and giraffe. So many babies at the Zoo!

Please return all library books. Overdue books will be charged and bills will be sent home this Friday.

Please bring in a rock about the size of 1 or 2 of your fists. We will need them by Thursday!!!!!!

June 19th - Father's Day and Mrs. Nelson's Birthday
June 20th - Summer Solstice at 4:34 pm- Summer officially begins
June 22nd - Dress up as your Favourite Book Character
June 24th - Early Dismissal AND last day of Grade 1

Sports Day!!!!!

Well we did it! We went ahead with Sports Day and it didn't turn out bad at all. The rain stayed away....so did the Sunshine! But it wasn't too horrible! We made the best of it and I think everyone had a fantastic time!

Mrs. Nelson is away again on Monday - sorry :-( ...Mrs. Oberhamer will be taking her place. We go to the Zoo on Tuesday! So if you haven't got your form in yet, please do so by Monday so you can come and have a great time with all the animals!!!!

We worked on our Zoo enclosures this morning for a bit and we will probably finish those next Wednesday!



Now - Zoo Field Trip Forms due!
June 14th - Grade 1 Field Trip to the Calgary Zoo
------could use a few more volunteers if you are able!
June 19th - Father's Day and Mrs. Nelson's Birthday
June 20th - Summer Solstice at 4:34 pm- Summer officially begins
June 22nd - Dress up as your Favourite Book Character
June 24th - Early Dismissal AND last day of Grade 1

What a great Wednesday! We worked through Literacy and Math Centres today and we moved our Music time to tomorrow for our awesome in class field trip!!!!

This afternoon we had Teacher's Pet come into our classroom to work on Social Studies. We explored the My World portion of the curriculum. It was FANTASTIC!!!! We learned about different communities, Rural and Urban communities, landmarks, rights and responsibilities. Each group was also able to put on a play with puppets to show how we can use democratic voice in our classroom and play time.

Please send a water bottle with your child as the days are getting hot and I want to make sure everyone has lots of water in them!

Now - Zoo Field Trip Forms due!
June 10th - Hot Lunch
June 10th - Sports Day
June 14th - Grade 1 Field Trip to the Calgary Zoo
------could use a few more volunteers if you are able!
June 19th - Father's Day and Mrs. Nelson's Birthday
June 20th - Summer Solstice at 4:34 pm- Summer officially begins
June 24th - Early Dismissal AND last day of Grade 1

Today we started our Zoo Enclosures! We will continue to work on them on Thursday! So far, so good!

New Spelling words are:
because - red word
funny
ride - word family
boat - word family
fast - word family

We planted grass seeds in soil. We predicted that it will take between 2 -7 days to see some grass! HOMEWORK!!!! Ask your parent's "Do you plant grass seeds every year?" 

We need ROCKS!!! About the size of our fist or bigger! Not bigger than 2 fists though! It's for a special secret project!

Note regarding Sports Day:

On Friday we will be having our Sports Day after lunch. Please make sure that you are wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to be outside all afternoon. Students are encouraged to bring water bottles and hats. If you choose to wear sunscreen please apply it at home in the morning. Some of the stations for Sports Day will include water. Students can choose whether they participate in these stations. They may bring a change of dry clothes for afterwards, otherwise they may come home wet. We are asking that everyone wears Sporty Spunky Socks on Friday. 

Now - Teacher's Pet field trip form due
June 8th - In-school field trip - My World with Teacher's PetJune 8th - Zoo Field Trip Forms due!
June 10th - Hot Lunch
June 10th - Sports Day
June 14th - Grade 1 Field Trip to the Calgary Zoo
June 19th - Father's Day and Mrs. Nelson's Birthday
June 20th - Summer Solstice at 4:34 pm- Summer officially begins
June 24th - Early Dismissal AND last day of Grade 1

Green Field Trip Forms are Due - the cost is $6 - we are in need of 2 more Volunteers!

Zoo Field Trip forms have been sent home and are due soon. We go next Tuesday! Please send those in as well!

Today we discussed Ramadan which started today! It lasts for a whole month. During this time people fast from sun rise to sun set and pray 5 times a day. We decided as a class that whoever would like to will fast during our recess break tomorrow. We will still have water, but no food. This is an optional activity for anyone who chooses to participate. Your child does not need to participate.

Note regarding Sports Day:

On Friday we will be having our Sports Day after lunch. Please make sure that you are wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to be outside all afternoon. Students are encouraged to bring water bottles and hats. If you choose to wear sunscreen please apply it at home in the morning. Some of the stations for Sports Day will include water. Students can choose whether they participate in these stations. They may bring a change of dry clothes for afterwards, otherwise they may come home wet. We are asking that everyone wears Sporty Spunky Socks on Friday. 

Now - Teacher's Pet field trip form due
June 8th - In-school field trip - My World with Teacher's Pet
June 8th - Zoo Field Trip Forms due!
June 10th - Hot Lunch
June 10th - Sports Day
June 14th - Grade 1 Field Trip to the Calgary Zoo
June 19th - Father's Day and Mrs. Nelson's Birthday
June 20th - Summer Solstice at 4:34 pm- Summer officially begins
June 24th - Early Dismissal AND last day of Grade 1

Yesterday and today Mrs. Nelson came in the morning. We had Ms. C in the afternoons. Mr. Nelson is doing really well and Mrs. Nelson was happy she could help him recover. Thank you to all your children for their patience in the irregular schedule.

Donations for Fort McMurray will be accepted until early next week!
We have been working on writing about our favourite characters for our special Spirit Day on June 22nd. Mrs. Nelson taught that we don't have to wear a costume we have bought, we can use things we already have. For example, if we want to dress up as Clifford the Big Red Dog, we should wear a red shirt and red pants. We can make dog ears and attach them to a hat or headband and paint our nose black! Tada!!!! We are Clifford! Try to be creative in your dress up.

EVERY STUDENT gets to dress up!!!! We shared our coins that were brought in and there was exactly enough for every single student in our class! That's pretty lucky! So because we shared our donations with each other, everyone gets to dress up on Spirit Day!

Zoo Field Trip forms came home yesterday! Please attach payment, fill them in and send them back to school. We need about 4 Volunteers for the Zoo! I think we have a couple already. We can have more as well, but minimum of 4.

Our in-class Teacher's Pet Field trip is coming up next Wednesday and we still need 3 Volunteers for that!

June 6th - Scholastic Orders due - last one this year! 
June 6th - Teacher's Pet field trip form dueJune 8th - In-school field trip - My World with Teacher's Pet
June 10th - Hot Lunch
June 10th - Sports Day
June 14th - Grade 1 Field Trip to the Calgary Zoo
June 19th - Father's Day and Mrs. Nelson's Birthday
June 20th - Summer Solstice at 4:34 pm- Summer officially begins
June 24th - Early Dismissal AND last day of Grade 1

Lots of info today!

Donations for the Fort McMurray Fires will be collected until June 3rd. We will be having a Special Spirit Day on Wednesday, June 22nd. We are asking that your child bring in a donation to help raise funds. Any donation is accepted. Whether it be 5 cents or $5. All donations will be accepted and students will be able to participate. The Theme of the Spirit Day will be chosen in a few days. The options are: 1) Crazy Socks 2) Favourite Character 3) Crazy Hair/Hat

In-Class field trip form came home today! Bright green! We will do this next week. The cost is $6 and we need a few Volunteers. Please return the form with payment by Monday June 6th.

For your information ---On Tuesday, June 14th, we will be heading to the Zoo. That field trip form will come home early next week. The cost for that field trip is $10. We have used our money from Parent Council to drastically reduce the cost of this field trip. We also need Volunteers to join us at the Zoo. We will need parents to drive (carpool) and we will pay for parking at the Zoo. It is an all day event!

Volunteer Tea is coming up this Friday at 9am.  If you have Volunteered with us or in the school, you are invited to attend. I hope everyone received an invitation that has volunteered. I apologize if I missed anyone. If I did miss anyone, please email me at milnelson@cbe.ab.ca

New Spelling words for the week are:
something - compound word - we've had both these words before
store
call - -all word family
park - -ark-arword family
stop - -op word family

As noted previously. I will be away for a few days. Please speak with the Office ladies or Ms. G, our class curtain partner, if you have any concerns that need to be addressed immediately. Also please feel free to email me at milnelson@cbe.ab.ca

June 1st - Hot Lunch order forms due
June 6th - Scholastic Orders due - last one this year! Reading over the summer is imperative to your child's reading future! If you are unable to order books, please check out your local Calgary City Library

June 8th - In-school field trip - more details to come soon
June 10th - Hot Lunch
June 10th - Sports Day

Our school is voting on what we want to dress up as for SPIRIT DAY, Wednesday, June 22.   All students who choose to donate to Fort McMurray Families will be able to dress up on Spirit Day.  Red Cross will match all donations received by May 31.   We will be collecting funds until Friday, June 3.

Our  class has already voted and we split our votes between:
Dress up as your favourite character and
Crazy Hair/Hat Day! 

Today we finished watching The Little Mermaid movie.

We discussed some of the differences from the play and will do more work around that tomorrow.

At lunch we had a fire-drill. It was weird at lunchtime, but we met Mrs. Nelson outside and we did really good! We then finished our lunches and headed out for our play time.

This afternoon, we watched the Spring Concert Dress Rehearsal for tonights performers. It is a great show and we hope you will enjoy it!

We will have our Spelling Review tomorrow! Please practice the words with your child.
friend
from
next
made
try

June 1st - Hot Lunch order forms due
June 8th - In-school field trip - more details to come soon
June 10th - Hot Lunch
June 10th - Sports Day

SPRING CONCERT TONIGHT!!!!!

We have our Spring Concert Performance this evening. Students need to arrive no later that 6:15pm. The doors will open at 6pm. Seating is first come, first served! The lovely children have worked very hard to provide you with an evening of excellent music and entertainment.

We ask that you stay for the entire performance as to not disturb other performers! Thank you for your courtesy in this matter.

This morning we got to watch part of Disney's The Little Mermaid.  We will finish watching it tomorrow. We are looking for ways that it matches the play we saw yesterday!

 Scholastic Orders are coming home today and new order forms came home yesterday! The last order for this school year is due June 6th!!!  I strongly encourage you to have a few books at home that your child can read over and over. Also, look into summer Library reading programs that offer prizes for reading! Reading over the Summer is VERY important!

Hot Lunch order forms are due Wednesday, June 1st for lunch on Friday June 10th. Please get your orders in.

I have discussed with the students that I will be absent a few days next week to take care of my husband after surgery. Please speak with your child about respect for substitutes. I am almost positive it will be the same sub the whole time.

Story Book Theatre!

This morning we walked to the Story Book Theatre and watched a play called, The Little Mermaid.

It was fantastic! We had such a great time. The way they made waves was really cool. Prince Eric's ship was awesome! The characters were wearing rolling shoes to get around. Lightning came from the lights. There was a guy controlling the sounds and which characters had their microphone turned on and there were a few people behind us controlling the lights. It was an awesome field trip.

Our next out of school field trip is June 14th, but we will have an in class field trip on June 8th. More information on those 2 field trips to come!

New Spelling Words:
friend - red word
next
from - red word
made - bossy 'e'
try - star words - by, my, cry, dry, fry, why, shy, fly, sty

Important Info:

Wednesday, May 25th - Spring Concert - all grade 1 students will perform this evening. 

Please arrive between 6-6:15. Performance starts at 6:30
There will also be an afternoon performance probably around 12:35pm

June 1st - Hot Lunch forms and money due

Library Day Tomorrow!!!

Help your child remember to bring their books. 

Missing Items:
Although we know we shouldn't be bringing any personal items, like toys, to school, someone has done so and unfortunately these items have gone missing. If you could please check for 2 kitty stuffy's at your home, we would appreciate that. 
Thank you

HOMEWORK!!!!!
Why do we need to know how things are built?

Ask parents----"What do you use subtraction for?"

What treats do animals like? (Choose any animal)

Wear Jersy's tomorrow for our Student/Teacher Hockey Game! 

We worked on our Spelling words during Word Work and will have our Review tomorrow! Please help your child work on their words. 

Today we continued reading Where the Red Fern Grows. Billy now has his 2 coon hounds and has named them, Little Ann and Old Dan. He is trying to catch a coon so he can train his hounds. 

This afternoon we were able to explore with Lego and Linking Logs. We used them to build different structures. Some people built buildings and others build farms and others built vehicles. 

Important Info:
DUE NOW!!!!  Storybook Theatre Field Trip forms and $ another form is coming home if you haven't returned yours yet.
Tomorrow, May 19th - Reading: Give it a Shot Student vs. Teacher Hockey Game at 10am AND Early Dismissal
Friday, May 20th - No School
Monday, May 23rd - No School
Tuesday, May 24th - Story Book Theatre  we have a 4 1/2 day long weekend so please dress for the weather. We leave at 9am
Wednesday, May 25th - Spring Concert - all grade 1 students will perform this evening
There will also be an afternoon performance probably around 1pm. 
June 1st - Hot Lunch forms and money due

We forgot to do blog yesterday. We had Reading Buddies after Music and read lots of great books!

We have HOMEWORK!!!!!

Ask parents----"What do you use subtraction for?"

What treats do animals like? (Choose any animal)

We have Hot Lunch forms coming home today! It is on June 10th (which is our scheduled FUN DAY ---if the weather cooperates)  Our forms need to be returned by June 1st.

We did lots of Math today! We are continuing to work on subtraction.

In Science we are preparing for our Zoo Animal Enclosures. We discussed materials we could use and what our animal would need or want. We also discussed the Silverback Gorilla at the Calgary Zoo, Kakinga, passed away on Sunday night. He was 37 years old. We are sad we won't get to see him, but we will get to see the new baby gorilla.

Our Spelling Words this week are:
about
into
night
how
could

Important Info:
DUE NOW!!!!  Storybook Theatre Field Trip forms and $ another form is coming home if you haven't returned yours yet.
Thursday, May 19th - Reading: Give it a Shot Student vs. Teacher Hockey Game at 10am AND Early Dismissal
Friday, May 20th - No School
Monday, May 23rd - No School
Tuesday, May 24th - Story Book Theatre
Wednesday, May 25th - Spring Concert - all grade 1 students will perform this evening
There will also be an afternoon performance probably around 1pm. 
June 1st - Hot Lunch forms and money due

Note from Mr. Rattan - our Music Teacher

Wednesday performances:

Just a reminder on Wednesday May 25th is Beddington Heights' Spring concert. The classes performing on this day are:

 Kindergarten AM, all Grade 1 classes, Mrs. Grunert (2), Ms. Zimmerman (2), Ms. Gaspar (3/4), Mrs. Brink (3/4), and Mrs. Anderson(3/4). Doors will open at 6:00pm and the concert will begin at 6:30pm. Students will be going to their classrooms while guests will go to the gym. Once the concert is done, students will be picked up at their classrooms. We would appreciate it if you stayed for the whole concert. Thank you.

Today we worked on subtraction some more. I can see the wheels turning in their little minds and it is so fun to watch. I love just sitting and watching them read to each other. It is a beautiful sight!

Mrs. Nelson is absent tomorrow and Ms. Roberts will be in. We've had her before and she is awesome!

If you didn't get your scholastic order in, email me and I can get you in. milnelson@cbe.ab.ca

Remember that our Field Trip form and $ is due on Monday. We can't wait to go see this play. We will be discussing more about this next week.

Important Info:
TONIGHT!!!! Thursday, May 12th, - Parent Council Carnival  6 - 8 pm - It is here in the Gymnasium. 
Monday, May 16th - Storybook Theatre Field Trip forms and $ due
Thursday, May 19th - Reading: Give it a Shot Student vs. Teacher Hockey Game at 10am AND Early Dismissal
Friday, May 20th - No School
Monday, May 23rd - No School
Tuesday, May 24th - Story Book Theatre (a couple Volunteers Needed)
Wednesday, May 25th - Spring Concert - all grade 1 students will perform this evening

Thank you to all those who remembered to bring in their Library books. If your child forgot to return their books, please have them return them tomorrow.  They are bringing home a print out of the books they have signed out.

Scholastic Forms are due tomorrow! If their is a book your child really needs and you need some help to provide it for them, please let me know.  milnelson@cbe.ab.ca

Today we continued to work on Subtraction during Math. We learned how to use a few strategies and applied them to some questions. We worked on our Spelling words and we continued to read Where the Red Fern Grows with the Grade 2 students from Ms. G's class. We learned in the story today that our main character, Billie, saved his money for 2 whole years to buy 2 coon hounds! He is on his way to pick them up by himself. He didn't even tell his parents he was getting these dogs. We are excited to see what happens next.

Thursday, May 12th - Scholastic Orders Due
TOMORROW Thursday, May 12th, - Parent Council Carnival  6 - 8 pm - Sorry I missed putting this on the agenda before today! It is here in the Gymnasium. 
Monday, May 16th - Storybook Theatre Field Trip forms due
Thursday, May 19th - Reading: Give it a Shot Student vs. Teacher Hockey Game AND Early Dismissal
Friday, May 20th - No School
Monday, May 23rd - No School
Tuesday, May 24th - Story Book Theatre (a couple Volunteers Needed)
Wednesday, May 25th - Spring Concert - all grade 1 students will perform this evening

Scholastic forms are due on Thursday! Only one more after this to get books for the Summer!

Please return your Field Trip forms and $5 by this Friday! If you are unable to pay, please call the office to discuss. Also, if you did not receive a form, let me know so I can send home another one with your child!

We have Library TOMORROW instead of Thursday! Please help your child get their books into their backpacks this evening so they can sign out new books!

Today we wrote some sentences and then edited them for mistakes! This is something you can always practice with your child at home. Finger spacing is a hard one for these young kids.

We received a few pictures and objects of 3D shapes. Please still continue to send them in. The shapes are:
triangular prism, cylinder, square based pyramid, triangular based pyramid, sphere, rectangular prism, cube and cone!!!

FYI: Popcorn is only sold on Mondays! Please do not send money any other day for Popcorn as your child will not be able to buy any. Thanks :) 

Please return your Field Trip forms by this Friday! Scholastic forms are due on Thursday!

A note that our Principal received that he wants us to send to you:

The Calgary Board of Education is committed to providing students and staff with a welcoming, caring, respectful and safe learning environment that respects diversity and fosters a sense of belonging. With this in mind, the CBE is creating a system-wide Student Code of Conduct (Administrative Regulation 6005) with input from students, parents and CBE employees. This new code of conduct will apply to all CBE schools, and beginning in the 2016/17 school year, individual schools will no longer have their own codes of conduct. All CBE students are expected to abide by the new system regulation, which will be posted to our Administrative Regulation page http://www.cbe.ab.ca/about-us/policies-and-regulations/Pages/Administrative-Regulations.aspx.

 

Kind regards,

 

Christine Davies

Director, Learning

Students are to take a picture or bring in a 3D object. This is their HOMEWORK!!!!! We had a little Dance Party today and Fidget Friday for a few minutes because we missed it on Friday.  We have new spelling words for this week. They are:
time
once
be
last
this
 Please practice these words and previous words with your child daily!!!

Keep on reading every day! Reading daily helps your child understand fluency and expression. Please help them with this!

This afternoon we went on to Raz Kids and read for a while! This is a great resource to help with reading at home! If you have lost your login information, please let me know.

Important Info: 

Thursday, May 12th - Scholastic Orders Due
Monday, May 16th - Storybook Theatre Field Trip forms due
Thursday, May 19th - Reading: Give it a Shot Student vs. Teacher Hockey Game AND Early Dismissal
Friday, May 20th - No School
Monday, May 23rd - No School
Tuesday, May 24th - Story Book Theatre (a couple Volunteers Needed)
Wednesday, May 25th - Spring Concert - all grade 1 students will perform this evening

Happy Friday!

I hope you enjoy a beautiful weekend and enjoy the sunshine when it's out!

Today we did a special 2D and 3D shape project. We filled in all the vertices and sides for 2D shapes and all the vertices, faces and edges for 3D shapes. Ask your child about a particular shape. Their homework this weekend is to find all the different shapes around their house or wherever you are. If you can bring it in that would be great (we already have a toilet paper roll though ;) Or just take a picture and email me at milnelson@cbe.ab.ca

We worked hard this afternoon on a special project for a special person in our life. I hope you Mom's have a wonderful Mother's Day! Your children love you so much and are so excited to give you your gift!

We met with our Grade 3/4 Reading Buddies this afternoon and had a lovely time reading with them.

Sunday, May 8th - Mother's Day
Monday, May 9th - Popcorn sales begin (every Monday at lunch until gone - $2 a bag!)
Thursday, May 12th - Scholastic Orders Due
Monday, May 16th - Storybook Theatre Field Trip forms due
Thursday, May 19th - Early Dismissal
Friday, May 20th - No School
Monday, May 23rd - No School
Tuesday, May 24th - Story Book Theatre (a couple Volunteers Needed)
Wednesday, May 25th - Spring Concert - all grade 1 students will perform this evening

Today we finished our Shape Monsters and graphed how many of each shape we used. We will use this information tomorrow for a whole class discussion.

Keep reading for our "Reading: Give it a Shot!" We will read until May 15th and if you get 2400 minutes you can participate in a hockey game here at school....students versus Teachers!!!!

Students are coming home with a Tree! It is to Celebrate Arbour Day! Grade 1 is the best because we get free books and free tree seedlings! Enjoy your tree and plant it somewhere you will be able to enjoy it in a few years! 

At the end of the day we had a class discussion about what is happening in Fort McMurray! We looked at a few pictures and videos and felt very sad for all the people that live there, especially the kids. Please talk with your child about what we can do for the people of Fort McMurray. We will talk more about this tomorrow!

Important Info:
Saturday, May 7th - Parent Council Bottle Drive
Sunday, May 8th - Mother's Day
Monday, May 9th - Popcorn sales begin (every Monday at lunch until gone - $2 a bag!)
Thursday, May 12th - Scholastic Orders Due
Monday, May 16th - Storybook Theatre Field Trip forms due
Thursday, May 19th - Early Dismissal
Friday, May 20th - No School
Monday, May 23rd - No School
Tuesday, May 24th - Story Book Theatre (a couple Volunteers Needed)
Wednesday, May 25th - Spring Concert - all grade 1 students will perform this evening 

Parent Council Message - 
“ School Council is in great need of volunteer drivers and collectors to help with this Saturday’s bottle drive.   Proceeds will go to fund the Grade 6 Farewell evening.  If you are able to volunteer,  please contact Meghan Cooper (403) 613-1516 or meghanbuchanan@shaw.ca.    If you are unable to volunteer but have bottles/cans to contribute, you are welcome to drop them at the school parking lot on Saturday, May 7 between 9 am & 3 pm, or leave a marked bag on your doorstep for pickup.  Thank you!”

Library Day tomorrow! Please help your child return their books, so that they can get new ones!

Today in Music we practiced our actions for our Spring Concert. We cannot wait to share with you our beautiful songs. 

We talked about keeping our brains healthy. The most important thing to do when we feel sad, angry or worried, is to talk with someone. A friend, a teacher or our family! While it is ok to feel these feelings, we cannot let them overtake us and replace the good things in our lives. 

We did ANOTHER 3D shape today. Ask me what it is called. I'm sure we can find LOTS of this shape in our houses. 

Please remember to return your child's field trip form with the $5. Also, please include your child's name on the form. 

Important Info:
Saturday, May 7th - Parent Council Bottle Drive
Sunday, May 8th - Mother's Day
Monday, May 9th - Popcorn sales begin (every Monday at lunch until gone - $2 a bag!)
Thursday, May 12th - Scholastic Orders Due
Monday, May 16th - Storybook Theatre Field Trip forms due
Thursday, May 19th - Early Dismissal
Friday, May 20th - No School
Monday, May 23rd - No School
Tuesday, May 24th - Story Book Theatre (a couple Volunteers Needed)
Wednesday, May 25th - Spring Concert - all grade 1 students will perform this evening 

Hats on for Mental Health TOMORROW!!!!!

Don't forget to wear your favourite hat tomorrow to show support for Mental Health. 

Scholastic Orders came home today! They are due back on the 12th. Get ready for Summer with lots of good books to read at home.

A Field Trip Form for Storybook Theatre is coming home today! Please fill it out and return it as soon as possible. They must be returned by Monday, May 16th. The cost for this field trip is $5. We will need a couple volunteers as well. 

Today we made another 3D shape. See if you can find it in your home! I think you will be able to find LOTS of this shape!

We had an impromptu lesson on the Kermode Bear (it is a white black bear). They live on the Northern Coast in the rain forests of BC and are very rare. Students were very interested by this. Research at home to learn more about this unique bear!

Important Info:

Wednesday, May 4th - Hats on for Mental Health
Sunday, May 8th - Mother's Day
Monday, May 9th - Popcorn sales begin (every Monday at lunch until gone - $2 a bag!)
Thursday, May 12th - Scholastic Orders Due
Monday, May 16th - Storybook Theatre Field Trip forms due
Thursday, May 19th - Early Dismissal
Friday, May 20th - No School
Monday, May 23rd - No School
Tuesday, May 24th - Story Book Theatre (a couple Volunteers Needed)
Wednesday, May 25th - Spring Concert - all grade 1 students will perform this evening 

New Spelling Words Today:

coming

there
that
work
playing

What a gorgeous day we had. We had gym outside and we started to work on football skills. We practiced throwing the ball. We should be outside all week (as long as the weather is nice). Please make sure your child is wearing running shoes and is dressed for the weather.

Wednesday is Hats on for Mental Health! Students may wear hats to school to show support for mental health. We will do some discussion around this, but please make sure to chat with your child regarding mental health. 

Important Info:

Wednesday, May 4th - Hats on for Mental Health
Sunday, May 8th - Mother's Day
Thursday, May 19th - Early Dismissal
Friday, May 20th - No School
Monday, May 23rd - No School
Tuesday, May 24th - Story Book Theatre (a couple Volunteers Needed)
Wednesday, May 25th - Spring Concert - all grade 1 students will perform this evening 

Jersey Day!!!!

We had a GREAT Jersey Day!!! Thank you to everyone that was able to participate!

This morning we read a book with the Grade 2's about Saving Energy! Electricity, gas, propane...that kind of energy. Our own energy is fine. We have to spend 30 minutes this evening without using any energy except from our own body! Try to play a board game without the lights on (maybe a candle?) or walk to a park and play frisbee. No TV, tablets/iPads, computers, video games etc...

I'm sure you will all be able to do an excellent job!

Mrs. Nelson will be away tomorrow. Please remind your child to be respectful and listen to the substitute teacher!

We have our 10 word Spelling Review tomorrow! Please help your child practice this evening. The words are:
when
live
lot
morning
thing
happy
new
want
help
oh

Please continue to READ READ READ for our Reading: Give it a Shot! Calgary Flames program. 

If you have any extra books you are no longer using we have 2 great programs that could use them!!!
1) Wee Reads Parent Council Book Drive - these books will be sold as a fundraiser for the Wee Reads Program. A notice was sent home last week.
2) Our Community Library Box in the front foyer of our school. You can look in there for a book you may like or leave your books for others to enjoy!

Important Info:

Wednesday, May 4th - Hats on for Mental Health
Sunday, May 8th - Mother's Day
Thursday, May 19th - Early Dismissal
Friday, May 20th - No School
Monday, May 23rd - No School
Tuesday, May 24th - Story Book Theatre (a couple Volunteers Needed)