April 13, 2017

It is wonderful to be back!  I had a fantastic time at the uLead conference over the past four days learning from experts in the field of Educational Leadership.   

Today each student named their Basil Person.  We were excited to see that most of our people have started to sprout "hair"!  

For the past week, students have been participating in Drum Fit during Gym.  This is a fun and musical movement activity and brings smiles and laughter to our class!  

Have a Happy Easter and a safe and enjoyable extra long weekend.  

April 10, 2017

Mr. Beck is in our class for the next couple days, as I am away at a conference.  Have a great week, I look forward to returning on Thursday.  

Weekly reminders:
- Word Sort and Rainbow word tests are on Thursday.
- There is no school Friday, for Easter break.  Classes resume on April 19.

April 7, 2017

Congratulations to Isabella, who was the 1-2E Student of the Week!

In the afternoon, the Grade 1s visited the Golden Greenhouse, where they learned all about plants and even planted a couple to bring home!

April 6, 2017

Today the Grade 1s visited the John Walter Museum in Edmonton, where they learned about the past.  It was a half day flashback in time!  Thank you to Mrs. Wagner and Mr. Tatchell, who joined our class on the trip.  

The Grade 2s had an all day Science experience.  We talked about hot and cold temperature, discussed ways to heat and cool homes, read thermometers, melted ice, tried out a blubber glove, created a permanent change to a potato by adding heat, blew up a balloon using a pop bottle and created safety posters.  We also learned the terms: thermometer, insulator, and conductor.  It was a fun-filled day of learning.  

April 5, 2017

Today we planted our Basil People.  This project is part of the Grade 1 science curriculum, but will be used in conjunction with an online photo diary, to enhance the Grade 1&2 ICT objectives.

Students wrote a second Small Moments story today.  I was proud of the way they incorporated extra details into their writing today and also carefully reviewed for capitalization and punctuation.  Way to go 1-2E authors! 

Reminder that the Grade 1s will be going to the John Walter Museum tomorrow.  An email was sent out with important reminders for the field trip. 

April 4, 2017

Gym this week is a tricky one!  Students are working on striking, catching and tracking skills using a ball and their hands (think volleyball basics).  

In Language Arts, we began a new writing technique.  Students will focus on writing fiction using small moments.  We are using a three step process:
1. Generate an idea
2. Plan (touch and tell, share, sketch)
3. Write!
Ask your child to share their story idea with you.  

There are two exciting Easter contests happening in the library.  The fist is a candy guess.  Students placed their guesses today during library.  Mrs. Raugust provided us with a hint: it was greater than 300, but less than 500.  The second contest is a colouring contest, students are bringing home their colouring sheets today, they can be returned at any time.  

April 3, 2017

Welcome back!  I hope you all had a relaxing and enjoyable Spring Break!  Students wrote about their week off and it sounds as though you were all very busy!

The Grade 1s spent today reviewing addition to 100, while the Grade 2s learned how to use an open-numberline to solve addition to 100 equations.  Ask your child to show you this unique way to solve the addition equation 39+68=?.

This week, students have word sort and rainbow word assessments on Friday.  The Grade 1s also have two field trips (Thursday - all day, Friday - PM), if you have not yet completed the online permission forms, please do so today.  Also, all students are asked to bring in a clear 2L pop bottle for Wednesday.  Wednesday is also early dismissal day.