What’s New in One and Two?
Week of May 9 – 13, 2011
*Reminders – TACO LUNCH on Wednesday, May 11
- Lunch Lady next Monday, May 16
- Scholastic book orders due next week on Wed, May 18
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FLAT STANLEYS
Our Flat Stanleys have started to arrive back in Winnipeg. As each one comes in, the children read their postcard information about the town or city in Canada where their Flat Stanley has visited. Every day the children ask about whether their Flat Stanley has arrived back at school. There is a large map of Canada posted on our hallway bulletin board showing where each Flat Stanley has visited and their accompanying postcards.

STORYTIME
I have started reading “Ralph S. Mouse” to the class. This book was written by Beverly Cleary. It is about a talking mouse who rides a motorcycle and decides to move into the local elementary school.

READING BINGO
We started a new reading activity in class last week. Each student has a BINGO card and each box has a different genre of book for them to read. (For example – a book of poetry, a children’s magazine, a science book about an animal, a sports book, etc...) After they have read a book (at their level), they fill out a short comment about the book and have a teacher check it. Once it has been checked, they can colour in that square on the Bingo card. If they complete one line, they can choose a prize. I am hoping that this will encourage them to try reading different types of books.