What's New in One and Two? February 23 - 27, 2015

*Reminders - Field Trip to the Museum on Friday, February 27 in the morning
                      - Dress up as a Favourite Storybook Character on Friday
          
I LOVE TO READ
This Friday is also "Dress as your Favourite Storybook Character" Day.  If the costume is not too complicated they can wear it to school (and on the field trip).  If it is a more elaborate costume, they can bring it to school in a bag and change after we get back to school for lunch.  If you have the book where the character comes from, please send the book along to school (if not, do not worry, just the costume is fine). The "dress-up" does not have to be fancy.

FESTIVAL du VOYAGER
We had lots of fun all week with our "Festival du Voyager" activities.  Merci to Sacha's mom for making bannock for our class.  Et merci to Mme Christensen for making pea soup and organizing the eventful week.  We danced some jigs, played the spoons, played voyager relays, sang songs, dressed up and made crafts.  Leo le Tuque came to visit and we wove our own "ceinture fleche" (red sashes).
Here are some photos -

BEARS
Our unit about bears is almost complete.  We have all learned so much about bears (me too!) and about what they need to live, where they live, and their similarities and differences.  We painted two life sized bears - the biggest, the polar bear and the smallest, the sun bear.  We made our own bear art pictures in the style of Eric Carle's "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" book.  These are posted on the hallway bulletin board.  We also started our bear habitat dioramas.
Here are some photos of our bears.

 

What's New in One and Two? February 2 - 6, 2015

Reminders - NO SCHOOL on Friday, February 6
                    - Field Trip - Friday, February 13 (morning)
                    - Valentine Class Party - Friday, February 13 (afternoon)
                    - NO SCHOOL - Monday, February 16 (Louis Riel Day)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!                            Jaxen                               February 7

NEW FIELD TRIP
If you remember, the last time we went to the MTYP they had to cancel our performance date of Peter Pan and moved it to an alternate date.  Because of this inconvenience, they have given us FREE tickets to see another show.  We will be going to the MTYP on Friday, February 13 in the morning.  The show we are seeing is called "New Canadian Kid".  There is a yellow permission form coming home on Tuesday.  We will need drivers and chaperones.  If you are able to help us out, please fill in the appropriate section of the permission form.  Please return these forms by next Wednesday, February 11.

We still have another field trip to the Manitoba Museum coming up on Friday, February 27.  The permission form for this field trip will be coming home at a later time.

I LOVE TO READ
This month it is "I Love to Read" month.  We have lots of activities planned.  All month we are having a Dress-up Theme on one day of each week.

THURSDAY, February 5 - WEAR WORDS
 (Dress up in a t-shirt that has words or write your own words and attach them to your clothes)
FRIDAY, February 13 - WEAR RED OR PINK CLOTHES
FRIDAY, February 20 - DRESS AS A VOYAGER
FRIDAY, February 27- DRESS AS A STORYBOOK CHARACTER
(We have the field trip in the morning, so if possible, they should keep their costumes in their lockers and we will change after lunch.  If the costume is simple, they can wear it to the Museum!)

VALENTINE PARTY
Our Valentine Party will be next Friday, February 13 in the afternoon.  The children usually exchange Valentine cards.  If your child does not wish to give cards, they do not have to.  If you are sending cards, please make sure there is a card for every child in the class. 
Here is our class list -
Alia, Andy, Anne, Ben, Brianna, Emerson, Evan, Hayden, Jake, Jared, Jaxen, Karter, Landon, Lawrence, Maddy, Mason, Owen, Riel, Sacha, Yan (20 children)

The snack parents for this party are -
Snacks - Jaxen, Karter, Landon, Lawrence           Drinks - Maddy

BEAR DIORAMAS
Thank you for sending in the shoeboxes for our dioramas.  There is still time to send one (or two) in to school as we will not be working on this project until next week.  Thanks.

Here are a few photos of the students trying to put together some tricky puzzles.
(Sorry they are sideways)