Learning's Fun ~ In Grade One! January 27, 2020

Reminders - Early dismissal on Tuesday, January 28 (2:15 pm)
                   - NO SCHOOL on Friday, January 31

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!                 Meleah                January 8
                                                     Hannah               January 14
                                                     Riley                   January 16
                                                     Avery                  January 20

NO SCHOOL on FRIDAY
There is no school this Friday so the homework is due on the Thursday instead (January 30) and the spelling test will be on the Thursday too.

OWLS IN THE FAMILY
I have been reading the chapter book, "Owls in the Family" by Farley Mowat, to the class.  It is a classic Canadian story about a boy who lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and when he acquires two great-horned owls as pets, lots of fun and adventures start to happen.  We have been working on imagining "pictures in our minds" about what is happening in the story, as it is being read aloud.

VALENTINE'S DAY
Wow!  January is almost over and Valentine's Day is just around the corner.  The children usually exchange Valentine cards with each other on our party day - Friday, February, 14.  If your child would like to bring Valentine's to school, please send one for every child in the class.

Here is a list of names for the students in our classroom -
Avery, Brayden, Bryan, Elyck, Hannah, Hosana, Jack, Javi, Jerika, Kira, Lauren, Lennon, Megan, Meleah, Riley

SNACK PARENTS for Valentine's Day Party (Friday, February 14, from 2:15 to  3:15 pm)
Jerika, Kira, Lauren, Lennon

PHOTO GALLERY - We saw a wonderful production of "The Paper Bag Princess" last week.

ART - We made MOSAIC TURTLES - putting little pieces together and
            COFFEE FILTER SNOWFLAKES - cutting out little pieces

Working at the "Word Work" centres

 

 

 

 Thank you Megan and her family for sharing Chinese New Year treats with the class!

Learning's Fun ~ In Grade One! January 14, 2020

Reminders - Scholastic book orders due on Wednesday, January 15
                   - The Paper Bag Princess - PTE is performing at Beautiful Saviour School - Tues. Jan 21

ALL ABOUT OWLS
We have started our new science unit about OWLS this month.  We are learning about the different species of owls that are found in North America and each student will be doing their own research project on one species.  Then they will be sharing what they learned with the whole class.  We have been looking at different kinds of feathers and talking about what makes an owl "a bird".

SPELLING TESTS
We had our first official spelling test last Friday.  The whole class did really well.  Don't forget to do a few practice tests at home so they are prepared.

WISE (Woman in Science and Engineering)
Some students from the University of Manitoba came out to our school on Monday to do some workshops on coding with our students.  We worked on playing some coding games on a big mat and them got to work with a robot-mouse and program it to move through a maze that we designed.  It was very exciting and lots of fun!

PHOTO GALLERY - WISE "Coding Workshop"

Learning's Fun ~ In Grade One! December 20, 2019

Reminders - Back to school on Monday, January 6, 2020

MERRY CHRISTMAS and a BLESSED NEW YEAR from my family to yours!
Enjoy your winter break.

THANK YOU
Thank you all for helping us make up our classroom Christmas hamper this year and thank you to Megan's family for offering to deliver it to our hamper family.

Thank you for all of the wonderful gifts that I've received this past week.  They were thoughtful, delicious and very much appreciated.

HOME-READING TREE
I am sending home a Christmas tree reading-log for your child to work on over the break.  They can colour in one ornament for each night of home-reading that they do.  Return it to school in January.  If they fill in the whole tree, I do have prizes to give them.   Please do try your best to keep up with the home-reading over the break (I know it's hard).  There is no other homework to do.

PHOTO GALLERY - painting our life-sized nativity characters

 

 

 

We made Christmas cards to give to seniors who are living in a nursing home.

Merry Christmas to our hamper family