Important Days in April

*Please remember to check back to this post periodically, as things may be added during the month*

Wednesday, April 4th
Anti-Bullying Day
Wear your pink shirts!

Friday, April 6th
No School
Good Friday

April 9th - 13th
No school
Easter Break

Tuesday, April 17th
Early Dismissal for students

Week of April 23rd
Show and Tell

Star of the Week ~ Ashton

This week our star is Ashton.  He loves golfing and hockey, and his favourite food is macaroni and hot dogs.  Ashton's favourite books are "Dino-Hockey" and "The Best Goalie Ever".  Ashton also brought a delicious snack to share with everyone! Thanks Ashton!

Behaviour of the Day ~ Brooklyn

Keeping busy once all of
our work is done.

Behaviour of the Day ~ Laura

Working hard!
Using a number chart on the SmartBoard
to help us add multiples of 10
to a number. 

Conferences

Just a reminder that Student led conferences are this Thursday (evening) and Friday (morning).  You should have received your time(s) in the mail last week.  Here are a few things to remember for conferences:

1) Conferences times must be adhered to.  The entire school is on a coordinated schedule, so please do your best to be on time.  If you cannot attend, please contact the teacher(s) involved and reschedule.  The total time of the conference is 15 minutes.  We ask that you also adhere to this time frame, as other people will be waiting.

2) The conferences are student led.  I will have to "guide" many of the students, and may have comments to add but this is mainly for the students to share their learning and experiences.   If you feel that you need additional time, or you would like to discuss other questions and/or concerns please contact me to arrange a time.

Behaviour of the Day ~ Ryder

Working neatly on our
viewing activity.

Iceberg Homework

Your child will bring home a viewing sheet this evening.  On the sheet there are 6 categories for viewing.  I ask that you please look at the picture, and discuss each category with your child.  We have had  practice with this at school, but I would like you to be involved in the process as well.  Thank you. 

Star of the Week ~ Colton

Last week our star was Colton.  He loves to play outside and loves to eat grilled cheese sandwiches.  Colton talked about his pets Mia and Bella, and how he loves every kind of book.  Colton brought a chocolate cake to share with the class ~ Yum!  His Dad also came to visit (with the fire truck) and discuss fire safety with our class.  Thanks so much Colton!

Spelling Words (March 26th - April 5th)

Test will be on Wednesday, April 5th

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Behaviour of the Day ~ Kylin

Shoes tied up!

Behaviour of the Day ~ Kipp

Helping another student.

Commenting on Student Blogs

Today we posted stories about the mess that was left in our classroom by the leprechaun.  Please take some time to read and comment on a few of the posts.  The students greatly appreciate the feedback.

Thank you!

http://kidblog.org/MrsEldersClass2011/

Behaviour of the Day ~ Eliza

Shoes tied up!

Behaviour of the Day ~ Sommer

Working hard!

The Visit...

Over the weekend our classroom was visited by a leprechaun, who made a terrible mess!  We began cleaning up, and discovered a puzzle which revealed clues to where a "treasure" was hidden for us.  We solved the puzzle, followed the clues, and discovered some "gold" in Miss Rachul's room. 

Book Orders

April book orders were sent home today.  If anyone is interested in ordering, I will be sending them away on Friday, March 23rd.  Thank you!

Behaviour of the Day ~ Peyton

Working hard writing our
fictional stories.

Behaviour of the Day ~ Tatum

Tying up our shoes!

Can we make it Float?

To finish our day, I challenged the students. I gave each student some plasticine and asked them if they could make it float. After trying many creative ways, coming very close to success, they saw what just about worked and then ... WOW, we had plasticine floating everywhere!

We put pencils through our plasticine...

We put our plasticine inside our pencil sharpeners...

We wrapped the plasticine around our pencil sharpeners...

We even wrapped the plasticine around our pencils...

The first successful attempt!
Whoop Whoop!

Watching to see what is working
for others.

Let's hope it works...

Helping everyone,
and cheering loudly when it works!

We are Magicians!

Today we also tried to prove the theory that air takes up space.  We put a dry tissue inside a cup, and submerged it into water.  If done correctly, the air inside the cup pushes the water away, and leaves the tissue dry... Here are our results!

Will it Float?

Today we made predictions, then tested our predictions, about what would float in water.  Here are a few pictures from our morning.

Behaviour of the Day ~ Nicholas

Reading at the carpet when our work is done!

Spelling Words (March 12th - 23rd)

gold
lucky
Irish
Ireland
shamrock
St. Patrick's

Bonus: leprechaun

Behaviour of the Day ~ Reed

Sitting properly at her desk,
and pointing to the words when
she reads!

Star of the Week ~ Nicholas

This week our star was Nicholas.  He shared with us that he loves to downhill ski and play hockey.  His favourite book is "Down the Drain"  by Robert Munsch, and his Mom came to read it to the class.  Nicholas also loves to play with Lego, and he loves to eat pepperoni pizza.  Nicholas brought delicious muffins to share with the class ~ Thanks Nicholas!

Behaviour of the Day ~ Braxon

Reading a story AND tying up shoes!

Making 10

Ways to Make 10


Grade 1's have been working on math facts in addition and subtraction.  One of the strategies used is making 10.  This song (although somewhat annoying) is quite useful.  We need to know all the ways to make 10, and also how to "fill in the missing addend".  Feel free to play this song or practice these strategies using other numbers as well.

Thanks!

There is a permanent link on the right hand side of the blog in "Learning Links".

Behaviour of the Day ~ Kalan

Dancing to the In-Motion dances!

Oreo turns 100 years old!

The Oreo cookie is 100 years old this month!  Today we celebrated with Oreos and milk for snack!  A special thanks to Owen (and his Mom) for sending Oreos for the whole class, and to Cam Elder for bringing us milk for dunking! 

We then discussed commercials, and viewed two Oreo commercials.  There are links to each commercial below.  Watch them then discuss with your kids ~ they love them!


Oreo ~ Twist, Lick, and Dunk

Oreo ~ Webcam with Dad

Behaviour of the Day ~ Ryan

Sitting up at our desks, and holding
our pencils properly.

More Fill it Up!