Photo of the Day ~ Ashton

Last day of school in January.
See you soon February!

Photo of the Day ~ Reed

Keeping busy writing about our weekend!

Photo of the Day ~ Jaylyn

Mrs. Elder, talking with her hands... 

Star of the Week ~ Colton

Last week our star was Colton.  He loves playing with his friends, playing video games and reading hockey books.  Colton's favourite place to be is at home, and his favourite movie is Open Season 3.  Colton also brought us some delicious blue cake for a snack ~ thanks Colton!

Winter Poem

Today we started working on a Winter poem, that we will recite in class.  It is short, and students will practice with me each day but some extra work at home would be great.  I will work with them on rhythm, voice changes, volume, etc for their presentation to the class.  Students will recite/present on Friday, February 8th.  Here is the poem:

A Chubby Little Snowman
A chubby little snowman,
had a carrot nose.
Along came a bunny,
and what do you suppose?
That hungry little bunny,
looking for his lunch,
Ate that snowman's carrot nose.
Nibble, nibble, crunch!

Skating ~ Wednesday morning

On Wednesday morning the Grade 1 and 2 class will be going skating with Miss K.

If your child would like to bring a stick they MUST also have hockey gloves and a hockey helmet.  They will be given a soft puck to use during their time at the rink, and good sportsmanship is expected.

Helmet use for students who will be skating with no sticks is at at the parent's discretion.

Spelling Words

Due to the short week, we won't have spelling words this week.

That's What Makes You Beautiful

This was one of our Brain Breaks this morning.  We viewed the video afterwards to discuss what we saw.  The students looked at whether or not they were moving, how they were moving, and the other actions they saw.  We then talked about how we can improve how we dance during our Brain Breaks.

That's What Makes You Beautiful

Books Orders

Our January book orders are on the way and should be here next week.  The new February catalogs were sent home today ~ anyone wishing to order should return them by Thursday, January 31st.

Thank you !

Brain Breaks

As you are aware, our classroom does "Brain Breaks" during the day.  The most common way we do this is to dance, usually using Just Dance videos from Youtube.  I am pleasantly surprised at the dance moves and singing voices of the students every day!  Here are two links to our awesome dancing from Friday ~ Enjoy!

Dynamite

Never Going to Give You Up
  (because who doesn't LOVE a little 80's music...)

Snow Clothes Challenge

In response to a Twitter challenge from our favourite class in Moose Jaw (Ms. Cassidy's class) we practiced  putting on our winter clothing.  Honestly, this is the absolute fastest they have EVER been so a BIG BIG thanks goes out to Ms. Cassidy and her Grade 1 and 2 class.  Here is the link to our video ~ enjoy!

Snow Clothes Challenge

Word Work

This is me spelling the werd CAT and DOG in the pant.
Savannah

Teacher Collage by Kaden, Kade, and Dashiel

100th Day of School

February 12th is our 100th Day of School celebration. The SRC is planning a spirit/dress-up week as well.
On our 100th day, it is also Twin Day in the school.  As the students have decided to dress up as 100 year olds, we will not participate in the Twin Day that week.

Thanks!

Important Days in February

Friday, February 1st
Prep Day
No School for Students

Monday, February 11th
Early Dismissal
SRC Spirit Week
Pajama Day

Tuesday, February 12th
100th Day of School
Twin Day

Wednesday, February 13th
White Day

Thursday, February 14th
Red and Pink Day

Friday, February 15th
Opposite Gender Day

Monday, February 18th
Family Day
No School

Monday, February 25th
Show and Tell Week
Early Dismissal

Our new collage app

Today in Guided Reading we tried our new collage app! Students should now be able to take pictures, create a collage, and post to our blog! Our first collage was created by Tatum ~ great job!

Grade One Math

In Grade One Math we are learning about the numbers between 10 and 20 ~ the teens.  We have discovered that the "teens" are 10 and then a bit more.  We built teen numbers on our 10 frames today and also sang this song ~ Numbers in the Teens.

Have a listen at home ~ and if the song gets stuck in your head, I'm sorry!

Numbers in the Teens

100th Day of School

The 100th Day is fast approaching and the students are getting excited. 

The 100th day of school is February 12th.

The students would like to continue the tradition of dressing up as a 100 year old person.  They enjoyed this very much last year so we are looking forward to it again!

We will plan for other activities as well during the day but two things that will be a guarantee are the dressing up, and bringing 100 of something for snack.  Past years have seen Cheerios, pretzels, raisins for snack if you need ideas.

Thank you for your support!

Spelling Words ~ January 21st - 25th

Grade One
ran
have
at
good
was
did

Grade Two
wash
wish
don't
their
those
these

Photo of the Day ~ Hayden

Students being silly!

Photo of the Day ~ Kade

Illustrating our story about
how Big Foot helped Rabbit.

Viewing Strategies

Today we worked on our viewing strategies.  We looked at food pictures ~ yum ~ and discussed each of them.  We asked questions like "What colours do you see?", "What shapes do you see?", "What is your favourite part of the picture and why?", and "What does this remind you of?"

Here is an example:

This reminds me of...
"Smores around the campfire"
"Dessert at Grammas house"
"The Mini-Mart"
"Fresh chocolate chip cookies"

The Sense of Taste

Today we explored our sense of taste.  We looked at the "taste zones" on our tongue and then started tasting.  Sour was first, using a lemon, followed by some sweet Skittles.  We tried a few salty pretzels, and finished with a cup of bitter coffee.

Some loved the lemons!

Not sure about this...

YUCK!!!

GROSS!!

Whoa that is awful!

Everyone loved the sweet taste of Skittles!

We all loved salty pretzels too!

Coffee to finish wash it all down!

Coffee ~ we liked the smell of coffee
better than the taste.

Mathletics

Students brought home Mathletics cards this evening ~ green laminated cards with username and password on it. Mathletics is a site focused on Math skills that are closely linked to our Saskatchewan curriculum.  Today the Grade One class went on for the first time and were very excited!  Students will become more familiar with the site as we work with it, but have a look at it from home as well.

For those students who did not receive a card, usernames and passwords are being established by Mathletics as soon as possible.  When they forward us the new information I will send it home with your child.

Tacos for Telemiracle

On Friday, January 25th the Coronach Kinettes will host a Taco-in-a-bag sale, with proceeds going to Telemiracle.  Lunch will be $5 and comes with a juice box.  Students and their family are invited to order and come to the school that day for lunch.

Order forms are being sent home today and should be returned by Friday, January 18th.

If you know of anyone who is interested in attending but has no students in school, please have them contact Kelly Elder at gk.elder@accesscomm.ca to place their order.  Payment for emailed orders can be made on that day.

Thank you in advance for your support!

Scholastic Book Orders

Tonight your child will bring home 7 (yes 7, I'm sorry) Scholastic catalogs.  These are the January catalogs and anyone interested in placing an order, please have them returned by Tuesday, January 22nd.

Thank you for your orders ~ I appreciate it!

Bug Obsession

Students last year became obsessed with the App "Bugs and Buttons".  We have added "Bugs and Numbers" and "Bugs and Bubbles" to our Ipads and the students are once again obsessed.  These apps are great for number sense, sorting, and some plain old fun!  

Word Rings

A reminder to keep working on the word ring that your child has at home.  Many children have been exchanging rings for new ones and are reading them with such confidence ~ keep up the great work!

Spelling Words (January 14th-18th)

We won't be working on spelling words this week.
I plan to use the time working and reinforcing vowels and their sounds.  Any additional help you can do at home with your child would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Important Days ~ January

Monday, January 14th
Early Dismissal 2:00pm

Week of January 21st - 25th
Show and Tell Week

Friday, January 25th
Tacos for Telemiracle Lunch

Monday, January 28th
Early Dismissal 2:00pm

First Blizzard of 2013

No bus service.
Half the class in attendance.
Stay warm and stay safe everyone!

Some free time on the Ipad.

The only Grade 1 girls here today!

My Grade 2 class today.
They don't even have to share a computer! 

Photo of the Day ~ Dashiel

Sitting properly at our desk!

Photo of the Day ~ Carter B.

Keeping busy!

Photo of the Day ~ Tyler

Shoes tied up!

Grade One Home Reading

Tomorrow the Grade 1 students will bring home a reading package.  Each package contains about 5 or 6 books at a variety of levels.  Level A books are considered the easiest, with Level F being the highest level sent home at this time.  Packages should be completed and returned to school the following Wednesday for another exchange.

Each book is to be read at least once ~ ideally each book should be read 4 or 5 times.  How these books are read can vary each time ~ you can read the books to your child, they can read the entire book, you can partner read and share pages, etc.

Depending on the reading level of your child, they may start by reading only one or two words in the book, with you helping them through the rest.  This is absolutely fine, and just reinforce the positive things they are doing ~ pointing to each word, sounding words out, looking at pictures/letters for clues, etc.

The assignment sent home each week will focus on a variety of skills such as favourite parts, character traits, setting of the book, etc.  Please take the time to read with your child and help them through the assignments. I know the beginning stages of reading can be hard at times but it does get easier.  Repetition is best so read, read, read, and then read some more!

Spelling Words (January 7th - 11th)

Grade One
he
she
with
they
that

Grade Two
been
sleep
green
read
goes