Christmas Reading Bingo

Every student at Coronach School will be bringing home a Christmas Reading Bingo, created by the School Community Council, as a way to keep our students active readers over the holidays. There is an Elementary version (Pre-K-Grade 6) and High School version (Grade 7-12).

Please help your child work on their bingo and have them return it to their homeroom teacher on January 3 (January 4 for Pre-K) to be entered to win some prizes!

Thank you in advance! Have a wonderful break and happy reading!!

Cards, WAR, and Math

For the last few days we have been working on our card skills and using the cards to help us with our Math.  Once we practiced shuffling and dealing (this was interesting with such little hands) we then started playing the game of WAR.  This reinforces many number sense outcomes of our curriculum AND it's a perfect game to play over the holidays!  Enjoy!

This is how you look after beating your teacher at WAR in
less than 5 minutes... 

Game 2 didn't have the same results... haha

Christmas Reading

Today we visited the library for the last time in 2017.
As we discussed reading over the Christmas break, the students decided that 5 books over the holidays was not enough practice.

We talked about reading one book a night BUT we also discussed being busy over Christmas.  The students chose to document at least 10 books in their Reading Journals over Christmas holidays.  Mrs. Sand helped us by allowing us to take even more books out of the library this week.

Enjoy your Christmas holidays and happy reading!

The Parts of a Number

For the last week we have been breaking up numbers into part-part-whole.  This is another introduction to adding (just like Hungry Fish) and looks like this:

Pancake Breakfast

Monday morning is PJ day AND we also got treated to a Pancake breakfast!

Pajamas and Pancakes to start the week ~ YAY!

Christmas Concert

A bit of info about Christmas concert:

We are not requesting any special outfits for the concert, and are asking that students dress up nicely for the evening.  

The concert starts at 7, so students will meet in the classroom at around 6:30 to get organized and ready.  

Students will spend the entire concert with myself and their classmates, and then can be picked up in the classroom after the concert ends.  

Thanks and see you tomorrow evening!

Math "Homework"

As we continue to work on Number Sense in Math, our focus has turned to ways that numbers can be arranged.  We have been breaking numbers into parts ~ this is often referred to as Part-Part-Whole or Number Bonds.

We have been working with an app called "
Motion Math: Hungry Fish" which works perfectly to reinforce this concept. 

Blog Posts

Today we blogged about Winter and the 5 senses. Perfect timing as the snow has been falling all last night and today!

Remember that as we learn to blog we are also doing our best to use our writing skills (proper use of capital letter, spaces and punctuation)

Thanks for having a look, and feel free to share with family and friends!

https://kidblog.org/class/mrs-elders-class-2017/posts

Word Work

Each day your child works on words that are relevant to them.  These words are used in their reading and writing, so we work on them frequently. To encourage a faster turnaround of words, I'm going to send your child's Word Work home in a Remind message.

Please work on these words at home, and I will continue to work and test these words at school.
Thanks!

Spirit Week (December 18-22)

December Spirit Week 

Monday 18--Pajama Day
Tuesday 19--Christmas Hat Day
Wednesday 20--Red and Green Day
Thursday 21--Formal Day
Friday 21--Christmas Sweater

Our Very First Blog Posts

Yesterday we did our very first blog post of Grade One!
We posted our favourite foods as part of our 5 Senses Unit in Science.

You can have a look at our posts here:
Grade One Blogs

I encourage you to comment on blogs posts as it creates an opportunity for your child to read AND to continue the conversation. Here are a few of the ground rules to consider when commenting on our blog posts:
1) Please use first names only as this is the safest online practice.  If you are referring to your child, or leaving your name on the post it is much safer to use first names only.  Using names like Mom, Dad, Grandma etc are perfectly acceptable but please avoid names like "Grandma Jones" for example.
2) Please use proper grammar and punctuation when commenting so that children can see and read what is expected as they work towards writing goals.
3)  All posts and comments are moderated by me.  If you leave a comment, I will receive a notification and it must be approved before it is visible on the blog.  Don't panic if it doesn't show up immediately.

Thanks for your support! 

Important Days in December

Monday, December 11th
Early Dismissal
2:30 pm

December 18th-22nd

Monday--Pajama Day
Tuesday--Christmas Hat Day
Wednesday--Red and Green Day
Thursday--Formal Day
Friday--Christmas Sweater

Tuesday, December 19th
Christmas Concert
7:00pm

Friday, December 22nd
Last Day of Classes

Wednesday, January 3rd
Classes Begin

Food Memories

As we explore our 5 senses, I have also been talking to the students about how smells and tastes can trigger memories.  Yesterday we tasted lemons, which I craved during my pregnancies.  Today I shared my most wonderful childhood food memory with them ~ Cinnamon toast.  My Grandpa allowed us to have this as a bedtime snack when we stayed at his house and even as an adult the taste and smell takes me back to my childhood.

I asked the students to talk about their favourite things to eat when visiting their Grandparents and here are their responses:

Chocolate chips cookies (this was a popular response)

Pancakes with Smarties on top!

Green ice cream for Roughrider games

Strawberries and whipped cream

Fruit Salad

Pumpkin Pie with whipped cream

Spaghetti with Cheese Whiz

Hot chocolate with marshmallows

Cheese Puffs (that were always in a bowl on the kitchen table)

Such great memories for these little people to have already! 

Lemon Investigation

Today we did our first investigation involving the 5 senses.  We described how lemons looked, felt, sounded (haha), smelled and finally, how they tasted!  This group LOVED the lemons and most offered to take a second slice! 

Samaritan's Purse

On Tuesday we went shopping at Poplar River Pharmacy.
On Wednesday we packed and created 10 boxes for Samaritan's Purse.
We sorted our items into school stuff (books, crayons, pencils), healthy stuff (soap, toothbrushes, hair care) and fun stuff (tennis balls, skipping ropes, marbles, and stuffed animals).

Thank you to everyone who sent a donation and a special thank you to Elaine Winter who generously donated $10 towards our purchases that day! Wishing safe travels to the Coronach group travelling to Samaritan's Purse in Calgary on November 24th.