Make Me a Mummy

Halloween Pictures

Photo of the Day ~ Braxon

Working neatly on our words!

Important Dates ~ November

Thursday, November 8th
Remembrance Day Service
1:30pm

Friday, November 9th
Prep Day
No school for students

Monday, November 12th
Remembrance Day Holiday
No school for students

Wednesday, November 14th
Report Cards
Grade 1-12

Thursday, November 15th
Student Led Conferences
Evening appointments

Friday, November 16th
Student Led Conferences
Morning Appointments

Week of November 19th - 23rd
Show and Tell Week

Tuesday, November 20th
Class Trip ~ all day
Globe Theater in Regina
"The Wizard of Oz"
More details to follow

Monday, November 26th
Early Dismissal 2:00pm

The job of an Author

Today we looked at what an author does.  We discussed how an author can entertain us with stories OR an author can inform us.  We looked at examples in our classroom of entertaining books and information books.     We then organized the books from Scholastic catalogs into 2 categories ~ entertaining or informative.  Here is how it turned out...

Pumpkin Investigation

Today we investigated our "class pumpkin".  We looked at the size of our pumpkin, counted the lines on the outside, measured how tall it is, AND we even counted the seeds!  The most excited part of our investigation was finding out if our pumpkin was going to sink or float.  We made a prediction, and then... dropped it into the bucket.  What do you think happened?

Our seeds, in groups of 10

Our seeds, in groups of 100 and
groups of 10.  Can you tell how many
seeds we had?

Our pumpkin in the bucket of water.
Did it sink or float?

Picture of the Day ~ Gavin

Working neatly on
our spelling words!

Photo of the Day ~ Nicholas

Sitting properly at our desk.

Halloween

A reminder that there is a Halloween dance on Tuesday, October 30th at noon.  Students are invited to stay for lunch and enjoy the fun!

On Wednesday, we will be celebrating Halloween in our classroom.  Students can dress in costume for the afternoon only and we will be doing activities to celebrate.

Spelling Words (Oct 29th - Nov 2nd)

Grade One
at
cat
mat
fat
sat
bat

Grade Two
Halloween
pumpkin
candy
costume
ghost
scary

Photo of the Day ~ Sarah

Counting our fish ~
and the number of days
we have been at school!

More pumpkin pics!

Pumpkin Carving!

Today marked the 5th consecutive year that we have teamed up with Miss Rachul and the Grade 10's.  We appreciate their help in carving, their sense of humour, and their patience.  What a great day we had today!

Star of the Week ~ Keanan

This week our star was Keanan.  He loves to play hockey and baseball.  Keanan's favourite movie is "Spy Kids".  He loves to go camping, and he also loves helping his Dad on the farm.  Keanan's Dad came to read a Scooby Doo story to us, and he brought cupcakes for us to eat! Thanks for sharing Keanan!

Photo of the Day ~ Colton

Shoes tied up!

Math with Moose Jaw

Yesterday we had another Skype call with Mrs. Cassidy's class in Moose Jaw.  We exchanged solutions to the patterning problems that we made.  Each class also exchanged the strategies they used, and the problems they had while solving each problem.  A few things heard around our room...

"It's cool how they talk about patterns just like we do!"

"They found different answers than we did? Cool!"

You can see all of the interesting things our friends in Moose Jaw are up to by checking their blog at:

http://mscassidysclass.edublogs.org/

Viewing strategies

Today we worked on viewing strategies ~ analyzing and examining what we are looking at or watching.  Your child will bring home a picture, with an attached booklet.  Within this booklet are their ideas about the picture we examined.

Please discuss this with your child tonight.  Can they tell you what the picture reminds them of? Can they talk about the shapes and colours?

Spirit Day

On Tuesday, October 30th the SRC is hosting a dance at noon.  All students are invited to stay for lunch on that day.  The SRC is asking all students to dress in black and/or orange on that day!

Remembrance Day Poem

This is the poem we will be reciting at the Remembrance Day Service this year.  We will work on it in class, but a few students requested that it be posted on the blog so they can practice at home.

Remembrance Day

We wear a poppy
On Remembrance Day,
And at eleven
We stand and pray.
Wreaths are put
Upon a grave.
As we remember
Our soldiers brave.

Photo of the Day ~ Reed

Working neatly on our
"What a Weekend" .