Happy short two weeks everyone! Just a reminder we have no school on Friday May 20th, the teachers have a PD day and Monday we have off too! Have fun where ever your travels will take you.
Tuesday May 17th we are off to Butterfield Acres. Please dress your child for the weather. Apply sunscreen at home, bring a hat if needed. I am also going to ask that you pack your child a through away lunch (paper bag...) This is easier for everyone seeing that the kids don't have to take their lunch bags along with them. I will have a box to put everything in but the students are responsible for their things. I suggest rubber boots because we do go for a walk in the woods and in and out of pens. Your child can also bring along 25 cents to feed the animals. This is a huge hit! We are there all day and will be returning to school around 2:00.
On Wednesday, if your child signed up for the talent show they will be auditioning at lunch time in the gym. We also have special lunch that day.
If your child has been asked to present a French poem, please make sure they are ready to present it on Thursday the 19th. We will be getting all grade 1's together to present.
Our class also has morning prayers next week. I will be asking for some volunteers, please help them practice for the following week.
I think that's it for now. Have a great week!
LA
Monday, May 16, 2016
Monday, May 9, 2016
Jambo
Happy Monday everyone,
I hope you had a great week end. This morning we had a fabulous presentation put on my the Muli family choir all the way from Kenya. It was great to hear them sing, show off their karate skills not to mention their acrobatics. They will be playing a concert this Friday at St. Mike's church. Entry is a donation of your choice. I hope to go. We also had Constable Hartman come in and talk to us about using our tools to help solve our problems.
Wednesday is also our Marion literacy. It is starting at 2:00. If you can make it we would love to see you. Mom's please be sure to come out so we can celebrate you!
Thursday the 12th Mme Jacqueline and Mme Katarina's class will be putting on a movie night to raise money for their entrepreneurial project. You can still purchase tickets. Tickets are $ 5.00. Doors open around 6:00, movie starts at 6:30. You can purchase snacks there. All proceeds go to WWF.
Please be sure to send in the two permission forms (Butterfield Acres, French Play St. Rose) if you have not done so yet.
I hope the ice cream reading challenge is going well! We only have a couple of students who are still waiting to read their English sight words and French sentences. Keep working on them at home!
In Math, we have finished up shapes and are now working on measurement. This is another quick unit but the kids love learning all about it.
I hope to finish up building things in science this week and moving onto plants and animals.
In Social studies, we continue to learn about the province we live in, surrounding areas as well as the provinces and territories that Canada is made up of. We are having a little trouble understanding the different between province and country. Feel free to explain !
In English, we are working on putting sentences together and building on ideas to make a short story. We continue to review blends, vowel combinations and sight words.
I think that's it for this week. Have a good one.
Keep smiling!
LA
I hope you had a great week end. This morning we had a fabulous presentation put on my the Muli family choir all the way from Kenya. It was great to hear them sing, show off their karate skills not to mention their acrobatics. They will be playing a concert this Friday at St. Mike's church. Entry is a donation of your choice. I hope to go. We also had Constable Hartman come in and talk to us about using our tools to help solve our problems.
Wednesday is also our Marion literacy. It is starting at 2:00. If you can make it we would love to see you. Mom's please be sure to come out so we can celebrate you!
Thursday the 12th Mme Jacqueline and Mme Katarina's class will be putting on a movie night to raise money for their entrepreneurial project. You can still purchase tickets. Tickets are $ 5.00. Doors open around 6:00, movie starts at 6:30. You can purchase snacks there. All proceeds go to WWF.
Please be sure to send in the two permission forms (Butterfield Acres, French Play St. Rose) if you have not done so yet.
I hope the ice cream reading challenge is going well! We only have a couple of students who are still waiting to read their English sight words and French sentences. Keep working on them at home!
In Math, we have finished up shapes and are now working on measurement. This is another quick unit but the kids love learning all about it.
I hope to finish up building things in science this week and moving onto plants and animals.
In Social studies, we continue to learn about the province we live in, surrounding areas as well as the provinces and territories that Canada is made up of. We are having a little trouble understanding the different between province and country. Feel free to explain !
In English, we are working on putting sentences together and building on ideas to make a short story. We continue to review blends, vowel combinations and sight words.
I think that's it for this week. Have a good one.
Keep smiling!
LA
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
May already!
Well I cant believe we are in the month of May. I am not ready to send these little ones off to grade 2 in just two months. I am however ready for summer breezes and resting on the beach next to the ocean! But that can wait.
We are finishing up our farm animals unit and will be moving onto plants and animals. The students will be starting to learn more complex French sounds and review past sounds. We will continue to work on our French stories. We will focus on correct punctuation, does the sentence make sense and have we tried to include beginning, middle and end in our stories.
Today was also the first day of Ice cream reading challenge. The reading packages will come home tomorrow, but anytime you read you can fill in a square for your child. A lot of the students have already earned their bowl and spoon. If you child has not earned the bowl or spoon yet please help them practice their English sight words and French sentences at home. There is a chart on the wall and they love putting the stickers up to show they have succeeded.
I hope to finish up the Shapes unit in math this week and move onto measurement. Both of these units are quick. We then will get back to our favorite friends addition and subtraction up to 20. You can help them out by practicing at home.
We are off to 4 cats art studio tomorrow. we will be painting soo keep that in mind for tomorrows outfit. On Monday the 9th we have constable Hartman coming in to chat with the students.
He will be giving them strategies on how to solve their problems and how to calm themselves when they are feeling stressed or anxious.
Wednesday is Hats on Day at Holy Name. Students can wear their hats by donating $2.00 to the mental health foundation. Wednesday is also library day and special lunch.
I think that is all for this week.
Laurie Anne
http://online.seterra.net/fr/vgp/3006 Social Studies game to identify parts of Canada.
http://www.jeux-geographiques.com/jeux-en-ligne-Jeu-Provinces-du-Canada-_pageid110.html
Another game to play about Canada
http://www.scholastic.ca/editions/livres/lecanadavudepres/game.htm
Canadian Provinces and Territories, plus additional information
We are finishing up our farm animals unit and will be moving onto plants and animals. The students will be starting to learn more complex French sounds and review past sounds. We will continue to work on our French stories. We will focus on correct punctuation, does the sentence make sense and have we tried to include beginning, middle and end in our stories.
Today was also the first day of Ice cream reading challenge. The reading packages will come home tomorrow, but anytime you read you can fill in a square for your child. A lot of the students have already earned their bowl and spoon. If you child has not earned the bowl or spoon yet please help them practice their English sight words and French sentences at home. There is a chart on the wall and they love putting the stickers up to show they have succeeded.
I hope to finish up the Shapes unit in math this week and move onto measurement. Both of these units are quick. We then will get back to our favorite friends addition and subtraction up to 20. You can help them out by practicing at home.
We are off to 4 cats art studio tomorrow. we will be painting soo keep that in mind for tomorrows outfit. On Monday the 9th we have constable Hartman coming in to chat with the students.
He will be giving them strategies on how to solve their problems and how to calm themselves when they are feeling stressed or anxious.
Wednesday is Hats on Day at Holy Name. Students can wear their hats by donating $2.00 to the mental health foundation. Wednesday is also library day and special lunch.
I think that is all for this week.
Laurie Anne
http://online.seterra.net/fr/vgp/3006 Social Studies game to identify parts of Canada.
http://www.jeux-geographiques.com/jeux-en-ligne-Jeu-Provinces-du-Canada-_pageid110.html
Another game to play about Canada
http://www.scholastic.ca/editions/livres/lecanadavudepres/game.htm
Canadian Provinces and Territories, plus additional information
Monday, April 11, 2016
Full week!
Happy Monday everyone!
We have a busy little week this week. I will get all the important info out of the way... Year book orders are due April 13th. I believe you can order them online, look at the schools webpage for more information. Jump rope for heart pledges are due Tuesday. Please be sure to send in any forms and donations. Scholastic book orders are also due back on Tuesday April 12. Friday the school we be having another sandwich day. We got third place last time! Bravo to you in helping support a good cause! If you are able to send in sandwich please do so. We are looking good for parent volunteers on Friday April 15th for Scientist in the classroom. We are still in need of newspapers, if you see a metro bin grab a couple lol and send them in!
The students are so interested in learning about life on the farm. We have started our farm animal books where they get to chose 5 animals of their choice. They are to include male, female, babies and where the animals live. Once finished, they will share them with their friends. We have also started our free writing in class. Students are becoming their own authors and illustrators of their own books. They are so into this that you can hear a pin drop. I teach them how to put their ideas together, pay attention to punctuation, penmanship and spelling. It is also a great way for them to work on beginning, middle and end of stories.
This week in Math we will start geometry. The students note different characteristics of shapes and start to classify them based on these. We will continue to skip count by 2, 5 and 10's. Please keep working on simple addition and subtraction at home. You can also start to point out 2D and 3D shapes, to better prepare them for what they are about to learn.
Science this week the students are learning about building materials and why we use certain materials for certain objects or buildings. They will also have the opportunity to build towers using different objects in class.
In social studies, the students will have a quiz to finish up the last unit and we will start to learn about out beautiful country and the provinces that it is made up of. If you have the chance you could chat about the different provinces you have visited, what you saw there and where would you like to go and why. Naming the provinces in French will also be a benefit to them.
In English, we continue to look at vowel combinations, consonant blends and word families. You will notice that some students will come home with Explore the code 1. They should be done of this by now. Can you please help them catch up? We have already started another work book, so I don't want them falling behind in that as well.
We have started an in class reading challenge. I signed up in September for the Calgary Flames reading challenge and it finally arrived. The students will be rewarded with hockey cards during silent reading time. They must read quietly, read the whole time, and find a quiet place to read. Often times we can get distracted by sitting close to our friends. The boys are pumped.....the girls not so much. We will also do an at home reading challenge in May and June that the grade one class puts on every year. The ice cream reading challenge is a hit but it does take some effort on your part. I will send home the information in the next couple of weeks.
That's it for now. Have a great week and chat soon.
LA
Reminders:
Volunteers needed for ....
May 17th- All day butterfield Acres
May 27th 8:45-12:15 ( French Play)
Library day- Friday April 15th
We have a busy little week this week. I will get all the important info out of the way... Year book orders are due April 13th. I believe you can order them online, look at the schools webpage for more information. Jump rope for heart pledges are due Tuesday. Please be sure to send in any forms and donations. Scholastic book orders are also due back on Tuesday April 12. Friday the school we be having another sandwich day. We got third place last time! Bravo to you in helping support a good cause! If you are able to send in sandwich please do so. We are looking good for parent volunteers on Friday April 15th for Scientist in the classroom. We are still in need of newspapers, if you see a metro bin grab a couple lol and send them in!
The students are so interested in learning about life on the farm. We have started our farm animal books where they get to chose 5 animals of their choice. They are to include male, female, babies and where the animals live. Once finished, they will share them with their friends. We have also started our free writing in class. Students are becoming their own authors and illustrators of their own books. They are so into this that you can hear a pin drop. I teach them how to put their ideas together, pay attention to punctuation, penmanship and spelling. It is also a great way for them to work on beginning, middle and end of stories.
This week in Math we will start geometry. The students note different characteristics of shapes and start to classify them based on these. We will continue to skip count by 2, 5 and 10's. Please keep working on simple addition and subtraction at home. You can also start to point out 2D and 3D shapes, to better prepare them for what they are about to learn.
Science this week the students are learning about building materials and why we use certain materials for certain objects or buildings. They will also have the opportunity to build towers using different objects in class.
In social studies, the students will have a quiz to finish up the last unit and we will start to learn about out beautiful country and the provinces that it is made up of. If you have the chance you could chat about the different provinces you have visited, what you saw there and where would you like to go and why. Naming the provinces in French will also be a benefit to them.
In English, we continue to look at vowel combinations, consonant blends and word families. You will notice that some students will come home with Explore the code 1. They should be done of this by now. Can you please help them catch up? We have already started another work book, so I don't want them falling behind in that as well.
We have started an in class reading challenge. I signed up in September for the Calgary Flames reading challenge and it finally arrived. The students will be rewarded with hockey cards during silent reading time. They must read quietly, read the whole time, and find a quiet place to read. Often times we can get distracted by sitting close to our friends. The boys are pumped.....the girls not so much. We will also do an at home reading challenge in May and June that the grade one class puts on every year. The ice cream reading challenge is a hit but it does take some effort on your part. I will send home the information in the next couple of weeks.
That's it for now. Have a great week and chat soon.
LA
Reminders:
Volunteers needed for ....
May 17th- All day butterfield Acres
May 27th 8:45-12:15 ( French Play)
Library day- Friday April 15th
Monday, April 4, 2016
Welcome back!
Hi everyone,
Welcome back from March break. I hope wherever you were, you were able to spend some quality time with your family. I headed back east to see my dad and all my friends. The weather however was not in my favor so visiting was a little tricky! I am glad to be back though!
We are all back, refreshed and ready to keep learning. This is one of my favorite themes this month in French. The students will be learning about life on the farm. They will learn all the proper names for the animals. In French, the babies, mothers and fathers all have different names. For example the horse family, (femelle) the mom is une jument, (male) the dad is un cheval and the baby is un poulain. I will send home a sheet with all the names to help your child practice. We will also start to write our own stories in class, which the students love. We will take a closer look at syllables, singular and plural words as well as proper punctuation.
In Math, we continue to look at numbers 1-100 and skip counting by 2,5 and 10. We will finish hopefully by next week and start to look at geometry. The students will be looking at 2d and 3d shapes. I will try and tie this in with our Science unit on building.
In health, we will be wrapping up the 4 food groups and starting to learn about our emotions both positive and negative.
We will be finishing up the 4 seasons in science and be moving onto building. Its a very short unit but the students love it. We will look at the different building materials that can be used. If possible could you send in your old egg cartons for a future project.
Our class will be needing 5 volunteers on April 15th for an in class fieldtrip in the afternoon (12:45 start). We do need newspaper for the activity that day so could you please save your newspapers and send it in. Also just a heads up, we have another fieldtrip on May 17th at Butterfield acres. It will be all day. I am looking for 6 parents to join us all day at the farm.
Wednesday April 6th, is student faith day. There will be activities in the morning and in the afternoon for the students. Wednesday is also special lunch.
Library will be on Thursday April 7th. Please be sure to send in your child's book.
I think that's it for now. Keep reading at home and practicing the sight words. I am so proud of all their efforts and yours! Have a great week.
Laurie Anne
Welcome back from March break. I hope wherever you were, you were able to spend some quality time with your family. I headed back east to see my dad and all my friends. The weather however was not in my favor so visiting was a little tricky! I am glad to be back though!
We are all back, refreshed and ready to keep learning. This is one of my favorite themes this month in French. The students will be learning about life on the farm. They will learn all the proper names for the animals. In French, the babies, mothers and fathers all have different names. For example the horse family, (femelle) the mom is une jument, (male) the dad is un cheval and the baby is un poulain. I will send home a sheet with all the names to help your child practice. We will also start to write our own stories in class, which the students love. We will take a closer look at syllables, singular and plural words as well as proper punctuation.
In Math, we continue to look at numbers 1-100 and skip counting by 2,5 and 10. We will finish hopefully by next week and start to look at geometry. The students will be looking at 2d and 3d shapes. I will try and tie this in with our Science unit on building.
In health, we will be wrapping up the 4 food groups and starting to learn about our emotions both positive and negative.
We will be finishing up the 4 seasons in science and be moving onto building. Its a very short unit but the students love it. We will look at the different building materials that can be used. If possible could you send in your old egg cartons for a future project.
Our class will be needing 5 volunteers on April 15th for an in class fieldtrip in the afternoon (12:45 start). We do need newspaper for the activity that day so could you please save your newspapers and send it in. Also just a heads up, we have another fieldtrip on May 17th at Butterfield acres. It will be all day. I am looking for 6 parents to join us all day at the farm.
Wednesday April 6th, is student faith day. There will be activities in the morning and in the afternoon for the students. Wednesday is also special lunch.
Library will be on Thursday April 7th. Please be sure to send in your child's book.
I think that's it for now. Keep reading at home and practicing the sight words. I am so proud of all their efforts and yours! Have a great week.
Laurie Anne
Monday, February 22, 2016
100 days of school!
Can you believe it this week we will have been in school for 100 days! The kids are super excited for the 100th day tomorrow. I cant wait to see them dressed in their 100 day t-shirts! In the morning we have some parent volunteers here to do a surprise activity with the students! I don't even know what they have planned!
This week is a full week with something happening everyday. Tuesday along with the 100th day there is the Christian action assembly at 10:30. Wednesday is Pink shirt day to promote awareness against bullying. Mme Wilma the musician in residence will also be here and teachers pet will be here to teach us all about country and city living. Choir for grade 1 will be Tuesday and Thursday. Library this week is Wednesday also. Friday the students will be observing the Geographie finals put on every year by M.Iticka.
In class, we have been catching up and finishing work. I have sent home the black and red duo-tangs with most of the kids to work on and catch up or finish if possible. Don't fret we are all a little behind, hence why I sent them home. Thanks for helping us out by working on them. Once finished you can send them in to be corrected. Just a friendly reminder that if you child is working on their school work at home, please have them do so in pencil, not pen.
I don't have much this week. Keep reading, practicing sight words and work on counting by 5's in French up to 100. Have a great week everyone.
LA
This week is a full week with something happening everyday. Tuesday along with the 100th day there is the Christian action assembly at 10:30. Wednesday is Pink shirt day to promote awareness against bullying. Mme Wilma the musician in residence will also be here and teachers pet will be here to teach us all about country and city living. Choir for grade 1 will be Tuesday and Thursday. Library this week is Wednesday also. Friday the students will be observing the Geographie finals put on every year by M.Iticka.
In class, we have been catching up and finishing work. I have sent home the black and red duo-tangs with most of the kids to work on and catch up or finish if possible. Don't fret we are all a little behind, hence why I sent them home. Thanks for helping us out by working on them. Once finished you can send them in to be corrected. Just a friendly reminder that if you child is working on their school work at home, please have them do so in pencil, not pen.
I don't have much this week. Keep reading, practicing sight words and work on counting by 5's in French up to 100. Have a great week everyone.
LA
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Rested and full of new ideas!
Hi everyone,
Welcome back from a long break! I hope you all had a great time with the family and got to enjoy the weather. I had a great two days at convention and learned a lot. I went to a couple of workshops on Math as well as literacy. I bought some cool games to add to our centers in class and some new stickers! I will share some of the information I think you may find helpful.
** I attend two sessions on literacy. One on how to help parents at home with reading as well as immersive literacy for kids. I got a lot of great resources for all of you to try at home or explore when you have time. A couple of points Id like to share with you that the presenter said to get you thinking. 1) Reading levels and listening levels are not the same. Often children may not be able to read but if they are read to daily then are just as able to understand, make connections and comprehend the text.
2)If your child struggles to read or hasn't the desire yet, try wordless picture books and have them tell the story based on the pictures.
3) Dad you have to put in some reading time either with the kids or at least have them see you read. This is especially important for the boys to see.
4) There's no app to replace your lap.
I game was mentioned also to try at home which I love!! They said let your child flash lite read maybe once a week, get under the covers with a book and flash light and read. What kid wouldn't love that! You could also do something like this with their sight words on the ceiling. Have them shine the flashlight on each word and read!
Here is also a list of websites they game us that may help you at home with reading. This presentation had a lot of great ideas but didn't have many for French....which is probably what most of you would love to have! If I find anything similar ill send it your way.
http://www.goodreads.com/
http://amongstlovelythings.com/read-aloud-revival-the-podcast/
http://www.scholastic.com/parents/
http://www.audible.com/
https://www.getepic.com/
https://www.pebblego.com/login/
https://calgarylibrary.ca/news/brainfuse-a-free-new-tool-for-homework-help/ **Free tutor**
https://www.oneminutereader.com/
Before I forget out class will have our long over due pizza party from way back in October when we won the gala basket contest. We will be having it this Thursday the 18th at noon. No need to pack a lunch! YAY! However if you child does not dig pizza please pack them a lunch.
The 100th day of school is next week, Feb 23. Students are asked to sport a 100 day t-shirt if possible. I have done this in the past and the students love it. It takes a little work on your part, seeing that they have to glue, stick or paste 100 items on a t-shirt. Its a great counting activity! Pinterest has some great ideas and examples if you are stuck. I will include the link to help you out.
https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?rs=ac&len=2&q=100+day+of+school+shirt&0=100%7Cautocomplete%7C1&1=day%7Cautocomplete%7C1&2=of%7Cautocomplete%7C1&3=school%7Cautocomplete%7C1&4=shirt%7Cautocomplete%7C1
Thursday Feb 24 we will have an in class fieldtrip. Teachers pet will be coming in to teach us all about urban and rural living. We still need 1 parent volunteer for 1 o'clock. If you are available please let me know as soon as possible. Thanks.
This Friday we as a school are collecting lotion for the drop in center. We usually do Sandwiches but we learned also last year there are a lot of items on their wish list that are harder to fill sometimes. If you are interested in helping out feel free.
That's it for this short week!
LA
Welcome back from a long break! I hope you all had a great time with the family and got to enjoy the weather. I had a great two days at convention and learned a lot. I went to a couple of workshops on Math as well as literacy. I bought some cool games to add to our centers in class and some new stickers! I will share some of the information I think you may find helpful.
** I attend two sessions on literacy. One on how to help parents at home with reading as well as immersive literacy for kids. I got a lot of great resources for all of you to try at home or explore when you have time. A couple of points Id like to share with you that the presenter said to get you thinking. 1) Reading levels and listening levels are not the same. Often children may not be able to read but if they are read to daily then are just as able to understand, make connections and comprehend the text.
2)If your child struggles to read or hasn't the desire yet, try wordless picture books and have them tell the story based on the pictures.
3) Dad you have to put in some reading time either with the kids or at least have them see you read. This is especially important for the boys to see.
4) There's no app to replace your lap.
I game was mentioned also to try at home which I love!! They said let your child flash lite read maybe once a week, get under the covers with a book and flash light and read. What kid wouldn't love that! You could also do something like this with their sight words on the ceiling. Have them shine the flashlight on each word and read!
Here is also a list of websites they game us that may help you at home with reading. This presentation had a lot of great ideas but didn't have many for French....which is probably what most of you would love to have! If I find anything similar ill send it your way.
http://www.goodreads.com/
http://amongstlovelythings.com/read-aloud-revival-the-podcast/
http://www.scholastic.com/parents/
http://www.audible.com/
https://www.getepic.com/
https://www.pebblego.com/login/
https://calgarylibrary.ca/news/brainfuse-a-free-new-tool-for-homework-help/ **Free tutor**
https://www.oneminutereader.com/
Before I forget out class will have our long over due pizza party from way back in October when we won the gala basket contest. We will be having it this Thursday the 18th at noon. No need to pack a lunch! YAY! However if you child does not dig pizza please pack them a lunch.
The 100th day of school is next week, Feb 23. Students are asked to sport a 100 day t-shirt if possible. I have done this in the past and the students love it. It takes a little work on your part, seeing that they have to glue, stick or paste 100 items on a t-shirt. Its a great counting activity! Pinterest has some great ideas and examples if you are stuck. I will include the link to help you out.
https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?rs=ac&len=2&q=100+day+of+school+shirt&0=100%7Cautocomplete%7C1&1=day%7Cautocomplete%7C1&2=of%7Cautocomplete%7C1&3=school%7Cautocomplete%7C1&4=shirt%7Cautocomplete%7C1
Thursday Feb 24 we will have an in class fieldtrip. Teachers pet will be coming in to teach us all about urban and rural living. We still need 1 parent volunteer for 1 o'clock. If you are available please let me know as soon as possible. Thanks.
This Friday we as a school are collecting lotion for the drop in center. We usually do Sandwiches but we learned also last year there are a lot of items on their wish list that are harder to fill sometimes. If you are interested in helping out feel free.
That's it for this short week!
LA
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