February 16, 2016

I hope everyone had a great long weekend and enjoyed the Family Day yesterday!

I'd like to welcome our newest first grader: Yuan! Our population is growing!

A note went home today regarding some housekeeping items for Room Four, and regarding tomorrow's afternoon activities at Centennial Park.  Please don't worry if you don't have a helmet for your child (the note states that everyone needs a helmet); we have lots of loaners at the school.  Please make sure your child has appropriate winter clothing for tomorrow; we will be outside most of the afternoon.

The spelling list this week is all about "ew". We also talked about homonyms when we constructed this list, as there is blew and then there's blue, dew and then do, etc.

We've been working hard to finish up our "Ain't Gonna Paint No More" art projects. Drop in if you'd like a peek. The work is displayed on the bulletin board upstairs (outside the library) and on the bulletin board outside our classroom.  See if you recognize your child!  (Good luck!)

February 9, 2015

I'm finally back in the blogging saddle, and will try to post more regularly now. (My apologies for my neglect of this blog this year ....)

We have begun a Word of the Day program for Grade One.  Those of you who came to the Student Led Conference had a chance to be tested on the words we've learned so far - hopefully we stumped you on at least a couple! (It's great fun to know big words when you're a little person - particularly when the adults in your life don't know those words!) We're on review mode for the first ten words right now.  The word we reviewed today was cogitate. 

Notes went home in the agendas, regarding the February book order, an outdoor afternoon at Carnaval d'Hiver next week, our Valentine's Day party this Friday, etc.  Check the agenda pocket for scintillating details!

I've thrown in a few photos from our recent cross country skiing adventures at the soccer pitch.  Enjoy!