March 27, 2015

Thanks so much to everyone for all the hard work put in on the egg protectors!  Our success rate was pretty good - only 3 eggs didn't make the trip down to the lawn from the library window.  Here are some photos of our eggscellent adventure.  Enjoy the spring break!  And, grade one students, don't forget to challenge your parents to see if they can break an egg that's being pushed on from one end to the other.  (Good luck, parents!)

February 9, 2015

(Review) word of the day: concur

We've begun a new project here in good old Room Four.  Each day we'll draw a name and the lucky winner will take home our class stuffy: Sam.  Sam comes with a journal and his very own carry bag.  Students should write a journal entry about their time with Sam, then add a photo or a hand-drawn picture to go with the writing.  Sam, the carry bag and the journal should return to school the next day so that another student can have a turn.  Thanks for your support with this.  (If the daily reading practice is too much when combined with the journal writing for Sam on the days your child has Sam, please do just the journal writing and skip the daily reading.)

We'll have a Valentine's party this Friday afternoon.  If you are sending Valentines, please make sure that you send them for everyone, so that nobody gets left out.  The class list for the first graders is :

Aurora, AJ, Ashton, Anders, Austin, Andrea, Hanna, Mylie, Emery, Brennan, Calder and Josh.

 The second graders will not be at the party, but we can do a morning card exchange with them. The second graders include: Thomas, Callum, Brooklyn H, Teighan, Kelly, Keaton, Psalm, Seth, Brooklyn P, Izzy, Ella, Jackson, Brayden, Tyler, and Jadlyn.

There are several more school spirit days coming up.  February 25th is Pink Shirt Day/Anti-Bullying Day.  February 27th is PJ Day/Find the Common Thread Day, in support of auto-immune disease awareness.

First grade students brought home a book called "There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Desk"; it's theirs to keep, in honour of all the great reading everyone did for the read-a-thon.

January 30, 2015

It's hard to believe we're saying goodbye to January already - whoosh! 

Thanks to everyone who attended our student led conference last night.  It was great to have such a large turnout.  Thanks, too, for the generous cookie donations; we raised $137.85 for our school's foster child - great!

I've added a link to Seterra.net - a mapping quiz game - at the side.  It's a good one for parents and students alike; I know it's helped me learn the names and locations of lots of  places.

If you haven't had a chance to check out some cool examples of artistry, check out the last blog post and click on the highlighted link.  There are some pretty slick examples of optical illusion artistry awaiting you ...

January 23, 2015

There were some great book characters who wandered into our classroom today!  Thanks for all the work everyone put into the super heroes, the animals, the beautiful fairies, the orphan, the spy ... Amelia Bedelia even showed up! There's lots of creativity alive and well in Room Four at good old JES.

If you'd like a look at some more creativity, click here for a look at some amazing optical illusion art.

January 22, 2105

(Review) word of the day: ecstatic

Reminders for students for tomorrow:
1. Study for the spelling test.
2. Dress as a book character for the morning, if you're feeling inspired!
3. There will be a noon dismissal tomorrow.
4. Cross country skis are available for borrowing for the weekend; just sign them out at the front of the school.

January 20, 2015

Welcome to Austin, our newest first grade student!  We now have an even dozen grade one students!

(Review) word of the day: fragrant

The students all became parents today - of  brand new baby spider plants.  They've already named their babies and plunked them into jars of water so the plants will grow roots. Our room will look like a greenhouse before long!

A few reminders:

1.  There will be a noon dismissal for students this Friday.

2. The movie The Mouse and the Motorcycle  will be shown in the gym this Thursday from 3:30 - 4:30.  The movie is rated G rated and is 43 minutes long. There is no charge for the movie but the Right to Read Society will be selling popcorn for $2.00. 

3. Students are invited (but not required) to dress up as a storybook character this Friday morning.
It should be a good photo-op day!

4. Parents can borrow cross-country ski equipment overnight or on weekends.  Just sign out the equipment on the clipboard at the front door.  I wrote down the numbers of the boots and skis that the grade one students have been using here at school; check the bottom of today's agenda postings for your child's info.

January 16, 2015

We're reviewing the words of the day that we've had to date.  Today's review word was repast.

It's great that the weather held for us with our cross-country skiing plans.  Thanks to the parents who came out to help - we really appreciate your assistance. The class learned how to select and put on equipment, how to stand up after falling down, what a gliiiiide was, how to bend their knees skiing downhill, how to turn around, a little bit about double-poling - and they all did very well!

 If anyone wants to keep up x-c skiing with their child, you are most welcome to sign out equipment from the school for overnight or a weekend.  Just make sure you sign the sheet on the table under the office window and return the equipment the morning after you've signed it out.  I have a list of boots and skis that the students have used this week, if you need to shortcut the selection process. (Poles should be up to the top of the shoulders - unlike downhill ski poles.)

Here are some photos of the "Great One" class.  Enjoy!