Special Snack, Sharing Assembly, Materials List for Fort Building!

Reminders:

·      Pay for swimming through My CBE Account.

·      Hand in swim forms by Wednesday March 8.

·      Book Exchange is Monday March 6 – Please return any books at home on Monday.

 Today:

We did reading today.  We read with ourselves and read to someone else.

This week Power Words:  would,  could,  then,  than

We had gym today.  Please share what you did today.

In Science, we made a Team 72 Material’s List for our Forts. We will be starting to build them next week.  If you would like to bring in any of the following materials for your fort, please bring them in Monday J

·      Cardboard, plastic, pebbles, rocks, sticks, cotton balls, white drinking straws, clay, thread spools, rocks, toilet paper rolls, pipe cleaners

We had a Special Snack today from Parent Council – Popcorn!

We ended the day having a Sharing Assembly by one of our grade 1/2 classes.  Please share one thing you liked about the assembly.

Reading Minutes Today: 25 minutes

Ms. Collins is away Monday morning. There will be a Guest Teacher (the same as last week).  Ms. Collins will see you Monday afternoon and Tuesday.  Ms. MacMillan will see you for the rest of the week. J

Monday class leader is Kaitlyn.  Please bring in something that is special to you and, of course, can fit in your backpacks. J

Have a wonderful weekend!

:) Ms. Collins

Arctic Research, Tree Facts and Swimming Forms

Dear Children and Families,

Reminders:  

-HOME READING

-Half Day tomorrow.

-Swimming Lesson permission forms coming home today.  Please complete, sign and return.   

Important Words:

POWER WORDS:              should could   than  then

These are words we are learning to read and spell.

ACADEMIC WORDS:         Arctic   Inukshuk

                          Graphic organizer    True Facts

These are words that we are learning to understand the meaning.

Today:

We read to self, read to someone.

We read for 30 minutes.

We are becoming researchers who are learning about Trees.  We used a graphic organizer to write what we know and want to know about Trees.

In word work we wrote words with ub, et sounds

In math we used our Chisenbop strategy to play Strike Out and write number sentences.

We played outside during gym.

During social studies we searched a website to learn a true fact about the Canadian Arctic.  You can check it out too! 

http://www.arcticphoto.co.uk/gallery2/arctic/peoples/inuitcan/inuitcan.htm

Tomorrow’s Class Leader: Kaitlyn (remember to bring a stuffy to share!)

Ms Collins will be with the students Friday, Monday and Tuesday.  See you Wednesday!

:)  Ms. MacMillan

lgmacmillan@cbe.ab.ca

403 777 6267

We can organize our ideas in Writing

Dear Children and Families,

Reminders:

-Hungry Kids!  Many of us are all hungry as we arrive at school in the morning.  Please make sure you are eating a healthy breakfast to give you energy to start the day.  Please send extra healthy snacks to help you get through the day.

-Home Reading

-Dress for the weather, we are outside for gym.  We want to be warm and dry!

Important Words:

POWER WORDS:              should could   than  then

These are words we are learning to read and spell.

ACADEMIC WORDS:         Arctic   Inukshuk

                             Graphic organizer    True Facts

These are words that we are learning to understand the meaning of in math and social studies.

Today:

We read to self and read to someone.  We talked about strategies to figure out words we don’t know last week, this week we will talk about strategies to help us understand what we are reading.

We read for 30 minutes.

We looked at different types of graphic organizers in writing today.  Ask me what a graphic organizer is for.

We listened to the beginning of the artist’s journal Inukshuk Journey by Mary Wallace.

In math we learned to count to 10 using the CHISANBOP strategy and played a great game called Strike Out. 

During Social Studies we have begun learning about life in the Canadian Arctic community.

Tomorrow’s Class Leader: Rowan (remember to bring a stuffy to share).

Blog Question:What do you organize at your house?

See you tomorrow!

Ms. MacMillan

lgmacmillan@cbe.ab.ca