Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween to everyone who celebrates! If you are going out trick or treating or just handing out candy tonight, we hope you have fun and be safe. To avoid conflict at school and wanting to enjoy all of the candy you went out to get, please refrain from sending any Halloween treats to school for snack and lunch. 

New Letter - today was a blend ai. Mrs. Fillmore taught us that in letter blends like this we always say the first letters name while the second letter is being lazy.

To celebrate Halloween, Mrs. G read us some books about bats. Then we did a guided drawing of bats. Mrs. G would draw one part of the bat, then we would. This continued until we all had a bat drawn in our journals. After that we wrote three sentences about bats:
Bats can see in the dark.
Bats fly at night.
Bats can find food.

We started to talk about the emotion sadness today from the movie Inside Out. Following a short clip from the movie, we brainstormed everything we could think of that sadness is. A few ideas we came up with were:
-lonely
-when you lose something
-when you miss out on something
-crying
-when you do not get what you want
To end the day, we drew a memory of a time we felt sad in our memory bank.

Although today was a productive day, we were very chatty. There were even times that our teachers would be trying to talk or teach us something important, and instead of listening, we were chatting, after recess and lunch too. Because of this, many of us did a writing on how we can show care at school. We are, though, getting a lot better at knowing and following the expectations at school.

Reminders:
-due to a busy end of day, home reading did not get home today, if you have, read a book at home. It will be coming home tomorrow!
-library books are due back to school tomorrow!!
-picture retake day in November 14

Goodbye Mrs. Nelson

Wednesday was Mrs. Nelson's last day with us. We were very sad to say goodbye but know we will see her again very soon! In the mean time, we welcome Mrs. Fillmore into our classroom.

The remainder of this week has been busy. Everyday we practice printing letters and words, using proper uppercase and lowercase. We also need more words for our word wall! Can you help me build a few words to bring back to school on Monday?? 

---Ss, As, Tt, Ii, Pp, Nn, Cc, Kk, Ee, Hh, Rr, Mm, Dd, Gg, Oo, Uu, Ll, Ff, Bb---

We have continued our exploration around the emotion of joy this week too. We described what joy looks like and sounds like, and made a list of strategies we could use, at school, to make ourselves or someone else feel joyful. On Monday, we will start learning about sadness.

On Thursday, G.P Vanier Band came and gave us a spooky halloween performance. It was so cool!

Reminders:
-library books are de back Monday!
-Halloween on Monday. We are NOT allowed to dress up in a costume but you can wear black and orange. 
-Home Reading: will not be sent home on Fridays.
-Photo retake day is November 14
-On half days and fun lunch days, please still send a snack with your child.

Reminders

This post will be mostly reminders. We sent home a couple important information sheets.

1) Tomorrow is Mrs. Nelson's last day with us for a little while. Ms. Fillmore will be in for her. She has already been in our classroom a few times, so we know who she is.

2) One notice we sent home is about Safety Patrol and where it is safe to park here at school when you are dropping off or picking up your child. Please look over it and if you have any questions please talk with your child's teacher or someone in the office.

3) Tomorrow is our Library day and we still have a number of books that are not returned. Please help your child return their book so they can take out a new book.

4) Another notice is about a few things:
the blog and how to subscribe to it
Volunteering in our classroom
Sending a LARGE ziploc bag for home reading
Sending in a headset for your child

5) Thursday is Hot Lunch day. Please still send a snack with your child for recess.

6) Thursday evening is the Parent Council Hallowe'en Dance. Costumes are encouraged! It is from 6-8pm here at School. A notice was sent home last week about it.

How do you feel Joy?

Students brought home a Home Reading folder today. Ms. G's class has blue and Mrs. Nelson's class has red. Please read with your child each night and encourage them to find words in the book. Having a positive experience reading books will be the foundation block for great readers. Once your child is finished the book, please sign the form in the folder and return the book and folder to school. This should be occurring daily. Thank you so much!

This afternoon we continued our discussion about how we feel Joy. We wrote 2 sentences in our journals.

       Joyful is __________.

We had many great answers. It was lovely to see your children coming up with so many wonderful ways to show Joy! Keep up the great work.

Joyful is:
happy
music
my family
food
laughing

Our new letter today for phonics is Ll. We listened to a story for the sound that kept repeating itself and then we practiced the sounds with the actions and sang the song. Ask me what the action and sound is for this letter. The letters are listed below to practice at home too. Some activities we could do together are:
-practice the sound with the action
-practice printing the letters
-build words using only the letters we've done so far

                         ---Ss, As, Tt, Ii, Pp, Nn, Cc, Kk, Ee, Hh, Rr, Mm, Dd, Gg, Oo, Uu, Ll---

Thank you to all students who returned their Library books today. Please help your child remember to return their book every Monday. Sometimes we forget and that's ok, please return it by Tuesday so we can ensure they are checked in and we are able to take out another book from the Library.

A student's mom brought in a healthy snack for us today. We were able to enjoy pineapple, cantelope, honey dew, grapes and watermelon. Mmmm so delicious!!!

Pillars of Care

First thing this morning we had our first Pillars of Care assembly. Thank you to all the parents who came out. There will one every month so if you did not get a chance to come this time, keep an eye on the calendar for the next one. The students recognized this month are:
Care for Self: Seren, Hannah
Care for Others: Kendra, London
Care for Place: Francis, Aiden
Care for Learning: Chance, Teagan

After the assembly the morning went by quick! We did calendar and practiced counting by 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s to 100. Will you help me practice counting at home this weekend too??

We ended the day reviewing phonics. Thank you to those who are practicing at home. Starting Monday, Home Reading will be coming home. So practicing our letters will help us develop our reading skills too.

Reminders:
-Library books are to be returned to school Monday
-If your child have laced shoes does not know how to tie them, please teach them, or send them with different shoes. We don't mind helping them once and a while but to help all of them all day takes a lot of time. One of the staff members was also seriously hurt when a student with untied shoes walked passed and the staff member stepped on them

Early Dismissal Tomorrow

Tomorrow is early dismissal, we are done at 11:00am! 

In Phys. Ed we are working on our soccer skills. We have practiced passing the ball with our feet to a partner and trying to keep control of the ball while we walk around the gym. 

There was not a new letter today for phonics, it was just review. We practiced the sounds with the actions and sang the songs. Some of us had catch up to do in our books and some of us got to practice printing on a white board, building the letters with play dough, or writing words on our word wall. The letters are listed below to practice at home too. Some activities we could do together are:
 -practice the sound with the action
-practice printing the letters
-build words using the letters

                         ---Ss, As, Tt, Ii, Pp, Nn, Cc, Kk, Ee, Hh, Rr, Mm, Dd, Gg, Oo, Uu---

This afternoon we got to start exploring the emotions from the movie Inside Out. Our focus today was Joy. After watching a couple short video we described what joy is, what is looks like, and what it sounds like:
-happy          -trying or getting something new
-family         -making new friends
-love             -pets
-laughing     -playing
-singing        -fun
-smile
-energetic
Then we thought about a time that we were really joyful, shared it with a friend, and then drew it on our very own Emotions Islands paper. We will continue to explore the emotion of joy for a few more days. Ask me what joyful memory I thought of and drew today!


Reminders:
-Tomorrow is also our first Pillars of Care celebration assembly. Four students from each class will be receiving an award. If your child is one of them, you are
-Library books must be returned Monday.

Leaves, leaves, leaves!

In Phys. Ed we started soccer skills. Today we practiced passing the ball nicely with two friends.

In Daily 5 we are continuing to work on Read to Someone. Today we made it almost 10 minutes!

New Letter: Gg - ask me what the sound and action are. Lets build some words too, using all the letters we know! We also have been practicing printing the letters. 

            ---Ss, As, Tt, Ii, Pp, Nn, Cc, Kk, Ee, Hh, Rr, Mm, Dd, Gg---

This afternoon we explored leaves! We sang a song called October. Let me sing it for you, the tune is to John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt

Come Rake

A giant pile of leaves

In October when they fall

When leaves turn red and brown

With pumpkins all around

Then its October, in the fall

da da da da da da da 

Then we went out side and found 2-4 leaves that were different. In our table groups we used our five senses to learn more about leaves and shared out discoveries. 

Finally, we turned our leaves into art. Some of us traced the outside of the leaves and colored them in and some of us put the leaves under the paper and shaded on top. Take a look at what we have created so far. 

Reminders:
-Picture day tomorrow!! 
-Library Wednesday, please return books to school tomorrow!
-Fun Lunch forms due tomorrow!

We will still accept Scholastic Book Orders. Remember if you order this month you get a FREE Readmoji Bookmark!!!!   

This morning we continued to practice "Read To Self"! We are getting so good at it. Tomorrow we will learn about "Read To A Friend"

Letter - Mm is what letter we learned today! Please review with me the sound and action. Will you also help me build some more or new words with all the letters we have learned? 

                                              --Ss, As, Tt, Ii, Nn, Pp, Cc, Kk, Ee, Rr, Mm--

Mrs. Nelson read us a book about how each of us are special. Afterwards we each got a hug from her. 

We had PE and then Buddies this afternoon. 

We finished the day with a Go Noodle! We also earned 3 Happy marbles!

Reminders:
-Book Orders are DUE ASAP -Fun Lunch forms can still be handed in until the 18th- Picture Day is Tuesday October 18th. Wear your smiles!!!!

- October 21st is Early Dismissal Day! 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Welcome back from your extra long weekend, we hope you enjoyed the snow and celebrating with loved ones.

On Thursday, we read a book called Thanksgiving Feast by Quinlan B. Lee. In the story we learned that Thanksgiving is about sharing with family and friends and being thankful for all you have. A few things we as a class are thankful for are:
-the world     -my family      -my pets     -my Grandma/Grandpa      -all the food

Today we continued working on Daily 5: Read to Self. On Thursday we learned that it is a time for you to read a book, all by yourself, quietly; reading the pictures, practicing sounding out words, or finding letters we know. Today we learned how to pick a good book. Ask me what makes a Good Fit Book!

Letter - Rr is what letter we learned today! Please review with me the sound and action. Will you also help me build some more or new words with all the letters we have learned? 

                                              --Ss, As, Tt, Ii, Nn, Pp, Cc, Kk, Ee, Rr--

This afternoon Mrs. G read us the story There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow by Lucille Calandro. After Phys. Ed we got to draw a picture of how we build a snowman and started to write down the materials we use to build one.


Reminders:
-Library tomorrow, please return those books! They are normally due every Monday or Tuesday, Wednesday's are our library day. 
-Book Orders are due tomorrow. 
-Fun Lunch forms can still be handed in. 
- Picture Day is Tuesday October 18th. Wear your smiles!!!!

We had Library today. Look for our new Library book in our bags. If your child did not return last weeks book, they did not get a new one. They received a note to help them remember what book they took out. Every Monday (or Tuesday on long weekends) our Library books are due back. Please help your child put it in their back pack at the end of each weekend.

Thank you to everyone that did the homework last night. Today we learned all about the letter Ee. Ask your child what the action and sound is.

This afternoon we read a book called "One Family"  It is all about how the whole world is one family and our own family is within the world family. Let's have a conversation about our family.

We forgot we had Reading Buddies this afternoon so we will finish our Inside Out movie tomorrow and then do more activities around our feelings.

Scholastic Book Orders came home today. If you order this month you get a FREE Readmoji Bookmark!!!!   Orders are due on WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 12th! 

Reminders:
Please return Pizza Hot Lunch envelopes if you would like to order.
Return Digital Citizenship (must have to use computer or iPads)
Return Meet the Teacher form filled out. 

Important Dates: 
Friday - No School
Monday - No School - Happy Thanksgiving

Oh No Homework!!!!!

We have homework this evening!!!! We need to find a word that has only the following letters:

A
S
T
I
N
P
C
K
CK

For example: cat, in, is sat, pick

Each word needs to contain ONLY THESE LETTERS! Please help your child write 1 word on a piece of paper and bring it into class tomorrow.

We continued to watch a bit of Inside Out today. We will finish it tomorrow afternoon.

Pizza Hot Lunch forms came home today. The $money$ is due on Tuesday October 18th. Lunch will be on Thursday October 27th. It is $6 which includes an individual pizza, juice box and a treat.


Reminder:
Please bring library books back.
Please return digital citizen forms
Please return Meet the Teacher forms

Important Dates:

Friday October 7th - No School
Monday October 9th - No School - Happy Thanksgiving

Good Evening

We are in need of Child Proof Door Handles for our Classrooms. If you have this item that you could donate to our class please email me at milnelson@cbe.ab.ca

Today we learned a new phonics sound. This sound has 2 letters. Ask me what letters they are and what the sound is. Because there were 2 letters we got 2 songs! They were so fun!

This afternoon we started watching the movie Inside Out. We have done so much work around our feelings that this is a great way to remember what our feelings can do for us. We are continuing to learn how to deal with our many feelings and what is appropriate to do when helping ourselves calm down. Talk with your child regarding their feelings this evening.

Reminders:
- send in holiday forms
- return digital citizen forms asap
- return Meet the Teacher forms

Important Dates:

Friday October 7th - No School
Monday October 9th - No School - Happy Thanksgiving


This is the type of child proof door knob we are in need of: