Warm and Windy

This morning we had 2 guests in the Clubhouse; students from University of Calgary observing some of our learning. They will be visiting all the classrooms this week. We started the morning with journal pictures showing details of our weekend. Some of us have a lot of ideas and get started right away. Others need a little time to think, remember and talk about what we did. Mrs. Armour reminded us to think about not only the what we did, but who and where we were. That helps to fill in some details.

We had gym and did some practice skipping activities today. We first practiced standing behind a line and then jumping over and back with two feet and then hopping with one foot. Mrs. Armour called out "Red light, green light, yellow light!" so we had to listen carefully. We then spread out all over the gym and used skipping ropes. We are trying to get a little better every day and not worry about how fast we go.

We had Library today. Some of us forgot our books again, it is hard to remember when we aren't at school on Monday, but Mrs. Kidd says if we return our books Wednesday or Thursday, we will try and find a time that we can take out a new book.

While the grade 2's had some printing work with the Days of the Week (scrambled and out of order), the grade 1's had little white boards and practiced printing our "magic c's." We all started with a "c" then Mrs. Armour tried to trick us with the sound first, then the letter to turn our "c" into a "g, d, a or o."

After lunch, we painted our Buck brush with water colours. Mrs. Armour put some pictures up on the Smart board to help us remember the green leaves, brown stems and white berries.

Next, we worked on our Net building. We chose our "land" (large piece of construction paper) and thought about how we will place our shapes to create something new.

During Finish up, or Free time the Green Group had "Tea with Teach" to chat about our day and what we should write in the blog. We had a choice of Cranberry or Red (Rooibos) Tea. Each table group will get a turn in the next couple of weeks.

REMINDER: TOMORROW IS PICTURE DAY! WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17TH. Wear your best smile!