Fresh Air Friday in Pictures

                                                      Vehicle Survey on 52nd Avenue

          Ask me if I can remember how many cars/pick-ups/buses/construction vehicles I counted!

                                       Planting "hopeful/patient" bulbs in our school gardens....
                                         thanks to Kipling's mom who was here to help us!

REMINDERS for next week 

Orange shirt day on Monday to remember Every Child Matters

TERRY FOX RUN on Friday, October 5th at 10:30AM - 

please join us if you can. 

Spirit Team will be collecting "Toonies for Terry" all week - thanks for your support!

No school on Monday, October 8th - Happy Thanksgiving!

Thursday - Our Classroom ideas

Today we all helped with our blog.

Today we learned to do number counting by listening to The Hungry Caterpillar and counting the food.

Today was our last day of SOGO. I wish we could do SOGO every day!

We had library even though Mrs. Kidd wasn't there - she went to Nose Hill with the grade 5/6's.

Today we worked on our painting filling in the background. If it was too dark we added more water and if it gets too light we would add more paint.

I wish we could do the same jobs for a month - I really like sweeping the floor!

We had inside recess because it was too rainy and we were going outside for SOGO.

We wrote our poems and one of mine was Goodbye flip flops, Hello warm socks.

We didn't get to go to Nose Hill for SOGO because it was too cold and wet but we still did SOGO. We used a map and had to punch each station.

Today we wrote poems. One of my sentences was "Goodbye mosquito bites, Hello cats on my lap by the hearth."

We went to library and I got a book called Dork Diaries.

During SOGO at each station instead of computer card, we needed to punch this paper list that had an X that meant man-made material and there was X with a circle around that meant "dead wood"

After eating lunch, we played tag outside with Kasia and Emmaline. It was fun!

We went to the library and I got The Princess in Black and in it they are planning and made a party.

Tomorrow is Fresh Air Friday. We will be planting bulbs and tallying vehicles at Barrett Park. Please dress for the weather. Hopefully a little warmer than today!!

Wednesday

Just a quick note today to remind everyone to DRESS FOR OUTSIDE SOGO to Nose Hill tomorrow - layers and running shoes, not rubber boots even though it might be raining, we will be running:)

We will be leaving at 9:00AM to walk to Nose Hill so we can start our stations at 9:30AM until 11:30AM. We have a couple of volunteers but anyone with a police clearance is welcome to join us as we will have all three grade 1/2 classes walking up to Nose Hill. (You do not have to run to be a volunteer - just assist in crowd control:). 

Today we brainstormed Summer and Fall words to get ready for our "Hello Fall, Goodbye Summer" poem...ask me to give you a little sample! (One of Mrs. Armour's favorites was "Hello warm socks, Goodbye flip flops!"

Ask me about SOGO today. We did a maze and tried to remember all 12 stations...without our map! Then we played Capture the Flag. Mrs. Armour forgot to take pictures, so check out Room 1's blog as Mrs. Hamby took quite a few!

We worked on our paintings - if we were finished our foreground details, we started on our background.

We had Music today - ask me what we did.

We read another chapter of Bowser the Hound. Ask me what happened to Bowser when he was following Old Man Coyote.

Reminder - LIBRARY day Thursday so bring back your books so you can check out more!

See you tomorrow all ready to run around Nose Hill!

Tuesday, September 25th

Today we started the morning by finishing up our 3 recipes. We had a checklist and samples to make sure we

1. Circled or highlighted all the important words (ingredients and action words like ADD, POUR, MIX)
2. Cut and paste pictures of the ingredients or drew them onto our 3 recipes.

Then it was time for SOGO...today we worked on endurance and navigation! Ask me about my map and what I learned about endurance...

                                               

 Coach Kim giving instructions on how to use the map to find the different stations.

 Finishing up our 5 laps endurance run through Whispering Woods.

 After lunch we started painting our "fall still life" sketches. Ask me about some of the techniques I used if I had too much paint or too much water.

 Here is a poem we are learning - it helps us learn the numbers and number words to twenty (20) and is all about gardening. We are wondering if we should put it to music - we will have to ask Mr. O'Reilly! This is sometimes what Mrs. Armour uses to call us to the carpet.

 Mrs. Armour red this beautiful autumn book all about the sugar maple.

After painting we had free choice if we had finished our recipes, printing and reading log books. 

We also started reading Bowser the Hound by T.W. Burgess

SOGO tomorrow from 11:00-12:00 if there are any parents who would be available to volunteer tomorrow or Thursday from 9:30-11:30 when we go to Nose Hill with SOGO, please let me know! Thanks to Elizabeth's mom who helped out today to make sure we all stayed on track!

Thanks for sending the purple sheet back in so we know the stories of our names.

Monday - SOGO Running Adventure!

Hi there!
We were so busy thinking about conferences last week, we almost forgot about our exciting residency this week!
We have Coach Kim and Coach Ben from SOGO Running adventure with us all week helping us discover endurance, agility, speed and navigation through running! Check out their website
http://www.sogoadventurerunning.com/
It was so fun today learning to use our "time chip bracelets" Ask me how I liked it and how many laps I did.
Please remind us to dress in clothes that are good for running (sweats, leggings, t-shirt, sweatshirt, fleece, and outdoor running shoes) we might just get a little dirty, so thanks for not worrying too much. On Thursday, all grade one two classes will be going to Nose Hill between 9:30-11:30AM and if you are available to volunteer - please email Mrs. Armour (hjarmour@cbe.ab.ca) Thanks so much!

It's Monday so we worked on our Journals, drawing pictures and writing about our weekend. Ask me what I wrote about and if I remembered to use capitals and periods and finger spacing.

We chose new "good fit books" for the week for our quiet reading time.

We have new jobs this week. Ask me what my group is doing to keep our classroom clean.

After lunch, we did our last baking stations. Ask me what we baked today...mmmmm!

Did you know FALL just began even though it has felt like AUTUMN for awhile now? Ask me what signs I see that give me clues the seasons are changing. 

Thank you for those who have brought back your purple sheets about the story of your name. Please send them in this week, so we can start to work on them next week!

Reminders: 
Thursday is Library at 1:30PM and we are going to Nose Hill for SOGO (9:30-11:30AM)

Fresh Air Friday - remember to dress for the weather as we will be outside!

Terry Fox Run is now Friday, October 5th instead of September 28th because of SOGO.

Monday, October 8th is THANKSGIVING - there is no school. Enjoy the long weekend with your family being Thankful!

Wednesday - Birthday, Buddies and Chowder!

Today was Max's birthday so we started the day by saying "Happy Birthday Max!" and what we appreciate about him:) Thank you for the special treats!

We then read over the Corn and Potato Chowder Recipe and talked about the ingredients and how it's important to follow the steps - then we decorated our page. Next, we went to the "Art Station" with Mrs. Hamby and learned about Still Life Sketching - ask me what was on the table to sketch. Our last station was in the kitchen cooking with Ms. Boyer - ask me if I remember the 6 ingredients that were in the chowder! We will do the same 3 stations tomorrow, but will be making Zucchini Bread - yum!

After recess we met together in Room 2 and did our final tally of all our vegetables! What a lot of counting practice!! Ask me which vegetable had the highest tally! (See picture below if you forget).

At lunch there was Run Club. Mrs. Armour reminded us that we were walking with our Big Buddies after lunch recess in case we wanted to skip this week, but some of us still wanted to run! It was nice enough that most of us ate outside at the picnic tables. (FYI - A reminder that Run Club is every Wednesday - we run at 12:05pm one or two laps around the "big Terry Fox 1km loop" and then eat lunch together). If you have a green Dr. Coffin Cares sweatshirt/t-shirt, we like to wear it Wednesdays to feel more like a "team" - this is all optional. 

After lunch we met our Big Buddies from Room 6 and together we walked two laps to practice for the TERRY FOX RUN on Friday, September 28th. Then we "chowed" down on our chowder! It was really good and some of us even went back for seconds...ask me if I liked the chowder.

We had Music today - ask me what we did in music!

We just had time to read Dragons Love Tacos - A Sequel  and then it was home time! Thanks Joel for bringing in your book!

REMINDER - THURSDAY is LIBRARY DAY - thanks for bringing back your books - we are looking forward to the BOOK FAIR - so many books, so little time:) We will browse and write down our wishes just in case you would like to buy us a book when you come for FACE TO FACE CONFERENCES from 4-8pm Thursday or 8-12pm Friday. Thanks for all those who have signed up - we are looking forward to showing you the Clubhouse!

An Occupational Therapist came for a visit yesterday, Mrs. Carpenter. She read us a great book about Listening Larry and told us about Whole Body Listening. Did you know that research tells us that where our eyes are focused is what our brain in thinking about. Ask me to show you what "whole body listening" looks like!

Enjoy some pictures from the last couple of days!

 We did a "fav veg" survey - just in case you wanted to know - Red Pepper Rocks!

Everyone did their own "mini-graph" to practice

And here's the final tally of ALL the vegetables...

                                            Here we are starting out with our Big Buddies...

                                                           Walking down the hill....

 Mmmmm - that Corn and Potato Chowder smells so good!!

                                                  Yes, please!! I'll have some more!

                                                        Just like camp...cleaning up!

Monday, September 17th

Today is Monday so we started with pictures for our journals and then wrote about our weekend. This is a time when we practice printing from left to right, using finger spaces between words, and write sentences that start with a capital and end with a period.

After recess, the grade 2's had reading time and the grade 1's will have printing time. Today the grade 1's learned warm up shapes to help get our hands, fingers and brains ready to form letters. We drew circles, squares and X's. Did you know these are all the shapes we need to make all 26 letters? We also talked about "alphabet house" and how some letters go upstairs (b,d,f,h,k,l,t), most stay on the main floor (a,c,e,i,m,n,o,r,s,u,v,w,x,z) and some go into the basement (g,j,p,q,y). We will make a chart to remind us. 

Ask me what kind of letters are in my name? (Main floor, upstairs or basement letters?)

For Math time, each group had a basket of vegetables that we had to sort, count and make into a graph. There are some pictures below - it was fun!

The sun came out so we practiced our big "Terry Fox lap" outside and then played a game. 

Then we had music. 

REMINDERS: The Book Fair is set up in the Learning Commons. For Library time this week we will be able to look at the books and make a wish list to give to you parents. 

When you come for FACE TO FACE CONFERENCES Thursday 4-8pm Friday 8-12pm, 

maybe you can buy something for us. That's so we don't need to bring money.

(please book for Thursday or Friday or email Mrs. Armour if you need to book a different time.)

Friday, September 28th Terry Fox Run 

Fresh Air Friday - Harvest Time!

 Today we started with Big Buddies in the Library - we are paired up with Room 6 (grade 5/6) this year. Ask me if I remember my Big Buddies name and what we read.

 We divided up into groups to dig, carry veggies to the washers, washers, dryers. If it wasn't our turn to help with harvesting, we were finishing up our bug centres.

 Mrs. Hamby and a couple of our Moms braved the cold to get set up and dig! Thanks so much!

                                                          Our first batch of carrots!

We are so thankful for our Harvest of vegetables!

What's your favorite?

Have a great weekend! Stay cozy and enjoy reading!

REMINDERS: Thursday, September 21st 4-8pm and Friday September 22nd 8-12pm 

we will have Face to face conferences so you can meet and visit with 

Mrs. Armour and see our Clubhouse. No regular classes on Friday.

Wednesday

This morning during bug centres we learned some interesting facts - here are two...

            Did you know that the ladybugs are hibernating because it's below 15C?

            Did you know that drone bees die when they mate with the queen bee?

The red group was at the drawing/raised rubbing station - it was fun! 

After lunch we continued work on our portraits and added eyes, eyebrows, noses and mouths using buttons, pipe cleaners, poms poms and yarn. It is interesting how much they are starting to look like us!

Run Club started today - we only ran one or two laps and then all ate together inside the Clubhouse - our bodies warmed up while we ran, but we are hoping for a couple more warmer Wednesdays!

The weather is continuing to cool off. Thank you for wearing warm coats with hats or hoods to keep our head warms - time for the mini mitts! 

Please check your email - for an important note from Saya Sanyal about the BBQ and to sign up to help. "This is a reminder that the Welcome Back Bbq will take place on Thursday, September 13th, from 5pm - 7pm.  Due to the impending bad weather, this event will take place indoors.

There are still many volunteer spots that need to be filled to make this event a success.  If you are able to commit to one of the tasks and /or shifts, please email Saya at sayantani.sanyal@gmail.com, or text at 403-889-9945, with your name. Thank you!

Tuesday

This week we are learning our new jobs around the classroom - thank you to the 6 who are helping with blog this week!
We started the day with new bug centres and will be moving to new ones each day.
1. Bug puzzles (including creating our own)
2. Bug books - so many interesting facts to read
3. Bug drawing - step by step sketching
4. Bug word search - learning to spell so many different bug names
5. Bug facts - using inflatable bugs with fact cards
Ask me which centre I started with and what I learned. Colin wanted to say he learned how to spell butterfly!

We wrote another survey in math - this one was an "either/or" survey question. We brainstormed as many insect and bug names as we could think of and then chose two to ask the question, "Do you like ______ or _______? Ask me which two I chose and if I remember which was more popular?

After lunch we worked on our "hair" for our portraits, using mirrors and friends to try and find the best match with wool, felt, twine and raffia for our hair.

We were just cleaning up when the Fire Alarm went off - we were all quite surprised but followed Mrs. Armour out to the compound quickly and quietly - it was just a practice Fire drill.

We had PE/gym outside today before the rain started but we did hear the thunder and saw the black clouds!

Parent Council tonight.

Tomorrow RUN CLUB is at lunch time.

Thursday is Potluck BBQ at 5pm.

Monday - Here comes the rain!

Today we started with drawing pictures for our Journals about what we did on the weekend. We discussed adding details, colour and filling the whole page to make our pictures interesting to look at. Then we shared our pictures and what we did on the weekend at "Carpet Connection". Usually sharing out loud about what we are going to write about helps our brains get our hands ready to print!

Grade 2's write the whole date (Monday, September 10th, 2018) and Grade 1's write the "mini-date" (Mon. Sep. 10th). Everyone starts with "On my weekend..." and then we try to add details about WHAT we did, WHO we did it with and WHERE we went. A few of us, including Mrs. Armour hiked up Nose hill this weekend.

After recess we tried to find "good fit" books to keep at our desk for quiet reading time. Ask me what a "good fit" book means. (Hint: think of Goldilocks....not too hard, not too easy...)

For Math we asked a few more of our friends if they liked our hobby and then we counted and practiced "tally" counting.

After lunch we had quiet book time and then worked on our portraits - choosing material for our shirts and cutting it out - that was tricky for most of us - and gluing it on. Some of us added a bow or some extra details. We are excited to get working on our hair and face this week.

It started to rain so we had PE in the gym today - we start with running laps and choosing a couple exercises while waiting for Mrs. Armour to get things ready. We will be running laps outside or in the gym to get ready for TERRY FOX RUN on Friday, September 28th. We will start collecting TOONIES FOR TERRY soon, so look around and see if you can find any at home. 

Then we played a game with hoops which is a little bit like musical chairs because Mrs. Armour keeps taking away a hoop every time. 

After PE we had Music with Mr. O'Reilly. Ask me what we did in Music. 

Run Club will start this Wednesday. Mrs. Armour and Mrs. Saunders and anyone from gr. 1-6 is invited to bring their lunch outside to the picnic tables and we will run laps together and then eat together. If you have a green Dr. Coffin Cares T-shirt or sweatshirt it's great to wear it on Wednesdays so we can look like a team!

REMINDERS THIS WEEK: Parent Council Meeting Tuesday at 7pm

                                                Welcome back Potluck BBQ Thursday at 5pm

Fresh Air Friday #1

What a beautiful day we had for our first Fresh Air Friday! Just a reminder that school hours are shorter on Fridays 8:40-12:15pm and we have inside recess because usually we are outside for most of the morning!

Today Mrs. Hamby read a book to all of us called Crickwing by Janell Cannon - ask me how Crickwing changed from the beginning of the story to the end. Then we moved to three stations to investigate and explore and observe - we are learning to be ENTOMOLOGISTS. Ask me about the stations where we wrote facts, observed ant hills, and tried to catch and explore bugs.
The fancy name for bugs is ARTHROPODA - see if you can remember that word and tell Mrs. Armour on Monday:) If you have about 6 minutes to watch with your family - here's a link to a cool video - even though it's about another city - it's interesting to see how they catch bugs.
http://www.untamedscience.com/phylum/arthropoda/

Thank you to all who have sent back forms all signed - if you haven't, thanks for sending them next week. 

We will all have new chores next week to learn and jump right back into our writing, reading, surveys and portrait making. There will be stations set up so we can have lots of time to keep our entomology study going.

We have Music with Mr. O'Reilly on Monday and Wednesdays at 2:30-3:15pm and our LIBRARY day will be THURSDAYS at 1:30pm so we will have our first one next week and look forward to checking out 2 books each week.

Enjoy this beautiful weekend.

                                           Ant hill investigation - "just observe and let them be"

                                                     Close up - they are working so hard!

                                                    Inside recess time with our new friends

Thursday - Hobbies

Hello! Today we drew pictures and made lists of what we like to do. We had a discussion about what hobbies are and then we read a book and brainstormed about some hobbies. Mrs. Polski came to visit and told us one of her hobbies in the summer is playing golf. We thought her description of "something I love to do and could do everyday!" was a great way to explain what a hobby is.

We wrote a "yes/no" survey question and then asked as many of our friends as we could. Ask me what my survey question was and then maybe you could tell me about your hobby!

It was such a beautiful day that we saved PE/gym until the end of the day and practiced doing our end of the day chores. Ask me what my chore was this week. We will all get new chores next week so we can learn how to care and be responsible for our classroom.

We will be studying all kinds of flying and crawling insects and bugs this year, so if you want to find any extra bug books at the library and keep your eyes open to be a careful observer you will get a head start on being a ENTOMOLOGIST, a scientist who studies bugs!

A big packet of forms is coming home today - thank you for reading through them and signing and returning them as soon as you can.

Tomorrow is FRESH AIR FRIDAY. We are looking forward to being outside most of the morning, so remember to dress for the weather and just pack a snack - we don't need a lunch tomorrow!! 

Welcome to the Clubhouse (Portable)! September is here!

WELCOME and WELCOME BACK

To The Clubhouse!

We have had a couple busy days remembering

and learning our routines and getting to know each other.

Here are a few pictures to give you some idea of what 

we have been doing. Ask us what we drew for our favourite

summer activity, what colour our table group is and if we remember

what we wrote for "All About Me" in our journals.

There is a Family Potluck BBQ next 

Thursday, September 13th 5-7pm. 

A beige form should be in our backpacks today.

Thanks for filling it out and sending it back 

when you get a minute.

Thank you parents for dropping off and picking up your child

in front of the Portable steps. (Unless they are in Millenium Kids). 

Mrs. Armour has enjoyed seeing familiar faces and getting to know

new ones. 

We are excited about a brand new school year - it's going to be great!