Today we did a photo hunt. Ms. Boyer and Mrs. Hamby took 12 zoomed in-pictures outside. We had to go outside with the photos and try to find the location of the photos. Then we had to place the pictures on the correct spots on a map of the schoolyard. Then we had to add the rest of the details to complete the map. This is part of our new study of our community that we will be working on for the next two months. We are going to become experts about our neighborhood and we are going to learn about Calgary's history.
Please remember that the Craft-A-Fair is happening at our school tomorrow. We hope you will be able to make it! Our classroom is also still looking for donations for our Family Dance basket. The theme for our basket is "The Lego Movie".
Our helper on Monday: Levi
Friday, April 29, 2016
Thursday, April 28, 2016
April 28
This morning we worked on some decorations for the Volunteer Tea. We were making flower walls. We were able to make almost 5 walls! We made the flowers using tissue paper and wire.
This afternoon we worked on trying to get to the centre of the target for our dioramas. Some of us were finished so we moved on to the next job. The next job is making a fact card to go with our diorama. We will be using both of these when we have our animal museum in a few weeks.
We have 3 notices coming home today:
1. Fun lunch order form
2. Bricks4kidz card
3. Swimming forms.
Tomorrow is Fresh Air Friday! We will be staying close to the school but please dress for the weather. We will be outside for about half of our morning time.
On Monday our helper is: Levi
This afternoon we worked on trying to get to the centre of the target for our dioramas. Some of us were finished so we moved on to the next job. The next job is making a fact card to go with our diorama. We will be using both of these when we have our animal museum in a few weeks.
We have 3 notices coming home today:
1. Fun lunch order form
2. Bricks4kidz card
3. Swimming forms.
Tomorrow is Fresh Air Friday! We will be staying close to the school but please dress for the weather. We will be outside for about half of our morning time.
On Monday our helper is: Levi
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
April 27
This morning we worked on storywriting. Lots of us were ready to record our stories into Photobooth and some of us were ready to start writing out stories down. After recess we had math. We kept working on practicing adding and subtracting. Mathletics Live practice would be a great idea for everyone. It is a good way to get some extra practice with our basic facts.
This afternoon we had Bricks4kids! We got to make an airplane and a boat. We used Technic lego for the projects. Technic lego uses motors and a battery pack so that the lego moves. We moved our desks into groups of 4 and worked with a partner to build. (We have an uneven number of students so we had one group of three.)
In music we played a special game where we held hands and did singing and dancing. It was sort of like the "Hokey Pokey" but not quite. We would be happy to demonstrate at home! We also played a copy-cat game.
The helper tomorrow is: Eiman
This afternoon we had Bricks4kids! We got to make an airplane and a boat. We used Technic lego for the projects. Technic lego uses motors and a battery pack so that the lego moves. We moved our desks into groups of 4 and worked with a partner to build. (We have an uneven number of students so we had one group of three.)
In music we played a special game where we held hands and did singing and dancing. It was sort of like the "Hokey Pokey" but not quite. We would be happy to demonstrate at home! We also played a copy-cat game.
The helper tomorrow is: Eiman
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
April 26
Today we worked on a special project that is coming home today. It is an invitation to the Volunteer Tea! We hope you will be able to join us for the tea so we can thank you for all of your help. We are going to be performing some songs at the tea.
After recess some of the grade 1's had WeeReads, but some of our buddies were sick today. After that we worked in our math groups. The grade 1's worked on a new domino game called "Even Steven and Odd Todd". It is a game where we practice our adding skills and review the idea of odd and even numbers. The grade 2's worked on understanding an easy way to add up 2 and 3-digit numbers that end in zero. For example, when you see 400+500, think 4+5 and then add on the 2 zeros. We are going to use this trick to help us with our two and three digit addition and subtraction skills.
This afternoon we had our last day of photography. We went outside and used our new skills to take some beautiful pictures of nature. We thought about taking pictures from different points of view, taking pictures up-close and far away, looking for patterns, colours, and shapes, and remembering to keep our pictures in focus!
Bricks4Kids will be here working with us tomorrow afternoon!
Tomorrow our helper is: Aanya
Our new sharing category is: Something very special (but that is still ok to bring to school).
After recess some of the grade 1's had WeeReads, but some of our buddies were sick today. After that we worked in our math groups. The grade 1's worked on a new domino game called "Even Steven and Odd Todd". It is a game where we practice our adding skills and review the idea of odd and even numbers. The grade 2's worked on understanding an easy way to add up 2 and 3-digit numbers that end in zero. For example, when you see 400+500, think 4+5 and then add on the 2 zeros. We are going to use this trick to help us with our two and three digit addition and subtraction skills.
This afternoon we had our last day of photography. We went outside and used our new skills to take some beautiful pictures of nature. We thought about taking pictures from different points of view, taking pictures up-close and far away, looking for patterns, colours, and shapes, and remembering to keep our pictures in focus!
Bricks4Kids will be here working with us tomorrow afternoon!
Tomorrow our helper is: Aanya
Our new sharing category is: Something very special (but that is still ok to bring to school).
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
April 20
This morning we had another photography lesson with Ms. C. We learned about how patterns, shapes, light, shadow, and line are important for taking really interesting photographs. Then we went to try to take pictures that included these elements. Then she talked to us about perspective. Perspective means that things close up look bigger and things that are far away look smaller. We tried taking pictures that showed different perspectives.
In math we went to our grade 1 and 2 groups to work on addition and subtraction skills. The grade 1's are using dominos to practice 1-digit addition facts and are learning to record their facts correctly. The grade 2's worked on learning to "explode" numbers so that we can see all the hundred's, ten's and one's. (This is also called expanded form).
For sharing today Jessica brought in her guinea pig named Snowball. He is VERY cute!
This afternoon, we worked on adding more details to our dioramas. We started adding babies and food. We are using a target to help us remember all the pieces our diorama needs to include.
In music we had a guest teacher named Mrs. Dorren. We sang some of our songs to her. In gym we worked on our skipping skills outside. Some of us tried skipping on our own and some of us tried using the long ropes and skipping with a group.
In math we went to our grade 1 and 2 groups to work on addition and subtraction skills. The grade 1's are using dominos to practice 1-digit addition facts and are learning to record their facts correctly. The grade 2's worked on learning to "explode" numbers so that we can see all the hundred's, ten's and one's. (This is also called expanded form).
For sharing today Jessica brought in her guinea pig named Snowball. He is VERY cute!
This afternoon, we worked on adding more details to our dioramas. We started adding babies and food. We are using a target to help us remember all the pieces our diorama needs to include.
In music we had a guest teacher named Mrs. Dorren. We sang some of our songs to her. In gym we worked on our skipping skills outside. Some of us tried skipping on our own and some of us tried using the long ropes and skipping with a group.
Monday, April 18, 2016
April 18
This morning our routine was a little different. During journal time we worked on adding our goals and strategies into IRIS. You can go to the Dr. Coffin website to look at the IRIS goals at home using your regular school username and password.
This afternoon we worked on our dioramas and talked about starting to add more details like the animals home, predators, and food. To be in the centre of the target we talked about having 2 predators or prey shown in your diorama. After that we had outside gym. We practiced throwing the frisbees with a friend. Two of the frisbees flew outside the fence but one of our neighbors was walking by and passed them back to us.
Please remember that Parent-Teacher conferences are on Thursday afternoon and Friday. If you haven't booked your appointment yet please do that. We have three notices coming home today.
Tomorrow our helper is: Bilal
This afternoon we worked on our dioramas and talked about starting to add more details like the animals home, predators, and food. To be in the centre of the target we talked about having 2 predators or prey shown in your diorama. After that we had outside gym. We practiced throwing the frisbees with a friend. Two of the frisbees flew outside the fence but one of our neighbors was walking by and passed them back to us.
Please remember that Parent-Teacher conferences are on Thursday afternoon and Friday. If you haven't booked your appointment yet please do that. We have three notices coming home today.
Tomorrow our helper is: Bilal
Friday, April 15, 2016
April 15
Today was Fresh Air Friday. We did mapping around our neighborhood. We each had a map of the neighborhood and we went for a walk to find landmarks. Then we added the landmarks to our maps. Some of our landmarks were: the green space, Mrs. Mitchell's house, the "mitten" tree (it is a round tree that looks like a mitten), the path to the green space, the path to the alleyway, David's house, Aiden's house, Dominic's house, Barrett Park, Teia's aunt's house, and Dr. Coffin School.
We learned that if you add landmarks to your map you can use it to figure out where you are and find your way if you are lost. We discovered that following a map and keeping track of where you are can be kind of tricky and takes practice.
After we finished our walk we came inside and used our pencil crayons to add the colour and some details to our maps. We had a really nice time walking around our neighborhood. We even broke out in song as we were walking up Barrett Drive!
Our helper on Monday is: Pania
We learned that if you add landmarks to your map you can use it to figure out where you are and find your way if you are lost. We discovered that following a map and keeping track of where you are can be kind of tricky and takes practice.
After we finished our walk we came inside and used our pencil crayons to add the colour and some details to our maps. We had a really nice time walking around our neighborhood. We even broke out in song as we were walking up Barrett Drive!
Our helper on Monday is: Pania
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