Tuesday Nov 9th

 Hi all,

Today after our reading time we did our monthly writing sample. We got to choose the topic today! It's going to become free writing, where students get to write about anything their little hearts desire and is hopefully going to get our creative brains going.

We had music after recess where we learned a few new songs for the assembly tomorrow. Then we did a number of the day before lunch. 

This afternoon we had mathletics in ipads and then designed our own tomb of the unknown soldier monuments. 

We ended our day with gym and a word game.

Reminders:

Picture retake day is tomorrow

No school Thursday or Friday

Monday Nov 8th

 Hi all,

Today we talked about free writing and brainstormed ideas that we could write about if we aren't given a specific topic to write about. We practiced writing our numbers all the way to 100! We made goals for the year that you will hear all about at parent teacher conferences in a few weeks. This afternoon we made a poppy wreath and talked about the tomb of the unknown soldier. We practiced drawing symbols of peace and war so that tomorrow we can design our own tomb of the unknown soldier.

Reminders:

Wednesday is picture retake day

Thursday and Friday are no school for Remembrance day and a PD day

Parent teacher conferences are coming up. Thursday evening (25th Nov) and Friday daytime (26th Nov). Book online at mycbe.ca

Friday Nov 5th

 Remember, remember, the fifth of November,

Gunpowder, treason, and plot. 

I know of no reason, why gunpowder treason,

Should ever be forgot.

See if your kids know anything about this poem! Happy Guy Fawkes day everyone!!

Today in class we practiced reading, alone and in partners. We talked about why November 5th is a special day from Mr. Beechey's childhood. We did a desk clean, number of the day, and then practiced being quiet in math games! We had music and gym today too!

Happy Friday everyone! 

Thursday Nov 4th

 Hi all,

Today we had our first library day! Those of us who were here got a book out. These books can come home for. the week or you can leave it at school. I will remind you on the Wednesday night to bring your library books back so you can get a new one. Next week there is no school on Thursday so you can keep them for 2 weeks!

In class we made our Venn diagrams of the differences between the movie and book of Charlotte's Web. We talked about ordinal numbers in math (1st, 2nd, 3rd as opposed to 1,2,3). We did another visualization picture and also made Canadian flags! A parent at our school is going to visit Vimy Ridge next week and is going to take our flags to the graves of the soldiers and take pictures to help us with our Remembrance Day work next week. 

Reminders:

Wednesday is photo retake day

Thursday and Friday is no school

Wednesday Nov 3

 Hi all,

Today we talked about library day!! Every Thursday (starting tomorrow) we will visit the library to get our a new book. If you bring your books home please remember to bring them back to school every Thursday morning or else you get to keep the book for another week! 

We talked about adjectives and described some bugs. We had music and had some more time to finish our adjectives work. 

This afternoon we went on ipads for mathletics and watched the rest of Charlotte's Web. 

Reminders:

Next Wednesday is picture retake day.

Next Thursday and Friday there is no school. 

Tuesday Nov 2

 Hi all,

Today we got our 5 new wow words! They are all short u words - under, up, lunch, hug, plus.

We used our 100s chart to fill in some gaps for math. We wrote about our favourite parts of the book Charlotte's Web and then started watching the movie. We will finish it tomorrow in class before we start talking about similarities and differences from the novel. 

Starting this Thursday we will have a library day to take out books. These books can come home or stay at school for quiet reading. If you want to renew the books they need to be in backpacks each Wednesday. If these books do come home and happen to get lost you will be charged for the replacement at the end of the year.

Reminders

Thursday - our first library day. Books may come home in your backpack. 

Next week Wednesday is photo retake day for school pictures. 

Next week Thursday is a day off for Remembrance Day and Friday is a PD day so no school. 

Monday Nov 1

 Hi all,

Hope you all had a great Halloween weekend! Today in class we journaled about our weekends. I'm starting to have little conferences with the kids to talk about writing goals and how we can improve our work. We practiced our first lock down today and it went really well! We graphed our October weather information in math. This afternoon we had some extra math time, put some work away in our folders, and drew a guided drawing of a beaver. The beaver is a symbol of Canada but did you know that each province has its own symbols too? Your kids do now! We drew the flag, animal, bird, fish, tree, and flower of Alberta. How many do you know? We went to gym to practice underhand throws and then finished off the book Charlotte's Web.

Have a great night and enjoy all that candy that is no doubt piled high in your house :)