It was an Awesome Week

Role playing

It was another busy week in Room 2. We had an assembly to learn about the bus loop expectations. Students enjoyed role playing the behaviours we should and should not see in the bus loop. We had hot lunch today. It is a nice treat to have a special lunch each month. Thanks to the volunteers who make this possible. Students have also been sharing their writing with the class. We are trying to begin our sentences with a capital letter and remembering to use end punctuation. Our field and tarmac areas have become very slippery with the changing temperatures outside and as a result there have been some indoor recesses. The students were happy to get outside when we were able to. We ended our week thinking about what we enjoyed about our time together.

Here are our thoughts:
I liked playing outside in the snow with my friends. -Saydee
We went to see the bus loop. That was new for me because I don't take the bus. -Andrew
I had fun playing in the snow. -Diamond
I liked hot lunch. The chicken fingers were delicious. -Kyla
I liked playing with the balls in gym. -Brayden
My art looks good on the bulletin board. -Kody
I liked building with my friends. We used the blocks. -Ezra
I helped the peacemakers at recess. -Ashley
It was fun walking in the halls with my friend at indoor recess. -Brianna
Hot lunch was awesome. -Hunter
I had fun playing at recess. Isla
I liked playing with jello, but my hands got all red. -Kingston
My dad came to our classroom. -Reese
I got some good books for reading when I book shopped. Shelby
I coloured the bus paper and drew people standing in line. -Kayden
I'm glad I finished my shape art. It looks really good. -Xoie

Sharing our writing. 

Mr. Unrau helping us learn about shapes.

Free-form Collages

The weather appears to be getting colder this weekend. I hope you dress warmly and are able to enjoy some fresh air. There is no school for students on Monday. Have a wonderful weekend.
-Mrs. T :)

Norval Morrisseau Artwork

On Friday we ended our week with a special activity. Mrs. Kulyk helped us to create artwork inspired by Aboriginal artist Norval Morrisseau. The students selected a Manitoba animal for their piece. They drew a practice sketch in pencil and then received a watercolour paper to draw their animal. The animals were outlined in black marker and then painted using acrylic paint. After the pictures dried students touched up their work with black marker. The results are terrific. You can see them here on Artsonia.

This artwork is part of our AAA project this year. We will be writing letters to northern schools and sharing our artwork with them.

Here are our thoughts:
I liked painting my picture. -Brianna
I loved that we got to paint and add details with black marker. -Diamond
I liked when we drew our pictures and when we painted them. -Rylee
It was hard to only pick five colours to paint with. -Xoie
I liked that we got to pick paint colours that we wanted. -Andrew
I liked using the black markers. -Hunter
It was awesome that we got to pick what animal we wanted to draw. -Kyla
I liked my picture because I got to choose gold, red and orange. I like those colours. -Shelby
It was easy to draw the shape of my animal. I drew a duck. -Brayden
I liked painting my picture of an owl. -Saydee
It was hard doing the background painting. -Ezra
I learned that we can use five different colours to paint with. -Kody
I liked taking off the tape to make a border around my picture. -Kayden
I think that I'm an artist because it looks like an artist made my picture. -Ashley
I liked painting the pictures and doing the background. My background was purple. -Reese

 

Thanks to Mrs. Kulyk for sharing her expertise with these budding young artists.
-Mrs. T :)
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Remind

As another form of communication we will be using a tool called Remind. This is a safe way for teachers to text message or email families without needing to exchange phone numbers. A note is being sent home today to explain how it all works. I am looking forward to families subscribing to receive reminders by text or email. Thanks to Mrs. Dent Scarcello and Ms.Wasney for helping me set this up.

Future Curling Champions

The Grade Ones were able to go on the curling ice for the first time! Thanks to Mr. Hargreaves and Mrs. Rand for all their hard work. The ice is amazing. We are getting some milder weather too so everyone can get outside to develop their curling skills.

Here are our thoughts:
I liked when we pushed the rocks on the ice. -Rylee
We played with the rocks and pushed them. -Brianna
It was fun because we got to go curling on the ice. -Kayden
It was awesome that we got to play with the rocks. -Hunter
I liked walking on the ice. -Brayden
We got to slide and we tried to get the rock on the red dot. -Shelby
I like exercise and you get exercise in curling. -Isla
I learned that you can slide on the ice in curling. -Kody
I liked how we got to slide the rocks. It was fun to slide on our tummies like a penguin. -Diamond
I was able to stay in my boots and go on the ice. -Xoie
It was fun learning the penguin slide. -Reese
It was easy to stand on the ice. -Saydee
It was fun learning everything about curling. -Kyla
I liked doing the penguin slide because we got to go on our tummy. -Andrew
I liked Mrs.Rand teaching us how to throw the rock. -Ezra
It was my first time being on the curling ice. It was fun because we got to slide on it. -Ashley

I started curling just like this. . . although the rocks were not nearly as fancy as the ones we have at school now. It is great to see the students experiencing this life long sport. Hurry hard!!
-Mrs. T :)

Day of Pink T-shirts

The Canadian Red Cross Day of Pink is being held on April 8th, 2015. This event is about encouraging respect. The Day of Pink originated in Nova Scotia in 2007. Two students heard that a boy in their school had been picked on for wearing a pink shirt to school. The students decided to take a stand against this behaviour by encouraging their classmates to wear pink. The response was overwhelming. Since then other provinces have held their own Pink Day.
 

Once again, Bird's Hill School will be recognizing Day of Pink on Wednesday, April 8th. Staff, students and families are able to purchase t-shirts for $5.00. Please return the order form that was sent home by January 27th. Thanks for organizing this Ms Wasney. What a great way to show that we all stand for respect!

You can learn more about the Red Cross Day of Pink here.

Free Form Shapes

We are learning about Shape in art class. Today we made free form shapes using curved lines and straight lines. There were many creative shapes made by using our imagination. These shapes will be used to make our cutout collages next week.

Here are our thoughts:
The shapes are fun to make. -Saydee
I like the colours of my shapes. -Brianna
Some of my shapes look like animals and they are cool. -Diamond
I like cutting out the shapes. -Andrew
Cutting is fun. -Hunter
I like how you can make any kind of shape. -Kyla
I'm like an artist. -Kody
Blue and red were my favourite colours to make my shapes. -Kayden
I like how my shapes are all different. -Shelby
It was cool because lots of different kinds of shapes were made. Rylee
I liked being able to cut paper into shapes. -Reese
I liked how we could make any shapes we wanted. -Xoie
We are becoming artists by making all kinds of shapes. -Isla

I can't wait to see how our collages turn out.
-Mrs. T :)

Math Games

We have been learning some new math games to help us with number sense. We learned a card game called More than One or Less than One. We also learned a game called Domino Top-It using sets of dominoes. The students are having a great time while developing their math skills.

Here are our thoughts:
It is fun to do the math games. -Rylee
I'm having fun playing with cards and dominoes. -Brianna
I learned how to play Domino Top-It. -Ashton
More than One and Less than One is fun. I like to flip over the cards. -Hunter
I learned how to add my numbers when I played Domino Top-It. -Kyla
I liked that we had to play with dominoes and cards. -Andrew
I had fun playing with Kyla. -Ezra
I liked playing Domino Top-It because I played with Hunter and we were laughing a lot while playing the game. -Diamond
I was playing the card game with Ezra. We played fair. -Ashley
Reese won the game but it was still fun. -Kody
I am fast at the More than One Less than One card game. -Reese
We borrowed the dominoes from Mrs. Starodub's class. I liked the domino game. -Xoie
I liked playing Domino Top-It. I was adding the dots. -Brayden

You can teach your families these games at home!

- Mrs. T :)

Word of the Year Video

Here we are sharing our words of the year. The students put good thought into deciding on just the right word. We hope that you think of a word that will be important to you throughout 2015!

Word of the Year

Happy New Year everyone! 2015 has gotten off to a chilly start. We stayed indoors all day today because it was too cold to be outside. It was awesome to see all the familiar faces this morning and to meet our new student, Isla. We are very happy to have her join our learning community. The class had a chance to talk about the holidays and the end of 2014 as well as the start of a new year and all the exciting adventures that lie ahead. I recently saw a neat idea about a "Word of the Year"....a word that we can think about the whole year that has meaning to us. I have never been very good at making (or keeping) resolutions so I shared this idea with the class. We had time to discuss and share some ideas.

Here are our Words of the Year. . .
Love. . . I care about people. -Diamond
Friends. . . are important so we don't get bored. - Ashley
Giggles. . . I like to giggle with my friends. -Kingston
Caring. . . because I care about the people in my family. -Rylee
Family. . . you never want to have your parents out of your mind. -Kyla
Brother. . . I like to play Wii with my brother. -Reese
Love. . . I like hugging people to show I love them. -Andrew
Walk. . . if you walk you won't bump into someone and make them cry. -Xoie
Peace. . . my family is calm and we have quiet time together. -Ezra
Loving. . . loving my parents. -Ashton
School . . . we get smart at school. -Kody
Mom. . . I love my mom the best. -Hunter
Smile. . . you can brighten someone's day with a smile. -Mrs. T.
Play. . . I like playing with my brother at home. -Brianna
Brother. . . I like to toss a ball with my brother. -Isla
Hope. . . I hope my mom and dad never leave me. -Shelby
Home. . . I love when my Mom cooks us spaghetti at home. -Kayden
School. . . we learn a lot at school. -Brayden

What is your word of the year? Let us know we'd love to hear about it.
-Mrs. T :)