It's Spring Break!

After a busy few months we are all looking forward to spring break. It will be great to relax and enjoy the time with our families. We are excited about the time off and Easter.

Here are our thoughts:
I have chocolate bunnies at Easter. -Jay Dee
I want to play video games and get new levels and characters. -Landyn
I will have fun playing. -Josh
 I like to play video games. I will have a sleepover at my grandma and papa's. -Gavin
I hope I get I get to see the Easter bunny and eat all the eggs. -Zachary
I will run around outside. -Jake
I get to hunt for Easter eggs at my mom and my dad's. -Eliza
I will have a play date with my friend. -Russell A.
I can't wait until Easter because I am going to hunt for eggs. I want to see the Easter bunny. -Sierra
I will play Star Wars. -Russell L.

PJ Day!

I want to try to set a trap for the Easter bunny. I also want to get some chocolate from him too. -Naomi
I will play with my sister. I will watch t.v with my little sister. -Bapreet
I want to have a play date and find out what I get for Easter. -Levi
I will hunt for Easter eggs. -Cody

Have a wonderful, restful spring break. "Hoppy" Easter. I hope everyone has an egg-cellent holiday. Don't forget to come back on April 4th!
- Mrs. T :)

Student Led Conferences

We had a visit from a leprechaun this morning, but no one could find him! That certainly started our day with lots of excitement. We are really happy to have our families come to our classroom to see what we have been up to over the last few months.

Here are our thoughts:
I want to show my mom and dad the basketball game. It is a math game. I am good at it. -Callum

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I'm excited for my mom and dad to come and see how smart I am. -Naomi
I am looking forward to showing my portfolio. -Landyn
I hope that my parents think that my work is good. -Russell A.
I am excited to for Friday because my parents are coming to see my work and I am going to a magic show. -Josh
I want to read Elephant and Piggie to my mom and dad. -Cody
I am excited for my mom and dad to check out my work. I hope they will like it. -Cady
I hope my parents like how I make my work because it was hard to make. -Sierra
I get to show mom and dad all my work. -Ethan
I want to show my mom and dad my folder. -Eliza
I am so excited because tonight I am going to show my parents everything in my folder. I will show them around the room. -Bapreet
I hope that my mom will give me a big, "Good job!" for my reading. -Levi
I hope that my parents like my "How to" writing because it hard to put down all the steps. -Jake
I hope my parents like my marble run drawings because it was hard to make the marble run and drawing it. -Anna
I want to show my work. -Jay Dee
I am looking forward to showing my mom and dad the collages. -Gavin
I am happy my parents are coming. -Russell L.
I am looking forward to showing my parents everything, especially the folder. -Zachary
I can't wait to show my mom the classroom and my folder. -Brady

See you all tonight or tomorrow! Thanks for celebrating our learning.
-Mrs. T :)

Buddy Activity Afternoon

Not only was it hot lunch on Friday, but the afternoon was our buddy activity time. We were able to go to 10 stations in the afternoon that were set up throughout our school. I knew it was going to be an exciting day when some kids asked if it was lunch time and it was only 9:45!

Hot lunch!

Here are our thoughts:
I liked the obstacle course because it had these fun activities. -Anna
I got two goals in spongee polo. -Josh
I loved the spongee polo because it was fun to hit the ball. -Landyn
I liked when we played spongee polo. I got a goal. -Russell A.
I liked when we did the yellow snow. You throw yellow balls into the recycling box. Quiet ball was easy. -Callum
I liked when we went to the obstacle course because we got to go through tunnels. -Naomi
I liked spongee polo because it was fun and it is my favourite sport in the gym. I love it and I almost scored a goal -Zachary
I liked when we had to scoop the balls and throw them into the recycling bin. I did four of them. -Bapreet
I liked the hot chocolate because it was yummy. -Eliza
Fencing was the most fun because you only get a noodle and you try to hit someone off the bench. -Jake
I was a goalie. I stopped the ball. -Jay Dee\
I liked the fencing because it was fun. You had to try to knock the other person off the bench. I did not fall off the bench. -Brady
I liked fencing because the person standing in front of me tried to knock me off, but he didn't knock me off. -Sierra
I played yellow snow. We put a ball in a scoop and throw it in a box. -Gavin

Thanks to the lunch helpers who volunteer their time to make sure everyone gets their hot lunch orders. Thanks to Mrs. Rand-Gadient for all her work in organizing and setting up the stations for our activity afternoon. What an awesome way to end the week!

This video is of the action at the spongee polo station which was the station I supervised for the afternoon. (Sorry I wasn't able to get any other photos of the other activities.)
-Mrs. Tresoor :)

Friendship Soup

Our theme with Miss Katie this week was friendship. We talked about how to be a good friend and the qualities to look for in a friend. We made friendship soup. The ingredients included kindness, fairness, goofiness, fun, honesty, safety and respect.

Here are our thoughts:
A friend should be kind because it will make the other friend smile. -Josh
I'm going to put in fun because then you will have lots of fun with your new friend. -Anna
A friend should be fair so they are not a cheater. -Russell A.
Honesty is important because you tell the truth. -Cady
My friend should be kind. -Ethan
I like to play with my friends. -Cody
I think a friend should have honesty because telling the truth is a good thing to do. -Sierra
A friend should be nice because if you are not nice you won't be a friend. -Callum
A friend should be respectful because it's nice to help someone have a good time. -Levi
Sometimes a friend can help other friends and the other friend can be happy and they like to play together. -Zachary
Friends should play nicely with each other because someone might get left out. -Brady
I want my friends to be happy because then I could be happy too. -Eliza
My friends need to be safe so I can play with them too. -Bapreet
I want my friends to be kind because if my friends aren't kind I won't play with them. -Jake
Friends should always be kind to their other friends because if other people see them being nice they could ask to be their friend. -Naomi
A friend is respectful to other friends. -Gavin
A friend makes up fun games. -Landyn
Friends should keep their hands to self. -Jay Dee
A friend is kind. -Russell L.

What ingredients would you put in your friendship soup?
-Mrs. T :)

Marble Run Wrap Up

Last week we had a gallery walk as we shared our marble runs with our big buddies. They were able to go to the table groups to see how our designs worked. Today we went to see the design projects our Big Buddies made. Some projects were games that used magnets and other projects made sounds. It was very neat to see all the creative minds that were able to share their inventions!

Mrs. Dent Scarcello made an ebook of our IBL project.....have a look! Thanks Mrs. Dent Scarcello. We enjoyed spending time with you and learning about objects and materials. 

Building Community

Miss Katie and Mr. Henri have been talking to the grade 1s about building community in the classroom. We have talked about how to listen with our whole body, our eyes, ears, mouth, hands, brain and heart. We shared many examples of how students in Room 2 can be very different, but also the same in many ways. We made a graph about flavours of ice cream we like and the colour of our hair. There were many differences and similarities in our classroom. 

Here are our thoughts:

They used puppets to show how to be responsible, respectful and safe. -Gavin

I learned that we can make a community with just a little bit of people. -Levi

I learned that on the outside things can be different, but in side things can be the same. -Cady

I use my ears to listen. -Josh

Mr. Henri makes funny faces. -Ethan

I learned how to be responsible and listen with your whole body. -Landyn

I like chocolate ice cream. -Jay Dee

I learned that everyone does not like the same ice cream sometimes. -Zachary

My favourite ice cream was orange. -Cody

I learned that we are the same on the inside, but different on the outside. -Sierra

I learned that nobody's hair colour has to be the same. My hair colour is dirty blonde. -Naomi

I liked the puppets. Rexy is the dinosaur puppet. -Russell L.

We made a graph to show which people liked different ice cream. I like chocolate. -Eliza

It was fun learning about being the same and different. -Bapreet

On the outside you look different, but on the inside we are the same. -Brady

We read a book about how we don't have to be the same. We talked about how people are different. -Anna

Most people loved other ice creams that weren't on the sheet. Rainbow is my favourite kind of ice cream. -Callum 

We are happy to have Miss Katie and Mr. Henri come to spend time with us. The students are learning new information to help us be a kind and supportive classroom community. 

-Mrs. T :)