It's Spring Break

We have had lots of sickness running through our classroom the past couple of weeks. We hope that everyone gets better soon. See you all on Monday, April 6th! Have a great Spring Break and Hoppy Easter.

It's Spring Break!!!!

Activity Afternoon

Spongee Polo

There was a lot of activity this afternoon in our school. The students were very excited to rotate through a variety of stations with their Big Buddies. It was great to see and hear all the excitement in the building. The Big Buddies did a great job helping to make sure their Little Buddies had a fun experience.

Here are our thoughts:
I liked when we did hand hockey because I scored lots of goals. -Kayden
I went on the mats with the scooter. Someone pushed you on the mats. It was a fun time. -Shelby
I had fun jumping over the skipping rope. -Brianna
I had lots of fun playing musical chairs. -Isla

The Luge

I liked playing curling in the hall. I liked playing musical chairs. -Diamond
I liked when I went on the mats in the gym because people were going fast. -Xoie
I liked when we went in the library and we did the mushroom top with the parachute. I liked the fencing station and I also liked  the musical chairs. -Kyla
I liked rolling in the donut and knocking down the bowling pins. -Brayden

Human Bowling

It was fun trying to get the ribbon from other people. I was the last one with the tie. -Ezra
I liked when we did fencing and we went on the benches and used pool noodles. -Andrew

Thanks to Mrs. Rand, Mrs. Henry and Ms. Tykalo for organizing a terrific afternoon. It is great to see the students getting lots of physical activity, working together, and enjoying themselves. Way to go BHS!
-Mrs. T :)

Spring Art

Water is spread on the paper.

I discovered an art project on Pinterest thanks to Jen King whose blog is, "A Day in the Life of this Art Teacher". We used watercolour paints which are always a hit in Room 2. Students were asked to select either warm or cool colours for their background. An eyedropper with rubbing alcohol was squeezed on to the paint to add a neat effect. Birds will be added to the background to complete the project.

Did you pick cool colours?

Or did you pick warm colours?

Here are our thoughts:
I squeezed the eyedropper and the drops made the paint lighter and it made bubble shapes. -Kyla
I like to paint. The colours look good. -Brayden

Mine looked really, really cool. When I put on the rubbing alcohol it looked like it was exploding. -Hunter
I liked painting the background. -Kayden

I liked that when you dropped on the rubbing alcohol the paint spreads and it looks cool. -Isla

I liked that we got to mix colours together. My colours were purple, blue and green. -Ashley

I had to paint with water and I covered the whole page. -Andrew

It was hard to make sure that the dots weren't too big. -Xoie

I liked when we painted and we got to cover the paper with water and paint. -Rylee

I liked doing the watercolour paper and today we might do the birds. -Diamond

I picked cool colours for my background. -Saydee
I liked everything about the painting and using the eyedropper. -Kody

I liked making the different colours on the paper. -Ezra

I picked the warm colours red, orange and yellow. I like how my background looks after it dried. -Shelby

I liked painting. I liked putting on the rubbing alcohol on the paper. It made a nice design. Mine is beautiful. -Brianna

These artists did a great job on their backgrounds. Now we have to work on the birds. We will post our work on Artsonia when we are done.
-Mrs. T :)

The Week. . .

It was another busy week. Our marble jar is filling up as we have been working on good listening and being on task. We hope to have it filled next week so we can plan a celebration. We sure had fun on Wednesday dressing in green for St. Patrick's Day. It was super to be able to get together with our Big Buddies. We did some reading and they taught us a math game.

Here are our thoughts:
I like St. Patrick's Day because it is my Baba's dog's birthday. His name is Joey. -Kyla
I liked that we celebrated Andrew's birthday today and Hunter's birthday yesterday. I liked dressing up in green on St. Patrick's Day. -Diamond
On St. Patrick's Day when I went outside I saw 15 leprechauns. -Hunter
I wore a lot of green on St. Patrick's Day. -Kayden
I liked everybody's green on St. Patrick's Day. I wore a green scarf at school. -Rylee
I did not catch a leprechaun on St. Patrick's Day, but I tried. -Kody
Today is my birthday. I brought a treat to share with the class. -Andrew
I liked playing the game with Aiden. -Isla
I enjoyed reading to my big buddy Zidane. I wore lots of green on St. Patrick's Day. -Ezra
I liked when I was reading my favourite book called, We Share Everything because I'm really good at reading it. -Shelby
I liked playing the number game with my buddies. -Saydee
We played a game called Sink or Swim. It was hard to play. My buddies helped me. -Brianna
I liked that my buddy that my buddy asked me questions after I read my book. -Ashley
I enjoyed that I got to read and I liked that we went to their room. -Xoie
I won the game we played. -Brayden

We are pleased to see that spring has arrived. It was a little chillier today than we had hoped, but it was nice to see the sun shining. Have a great weekend!
-Mrs. T :)

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Green was a very popular colour in our classroom and around the school on Tuesday. Thanks for getting in to the school spirit. We hope everyone had a Happy St. Patrick's Day. I think some students were on a leprechaun hunt at recess. Did you spot a wee leprechaun?

Shape Creatures

To help us learn about 2 dimensional shapes we created some Shape Creatures. Students picked a shape and added details to make their shapes come to life. We even named them!

Here are our thoughts:
It was easy to make the creature. I put the feet on after. -Kayden
It was easy to glue on the legs and arms on my creature. -Brianna
It was hard for me to make six eyes on my creature. -Saydee
I liked making my shape and adding details. -Diamond
I liked cutting out my shape. It was a trapezoid. -Andrew
It was easy to cut out the pentagon shape. -Hunter
I liked making the names up. My shape creature is named Oliver Octagon. -Kyla
It was easy to put the eyes on my creature. -Brayden
It was fun because I liked folding the legs and arms. -Ashley
It was easy to cut the eyes out for my creature. It's name is Ocky Octagon. -Ashton
I loved making them. I liked cutting out the triangle shape. -Ezra
My creature is orange. I put yellow hair to show and it is a girl. -Xoie
I made one eye. He is an oval and he has a pirate hat. His name is Pirate Pete the Oval. -Reese
I liked my creature because it had buck teeth. It made me laugh a lot. -Shelby
I made a yellow triangle creature. He is smiling. -Kingston
I liked cutting out all the eyes and stuff, but it was kind of hard to cut it out. -Rylee
I added arms and legs and a green eye to my creature. He looks like a ninja. -Kody

We've received lots of comments about our super duper shape creatures. Awesome job Grade 1s!
-Mrs. Tresoor :)

Hello March!

March greeted us with some fierce wind and cool temperatures which meant. . . indoor recesses. The students enjoyed the option of getting in some movement with Go Noodle and also being able to have some choice time. We did an owl craft and we thank Ms Turner and her student teacher Miss Bauschke for the supplies. During the craft we discussed objects and materials which we have been working on in science. Pattern blocks are hugely popular with many of the students in room 2. The creativity shown is fabulous. We were able to see our Grade 4 buddies to do some reading this week. I think our big buddies enjoyed  hearing some of the poems and songs we have been practicing. Mrs. Slukynsky came to talk to the Grade 1s about nutrition. We were able to sort pictures into the four food groups. The first week of March has been filled with lots of learning and fun. Next week we have student led conferences. We are looking forward to sharing with our families.

Here are our thoughts:
It was cool to make the owls. I liked the craft. We used cotton, wood, plastic and pine cones. -Kyla
We made owls for art. We drew and labelled the materials on a bag. I will bring it home today. -Reese
I liked drawing my owl on my bag. -Saydee
I liked when we did the snowy owl. We got to put the cotton balls in the pine cone. It looks like a real snowy owl. -Kayden
I like my owl because we got to pick our pine cone. I named my owl fluffy.  -Isla
We got stickers from Mrs. Slukynsky. My sticker had eggs and chicken. Brianna
I didn't know all the food groups, but I learned it today. -Ashley
I put tortilla in the grains and peaches in the fruits and vegetable place. -Rylee
I learned about nutrition. It was fun sorting the food groups. -Ashton
I liked playing the guessing game. I guessed pomegranate and corn right. -Hunter
I liked learning about nutrition because it was fun because we got to play a guessing game. We placed the foods into the food groups. My favourite food was oatmeal and eggs. -Shelby
I read with Zidane. I read Bear Stays up for Christmas. -Ezra
I liked when my reading buddy Jace read to me and I got to read to her too. -Andrew
I liked reading with Michael. I read first and then he read to me. -Brayden

Enjoy the warmer weather. . . my fingers are crossed that it is here to stay.
-Mrs. T :)

Good-bye February

It was an emotional week for all of us. Our thoughts go out to our classmate, Ashley and her family. It is times like this when we pull together and support each other. We made cards for Ashley and I was so impressed at how thoughtful the students were in carefully writing a message from their hearts. The voices of Grade 1s are innocent and honest. . . their words touched my heart. We were able to get in some laughter too which is always important. The week ended with students dressing up like a book character. It was a fun way to end I Love to Read month!

Here are our thoughts:
We made cards for Ashley. Mine was pretty. -Hunter
I liked my card because it had three pictures on it and it looked nice. -Xoie
I took my time writing my card. I hope Ashley likes it. -Kody
I was sad when we were making the cards because I was sad for Ashley. -Kyla
I hope Ashley likes the cards we made. -Saydee
I liked making all the cards. They were really cool. -Ezra
I liked that we got to dress up into any book character we wanted. I was a fairy. Isla
I dressed up like a pink pop star today from a Barbie book. -Diamond
I didn't have time, but I would have dressed up as Batman with a black mask. -Brayden
I liked when we dressed up and we got to see everyone's costumes. I am Pete the Cat. -Rylee
I wore my Olaf t-shirt for dress up like a character day. -Brianna

We dressed up like a book character.

I was going to dress up like a monster high character, but I forgot. Since I forgot I said I was a zombie because I made my hair look all messy and I walked with my arms out straight. -Shelby
I liked today because lots of people dressed up. If I didn't forget, I would have dressed up like Brady Brady, a hockey player. -Ashton
I didn't dress up as anything, but I said I was one of the people from Diary of a Wimpy Kid. -Reese
I dressed up as Clifford the dog for book character day. -Kayden
It was fun dressing up as a book character. I liked when I got to see all the book characters. I dressed up as Mr. Incredible. -Andrew

Thanks to everyone for taking care of each other. I am looking forward to what March brings.
- Mrs. T :)