Halloween Fun!

On Tuesday we had a great morning rotating through our Halloween stations. The costume parade was in the gym after lunch. There were so many people who came out to celebrate with us. It was fun to see all the different costumes.

Here are our thoughts:
I liked the snack because it was yummy. -Etta
We melted crayons on the mini pumpkin. -Chelsea
We got out pumpkin seeds. We had to put our hands into the pumpkin and grab the seeds out. We put them on the ten frame to count them. -Claire
We tasted some snacks. They tasted great. -Grayson
We melted crayons on the pumpkin. -Lania
I liked the station that had the pumpkin that you could count seeds. We counted 148 seeds. -Willow
I liked the parade. I liked walking and seeing my dad and grandpa and grandma. -Marley
The orange crush, gingerale and 7-up tasted good. It was swamp water. I liked the celery too. -Marcus
I really liked the snacks. We had oranges and celery for pumpkins and we had bananas and chocolate chips for ghosts. -Ella
I liked when we reached into the pumpkin to get seeds and count them. -Sophie
I liked the snack station. We made banana ghosts. -Mercedes
I had oranges and I had one drink. -Kalem
I like the swamp water and the banana ghost and the orange pumpkin with the celery at the top. -Kayley
I liked making the orange and celery into a pumpkin. -Shain
We got to watch a movie and eat candy.We had a parade -Everett
I liked drinking swamp water and eating oranges. -Noah
I made a pumpkin picture. -Harlow

Thanks to the parent volunteers for helping run the stations. We also appreciated the food that was sent in for our snacks. The week definitely had a buzz of excitement. Thanks for sending a limited amount of candy in the lunches.



And just like that, October is over. Remember to turn back the clocks this weekend.
-Mrs. T. :)

A Day of Halloween Fun!

I'm a big fan of dressing up for Halloween, seriously. . . I love it. Ms. Code thought it would be a fun idea to go as Elephant and Piggie since the Grade 1s love these books by Mo Willems. You should have seen the looks on the students' faces when Elephant and Piggie went outside to greet them after lunch recess - priceless. We had a great time working at our Halloween stations in the morning. Thanks to all the volunteers who helped out. We could not have done it without you!

Here are our thoughts:
I liked the parade and the movie. -Russell L.
I liked dressing up in my costume. -Ethan
I enjoyed being a cowboy. -Callum
I liked the Halloween parade. I liked walking around the gym. -Jake
I liked eating the cupcakes. I had a finger on mine. -Josh
I enjoyed making my paper pumpkin. I liked all the stations we did today. -Gavin
I liked the cupcakes because they were yummy. -Naomi
I liked seeing the princess costume. -Jay Dee
I loved the parade because there were so many different costumes. -Levi
I liked the parade. I liked everybody's costumes. They were awesome. -Landyn
I liked the blow up suits that some people had. -Brady
The most fun was when I went to the gym and walked around the whole gym. -Russell. A.
Swamp water tasted good because we mixed all kinds of juices together. -Sierra
It was fun making stuff out of plasticine. We got to make lots of things because we were the last group. -Sasha
I liked to see all the costumes in the gym. -Cady
I liked doing the plasticine. My mom helped there. -Eliza
I liked making the swamp drink and doing the ring toss. -Cody
I liked the snack station because we made swamp water. We used oranges and celery to make pumpkins and we made bananas and chocolate chips into ghosts. -Anna

Well, that sure was an exciting Halloween celebration. I hope the weather is nice for the trick or treaters on Saturday. Have a fun, safe Halloween evening. Don't forget to brush your teeth well after enjoying some sweet treats. BOO!
- Mrs. T :)

Grade One Assembly

Today the Grade 1s performed at our Fall Assembly. The students sang Turkey in the Straw. . .  also referred to as "Gobble, Gobble". Then we did a Halloween song that demonstrated how we can follow directions and show off our dance moves. We did the song first by ourselves to teach it to the rest of the school and then all the students and adults joined in!

Here are our thoughts:
I was nervous and my favourite part was doing the Halloween song. I liked pretending to be a super hero. -Callum
I was nervous, but mostly excited. -Jake
I felt good. I liked being on the risers and singing. -Naomi
I liked the Halloween song. -Ethan
I liked singing and stuff. I liked singing and sitting on the risers. -Gavin
I was nervous because there were lots of people. We did a good job. -Josh
I was happy to be in the assembly on stage. -Russell A.
I was nervous. After a while I started to feel better. -Levi
I liked the turkey song and the Halloween song. -Russell L.
I liked to be on stage for my first time. I liked doing the songs. -Landyn
I was proud of myself. I was kind of scared at the beginning. When I saw everyone and when they clapped I wasn't nervous anymore. -Brady
I liked it when we were done. I liked the Halloween song. -Zachary
I sang at the assembly. It was fun. -Jay Dee

I was scared at the beginning, but then I wasn't scared because all my friends were there. -Anna
It was fun to sing the Halloween song. We had fun doing the actions and singing at the same time. -Sierra
I liked when we were doing all the songs. I think everybody enjoyed it. -Eliza
It was fun doing it, but I was sort of nervous to be singing in front of the school. -Sasha

Wow, what a performance! Fantastic job Grade 1s. It was fitting that we ended the assembly singing, "Brave". We sure had to be brave to stand up and perform in front of the whole school. I'm so proud of all of you.
- Mrs. T :)

Painting and Minions!

We were able to paint this week for step one of our Halloween art project. Our Big Buddies also came to show us how to make minion bookmarks. These bookmarks were a big hit. Thanks to our buddies for helping us make them.

Here are our thoughts:
We used paint to make backgrounds. I think they look awesome. I'm going to draw a spooky house with ghosts beside it. -Callum

I liked making the bookmarks. My Big Buddy helped me. -Levi
It was fun. I like how my bookmark looks. -Josh
We painted backgrounds and it was  hard to pick the colours. I almost ran out of colours. -Jake
It was hard to put the paintbrush lines on the paper. -Gavin
It was hard to keep the colours by themselves. -Sierra
It was hard to keep the paints off of the table. Mine looks good. -Eliza
I liked the colours. It was hard to keep them apart from each other. -Cady

It was hard to keep the paints so they didn't get in to other paints. -Sasha
It was hard to make sure the brush was right. -Anna
It was fun to paint in the art room. I like painting beautiful pictures. -Russell A
I loved making the bookmarks. I use it a lot. -Brady
I liked making the bookmarks because my buddy helped me. -Landyn
I liked when we made the minion bookmarks. I keep it in my book bin. -Zachary
I liked painting. It was fun because I got to swish it back and forth. -Cody
I like to paint. Purple is my favourite colour. -Jay Dee

There were lots of smiles on faces this morning when we got our book bins and saw our minion bookmarks looking up at us. They are being taken care of.

I can't wait to see the Halloween scenes that we create. Students are already talking about the ideas they have. I know they will be SPOOK-tacular. We will get them up on Artsonia as soon as we're done!
-Mrs. T :)

Happy Halloween!

BOO! We have been counting down the days until Halloween and the day finally arrived! We had a parade in the gym with all the classes sharing their costumes. Many family members and friends came out to watch the parade too. Thanks to the families that contributed delicious treats for our Halloween party. They will give us lots of energy to go out trick-or-treating. . . some snacks were healthy too :)

Remember to be seen out there tonight. Have a safe Halloween everyone!
-Mrs. T :)

Halloween Art Project

We painted sunsets for our Halloween art project. Ms Wasney gave us some samples to look at. Everyone was so excited to be able to paint. We are going to let the pictures dry and then we will finish our artwork next week. We can't wait to see how they turn out. How many days until Halloween?

Here are our thoughts:
I liked using the paintbrush. -Kayden
The orange looked good on my paper. -Hunter
My sunset was fabulous. -Xoie
I liked the colours and I liked painting the sunset. -Shelby
The Halloween colours were good for Halloween. -Andrew
It was really fun painting. -Ezra
I think my painting looked great. -Rylee
My sunset looks pretty with the colours. -Kyla
I really liked the colours. -Reese
I like purple in the sky. -Brianna
I like that I painted all the colours. -Kody
I like all the colours. -Saydee
I liked when I gently put the black on. -Ashley
I liked painting because it was fun to make my very own paper. -Graysen
I like mixing the colours. -Brayden

What a treat it is to see artists at work. Have a fabulous weekend! Don't forget to do some reading.
-Mrs. T :)