Celebrating our Learning

It was so great to have everyone come out to celebrate all of our hard work in term 2. The kids are so proud of what they have done and they love to show their families around our room.

Here are our thoughts:
I played Connect 4 with my Poppa. -Desi
I liked showing my parents all my writing. Tyson

I am proud of my writing because I worked really hard. -Ben

I liked showing my mom the yoga cat pose on the carpet. -Brooke

I liked that I showed all my artwork. I showed them my job, library lady. -Arianna

I showed my dad where I sit. I showed him around the classroom. -Marshall

I showed my parents my book bin and I read them a book. -Lily

I got to go to the gym with my dad and I got to play tag with Ben. -Chase

My mom and dad said that I did a good job with my work. -Bianca

I showed my mom and dad all my work. -Dominic
I liked showing my parents my letter I wrote them. -Ava

My parents liked my cutout art and my writing. -Adria
I liked conferences because I like showing my work. -Blake

I showed my mom everything in my portfolio. I did lots of work. -Andrew

I read my writing to my dad. He said it was good writing. -Brody

I was happy my mom came to see my work. -Jack

I showed my parents my artwork. My parents liked my artwork. -Theo

My parents liked my cutout collage. They said that I am a nice artist. -Charlotte

Thank you for taking the time to visit our classroom and to share in our learning. We loved having you here.

-Mrs. T :)

Paper Cut-Out Collages

In art class we learned about Henri Matisse. He was a famous artist who painted and sculpted. As he got older he was confined to a wheelchair which made it difficult for him to paint and sculpt. He didn't want to give up his interest in art so he began using scissors to create paper cut-outs. He said he was "drawing with scissors". His collages were admired by many. Some were extremely large murals that covered a whole wall. It was neat to be able to cut out shapes with our scissors. You may recognize some of our shapes, but many were made just by turning the paper and cutting unique forms. 

 

Here are our thoughts: 

I like cutting with scissors. -Lily

Matisse is a famous artist. I want to be one too. -Charlotte

I like the cut-out collages that Matisse made. He just used scissors and paper. He called it drawing with scissors. -Bianca

We made Matisse art. We used scissors and no crayons, markers or pencils. -Theo

I can make cool shapes by drawing with scissors. I can make some shapes wavy and bumpy. -Adria

I made a collage out of paper. It looks good. -Tyson

I liked the art we did. It was cool to cut out shapes. -Desi

It was really cool to make different shapes. -Ben

I liked some of the shapes some people made. Matisse is an artist. I am an artist too. -Ava

We cut shapes. I liked that. -Dominic

I liked making Matisse art. I like that I made a shape that looked like a dragon. -Brooke

Matisse is a very good artist. I like his collages. -Jack

I love Matisse and I love my collage I made. I bet he would like it if he was alive and in our school. -Brody

I cut out neat shapes. -Marshall

I like Matisse because he is a very good artist. -Andrew

You can see all of our collages on Artsonia. The artists in Room 2 are amazing.

-Mrs. T :)



Doing a gallery walk.

Hello March!

I can't believe it is already March. There is so much we have done and so much more to do. The kids are working hard at being full-time students and they have made so much progress academically and socially. I'm proud of all of the kids in Room 2.



Here are our thoughts:

Me and Ben built the coolest thing ever. We used blocks and cubes. The castle was in the middle. -Chase

I liked building with Zachary at Lego. -Desi

Builders Club

I love doing yoga because the cat one is really fun. You can put your back down and stretch out like a cat. -Arianna

Kids can code

I liked the dragon pose because I did one like it one time on cosmic kids yoga. It was the horse one. -Adria

I got three guys when I was coding. I had to put the arrows in the right spot. -Andrew

I like reading everyday. -Dominic

I like doing yoga. We learned a dragon yoga move today. I like the cat one. I showed the class how to do it. -Brooke

Yoga practice

Reading to someone with Bianca was fun. We read Elephant and Piggie.- Ben

I like doing yoga because it calms ourselves. -Bianca

I like coding because we get to show the fuzzy ball where to move with arrows. -Lily

I have a circle guy that's fuzzy, one with glasses and a rainbow and one that's turquoise. -Jack

I played Kodable at home. I like Kodable because I'm on a new planet. - Blake

I like coding because the squares get smaller and the path gets harder. -Ava

I like coding because I decided to try another level, but I realized it was a little too hard so I went back to the other level. -Theo

I like coding because you have to collect three stars at each level. -Tyson

I went to builders club. I made a Lego tower. -Marshall

Have a great weekend everyone! Maybe your child will teach you some breathing techniques, yoga poses or share their coding skills with you. Enjoy your time together.

-Mrs. T:)

Spirit Week

He read from Shazam.

Illustrator Mr. Anderson 

For I Love to Read Month we had Spirit Week. Tuesday was dress up like a Dr. Seuss character or wear a silly hat, Wednesday was wear a readable shirt day, Thursday was dress up like a book character and Friday was PJ day. It was a great week of school spirit. Our class won a prize for our great participation in wearing a shirt with writing on it. What a treat! We even squeezed in a visit from an illustrator and the Fit-a-thon.

Silly Hat Day!

Fit-a-thon

Dress like a book character

Here are our thoughts:
I dressed up like Bat Girl. Pajama day was so comfy and cozy. -Bianca
I liked pajama day because it was comfy and I barely got to go outside. I went to run club. -Brody
I liked pajama day because it was so comfy and we took a picture of us pretending to sleep. We had so much fun in our pajamas. -Adria
I liked pajama day because in my pajamas I could just fall asleep. -Jack
I dressed up as Pinkalicious. People kept asking who I was. I had the book to show them. -Charlotte
I liked pj day because we got to stay in our pajamas all day. -Lily
I liked wearing pajamas. -Chase
I liked wearing my pajamas because I like them. -Andrew
Pajama day was fun. -Desi
I wore a t-shirt that said, Smile, Love, Be happy. It was pink. -Brooke
I liked pajama day because I could fall asleep. -Ava
I liked when we decided to fall asleep and then we woke and I was about to actually fall asleep. -Marshall
I liked pajama day because I can sleep in my pajamas and I don't have to change. -Blake
I liked wearing my angry moose t-shirt. -Dominic

Mrs. Palamar stopped by when we were having a class meeting on Friday. We were feeling so cozy we just put our heads down. . .just. . . for. . . a . . . minute. . .

Thanks to everyone for the great fun this week. Thanks to the I Love to Read Committee for all their organization and hard work. We have had so much fun celebrating reading.
-Mrs T :)

PJ Day! zzzzzzzzzz

100th Day of School!

We celebrated the 100th Day of School on Thursday. Stations were set up to highlight the multiple intelligences. Students from three classes were combined and the groups rotated through the stations all morning. It was so neat to see the kids interacting with each other as they experienced different challenges at the stations. There were even kids telling me that they played with a new friend at recess....that made my heart very happy.

Here are our thoughts:
I liked snack because you had to get 10 of each thing and put them on a piece of paper in the right spots. If you had any left over you could put it in the cup to eat it. -Tyson
My favourite was food because I got to eat all kinds of food. -Lily
I liked the art one. I made a dog. -Dominic
I counted the snacks. They were good. -Ben
I liked the music station because I like music. We did a marching band with the musical instruments. -Bianca

I liked eating the marshmallows. -Desi

I liked building because I got to use 100 pieces of Lego. I built a house with no roof because they didn't have a big enough flat piece for the roof. - Brody
My mom was at the wonder station. We talked about long ago and what it could be like in 100 years. -Brooke
I liked snack because I ate some candy. -Chase
I liked the art station because it was fun. I made the 100 into a grass trailer. -Blake
I liked snack because my mom ran it. -Theo
The one I liked was the reading one. We had to find words to add to a chart. I added 4 words. -Adria
I liked the snack because when there were 100 pieces of food we got to eat them. We put them in cups. I finished it at the different stations. -Jack
I liked the art station. I liked it because I made my dog, Scarlet. -Charlotte
I liked the snack station because there were Smarties and chocolate chips. We counted to 100. -Ava
I liked building with popsicle sticks and clothespins. I made a tower. It held 100 pennies. -Marshall
I liked counting 100 snacks. Marshmallows and butterscotch chips were my favourite. -Andrew

The snack station is always a hit! We will be looking more closely at the multiple intelligences to identify what kind of smart we are. We all bring so many interests and talents to our classroom.

A big thank you goes out to the volunteers who helped at the stations. Thanks also to Ms. Wasney for allowing some grade 5 students to be part of our morning. The leadership and encouragement offered to our little ones was greatly appreciated. You all made it 100 times better.
- Mrs. T :)

Design Process in Action

We have been learning about objects and materials in science. For our design project, students were given the challenge of creating a card holder for Valentine's Day. We saw some examples, talked about criteria and appropriate materials, and began to plan our holders. All drawings were labeled and materials were collected before the building could take place. It was a hub of excitement with so many ideas being shared and explored. Students were involved in lots of problem solving as some original ideas didn't work out quite like they expected. It was wonderful to hear compliments being given as students shared their learning.

Here are our thoughts:
I learned to connect easy pieces to hard pieces by using glue. -Chase
I put paper over it and I used tape. -Arianna
I learned how to trace my box to cover it with paper. -Tyson
I liked stapling all by myself for the first time. I stapled paper. -Lily
It was hard to cut open the big hole to put my cards in. -Bianca
I learned how to cut out a heart and to use the stapler. -Brooke
I used glue on my paper. -Dominic
I never used folded paper before to make hearts. It worked very good. -Adria
It was harder than I thought to close the ends of the box. I used glue, but it was too runny. I will use more tape. -Theo
I never tried using staples ever. Staples are really good for holding paper together. -Jack
It was hard to get the glue stick on the box. Instead I used white glue. -Charlotte
I learned how to stick paper to cardboard. I used white glue. It really stuck. -Ava
It was  hard to cut the paper to fit my box. I used white glue and not a glue stick. -Ben
It was easy to make the small hearts out of paper. I folded it and made a heart. -Marshall
I learned that you can cut holes in the middle of boxes without cutting the top off. The cards will go in the hole. -Andrew
I made a heart out of paper. I stapled my heart and I tested it with dominoes. -Desi

What amazing work grade 1s! We can't wait for our card holders to be used on Valentine's Day.

-Mrs, T :)

Gluing station

Testing station

Can it hold 20 cards and 10 dominoes?

Tournament of Books

For I Love to Read Month our school is having a Tournament of Books. We have read two books so far. One was called Edie's Ensembles by Ashley Spires (She is the author of Small Saul which every Grade One student in Canada received as this year's TD Grade One Book Giveaway) and the other one was Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine Baldacchino. We were fortunate to have Mrs. Small, our school secretary, come to our room to read them to us. On Thursday we voted for our favourite book out of the two. It was a close vote, but Edie's Ensembles won in our room. All class votes will be tabulated and the winning book for this week will advance in the tournament to go against a new book that we will read next week. This is such a great way to have the whole school talking about these books. I wonder which one will be the winner? Stay tuned!

Mrs. Small had on a lovely ensemble

Edie's Ensembles

Don't you love Mrs. Small's tangerine top?

Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress

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