Thursday, December 18, 2014

Highlights

Our first TWO performances went amazingly and all are excited for tonight.

Reminders

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We strongly encourage parents to print your own program and to bring it with you to the performance tomorrow.  Teachers will collect DVD orders in their classrooms after the performance. The price of the DVD is $20 (cash only please).

 Please read The Alex information. An alternative to a holiday gift exchange at school is to make a donation on behalf of the person to whom you would give a gift.

Last day of class is tomorrow. See you all back January fifth! Happy Holiday!

Homework

None! Yay!

Ask me about

Ms. Bain- Who came to visit us after the concert?

Ms. Diduch- Our games day.

Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014

Highlights

We practiced our celebration of learning on the stage today!  We also watched a handbell performance.

Reminders

Please wear black or dark coloured pants tomorrow.  The t-shirts for our performance have been kept at school.

Parents are invited to watch our performances tomorrow from 1-2pm and from 7-8 pm.  Doors will open at 6:30 pm for the evening show.  Children will go to their classroom when they arrive.  For more information, click on the link:  Celebration of Learning

Mrs. Diduch's class:  May bring board games tomorrow.

Homework
Have a good sleep tonight so you are ready for our performances!  (No reading or spelling homework)

Ask me about:

How did you like dancing on stage today?

Highlights

Mrs. Diduch's class:  The who, what and where of Strega Nona.

Ms. Bain's class:  We practiced our song and dance for our celebration of learning on Thursday.

Homework
Reading

Reminders
There a couple of students who have not brought either a blue, white or grey t-shirt for our celebration of learning pictures tomorrow.  Please send this with your child tomorrow if your child has not brought their t-shirt to school already.  We are asking students to wear dark coloured pants with their t-shirts.

Tomorrow we will be having our dress rehearsal on the stage!  Class pictures will also be taken.

On Thursday, parents are invited to come to our celebration of learning performances from 1-2 pm and 7-8 pm.  Students have been working very hard and are excited to perform!

Ask me about:

Science questions

What are the primary colours? (red, yellow, blue)
What are the secondary colours? (orange, green and purple)
Which 2 primary colours make orange?  (yellow and red)
Which 2 primary colours make green?  (yellow and blue)
Which 2 primary colours make purple?  (blue and red)

Monday, December 15, 2014

Highlights

We sang Christmas carols in the gym with Mrs. Goldenberg and Ms. Mann.

Reminders

•    Please read this information about ordering the Musica Poetica DVD! The order deadline is December, 19.

•    Please read The Alex information. An alternative to a holiday gift exchange at school is to make a donation on behalf of the person to whom you would give a gift.

•    Please read the School Council blog.

•    Acceptable Use Policy Electronic Networkable Devices and Network User Agreement: this blue form was sent home. Please return it to school if you have not already done so.

•    Please send a plain (i.e., without logos or graphics) t-shirt (choose either solid  white, solid grey , solid blue or solid light blue) to school by December 9. Please provide a labeled ziplock bag in which to store the t-shirt at school. This t-shirt will be used as your child's dance costume for the Celebration of Learning.

•     December 18: Grade One Celebration of Learning 

•     Last day of Classes is Dec 19, 2014 and will resume January 5, 2015

Homework

No spelling list this week. Please continue practicing those graphemes!

Practice reading the song that we will be performing at our Celebration of Learning on December 18: Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall

Home Reading: Please record your daily home reading on the Blue Reading Log. Keep this log in your purple folder. 

Read, Read, Read! (15 mins/ day)

Ask me about

Ms. Bain- Rhyming Bingo

Ms. Diduch- Ask me to retell the story of Hansel and Gretel. 

Friday, Dec. 12, 2014

Highlights
-We had an assembly about The Alex "Warm Toes Without Holes" Initiative.  Please see the link: The Alex

Homework
-Students had their spelling quiz.  Teachers will mark the tests over the weekend and return them Monday.  There will not be any formal spelling homework next week.  Please encourage your child to review the past spelling lists.

-Home reading

Reminders

Information about our celebration of learning photographs and the DVDs:
Photographs/DVDs

-Please remember to bring a white, blue or grey t-shirt (in a Ziplock bag with your child's name on it) for our celebration of learning.  We will keep these at the school, since students will need them for our  rehearsal and group pictures on Wednesday, as well as, our 3 performances on Thursday (school performance at 9:30 am, parent performance at 1 pm, parent performance at 7 pm).

-Students are asked to wear black or dark coloured pants next Wednesday and Thursday.  They will be performing on the stage in bare feet due to safety and noise issues.  

Ask me about:

Mrs. Diduch's class:  Ask me about the new books in our classroom.

Ms. Bain's class:  Ask me about our letters to Mrs. Goldenberg.

Thursday, Dec.11, 2014

Highlights

We practiced our finale song for our celebration of learning.

Homework
-Spelling quiz tomorrow

-Reading

Ask me about:
Why did we have inside recess at noon and in the afternoon?  (Answer:  It was too icy outside.)

Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014

Highlights

Ms. Bain's class:  We read "Chicken Soup with Rice and Mice" and talked about words which rhyme with "ice."

There was a substitute in Mrs. Diduch's class today.

Homework

Please practice the following spelling words 5 times:  give, live, love, nice.  Spelling quiz on this week's words on Friday.

Your reading is improving Grade 1's!  Keep practicing!

Reminders

If you haven't already done so, please send a blue, white or grey t-shirt (in a plastic bag, or Ziplock with your child's name on it) for our celebration of learning.  Students will need the t-shirts for group pictures on Wednesday, Dec. 17 and for our performances on Thursday, Dec 18.

Information about the "Warm Toes Without Holes" initiative:  The Alex

Ask me about:

What words rhyme with mice?  How many can you spell?  (nice, rice, spice, dice, price, twice, lice, slice, vice, advice)

Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014

Highlights

Students from Captain Nichola Goddard's band performed for our school this morning.

Ms. Bain's class: We read "Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake" and talked about what patience means.

Mrs. Diduch's class:  There were substitute teachers in for Mrs. Diduch today.

Homework

Spelling homework:  Please write each word 5 times:  use, cute, blue, have

Home reading

Reminders

Families can donate a pair of socks filled with toiletries to help support homeless youth in Calgary.  Please see the link for more information about this Panorama school initiative:    The Alex

Ask me about:

Our virtue this month is caring.  How can we, "take care of ourselves, take care of others and take care of our place?"

Monday, December 8, 2014

Highlights

Ms. Bain – Students had to mix red and yellow to match a sample colour of orange.

Mrs. Diduch’s class: Fire Drill

Reminders

Please return the blue form regarding Digital Learning.  If your child did not receive one please email your child’s teacher.

Please send a plain (i.e., without logos or graphics) t-shirt (choose either solid grey, solid white, or solid light blue) to school by December 9. Please provide a labeled ziplock bag in which to store the t-shirt at school. This t-shirt will be used as your child's dance costume for the Celebration of Learning.

·      Our Celebration of Learning Presentation is the evening of December 18, 2014.

·      https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/e610d71a-e48b-49b2-bbf9-bead4bb0f549

Last day of Classes is Dec 19, 2014 and will resume January 5, 2015

Homework

Spelling List #6

Practice reading the song that we will be performing at our Celebration of Learning on December 18: Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall

Home Reading: Please record your daily home reading on the Blue Reading Log. Keep this log in your purple folder. 

Read, Read, Read! (15 mins/ day)

Ask me about

Ms. Bain- What is 2 less than 4?

Ms. Diduch- How I can use first, then, next and finally in my writing?

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Highlights

Sub in Ms. Bains Class today.

Mrs. Diduch’s class: We have new center rotation sticker cards.

Reminders

Scholastic orders are due tomorrow for Ms. Bain’s Class.

·      Our Celebration of Learning Presentation is the evening of December 18, 2014.

·      https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/e610d71a-e48b-49b2-bbf9-bead4bb0f549

·      Please send a plain (i.e., without logos or graphics) t-shirt (choose either solid grey, solid white, or solid light blue) to school by December 9. Please provide a labeled ziplock bag in which to store the t-shirt at school. This t-shirt will be used as your child's dance costume for the Celebration of Learning.

·      Friday, November 21 is a non-instuctional day.

·      December 4 (evening) & December 5 (all day): Parent/Teacher conferences.

Homework

Spelling Quiz tomorrow.

Practice reading the song that we will be performing at our Celebration of Learning on December 18: Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall

Home Reading: Please record your daily home reading on the Blue Reading Log. Keep this log in your purple folder. 

Read, Read, Read! (15 mins/ day)

Ask me about

What words rhyme with ride?  How many of these words can you spell?