The Terry Fox Run!

We did the Terry Fox run.  We ran around Emerson Lake.  We felt good and we were tired when we were running.  There were a lot of runners.  Some parents joined us. It was hot and we were sweaty.  All the people were running for Terry Fox.  We watched a video and a song today about Terry Fox.  Ask me why Terry Fox is a hero!

Wear your Bronco shirt

Tomorrow is the Terry Fox run.  We should wear our Joe Clark t-shirt.  We could bring Toonies for Terry.

Thanks to Ethan's mom for bring cupcakes for the class.  Yum, yum!

Homework!

Today we got sight words.  We have to sound out our words every day.  We could cut them up and play games with them! We could put them on the fridge.  We have to sound out words.  When we know them really well, we return them and our teacher will give us new ones. 

A great day!

 

Our morning started outside!  We saw lots of  hot air balloons practicing in the field above our heads!  They are racing in High River tomorrow.  They are going to glow tomorrow night!  Could we go see them?  Our favourite balloons were the elephant, the rainbow one, the face ones and all of them!

After that excitement, we came back to class.  We did literacy block.  We take turns doing 4 rotations.  They are fun!  We Listen to Reading, we do writing, Word Work and we Read to Self.

Today we practiced the Terry Fox run.  We ran around Sunshine Lake!  Our school run is September 30.  We can bring Toonies for Terry!

 

REMEMBER there is no school for students tomorrow! 

September 23

The Bake Sale made $520!!!!! Wow, we are great helpers. 

Today we had 3 recesses. We went outside for gym! We learned how to use chalk pastels to colour our sunflowers. You need to rub the colours when you colour it. They are very messy. Our hands were super dirty.

Notes came home today about Milk/Hot Lunch program.  We need to order on-line.  We also got a note about the Terry Fox run on September 30 at 1:30.  Come join us!  Could I bring a Toonie for Terry?

Bake Sale

Tomorrow is the Bake Sale.  Suzy in Gr. 2 is raising money for her friend who is very sick.  I can bring .25 - $2.00 for a treat at lunch time.

ALSO, our picture day is Monday, October 5!

We tricked our principal!

 

       

We had so much fun when we asked Mrs. Q-W to come and read The Book with No Pictures.  It is a book with no pictures but it has funny words like BooBooBut.  It is preposterous!  We laughed and laughed!

There is a bake sale on Tuesday.  Items are .25 - $2.00.  We are supporting Gr. 2 Suzy's neighbour who has a brain tumour.  Buy a rice krispie treat!

Meet the Teacher BBQ

Tonight is the Meet the Teacher BBQ! My job is to remember to tell mom and dad that the BBQ is at 6:00! I have to introduce my mom and dad to my teacher EVEN if she has met you before. We get to play outside and eat hot dogs and hamburgers. We can bring a blanket or lawn chairs to sit on. See you tonight.

Dot Day

Today we painted dots. We coloured dots on the iPad.   We played on the iPads for dot day.  We stacked chairs. We painted dots.  We had some rocket candies as dots.  We had to count them.  We had 15 rockets in each package.  Then we ate them.  We played on the Apollo and we played on the playground.

Book Order

Our first book order of the year went home today.  If you are interested in ordering books, please make cheque out to Scholastic Canada and send to school by September 21.  Thanks!

We also had our FIRST library class of the year!  Students are allowed 2 books at a time.  We will have library every Monday.

Last but not least, tomorrow is INTERNATIONAL DOT DAY!!!  Based on the book, The Dot, by Peter Reynolds.  Students were asked to wear dots and we will be doing many fun dot activities!

Have a great night!

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE HAVE A PEANUT SENSITIVITY IN THE CLASS.  PLEASE DO NOT SEND ANY PEANUT PRODUCTS TO SCHOOL.  

Magazine Orders and Ipads!

We had an assembly today.  A girl did Minute to Win It and knocked down water bottles.  The assembly is for our magazine fundraiser.  We should try to sell some magazines to help the school.

Today we used the ipads!  We played games that are on our blog. There are math games to play and stories to listen to. 

TUESDAY is International Dot Day!  We will read the book and make some dots.  I should wear DOT clothes, if I have any!!!!

THURSDAY is the Meet the Teacher BBQ at 6:30 pm.  Come for supper and meet the teachers :)

Happy weekend everyone!  It was a GREAT week.

Egg Day

We learned to take care of an egg.  We know that if we keep an egg safe, we can keep an ipad safe.  If you crack an egg, you can crack an ipad!

Here's what we learned:

1.  Never take an ipad out of the case.
2. Put your ipad in a SAFE place (not on the edge of the table or the floor).
3.  Always carry an ipad with 2 hands.
4.  Don't take an ipad outside.
5.  Watch where you are walking with an ipad.  

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Today we listened to Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.  Ask me how many vowels are in my name!  I know.

We have more notes coming home today.  Please read them in my Take Home folder.  Two notes need to come back to school.

We love Grade 1!

We practiced Read to Self!  We had to sit on our own and read quietly.    We had an assembly. We liked going to the gym and Mrs. Quarin-Wright was teaching us playground safety so we won't fall off and hurt ourselves. There was a video about sharing, being kind and helping people.

We told Mrs. Saunderson what kind of teacher we would like.  We  hope that she brings us treats like Jitter Juice.  We looked back on summer and drew pictures about our summer fun! 

Our First Day of School

Jitter Juice!

Our day was great!  We had an assembly.  We went outside for recess and we learned where our outside shoes belong, we had snack and a lunch! We went to the gym with Ms. Mahan's grade 1 class.  

We had Jitter Juice!  It was a special drink that Mrs. Saunderson made to calm our bellies and our jitters. It even tickled our tongues.    We started to read!  It is going to be a GREAT year!

Welcome to Grade 1!

Welcome to the 2015-16 school year.  I am Mrs. Saunderson and I am so excited to meet you and begin our learning journey together!  

Thursday is the first day of classes for students.  We will meet in the gym for a short assembly before heading to classes!  

Our regular drop off/pick up door is in the back of school towards the east.  You may wait for child outside these doors.  We are building our Grade 1 independence by entering/exiting the school by ourselves!

As we will not be having regular agendas this year, we will be using this blog to document our learning journey.  Please refer to it regularly and ask your child what the blog posts are about (we will be making posts together as a class).  Feel free to comment on our posts, or even better, make sure Grandma and Grandpa know the link when they are wintering in Phoenix!