Terry Fox Run

Today, we ran around Emerson Lake for Terry Fox. Terry had a prosthetic leg because he had cancer in his leg.  He tried to run across Canada. He dipped his leg in the Atlantic Ocean and wanted to finish the race by dipping his leg in the other ocean. He had to stop running and go to the hospital because he had big spots on his lungs.  He couldn't breathe anymore.  We remember Terry by running the Marathon of Hope every year.  Terry Fox tried to run across Canada to raise money for the scientists and doctors because he hoped kids would never get cancer.

Telus Sparks

We went to the science center today. We loved the indoor play area.  We drank out of a TOILET!!!! We learned about taste, smell, hearing, sight and touch.  We even played outside at the playground. We had two snack times.  We went down a dark slide. There was a water table that we played on.  The science center was so much fun!

Applesauce!

The finished product!

Yum, yum!

We made applesauce today. We had to cut the apples and we put them in the crockpot. We had to mash the apples and it cooked all day. We added sugar and cinnamon. We could smell it and it smelled good. Then we tasted it. It tasted delicious. We are bringing home the recipe.

Alphabet Search

Today we read a book about the alphabet. We found letters in our snacks and we found letters in magazines. We are making a huge chart with all the letters. We were proactive and know that we are in charge of our choices.  We read a book about our senses and wrote about one of our senses.

Our class mission statement!

We promise that we will be kind in 1S. We do the right thing even if no one is watching - that means we are being good. We will be quiet on the carpet. We will be safe by keeping our hands to ourselves and not hurt people.  We are nice!

Zero the Hero

Today is Zero the Hero day because we have had 10 days of school! Zero the Hero appears when we count by 10s. It makes numbers bigger and it saves the little numbers. We moved the red squares to a 10 stick. We counted by 10s. We got a treat that was shaped like a zero!  

We did another GoNoodle. We went to the learning commons to do Raz-Kids and then we got library books. 

International Dot Day

Quiver is a COOL app!

We taught Ms Mahan's class, too!

We read a story about a little girl who didn't think she was an artist and then we learned that she could do anything. We made our own dots to 'make our mark'. After, we used a really cool app that made the dot come alive. We even went over and taught Ms Mahan's class how to use it! I brought the paper home to teach you how to use it! 

iPads!!!!

Today we got to use the ipads! We used an app that made pictures and coloured and an app called Subitize Tree. We had to remember our rules when we used the ipad. We went to gym with Mrs. Little. We went outside for recess and it didn't rain but it was cold. Some people were catching grasshoppers outside! We had a fun time!
We did Read to SElf today AND we read for 5 minutes!!!!! It was great:)

An egg test!

Look what we learned today!

We learned not to put it on the floor because someone could step on it or kick it! Never hold an ipad with 1 hand because it could fall out of your hands and break. You should hold them with 2 hands. Don't take it outside unless the teacher says. Don't take it to music class because you will be distracted.  Watch where you are going or you could fall or the ipad could fall.  Do not take it out of the case because it may drop and crack. Do not leave it behind!

We are ready to keep ipads SAFE!!!!!

Today was a great day!

Monday is library day!

Today, we had a mystery bag to solve! We used our senses to solve it. It was a freezie! We went to the library for the first time in Grade 1. Monday is our library day.  We have new assignment - a Me in a Bag. We used our smelly markers to colour it. We went to gym with Mrs. Little and we did another GoNoodle.
Tomorrow is Tuesday and it will be EGG TEST DAY!!!! Ask me what that means.

One Week in Grade 1!

This week, we have drank Jitter Juice to get rid of our jitters. We played at the park a lot and sometimes even had 3 recesses! We did some writing and some pictures and even spelled some words. We got new book boxes and started to read books! We read on our own for 3 minutes! We decorated our book boxes with smelly markers. We had centers. In math, we practiced writing our numbers on white boards and we learned a game called FaceOff. And we learned about GoNoodle. It's going to be a great year!

The first day of first grade!

It was a great day! We learned about GoNoodle. It is a dance and movement break. We sorted our supplies and it took FOREVER......our teacher didn't even cry! We were great listeners! We played outside for recess. We even went to music and met the new music teacher, Mr. Hibberd. We took a first day picture and we read a book called First Day Jitters and we tasted some Jitter Juice! Most of the students loved Jitter Juice!

 An important note went home in our backpacks!