Happy Halloween!

Treats from a classmate!

The Witch's Run!

We had a great day at school!  We shared snacks with friends, watched a play by the high school students, had a school parade AND Halloween centers!  Wow - we were busy!  We loved the Scavenger Hunt and we liked carrying 'eyeballs' on a spoon.  It was fun to dress up Grade 5s like mummies with toilet paper.

Have a safe Halloween night!

Remember that Monday's morning snack should still be a 'Brain Food'.  Candy treats can be for a lunch dessert.

Food Bank

Remember to help the We School students and bring a food bank item!

1 more day until the Halloween parade!  If you need special face paint or hair, please wear it in the morning.  We will wear our costumes after lunch.  We will go trick or treating on Saturday.

Can I bring an item for the food bank?  Madame Polege and the WE school are collecting items for the food bank.

We have a new Leader of the Week.

Pumpkin Carving Day

Voter turn out was 100%!

Serious consideration!

This pumpkin measured 5 cubes high!

The results are in!!!!  We tallied and counted.  The most votes were scary eyes, triangle nose, sharp teeth mouth!

The day started with Mrs. Q-W!  We had a class vote on our pumpkin face.  We had to fill out a ballot with our favorite face.  We put our ballot in the voting box.  We then tallied our scores to find our favorite face.

We counted the seeds (there was 230 seeds), we counted the ribs (13 ribs), we measured the height (11 cubes).  Mrs. Saunderson is going to cook the seeds tonight and let us try them tomorrow.

Did you know that a pumpkin FLOATS?  It was amazing that a big pumpkin could float.

Scavenger Hunt

We had a scavenger hunt. We were learning how to read a map.  If we read the map correctly, we found a letter.  We had to go to the office, the gym, the library, a classroom!  We did not get lost!  The letters spelled the word BELONG.  We belong to our school group!

We made witch's legs for a pattern.

We have a note about Halloween activities on Friday.  Please return dental hygienist note.

Pumpkins and witch fingers!

We are learning about patterns.  Patterns repeat over and over and over.  A pattern could be a heart, square, heart, square.  Patterns could be in color.  Patterns are important.

We are learning about pumpkins.  Today we used witch's fingers to read every word.  We use a witch finger and then we won't get mixed up when looking at words.  The witch fingers are plastic!

A note about the dental hygienist and yearbook went home today.

Applesauce!

 Today, we made applesauce.  First, you need to wash the apples.  Then you peel the apples.  After, we all got to chop up apples!  We put them in pot and added cinnamon and sugar.  It cooked all day.  It smelled good.

We tried the applesauce and 12 people loved the applesauce.  4 people did not like it.  Thanks to Eloise's mom for bringing the apples.  We have the recipe in our Take Home Folder.

More bats and a new Prime Minister!

 We learned that a bat can eat 600 mosquitoes in one hour.  We cut out 600 bugs!  It took a long time.  Bats are real. They use echolocation to find bugs.  Bats are awake at night that means they are nocturnal. Bats have sharp teeth.  Some bats have their own place to hunt.  Bats live in a roost and the roost could be in a cave.

Trace told us that Justin Trudeau is our new Prime Minister.  We live in the province of Alberta.  Alberta is in the country of Canada.


PICTURE ORDERS ARE DUE MONDAY!

It's Friday!

Our school pictures came today.  We need to order them by October 26!

Remember to do your Home Reading this weekend!  I need to read for 15 minutes.

We are making Christmas cards for a fundraiser.  Mom and Dad will be able to buy them.  Mrs. Saunderson will tell you about it at Parent-Teacher interviews.

Please sign up for Parent Teacher interviews next week!

Vampire Bats

We learned that vampire bats are real!  Vampire bats drink blood but its only animal blood.  They only drink a little bit so the animal doesn't die.  Bats can see in the dark. They used echolocation to hear where their food is. We sang a song about it.  Bats have fingers in their wings.  Vampire bats have sharp teeth, that's how they got their name.

We will have a new Leader of the Week next week.  We went out for recess.  It was cold outside today.  We had gym and we played Snake Island and Super Hero Freeze Tag. We had fun today!

PLEASE remember to sign up for parent teacher interviews next week.  Go to the front page of the school website for the link.

Home Reading!

Our Home Reading program begins today!  I need to read for 15 minutes EVERY night.  I can read with you or my dog, or my grandparents or my stuffy!  I can practice my sight words or even read on Raz-Kids! When 15 minutes is up, I write it on my sheet and you sign it.  When I have 20 days filled in, I can bring my sheet in and go into the TREASURE BOX!

Bats, bats, bats!

We are starting to learn about bats.  We read a book about a bat.  It was a fiction book.  A bat lives in a cave and we call it a roost.  They stay in their roost all day. 

This morning, we had Bronco Greeters meet us at the door!  We had fun today.  We went to the job board.  We learned that there is Milk Leaders, Friendship Buddies and Pull Tab Leaders.  Some of us applied for a job. We have a new leader of the week!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We are thankful for.......

• Thanksgiving
• the kids in the classroom
• my family
• my school
• my dog
• my cat
• the turkeys
• my cousins
• the farmer that raises the turkeys
• jumping 
• my sister and my grandparents

We can log in on the computers!

Today we used the computers.  We did Mathletics!  It was hard to type the password.  We got to make Avatars on the program.  Mrs. Saunderson says we will use that program for patterns.  We used a snake to look at patterns.  Ask me what my password is!

We also went book shopping today.  We got new books for our book box.  We also went to the library.  Let's read my new books.

Today we got a book order.  It is due on October 13.

Work Samples

We brought home our summer sunglasses, Terry Fox shoe and a math sheet that we worked on in class.  These are some of the things that we are doing in Grade 1!

Remember to practice sight words on a regular basis.  If I have mastered the word list, I should bring them in to read to Mrs. Saunderson.  If I blow her socks off, I will get some new ones!

The Learning Commons was busy for photos yesterday and today.  We will bring home new books tomorrow!  No school on Friday and Monday.  Enjoy the long weekend.

Patterns and fall

We are learning about patterns in math.  We know that patterns go over and over and over.  We can use sounds and noise for patterns.  We can use abc abc for patterns and even colors.  Sometimes patterns can be red, orange, yellow, green.

We are learning about fall in science.  In fall, we rake up leaves and we go trick or treating, Thanksgiving is in the fall and we have turkey.  Halloween is in the fall.

We got our picture taken after morning recess!

It's Friday!!!!

Just a reminder that Picture Day is on Monday.  Bring your best smile!!!

It is also library.  All of our important events are posted on the calendar tab of the blog.

Have a great weekend and stay warm!

Remind and Picture Day

Smile!  Picture Day is MONDAY!

Today, we got to use the whiteboards to count during math time.  We had math rotations.  We had to skip count by 10s.

It is Picture Day on Monday.  You need to bring your best smile.

Mrs. Saunderson is asking you to sign up for Remind so that she can text you important information. The paper is in the Take Home folder.