Happy Fall Everybody!

Fall is officially here! I am sure you can tell by all the rain we have had the last week. Despite the gloomy weather, we have been having a ton of fun celebrating the change in season. Just last week, we partnered up with Mr. Mallinson's class, signed out our school iPADs and spent some time outdoors photographing some of the changes of the seasons.

 

We also completed some colourful artwork to display on our classroom walls.

 

 

This week , we changed our focus towards "APPLES". We created a diagram of an apple and labelled the parts. Next, we made some 3D apples showing the life cycle of an apple tree (these are currently hanging in our classroom). Lastly, we learned and sang some fun songs about apples. however, we are not finished our study just yet. Next week, we will be completing our study of apples with a fun "Apple Investigation Day"!

 

 

 

 

One of our favourite stories this week has been "Ten Apples Up On Top" by Theo LeSieg also known as Dr. Seuss.

 

 

We also found this cute song based on the story and have been listening and singing it throughout the day.

 

 

In the area of Math, the Kindergartens and Grade Ones we have been improving their patterning skills as well as their number recognition skills. The Grade Ones will be moving onto addition and subtraction next week, which I am sure they will find fun and challenging.

 

 

 

 

Don't forget! - The Grade Ones will have their first spelling quiz tomorrow and I am sure each and every one of them will do extremely well.

 

See you all tomorrow!

-Mrs. Singh

 

 

 

 

Wecome Back To School

Welcome back everybody! What a busy and exciting week! There were many new faces in our classroom and a few familiar ones from last year! I couldn't ask for a sweeter bunch of kindergarten and grade one students.

This month will be all about building our classroom community. We have been learning our classroom rules and routines and are well on our way to becoming successful Kindergarten and Grade One students. Way to go everyone!

I was able to snap a few quick classroom photos after school and I thought I would share. There will definitely be more photos to come as the year progresses.

 

 

 

I hope everyone has a chance to check out our classroom blog to help keep up with everything going on in our classroom!

 

See you on Monday!

The Potato Cafe

Mr. Mallinson's class planted some seed potatoes way back in March. Our class was lucky enough to observe the life cycle of their potatoes over the last four months. Yesterday, the potatoes were harvested and you wouldn't believe how many potatoes they dug out of the ground.

 

Today, a few students from Mrs. Singh's class helped out Mr. Mallinson's class by cleaning the potatoes and boiling them in the school's kitchen. After recess, we transformed the library into "The Potato Café" and enjoyed all our hard work and effort.

 

Prior to opening our café, we discussed table manners and etiquette and came up with the following expectations.

 

 

We also worked on some creative "potato" stories, while we waited patiently for the potatoes to cook.

 

 

After the potatoes were prepared and cooked, we walked into the library to find it looking like this...

 

 

We waited patiently for our table numbers to be called to taste the fresh and delicious potatoes that we had grown.

 

 

Mr. Mallinson and Mrs. Singh served the potatoes with all the fixins.

 

 

 

Mmmmmmm, yum!

 

 

 

 

The verdict is in....

 

 

Thumbs Up! The potatoes tasted awesome!

Don't worry! This little classroom blog is still up and running. Things just seem to be flying by and our schedule has been jammed packed with so many end of the year events and celebrations. So I'll let the photos do most of the talking.

 

The weather has definitely improved, so we have been taking advantage of the warmer afternoons with some outdoor quiet and buddy reading opportunities.

 

 

Way back in May, our school celebrated our version of Rodeo Days which coincided with our local Coverdale Rodeo.

Some of our school rodeo events included the Rootbeer Chug,

and the Marshmellow Stuff.

 



 

While all these fun events were going on, some of us managed to relax in our western gear.

 

Other events included Clown Face Painting

 

and the Bubble Gum Blowing Contest.

 



Western Relays,

and finally, our favourite, the Chuckwagon Race!

 



 

One of our recent Math units focused on statistics and probability. We constructed and interpreted concrete graphs and pictographs to solve problems.

 

Here are some silly photos from one of our activities called:

 

I "Mustache" You A Questions

 

 

 Our most recent Math study focused on measurement. Here we are completing a measurement activity which included measuring our head, hands, legs and feet with our favourite unit of measurement.

 

 

That's a quick look at just a few of the things we have done over the last month. Unfortunately, I was unable to take any photos of our school's Sports Day. I would love it if someone would be willing to share their photos and post them on our blog.

 

Don't forget that tomorrow is our Parent and Volunteer Appreciation Tea.

We hope to see all of you there to say "Thank You" and show our appreciation for all your help and hard work this year.