Time to Fly! by Alexis The days are definately getting colder, but it was nice to see most students are dressing much warmer!  We started off the day a bit late because of the new breakfast program sponsored by Big Brothers Big Sisters!  The kids in this class are making good use of the program too!  We are all very excited about it.  We started off the day with a sharing circle.  We practiced being good listeners and making eye contact and asking each other the question of the day "what is your favorite food?".  Our spelling word was "electrician" and our introduction was for the story "How to become an electrician".  In math we did a quiz for writing numbers.  We used our hundreds chart to add by ones and tens.  We did an addition sheet and some students got an introduction to nickels and pennies.  We will be counting money next with pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.  After recess we had language arts with Mrs. Hill.  We played the contraction game.  I do not remember what a contraction is, do you?  We also did a round of the daily five.  After lunch we had guidance with Ms. MacKenzie.  She had some very relaxing music with her!  What did she do with you?  In PE with Mrs. Hache we played a witch game.  Do you think she gets powers at Halloween?  I bet she doesnt!  We finished off the day with a much needed desk clean, our book of gratitude, we got the agenda's signed and packed and called it a day!  Hot lunch tomorrow!  Dress warm and get lots of sleep for a busy day. 

Hanging Out by Jaxon Fridays always go so fast!  We started out the day with our sharing circle.  We took turns being good listeners, placing our eyes on the speaker and not making any movements or noise.  Each person took a turn asking the next person "what are you doing this weekend?".  What was your answer.  Then we took turns placing a block on a tower to see how high we could make it before it fell.  Before we started I told everyone two things were certain, the tower would eventually fall, and life will continue on after it does.  I was right about both today!  Next we did our spelling word "information".  What is special about the ending syllable of this word?  We wrote an introduction for "How to Find Information" and doodled a candy.  In language arts with Mrs. Hill we played sight word bingo and did a round of the daily five.  After recess we had Make Something That Does Something.  Today we worked in teams to make coffe cup flash lights with the little bits.  Did your flash light work?  What kind of button did your team use?  After lunch we had art.  We drew a scarecrow (with some help from a video on youtube) in a pumpkin patch with some crows.  We also put our first layer of color down with crayons they look great!  Then we went to PE with Mrs. Hache and played soccer!  I couldnt believe how tired everyone looked after gym!  Instead of a book of gratitude today we decided to put some more work into our scare crows, while I signed the agenda's.  We tried one more time for the tower game, and then got ready to go home.  I was glad to see most of the students were wearing hats and mitts today as it is really starting to get cold outside.  Have a great weekend, stay safe, stay warm, get lots of rest, and I will see you on Monday!

I cant believe the week is over half finished already!  Our day started out the day with a class meeting.  We all gave one piece of news, and expressed how we were feeling.  We could only come up with one other word to describe hungry.  Can you think of any others?  Our spelling word today was "invitation" and our introduction was for "How to make a birthday invitation".  Most of the class is writing the title and three sentences in under three minutes.   We then went to language arts with Mrs. Hill.  Today we discussed when the letter "Cc"  makes a soft sound and when it makes a hard sound.  We also worked on our daily five.  After recess we had math.  In math we worked with base ten blocks and with place value charts to represent numbers in different ways.  After lunch we went to the computer lab and practiced creating a folder and saving images to that folder.  In PE today we played soccer with Mrs. Gallant who was in for Mrs. Hache.  We finished off the day with our book of gratitude, and getting our agenda's signed.  Check out the image gallery below with work from our books.  A memo went home today about Tommies basketball.  Get lots of sleep and I will see you in the morning!   

School Picture Day by Tyler Today was our first day back after a long break for the students.  We started off today with a quick class meeting.  We practiced taking turns talking and sharing one sentence about our weekend.  Then we went straight to work.  We reviewed our school rules, our class rules, and we did our spelling word of the day "discovery".  Most people used a "c" instead of a "k" when they heard the "KA" sound in the "cov" syllable.  I was really excited today with how many people finished all three sentences for their introduction for a story about "How to make a famous discovery".  We doodled a butterfly and had math.  In math today we talked about adding digits and numbers.  Which one of the two has value?  Does a phone number have value?  We looked at place value charts and how to draw our base ten blocks to represent numbers.  We also did a quick practice quiz on listening to numbers.   Why do we not use the word "and" when we say numbers, like "three hundred and forty seven"?  After recess we had language arts with Mrs. Hill.  How is your stamina coming along in the daily five?  We also did a five finger re-tell of our weekend. Do you know what the five fingers and your palm are supposed to remind you to write?  After lunch we went outside to take a school picture infront of the building.  Then we came in and did some mindful breathing with Mrs. Mckenzie before gym class with Mrs. Hache.  I saw lots of colored jersey's, hockey nets, and soccer balls.  What did you do?  After gym we finished off the day by talking about Remembrance day, doing our book of gratitude, getting our agenda's signed, packing up and going home.  Tomorrow is hot lunch, bring your money if you want hamburgers. Get lots of sleep and I will see you tomorrow!