Farewell Bradlee!

It was difficult to smile for this picture taken especially for Bradlee, but some of us pulled it off.

Bradlee

We will miss Bradlee. He is a great classroom citizen and a good friend to all his classmates.  Good luck in Leduc, Bradlee!

BIRTHDAY GIRLS

Happy Birthday Cheyenne and Jada!

WELCOME

A warm welcome to our new classmate, Saidi Stevenson.

100th Day of School!

1700 treats to share!

1700? WOW!

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The cat that caught the canary!

Students know that it is much easier and more efficient to "group" when counting large numbers; a reason to count by 2's, 5's, and 10's. To reinforce this skill find opportunities for practical application in daily life; sharing with a sibling (count the items by two), counting pennies in the piggy bank (group and count by tens).

Wasn't that a PARTY!

Bustin' a Move!

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This Week

Of course we will be having a Valentine's Day Party on the afternoon of Tuesday, February 14th. Please be sure your child has his/her cards ready to distribute Tuesday morning.

Wednesday, February 15^th, will be our 100^th day of school together. We have been keeping track of the days, and since 100 is such a special number, we plan to celebrate with a variety of activities.

For a snack that day, we would like to do something special. I am asking each student to bring in a baggie of one kind of sweet or salty unwrapped snack to put in a party mix. (100 pieces please) Some suggestions: pretzels, ju-jubes, fun fruits, a crunchy cereal like Cheerios or Corn Pops, raisins, craisins, corn nuts, smarties, chocolate chips or anything you think would work. No peanuts or nuts of any kind please.

Art Gallery

Happy Birthday Harmony!

We learned about landscapes. Landscapes are pictures of outside and have a background, mid-ground and foreground. We made landscape pictures in the studio. The best part of the day was;

Doing Art - Sadie

The bus ride - Brock,  Brandon M., Ryan

Going up the staircase - Harmony

Seeing the Art - Emily

Going in the huge Head Sculpture - Brandon S., Noah, Jada, Dominick, Ryan, Bradlee,

Lunch - Maverick

The bumps on the back of the bus - Jacob

Making the Art - Shae, Cheyenne, Kirsten, Mylie

Thanks to Mrs. Thorsen, Mrs. McArthur and Mrs. DePagie for being Awesome Helpers!

Progress

'Children have real understanding only of that which they invent themselves, and each time that we try to teach them too quickly, we keep them from reinventing it themselves'. Piaget 

Emily and Harmony painting their creations.

Spelling

There will be no new Spelling Words the week of February 5th.

More Building

We continue to build and I enjoy observing student's developing confidence, resourcefulness and creativity. Here Gavin uses egg cartons in a novel way.  

The Project Continues

Our Custodian, Miss Betty, lends a helping hand.
We will be putting finishing touches on our Seuss Characters tomorrow afternoon between 1:00 and 3:00 and would welcome any help.