Dear parents,

Today we worked on writing our paragraphs about our story settings. 

Mrs. Howard took a survey about what are Room 1's favorite colours.  She then took that data and made a graph from the results. Most people in room 1 like Blue!

We also worked on organizing our weather data into a bar graph. We took our weather tracking data and put it into a graph that showed which community had the most cold days and which community had the most warm days. Ask your child what they could determine by reading their graph.

Tomorrow the students have a quiz on their spelling words. Please help them practice tonight!

Please send food bank donations to our classroom. We are going to be making some observations about what food items we receive.

Dear parents,

We are finding the students in room 1 are extra hungry these days. Please pack your child some extra snacks. We allow for an afternoon snack time. 

Today was a blue day all day. We had an indoor lunch and recess. 

Today we wrote about our story settings. We turned our 4 senses jot notes into sentences and we learned what a paragraph is. Ask your child about how many sentences should be in a paragraph.

Today we learned more about interpreting bar graphs. We looked at a graph in social studies and we determined which community had the most snowfall in a year. 

We finished reading Owls in the Family and are now reading The Mouse and Motorcycle. 

The students in room 1 have new spelling lists this week. They went home on Monday. Please have them practice their words for a quiz on Friday. If you do not see their words in their backpack, email me and I can send you the list.

Today we learned about adjectives! Adjectives are describing word. they describe a person, place or a thing (nouns).

Maple Ridge School is accepting donations to the Food Bank. We are accepting non-perishable  food items. 

Tonight is the Indigo/ Chapters fundraiser for Maple Ridge school from 6:00-8:00.

Today we learned about what people do in Iqaluit. Things they do that we do not do is hunt seal and whale, throat singing, dog sled, and snowmobile. Some of the things they do that we also do is swimming, ride bikes, prepare meals, go to school, play in the snow, and play on the park. 

In math we used cards to make a 2 digit number. We tried to make the biggest number possible. We made the biggest number with base ten blocks.

In writing we learned how to describe our setting using the senses of hearing, seeing, touching and smelling. 

Our stuffies helped us in explore time!

Dear parents,

The students in room 1 have been working hard to follow our classroom routines. They have been practicing lining up quietly, listening at instruction time, using kind words and voices, working quietly, filling buckets and being ready to learn.

I am happy to say they have earned their pyjama day!

Students in room 1 will be allowed to wear their pyjamas and bring a small stuffy to school on Monday November 25th.

Tomorrow is early dismissal and there is no school Friday due to Parent-teacher conferences. Please book a time with Ms. Watts to discuss your child's learning.

Today in Math, we learned about place value and Naughty numbers. We also learned about stacking our numbers.

Today we build a setting for a book that we are going to be writing. Ask your child what setting they built.

In Key Jar the question was "what is the best thing about living here in Calgary?" Ask your child what they answered.

Thank you to the parent volunteers who joined us on our trip to Arts Common!

Tomorrow is our field trip to Arts Common.

The students are reminded to bring a lunch, 2 snacks and a water bottle. 

Today we did a draw for a bucket filling job. Ask your child what bucket filling job they got.

We learned what the land is like in the three communities we are studying.  We also learned about the water in those areas. We learned about a bay, creek, river and inlet. We also learned about coastlines. 

We also learned about the blend or digraph "SH". Ask your child about some words with that sound.

Dear parents,

Room 1 is looking for some supplies. If you have any of the following, and are willing to donate, please send to school with your child. Thank you!

-pom poms (small size)
-glittery pipe cleaners
-green pipe cleaners
-snowflake sequins

Glittery pipe cleaner

Today the room 1 students have a new spelling list they should work on this week. There will be a quiz on Friday.

Scholastic book orders are coming home today. If you wish to order books, please have them in by November 21st.

Also, field trip forms for Arts Common are coming home today. Please sent them back ASAP.

We had a fire drill practice today.

Today we predicted what will be the warmest city over the next 2 weeks and what will be the coldest city over the next 2 weeks. Ask your child what they predicted and why.

In writing we did peer feedback about what we are working on . Ask your child what they can't do YET!

Dear parents,

Have a wonderful Long weekend! There is no school on Monday due to Remembrance Day.

Science Journals went home today. Please review them together with your child and return them to school on Tuesday.

Thanks!

Today we learned why we wear a poppy at Remembrance Day. Mrs. Howard showed us a video and read a story about why we wear a poppy. It is so we can remember those who died in the war or served in the war. Please look at the wreath we made!

We had a practice lockdown this morning. It went very smoothly.

In writing we learned about giving peer feedback. Peer feedback is when you tell a partner what they are doing well and what they need to work on. Ask your child what they can do really well! Next we are going to see what we have to work on.

This week we have been recording the temperature in Calgary, Iqaluit, Saskatoon and Meteghan.

Iqaluit is the coldest and Meteghan has had the warmest temperatures. We are measuring in degrees Celcius.

Dear parents,

We had a chilly but wonderful day at the zoo! We learned about animals in the Candian wild and how they adapt to their environment. The students also had to compare the animal they picked from Fish Creek or Prince's Island and compare it to an animal they found at the zoo.

This Friday is the Maple Ridge School Remembrance Day assembly. Parents are welcome to join for this. Please ensure your child is dressed respectfully for this assembly as it is a serious and somber occasion.

Our Next field trip in November 19th to Arts Common. We now have enough volunteers for this trip.

Thank you to the helpers who make our field trips possible!

Please have the students practice their spelling words for Friday.

Today we made some observations of pumpkin seeds using our sense of taste. They tasted yummy, salty, crunchy and like popcorn!

Today Mrs. Howard, our student teacher started in our class! We found out that she is a veterinarian! She has 3 kids and she loves the movie Frozen! We are happy to have her in room 1.

Our field trip to the zoo is on Wednesday! It will be cold so please have your child dress warmly as we will outside most of the day.

see you tomorrow! hope you have a good sleep!