Puzzles

Today we made "skip counting" puzzles! What a blast! Tonight see if you can put together your child's puzzle! It is in the important bag with a paper clip! 

Reminders:

It seems like the Home Reading program is a success so far! I see lots of reading being done at home! That makes me

so proud! Over the next few weeks I will be reading with each student and testing them using our DRA kit (diagnostic reading assessment)! 

Mrs. Murray

Marshmellow Spaces

When we are printing in Grade 1/2, we often forget to put spaces between our words, and as Mrs. Murray calls it, it looks like alien writing. Canyoureadthiseasilyordoesitlooklikealienwritingtoyoutoo?

Haha...so for some motivation we used marshmellows as reminders to put a space! After we were done we got to eat them! Needless to say, everyone had spaces in between their words!

Marshmellow spaces sound much more fun than finger spaces!

Have a great weekend!

Don't forget Scholastic orders are due October 2nd and Picture Day is October 1st!

I can count backwards!!

Over the weekend I want you to practice with your "Caterpillar", counting backwards from 20! 

We got to meet Miss. Johnson this week and she is a student at Brock University in Teachers College! She will be learning from me and the students over the next couple months and helping out in the classroom a few days a week! From Nov 18th - Dec 20th she will be with us everyday teaching and learning from all of us! She is lovely and very excited!

Have a great weekend and don't forget to read your B.E.A.R books!

Mrs. Murray

Dinner Talk

Tonight at dinner, ask your child what in our world has a Life Cycle and what doesn't?! We learned about a humans, a chickens, and a flowers life cycle today in Science!

Pizza Forms

Happy Monday everyone!!!! I saw this picture and couldn't resist!!!!

If you did not receive a purple pizza form or blue milk form on Friday please let me know! They were handed out last minute on Friday and I just want to make sure nobody was missed!

Pizza money is due on Monday,

Sept 23! 

I hope everyone enjoyed their BEAR books this weekend! Stay tuned this week for "Snuggle Up" books that will be sent home nightly if they are returned each day! 

Mrs. Murray 

The Heart of the Matter

In Science, we've been discussing what living things need to survive! Today we talked about a few important parts inside of our body and why they are so important. I have to admit, I was so impressed with their diagrams and labels! Review tonight the function of the heart, brain, lungs and stomach! 

Mrs. Murray

Thank you, thank you :)

Nothing better than getting 3 sets of flowers to start off your day!! Thank you to my three lovely students who totally made my entire day! Seriously, I have the sweetest class ever! You all make me smile so so much!

Thanks again :) 

Mrs. Murray

Library Books

Library books are always exchanged on Day 1! Which means you have the book for a whole week! 

Our class reading program ("Snuggle Up" books) will begin very shortly!!!!

Mrs. Murray 

5,10,15,20...

I hope you had a great weekend! In the important bag you will see a 100s chart! Practice at home counting by 5's and 10's and even by 2's! What pattern do you see? Goodluck! :)

Mrs. Murray

My 5 Senses

Today we learned about our five senses!!!!! Mr. Potato Head helped us learn them and it was a blast!  At home this weekend ask your child all 5 senses, I bet you they will know them all!!!! 

Here is an online game that you can play to practice! Have fun!

http://pbskids.org/sid/isense.html

We made it through the first week! What a lovely bunch of students- I feel very lucky! 

Ps. Don't forget to bring in all of your forms in the front of the agenda!

Have a great weekend! 

Mrs. Murray

It's Okay To Be Different

Today we read It's Okay to be Different and talked about how we are all very different yet all very much the same! We all have different eyes, hair and noses but we all have feelings and we all deserve to be treated with respect! After we read the book we drew a picture of what we look like! I was super impressed and they were so proud of themselves! 

Mrs. Murray 

Jitter Juice

No matter how old you are, or whether you are the teacher or the student, everyone always gets those first day jitters!!!! So today we read a book called "First Day Jitters" and talked about what we felt nervous about today. Then we had "jitter juice"!!!!!! The kids loved it and it totally got rid of all of our jitters!!!! It was like magic - and delicious too!!

I can't wait for another day with all of you tomorrow! :)

Mrs. Murray 

Welcome!!!!

Welcome Grade 1's and 2's! We are going to have a super year together filled with learning and TONS of fun. This new website / blog is going to keep you and your family updated and informed about the fantastic things we will be learning in our classroom; and parents, this is a great tool for you to allow yourself to be involved in your student's education, keep them on track and help them learn!!

I will constantly be updating this blog with tons of exciting learning tools, activities, pictures and reminders so please make an effort to frequently visit our Grade 1/2 website!!

Happy Learning :)

Mrs. Murray