5 Little Pumpkins

We have had a lot of fun singing the song "5 Little Pumpkins". We have actions for the song, and we also made little paper puppets to help tell the story! You will find the song in the BEAR book this week, but for now, here is a video to watch and sing- along! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm1qvX1ygOo

Don't forget that on Thursday we have our Halloween Parade and Party! Please bring in a peanut-free snack that we can enjoy if you can!!

Thanks so much,

Mrs. Murray

Finished Product

Our hallway is starting to look spooky!!!! Here are the finished products from our Halloween art "In a dark dark wood"! 

We also put up our candy corn math art! We are getting a lot of great compliments on our hard work!

Please please don't forget to dress warm tomorrow for our Pumpkin Patch trip! 

Ps. Write the word PUMPKIN in your agenda for tomorrow and get a prize!!!!

Pumpkin Fun

Thank you to Clark and his family for bringing in pumpkins for everyone as well as Apple Cidar! I saw so much creativity today! Pumpkins as bats, spiders, vampires and more! We had such a great day! Thanks again Clark!!!!

Ps. Friday is our trip to the pumpkin patch! Please dress extremely

WARM!!!! 

Coins

Tonight you will see your child's Coin Quiz in their important bag! Please practice at home the names and values of the Canadian coins! 

Here are a few online games that you can check out! These games will be challenging but try them out! 


http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-2/coin-values

http://www.mathsisfun.com/money/money-master.html

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-2/which-picture-shows-more-up-to-1-dollar


Have fun!

Mrs. Murray 

Witch Finger Reading

I just love making learning fun! When we read "independently" I sometimes have my students wear witch fingers so that they remember to point to the words they are reading! The kids just love it! Thank you to Cynthia and her Mom, who brought in a glow in the dark witch finger for everyone so that they get to keep their own! That was very thoughtful! Thanks so much!! After we read, we turned out the lights and watched them glow in the dark! Way too cool!!!! 

Mrs. Murray

In a dark dark house there was a....

To start off our art project we watched a "scary" story called "In a dark wood..." This really got us in the Halloween spirit! Our lesson was on shades. The students loved watching the paint get darker and darker as we added more blue to the white! Stay tuned for the finished product! 

Art, Candy and Math all in one!!

Our Candy Corn math unit has been so much fun and very tasty! This activity was challenging but I am so proud of all of my

students, they did amazing!! I guess the candy helps!! :) 

Candy Corn Math

We added some excitement to our "place value" math lesson today! Instead of counters we used Candy Corn to get in the holiday spirit! After we were done we got to eat the candy!!!! It was delicious! 

Practice at home identifying your tens and ones! 

PRIZES UP FOR GRABS :) 

Every once in a while I am going to have a little contest to see who is checking our website on a regular basis! You are a winner if you are reading this right now! Write the word "Turkey" in your agenda and if I see it tomorrow you win a prize! Thanks for checking our blog!!

Mrs. Murray

Our Needs

Our "Living Things " Science unit is almost coming to an end! Today we looked at our needs and a deer's needs! They were the same!!!! Please review at home our needs to survive!

1. Food

2. Water

3. Oxygen

4. Shelter

5. Sun 

Smiley Sentences

Thanks to everyone who came out for Meet the Teacher night, I had a blast meeting all of your families.

At school we are really working on writing complete sentences. Each student has their Smiley Face guidelines at their desk when writing and it's also on our board to reference! When working at home you can reference the smiley face sentences as well! (See picture above)

Great job on the homework! I know it might seem hard right now but as the year goes on and we learn more and more it becomes a great routine and it becomes much easier! Few reminders: the students do not have to know how to spell the million dollar word (this week was gigantic),  they only need to know the meaning! Also, for the Thursdsy "test me on my words", you actually do the test at home. This gives you a chance to see how they are doing with their sight words as well! 

Have a great weekend! Thanks for all of the toonies for Terry! We had a blast and got lots of pictures for our scrapbooks!

Mrs. Murray

Science is FUN!

Well Grade 1's, we are well into our Science Unit on Living Things and we have learned so much about their basic needs, and how all living things are important and should be treated with care and respect. Right now we are learning how to look after our pet frog, Froggy, and the care he needs. Here is an interactive game called:Growing Plants where you will learn how to take care of a plant, and the resources from the environment it needs to stay alive. (Click on the green words Growing Plants!)

Parents: An expectation in the Grade 1 Science Curriculum under the Needs and Characteristics of Living Things Strand, is to investigate and compare the basic needs of humans and other living things, including the need for air, water, food, warmth, and space using a variety of methods and resources. This online activity is a great tool to explain the basic needs of plants. Perhaps you and your child can look after a real life plant together at home and provide your child with a real life example of how important these basic needs are for not only plants, but us too!! 

Happy Gardening :)

Mrs. Murray

You're Knockin' My Socks Off

To motivate each table group, we have a new reward system called "You're knockin' my socks off!" The sock moves throughout the day to the group who is working the quietest. The group with the sock at the end of the day gets the prize that is in the sock! It has worked like a charm!!!!

Mrs.Murray