Speak tenderly to them. Let there be kindness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile, in the warmth of your greeting. Always have a cheerful smile. Don’t give only your care, but give your heart as well –Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Saturday, 29 November 2014

Week 12!
Justine was our star student this week!
 Justine would like to be a bus driver when she grows up.
We celebrated another couple of smarty pants who earned their Lexia certificates this week.
Miss Sebastianelli read us this lovely story.  

We finished our snowman art that we started last week with Miss Sebastianelli.  Each project was unique and demonstrated wonderful creativity
 The students took the opportunity to do some creative writing to accompany their art.


 We participated in a presentation put on by the John Howard Society.
We discovered how we can each be responsible citizens.
Tripp shared his seal and beaver gloves from Nunavut.   Tripp was kind enough to give me a beautiful pair of beaver mittens.  The students were fascinated with how warm the mittens were!

In science this week we worked on balancing cargo in a boat to make sure or boats didn't tip over.
Later in the week we worked on planning our boat designs.

 The we started to build our boats and test them.  Each boat had to float, carry cargo and move in the water.  






 In religion we talked about the importance of seeing and celebrating joy in the world around us.  We made joy candles and next week we'll finish our joy poster.




 Sadly, due to bus cancelations on Friday we did not get to do our Inuit presentation but we will reschedule for another day.

Wednesday is Miss Sebastianelli's last day with us and we'll be having a small celebration in the afternoon.  Please remember to send a small snack for your child to enjoy in the afternoon and a game to share if they would like.  
Winter has most definitely arrived and students must come dressed for the weather with mittens, hats, snow pants, boots and jackets.
The December calendar has been posted on our classroom page via the school website.
December 3rd is Sparkle & Shine Day for early out Wednesday.


If you have any questions or concerns please don't hesitate to contact me at lesleyh@eics.ab.ca or 780 998 7777





Friday, 21 November 2014

Week 11!

 This week we celebrated Joshua as our star student.
 Joshua shared a wonderful powerpoint of himself through the years.  Starting at his cute baby pictures through to his amazing grown up grade two self.  The students had lots of questions for Joshua!
More smarty pants got Lexia certificates this week!  Keep up the great work!

 In science we continued to explore boats and buoyancy.  We made cork boats.

We learned about keels.


We made foil boats.

 We learned about balancing cargo.

 We also made paddle boats.






 In math we wrote fishy math number sentences and stories.














 We also practiced our math facts using our Power of Ten cards.




We are still practicing what we know about numbers with our Number of the Day.


We earned our bowl this week for our Banana Split Math and we're currently working on wearing our banana.  Keep practicing those math facts at home!

In art we read a story about snowmen and made our own snowmen pictures that we'll share next week.

In language arts we finished our creative writing stories.  We were all proud of our hard work!




 We also read a story about a tiger when we reviewed our sound friend Timmy Tiger.

In health we learned about managing our emotions as we read this wonderful book.

Have a wonderful weekend!