Scientists is Schools Pictures!

Apparently my blog won't let me update the word wall words and reminders, so I will just put them here:

Reminders:

Read 15 minutes

Oct. 7-Scientists in School Workshop

Thurs.Oct.10-Pizza Orders Due

Fri.Oct.11-NO SCHOOL (PD Day)

Mon.Oct.14-NO SCHOOL-Thanksgiving

Fri.Oct.18-Scholastic Reading Club Orders Due

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VIP Schedule:
Monday-Becky
Tuesday-Austin
Wednesday-Caleb
Thursday-Grady

Tomorrow I will be sending home the first Scholastic Reading Club order forms. I will send home a note explaining everything that goes along with it. If you lose your code to activate your account online (for online ordering), here is a link with the code in it:

https://orders.scholastic.com/MK69M


For Social Studies on Wednesday, we will be talking about groups that we belong to. Please send with your child (or have them wear) something that represents a group that they belong to. It could be a soccer jersey, ballet shoes, girl guide badge, etc. Thank you!


We had such a great day today! The Scientists in Schools came from Lethbridge today for a half-day workshop. We learned all about the seasons and how animals and plants change depending on the season. Students got to make bird feeders, learn about monarch butterflies, trace leaves, plant a seed, feel all different kinds of fur, see a frog, and be little scientists all morning long. What a blast!

Picture overload!

Important information first:

Coming up in October we will be starting our Pumpkin theme. Themes are really great in grade one because they help motivate students to do otherwise less enjoyable activities like writing. So, for our pumpkin unit you guessed it-please send a pumpkin with your child to school in the next couple weeks!     I will tell students it can't be bigger than what they can carry comfortably. We will be using pumpkins to estimate in math, write about in language arts, and then carve before Halloween! We will be carving on October 25

Monday, October 7 we are having Scientists in Schools come. Thank you so much to those parents who were able to volunteer!  Please arrive at 8:15 so you can learn about your duties.

There is NO SCHOOL on Friday, October 11 because of a P.D. Day for Teachers.
NO SCHOOL on Monday, October 14 for Thanksgiving. 

Fluoride forms are due on Monday, as well as Picture Order forms.

The last two days have been way too much fun! We are wrapping up our Apple theme with a bang. On Tuesday we tasted lots of apple things: apple slices, apple butter, caramel sauce on apples, apple muffins, apple cereal, apple sauce, and apple juice. We then wrote about how we feel about the things we tasted, whether they are "good apples" or "rotten apples".

After the excitement of apple tasting, we went on our "Cross Country Run". Our class did great and Maddie got 4th place for the girls and Austin got 1st place for the boys! Good job! Everyone ran their hardest and had so much fun.

And they're off!

Coming in to the last hill!

Yesterday we were lucky to have Fireman Stan come in for a visit to teach us about fire safety. He brought us some cool Fire Safety Activity Books too!

And FINALLY we got to make applesauce today! I have been asked everyday for the last 2 weeks when we are making applesauce. We turned our class into a little factory, with some students passing out apples, some cleaning up apple skins, and the rest cutting up the apples into little bits. Thank you to those of you who donated apples!!

We had some left over apples with cinnamon and sugar on them that wouldn't fit into the crockpot so we got to taste test them. Delish!