Public Speaking Finals

Congratulations to all of the boys and girls for doing a great job tonight with your speeches! I bet your parents wouldn't want to get up on the stage and give a speech! You guys did very well.

The final standings this year are:

Kindergarten:
1st Garrett Travis
2nd Maria Simms
3rd Gabriel Cook

Grade One:
1st Jillian Jones
2nd Lance Brown
3rd Jaden Brown

Grade Two:
1st Evan Cook
2nd Zoe Ingalls
3rd Jay Zwicker

Overall Winner K-2: Garrett Travis

Grade Three:
1st Conner Huckins
2nd Fareeha Quayyum
3rd Chloe Best

Grade Four:
1st Madison McLaughlin
2nd Samantha Blake
3rd Harley Cary

Grade Five:
1st Mackenzie Guptill
2nd Jode Harvey
3rd Shayle Small

Overall Winner 3-5: Conner Huckins

Snow, Snow and More Snow!

Congratulations to all the boys and girls who were brave enough to say their speeches on the stage today. Great job! For the finals tomorrow night (Wednesday) at 6pm, we have 3 students in each grade participating:
K: Gabriel Cook, Maria Simms, Garrett Travis
1: Jaden Brown, Lance Brown, Jillian Jones
2: Evan Cook, Zoe Ingalls, Jay Zwicker

Homework for this week:
K: Read a book every day and finish homework duotang and game by Friday.
1: Read a book every day and finish homework duotang by Friday. No spelling test this week, but we are practicing the "No Excuse" words for grade one.

Wednesday is the last day for this round of reading club, so please make sure you bring back any bags, work and books.

Drama practice is Wednesday from 3-4 pm, followed by the Speech Finals at 6pm.

Have a great March Break!
(587)

What a Great Day 100!

We had a wonderful Day 100. I hope you enjoy our pictures in this photostory.


(554)

Happy Day 100!

Here is a photostory about numbers that we did as part of our Knowing Our Neighbour project with l'Ecole Etincelle on Miscou island.

Happy Day 100 on Tuesday! Thanks to everyone who sent in their projects last week. There were some really neat ideas! Everyone is welcome to come Tuesday afternoon to view the projects and to help us celebrate Day 100 with 100 balloons in the gym. Later in the week, I will try to post some pictures or a photostory of our events.

Drama on Wednesday from 3-4 pm. Please keep working on memorizing your lines.

Reading Tutor starts this week on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 2-2:50pm. Parents have already been contacted for those children participating.

We started hearing some speeches today, and will continue this week. By Friday we will be notifying those who will give their speech at the grade level trials on Monday.

Homework for this week: Read a book each night; finish homework duotang and game by Friday; Kindergarten practice tricky words (like, have, and) and sounds; Grade one practice spelling words (did, cut, twin, whale, wheel, white, whisper, what, when, whenever).

Valentine's Party!

We colored Valentine pictures and crafts.
We passed out our valentines.

We ate lots of yummy snacks! We will have some left overs at recess tomorrow.

We sorted through our valentines. What a fun afternoon!

Busy Week Ahead!

There is a lot going on this month, so here are some reminders:
*Wednesday, February 11th -Valentines Party in the afternoon for K-2 (Bring valentines for your homeroom)
*Thursday, February 12th - Bring your Day 100 Project
*Friday, February 13th - There is school! (Meetings cancelled)
*Monday, February 16th - Teachers will start to hear speeches, so have yours ready
*Tuesday, February 17th - Day 100!!!
*Monday, February 23rd - Grade Level Trials for speeches (you will be notified on the 20th if you have made it to the grade level trials - 6-8 children per grade)
*Wednesday, February 25th - Public Speaking Finals (6pm) (Only 3 children per grade)
*Friday, February 27th - Last day before March Break. Have a great week!

Homework for this week is the same as always: Read a book each night; practice tricky words and sounds if you are in kindergarten and study your spelling if you are in grade one; finish homework duotang and game by Friday.

Winter Carnival!

The students in my K/1 class had fun creating shadow portraits today, as part of our Groundhog Day exploration.

What fun this week, as every day is a dress up day for winter carnival. The children really enjoyed being in their p.j.'s today - and so did the teachers!

The special days for the rest of the week are:
Tuesday: Toque day
Wednesday: White day
Thursday: "ER" day
Friday: Show and Tell

Homework:
K: Finish homework duotang and game by Friday; read a book and words every night
1: Finish homework duotang and game by Friday; read a book and study spelling every night

Drama:
*Practice Wednesday from 3-4pm. Please bring your script.

Upcoming Events (Details in letters that went home today):

*Valentine Party on Wednesday, February 11th. (Names are on back of letter that went home today)

*Day 100 projects due.

*No school for kids on Friday, February 13th (Teacher meeting day in St. Stephen)

*Have speeches ready to be heard on February 16th.

*Day 100 on February 17th.

*Grade level trials for speeches on February 23rd.

*Public Speaking Finals on February 25th at 6pm.

*March break is the first full week of March. If you are going away longer than one week, please let us know so that we can send work if possible, and plan accordingly.