Hello families and friends,
Thank you to everyone who came out for Student Led Conferences! It was great to see you all again and share in the students' learning. Have a great Spring Break!
I had made a mistake in reading the calendar; classes resume on the Monday, April 3rd. See you all then!
Mr. Soulliere
Thursday, 23 March 2017
Wednesday, 22 March 2017
March 22nd, 2017
Hello families and friends,
Today we worked hard on getting ready for Student Led Conferences tonight and tomorrow morning. The students have lots of things that they are ready and eager to share with you. Feel free to come and spend some time before and after the time that you have booked with me to go through their work and get them to explain some of the things that we have been doing in class. There will also be a few problems and challenges for you to work on with them for our "alien math", so you can see how it works.
If you have not booked yet, it will be available on My CBE Account until 4:00 this evening.
Hope to see you all soon, and have a great Spring Break!
Mr. Soulliere
Today we worked hard on getting ready for Student Led Conferences tonight and tomorrow morning. The students have lots of things that they are ready and eager to share with you. Feel free to come and spend some time before and after the time that you have booked with me to go through their work and get them to explain some of the things that we have been doing in class. There will also be a few problems and challenges for you to work on with them for our "alien math", so you can see how it works.
If you have not booked yet, it will be available on My CBE Account until 4:00 this evening.
Hope to see you all soon, and have a great Spring Break!
Mr. Soulliere
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
March 21st, 2017
Hello families and friends,
Happy first days of spring! Yesterday, we started off today with some "spring cleaning", getting our bins and books organized and ready for tomorrow and Thursday. We have worked on some writing about our favourite parts of spring, and today did a picture prompt of a leprechaun to write about. Our words of the week for this week are "spring", "leaf", "every", "see", and "bud" for all students. We have been continuing to work on rebuilding our stamina for Read to Self and Read to Someone, and are working on getting a video of us reading onto IRIS. In math, we have been continuing to work on our "alien math", and doing word problems. We are also working on finishing up some of the projects that we have been working on for the past couple weeks to be ready for Student Led Conferences.
A reminder that Student Led Conferences are tomorrow evening and Thursday morning. There are still a lot of times available, so if you have not signed up yet please do so. This can be done through My CBE Account. Friday is a PD Day, so there is no school for students. Next week is also Spring Break, and the following Monday is a holiday. Classes will resume on Tuesday, April 4th.
Have a great afternoon, and hope to see you all in the next couple days!
Mr. Soulliere
Happy first days of spring! Yesterday, we started off today with some "spring cleaning", getting our bins and books organized and ready for tomorrow and Thursday. We have worked on some writing about our favourite parts of spring, and today did a picture prompt of a leprechaun to write about. Our words of the week for this week are "spring", "leaf", "every", "see", and "bud" for all students. We have been continuing to work on rebuilding our stamina for Read to Self and Read to Someone, and are working on getting a video of us reading onto IRIS. In math, we have been continuing to work on our "alien math", and doing word problems. We are also working on finishing up some of the projects that we have been working on for the past couple weeks to be ready for Student Led Conferences.
A reminder that Student Led Conferences are tomorrow evening and Thursday morning. There are still a lot of times available, so if you have not signed up yet please do so. This can be done through My CBE Account. Friday is a PD Day, so there is no school for students. Next week is also Spring Break, and the following Monday is a holiday. Classes will resume on Tuesday, April 4th.
Have a great afternoon, and hope to see you all in the next couple days!
Mr. Soulliere
Friday, 17 March 2017
March 17th, 2017
Hello families and friends,
Happy St. Patrick's Day! We have been continuing our catch up work, getting some art and writing finished up before next week. We also continued working on our problem solving skills in math using our "alien math". Yesterday we started working in groups again on some research on a new animal, rainbow trout. We will be working on this next week to see how we can use the research skills we learned and to compare what we learn to our leopard gecko information. Today was our last day of this round of Friday Clubs.
A reminder that next Wednesday evening and Thursday morning are Student Led Conferences. Booking for this is available through My CBE Account. Because of Student Led Conferences, next week will be a short week; the students only have school on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The following week is also Spring Break. Classes will resume on Tuesday, April 4th.
Have a great weekend,
Mr. Soulliere
Happy St. Patrick's Day! We have been continuing our catch up work, getting some art and writing finished up before next week. We also continued working on our problem solving skills in math using our "alien math". Yesterday we started working in groups again on some research on a new animal, rainbow trout. We will be working on this next week to see how we can use the research skills we learned and to compare what we learn to our leopard gecko information. Today was our last day of this round of Friday Clubs.
A reminder that next Wednesday evening and Thursday morning are Student Led Conferences. Booking for this is available through My CBE Account. Because of Student Led Conferences, next week will be a short week; the students only have school on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The following week is also Spring Break. Classes will resume on Tuesday, April 4th.
Have a great weekend,
Mr. Soulliere
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
March 15th, 2017
Hello families and friends,
This morning we watched a video on why we lose control. Then we did a written reflection on what we heard and discussed. We have been continuing to work on our problem solving skills with our "alien math". Ask your child what they have been working on. Yesterday we got the laptops and worked on adding some things into IRIS. We have also spent some time getting caught up on some of the larger work pieces that we have started lately in an effort to get those finished up before Spring Break.
Booking for Student Led Conferences is open now. They are next Wednesday, March 22nd, in the evening and Thursday, March 23rd, in the morning.
Have a wonderful Wednesday,
Mr. Soulliere
This morning we watched a video on why we lose control. Then we did a written reflection on what we heard and discussed. We have been continuing to work on our problem solving skills with our "alien math". Ask your child what they have been working on. Yesterday we got the laptops and worked on adding some things into IRIS. We have also spent some time getting caught up on some of the larger work pieces that we have started lately in an effort to get those finished up before Spring Break.
Booking for Student Led Conferences is open now. They are next Wednesday, March 22nd, in the evening and Thursday, March 23rd, in the morning.
Have a wonderful Wednesday,
Mr. Soulliere
Monday, 13 March 2017
March 13th, 2017
Hello families and friends,
Today we started off by talking about our weekends, then we did some free writing where they could write about anything they like. Then we had author's chair, where we shared what we had written about, and practiced giving feedback on the pictures that the students had drawn. After that we did our words of the week. They are "warm", "look", "put", and "sing" for grade ones, and "march", "grow", "have", and "get" for grade twos. We also watched a video about mindfulness, and then practiced it during some Read to Self to finish off our morning. In the afternoon we continued on our "alien math" with some problem solving. Ask your child about the problem they worked on. Then we had some "catch up" time to finish up our writing, word work, and pictures for the year book and our leopard gecko research.
A reminder that next Wednesday evening and Thursday afternoon are Student Led Conferences. Booking for this will be available through My CBE Account soon.
This Wednesday, March 15th, is Fun Lunch.
Have a great afternoon,
Mr. Soulliere
Today we started off by talking about our weekends, then we did some free writing where they could write about anything they like. Then we had author's chair, where we shared what we had written about, and practiced giving feedback on the pictures that the students had drawn. After that we did our words of the week. They are "warm", "look", "put", and "sing" for grade ones, and "march", "grow", "have", and "get" for grade twos. We also watched a video about mindfulness, and then practiced it during some Read to Self to finish off our morning. In the afternoon we continued on our "alien math" with some problem solving. Ask your child about the problem they worked on. Then we had some "catch up" time to finish up our writing, word work, and pictures for the year book and our leopard gecko research.
A reminder that next Wednesday evening and Thursday afternoon are Student Led Conferences. Booking for this will be available through My CBE Account soon.
This Wednesday, March 15th, is Fun Lunch.
Have a great afternoon,
Mr. Soulliere
Tuesday, 7 March 2017
March 7th, 2017
Hello families and friends,
Our words of the week for this week are "up", "upon", "into", and "away" for grade ones, and "down", "around", "together", and "here" for grade twos. Yesterday, Mrs. Tuff talked with our class about how the grade 1 and 2 students are going to get to design the back cover of this year's school yearbook. Each student will get to do a drawing, and they will all be put on display for the school to vote on. To practice for what a good drawing should look like, we read the story "Hurray for You! A Celebration of You-ness" and we each drew a picture of something that makes us who we are. Then we looked at each of the pictures and described things that made a picture good, or things that were done well, and the things that took away from a picture, or made it not as nice looking. They had some great observations. What is one thing that makes for a good picture? This is something that we will be working on in our pictures to go with our writing as well. In math, we have been continuing work on our "alien math". Ask your child about this.
This week, our lunchroom system has changed. The grade 1 and 2 students will now be eating their lunches all together in the hub for the first part of the lunch hour and then going outside for recess afterwards.
On the evening of Wednesday, March 22nd, and the afternoon of Thursday, March 23rd, will be Student Led Conferences. Booking for this will be opening up soon through My CBE Account. Friday, March 24th, is a PD Day so there is no school for students. The following week is Spring Break.
Have a great afternoon,
Mr. Soulliere
Our words of the week for this week are "up", "upon", "into", and "away" for grade ones, and "down", "around", "together", and "here" for grade twos. Yesterday, Mrs. Tuff talked with our class about how the grade 1 and 2 students are going to get to design the back cover of this year's school yearbook. Each student will get to do a drawing, and they will all be put on display for the school to vote on. To practice for what a good drawing should look like, we read the story "Hurray for You! A Celebration of You-ness" and we each drew a picture of something that makes us who we are. Then we looked at each of the pictures and described things that made a picture good, or things that were done well, and the things that took away from a picture, or made it not as nice looking. They had some great observations. What is one thing that makes for a good picture? This is something that we will be working on in our pictures to go with our writing as well. In math, we have been continuing work on our "alien math". Ask your child about this.
This week, our lunchroom system has changed. The grade 1 and 2 students will now be eating their lunches all together in the hub for the first part of the lunch hour and then going outside for recess afterwards.
On the evening of Wednesday, March 22nd, and the afternoon of Thursday, March 23rd, will be Student Led Conferences. Booking for this will be opening up soon through My CBE Account. Friday, March 24th, is a PD Day so there is no school for students. The following week is Spring Break.
Have a great afternoon,
Mr. Soulliere
Friday, 3 March 2017
March 3rd, 2017
Hello families and friends,
We had a busy week with swimming every afternoon this week. In the mornings we have been continuing to work on our reading skills with Read to Self and Read to Someone. Our words of the week for this week were "you're", "don't", "can't", and "there" for grade twos, and "just", "saw", "this", and "finish" for grade ones. We also continued working on describing our creatures, asking questions with a partner to get some extra ideas out. In math, we have continued our "alien math" work, spent some time on Mathletics, and did our choice math time.
A reminder to keep tracking your reading at home! There are a few students that haven't brought back their sheet yet to get any hockey cards. Remember, for every 100 minutes you read at home, you will earn a Calgary Flames hockey card!
Have a great weekend,
Mr. Soulliere
We had a busy week with swimming every afternoon this week. In the mornings we have been continuing to work on our reading skills with Read to Self and Read to Someone. Our words of the week for this week were "you're", "don't", "can't", and "there" for grade twos, and "just", "saw", "this", and "finish" for grade ones. We also continued working on describing our creatures, asking questions with a partner to get some extra ideas out. In math, we have continued our "alien math" work, spent some time on Mathletics, and did our choice math time.
A reminder to keep tracking your reading at home! There are a few students that haven't brought back their sheet yet to get any hockey cards. Remember, for every 100 minutes you read at home, you will earn a Calgary Flames hockey card!
Have a great weekend,
Mr. Soulliere
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