Ms. Patterson
June 21
We ended our week with a fun filled sports day, fun lunch and family picnic. Despite the rain, students had a great time trying the various sporting activities around the school and sharing lunch with family and friends. Thank you to all who came out to share in our day.
A reminder that the last day of school is Wednesday, June 26 and it is a full day. Please check your home for home reading book bags, there are still quite a few missing! Also, please check for library books as well.
June 14
What a busy week! A big thank you to the parents who came to help us with our visiting scientist and the Leighton artist. Check out the photos of the work we did. The visiting scientist set up centers where student could learn about the five senses. Check out the photos of tasting and touching! Students built wire sculpted replicas of the animal they researched with the Leighton centre artist.
A reminder that all library books should now be returned. There will be no more home reading books going home. Please return the book bags next week.
What a busy week! A big thank you to the parents who came to help us with our visiting scientist and the Leighton artist. Check out the photos of the work we did. The visiting scientist set up centers where student could learn about the five senses. Check out the photos of tasting and touching! Students built wire sculpted replicas of the animal they researched with the Leighton centre artist.
A reminder that all library books should now be returned. There will be no more home reading books going home. Please return the book bags next week.
June 10, 2019
Check out the photos of our hard work creating a final presentation of our animal research work! Students chose their final project, building dioramas, mobiles or created little research books. They certainly worked hard to create these! Their work will go home next week with a tree cookie.
We have some important dates and events coming up:
June 11 and 12: Exploring the senses with Scientists in School. We still need a volunteer!
June 13 Leighton Centre Art expert 9:30-12:00 (2 volunteers in the morning please)
June 21 Sports Day and family lunch picnic
Students had a wonderful time reading with their buddies on Friday. A reminder that ALL library books need to be returned for the year this week and there will be no more check out of books until Sept. Thank you for your support with this!
Check out the photos of our hard work creating a final presentation of our animal research work! Students chose their final project, building dioramas, mobiles or created little research books. They certainly worked hard to create these! Their work will go home next week with a tree cookie.
We have some important dates and events coming up:
June 11 and 12: Exploring the senses with Scientists in School. We still need a volunteer!
June 13 Leighton Centre Art expert 9:30-12:00 (2 volunteers in the morning please)
June 21 Sports Day and family lunch picnic
Students had a wonderful time reading with their buddies on Friday. A reminder that ALL library books need to be returned for the year this week and there will be no more check out of books until Sept. Thank you for your support with this!
May 30
Check out the photos of our 'three sisters' seeds! The healthy plants went home today! I look forward to hearing how the plants do over the summer. Hopefully everyone grows a little crop of vegetables!
Students have been hard at work researching their Alberta animal and will begin working on their final presentations next week. Look for notes coming home about any additional building supplies your child may need.
Many students from the class shared their talents in music class this week, singing, dancing and playing piano, you all were amazing!
May 24
Thank you volunteers for all you do for us all year! We hope you enjoyed the tea! A short but buys week! Tuesday started with a wonderful presentation by the City of Calgary called "Traveling Seeds." Student's examined various seeds and learned how they travel in nature to help the species survive. Ask your child to show you the actions for wind, water, hitchhikers and tummy travellers. The seeds they planted last week are sprouting, a picture update is coming soon! Student's have also begun researching an Alberta animal of their choice to learn about habitat, diet, adaptation and how they can help it survive. They finished writing their own legends and worked with a peer to perfect their oral storytelling techniques before presenting to the class. Presentations will continue on Monday. We were very privileged to have author Marty Chan share his storytelling with us! He was so captivating and student's learned so much! Check out his work here: https://martychan.com/ "I learned you need to notice things around you that others may not see and put these into words and pictures." "I learned you need to pull ideas out of your head and put them on a page. When you keep adding ideas you get more words and pictures." "I liked that he wrote about his cats." "I wonder how he made a rainbow from the black cloth." "The story about his cats was very funny." "He used actions and props when telling his stories." Up coming dates and info. Monday - May 27
May16
Students enjoyed learning about Indigenous ways of companion planting from our visiting garden expert, the Hippie Gardener. Each student was able to plant companion vegetable seeds into pots. They will observe the plants sprouting and take these home once they have become strong plants. Students have also been researching and writing about plants and animals found in the Hawkwood area as part of their study about the community. Their work will be connected to a QR code that will be placed on tree cookies... look for more information on this great project in the near future. Students have begun writing their own legends and will be orally re-telling these to their classmates next week. In math they continue to work on subtraction facts from 20. Practicing subtraction games at home would be very helpful to reinforce skills taught. A reminder there is no school Friday, May 17 and Monday, May 20. Enjoy the long weekend! Up coming dates and info.
May 16: Gardening expert presentation New word family on Monday is "ing" |
May 10
The weather co-operated so students were able to walk to our community park/ravine on Thursday, to explore native plants and animals with Ms. Walker from Full Circle Adventures. Ms. Walker shared her wisdom of native plants and animals in the area, and using magnifying glasses and "oogle- ometers", students looked for evidence of animal and insect habitats and food, and native trees and plants. It was a very exciting learning day! Here are a few comments: "I learned the ants are called Wood ants and they eat dead insects and you should not destroy their homes because they help nature." "Woodpeckers makes holes in trees because they are eating beetles and bugs that are living in the tree." "The pocket gopher lives in the hill. It covers it's hole with dirt so owls and animals won't eat them. They only come out at night." |
May 3
Students had a busy week! They continued with oral story telling, listening to Tinga Tales, Why Giraffe Has A Long Neck. They practiced re-telling the story using beads and shared this with their families. There were five different coloured beads, for setting, character, beginning, middle and end. They also worked on their persuasive writing, defending why they liked rain or snow better. The wild weather we have had of late, lent itself well to this writing piece and the students certainly had some great opinions!
Students also listened to the Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, looking at the math in the story and learning how he created his pictures. They then spent time painting water colour backgrounds, and cutting the paper to create a collage for their own animal. They then created math equations with mental math strategies... check out a few samples of their work when you come to our school MATH NIGHT May 9!!!
In science they learned about living and non-living things. A reminder that on May 9 Full Circle Adventures guest presented for grade 1 team. We will be walking to the Ravine community space at 1:15-3:15.
Dates and Reminders:
Books bags for home reading are due on Wednesday!
Design the Shift gala May 8 ( please check out the principal's blog for more info.)
May 9 Guest presenter and Community/Ravine walk
May 9 Hawkwood Math Night!! Please come and learn some great math ideas!
May 16 Guest gardener for the grade 1 team.
Students had a busy week! They continued with oral story telling, listening to Tinga Tales, Why Giraffe Has A Long Neck. They practiced re-telling the story using beads and shared this with their families. There were five different coloured beads, for setting, character, beginning, middle and end. They also worked on their persuasive writing, defending why they liked rain or snow better. The wild weather we have had of late, lent itself well to this writing piece and the students certainly had some great opinions!
Students also listened to the Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, looking at the math in the story and learning how he created his pictures. They then spent time painting water colour backgrounds, and cutting the paper to create a collage for their own animal. They then created math equations with mental math strategies... check out a few samples of their work when you come to our school MATH NIGHT May 9!!!
In science they learned about living and non-living things. A reminder that on May 9 Full Circle Adventures guest presented for grade 1 team. We will be walking to the Ravine community space at 1:15-3:15.
Dates and Reminders:
Books bags for home reading are due on Wednesday!
Design the Shift gala May 8 ( please check out the principal's blog for more info.)
May 9 Guest presenter and Community/Ravine walk
May 9 Hawkwood Math Night!! Please come and learn some great math ideas!
May 16 Guest gardener for the grade 1 team.
April 26
This was a short but busy week. Students continued their exploration of addition equivalency equations using Cuisnaire rods. Next week they will begin subtraction. They are working on oral story telling, listening to legends and folk tales and drawing and writing the setting, beginning, middle and end to re-tell the story. Ask your child to re-tell Why Elephant has a trunk? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3NMg06XV3E
Word family for next week is : Ar/Or and new spelling sight words going home Monday. This week, work with students to create sentences using their sight words and word families. Have fun!
May is shaping up to be a busy month, below are some dates to mark on your calendars.
May 2, the Lorax at 6pm in the Hawkwood school gym.
May 9 Full Circle Adventure guest presenter for the grade 1 team. Patterson's class is 1:15-3:15.
May 16 Special guest gardener working withe grade 1 team in the morning, connecting to our science study on plants and animals and living and non-living things in our community.
This was a short but busy week. Students continued their exploration of addition equivalency equations using Cuisnaire rods. Next week they will begin subtraction. They are working on oral story telling, listening to legends and folk tales and drawing and writing the setting, beginning, middle and end to re-tell the story. Ask your child to re-tell Why Elephant has a trunk? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3NMg06XV3E
Word family for next week is : Ar/Or and new spelling sight words going home Monday. This week, work with students to create sentences using their sight words and word families. Have fun!
May is shaping up to be a busy month, below are some dates to mark on your calendars.
May 2, the Lorax at 6pm in the Hawkwood school gym.
May 9 Full Circle Adventure guest presenter for the grade 1 team. Patterson's class is 1:15-3:15.
May 16 Special guest gardener working withe grade 1 team in the morning, connecting to our science study on plants and animals and living and non-living things in our community.
April 15
On Friday, student in Ms. Patterson and Ms. Heagy’s class, created a museum of artifacts. They toured through the classrooms examining the many artifacts classmates had brought to share about their identity and family history. Students learned about thick and thin questions, and had the opportunity to create and ask questions to their peers about the artifacts to gather more information. They also practiced their scientific sketching skills. Thank you, parents, for supporting you child with this project. Students were so engaged and excited sharing and learning about the artifacts. Here are some sample quotes:
“I learned it is a dress from Korea that is worn on special occasions, like holidays.”
“I learned it is a coffee grinder from my grandparents. You put the beans in the top and turn the handle and it grinds the beans into the little drawer. It is very old.”
"I liked looking at all the artifacts"
Students will continue learning about their connection to the past over the next few weeks, as we study photos of Hawkwood’s history.
Students have begun to learn the elements of fiction writing (beginning, middle and end), creating their first short story about a little pig that goes up the Calgary Tower. They continue to study word families, spelling sight words and sentence structure.
Math has focused on addition equations to 20, and working with whole and part relationships, and equivalencies using Cuisenaire rods.
New word family sent home today.
On Friday, student in Ms. Patterson and Ms. Heagy’s class, created a museum of artifacts. They toured through the classrooms examining the many artifacts classmates had brought to share about their identity and family history. Students learned about thick and thin questions, and had the opportunity to create and ask questions to their peers about the artifacts to gather more information. They also practiced their scientific sketching skills. Thank you, parents, for supporting you child with this project. Students were so engaged and excited sharing and learning about the artifacts. Here are some sample quotes:
“I learned it is a dress from Korea that is worn on special occasions, like holidays.”
“I learned it is a coffee grinder from my grandparents. You put the beans in the top and turn the handle and it grinds the beans into the little drawer. It is very old.”
"I liked looking at all the artifacts"
Students will continue learning about their connection to the past over the next few weeks, as we study photos of Hawkwood’s history.
Students have begun to learn the elements of fiction writing (beginning, middle and end), creating their first short story about a little pig that goes up the Calgary Tower. They continue to study word families, spelling sight words and sentence structure.
Math has focused on addition equations to 20, and working with whole and part relationships, and equivalencies using Cuisenaire rods.
New word family sent home today.
April 3
Thank you parents for volunteering on our field trip yesterday! We had a great time! Here are some of our thoughts:
"I liked going up the elevator."
"I liked the glass floor, it can hold 2 hippopotamuses."
"I liked learning that the Calgary tower moves when it is windy."
"I liked the movie and looking at all the buildings."
"It was fun, especially making the map."
"I liked the treasure hunt."
"I liked learning about the tower lighting up at night."
"I liked being high up."
A few reminders:
April 5- Elder Shirley Hill - walk to the ravine, and oral storytelling from the land
April 10- Fun Lunch: Booster Juice
April 19&22 - No School: Good Friday
April 25th- Volunteer Tea @ 2:30
April 29th- Fun Lunch: TBA
Litterless lunch is in full swing and the class is doing a great job reducing waste! Way to go grade ones!!
Library books returned on Mondays, home reading on Wednesday.
In Social Studies we will begin to examine the concepts and ideas from the Alberta Program of Studies, "Moving Forward with the Past: My Family, My History and My Community" We'd love to hear your stories! Drop a note in the agenda if you would like to share with the class.
Thank you parents for volunteering on our field trip yesterday! We had a great time! Here are some of our thoughts:
"I liked going up the elevator."
"I liked the glass floor, it can hold 2 hippopotamuses."
"I liked learning that the Calgary tower moves when it is windy."
"I liked the movie and looking at all the buildings."
"It was fun, especially making the map."
"I liked the treasure hunt."
"I liked learning about the tower lighting up at night."
"I liked being high up."
A few reminders:
April 5- Elder Shirley Hill - walk to the ravine, and oral storytelling from the land
April 10- Fun Lunch: Booster Juice
April 19&22 - No School: Good Friday
April 25th- Volunteer Tea @ 2:30
April 29th- Fun Lunch: TBA
Litterless lunch is in full swing and the class is doing a great job reducing waste! Way to go grade ones!!
Library books returned on Mondays, home reading on Wednesday.
In Social Studies we will begin to examine the concepts and ideas from the Alberta Program of Studies, "Moving Forward with the Past: My Family, My History and My Community" We'd love to hear your stories! Drop a note in the agenda if you would like to share with the class.
Week of March 1-5
Dear Parents,
Welcome back! We hope everyone enjoyed their Spring Break.
Tomorrow is our Field Trip to the Calgary Tower. We will be leaving promptly at 9:10, make sure you are on time (9:10am)
Please remember: Good walking shoes, layered clothing with a light jacket, water, a hearty snack and lunch.
Coming up: Friday, April 5 we will be walking to the ravine with Elder Shirley to study the native plants and animals and traditional ways of knowing seasonal changes. Please have good walking shoes for the morning.
New word family list went home today as well as sight words.
Dear Parents,
Welcome back! We hope everyone enjoyed their Spring Break.
Tomorrow is our Field Trip to the Calgary Tower. We will be leaving promptly at 9:10, make sure you are on time (9:10am)
Please remember: Good walking shoes, layered clothing with a light jacket, water, a hearty snack and lunch.
Coming up: Friday, April 5 we will be walking to the ravine with Elder Shirley to study the native plants and animals and traditional ways of knowing seasonal changes. Please have good walking shoes for the morning.
New word family list went home today as well as sight words.
Week of March 18-22
Student led conferences begin Thursday afternoon, March 21. Booking is on-line. I look forward to meeting with all the families. Thursday will be an early dismissal day and there is no school on Friday.
Did anyone catch a Leprechaun on Sunday? Students worked very hard to build creative traps in hopes of catching one. The little visitor left quite a mess in our room, and although we did no find a pot of gold, each student did find a gold coin!
This week students will put the finishing touches on their community building projects, they have been hard at work creating various structures in science and writing about their learning. They are excited to share their work with you.
In math students continue to work with part/whole relationships and linking Cuisenaire rods to mathematical equations using addition. They had fun creating their own addition equations on lucky Shamrocks and sharing these with partners.
This week there will be no word family homework, please continue to review the word families we have studies. Sight words to work on this week are: from, give, going, had, has, he, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen.
The library is closed for Book Fair. Please do not return library books this week. We will be previewing the books on Monday, and students can bring money to purchase starting Tuesday. Book Fair will also be open during conferences for buying. It is a great way to support a love of reading and literacy at our school.
Student led conferences begin Thursday afternoon, March 21. Booking is on-line. I look forward to meeting with all the families. Thursday will be an early dismissal day and there is no school on Friday.
Did anyone catch a Leprechaun on Sunday? Students worked very hard to build creative traps in hopes of catching one. The little visitor left quite a mess in our room, and although we did no find a pot of gold, each student did find a gold coin!
This week students will put the finishing touches on their community building projects, they have been hard at work creating various structures in science and writing about their learning. They are excited to share their work with you.
In math students continue to work with part/whole relationships and linking Cuisenaire rods to mathematical equations using addition. They had fun creating their own addition equations on lucky Shamrocks and sharing these with partners.
This week there will be no word family homework, please continue to review the word families we have studies. Sight words to work on this week are: from, give, going, had, has, he, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen.
The library is closed for Book Fair. Please do not return library books this week. We will be previewing the books on Monday, and students can bring money to purchase starting Tuesday. Book Fair will also be open during conferences for buying. It is a great way to support a love of reading and literacy at our school.
Welcome to March 1 and hopefully, warmer weather!
We had a short but busy week. Our math couch Mrs. Wu, shared some fun activities with Cuisenaire rods to help us understand part-whole relationships and spatial relationship in mathematics. The next step is to use rods to demonstrate (concretely and pictorially) part whole relationship in adding and subtracting, for example, 5-_____=3 or ______-2=3
Writing has focus on describing student figurine characters and the jobs these characters might like to do in the community. Students have been working on spelling sight words correctly and using their knowledge of word families to spell unfamiliar words.
They have finished constructing their houses, and participated in a Destination Imagination challenge with Mrs. Heagy’s class to design and build a piece of furniture using only clay and toothpicks in 15 minutes! It was a lot of fun. Next, they will design and build their own piece of furniture for their character.
Next week:
New word family is op/ot (pot/top)
Friday: fun spelling review of the following sight words:
the, by, for, little, look, make, have, this, that, like
Have some fun making these into sentences or spotting them in books, signs or other places in the community!
If you have not yet sent tape with your child for their building, please do so, we are running low!
Home reading is due on Wednesday!
Litterless Lunch:
On Monday we will discuss litterless lunches and hope to practice this starting the week of March 11
Students will be bringing home garbage and containers in their lunch kit. The purpose?
1. Parents will know exactly how much food is eaten (most kids are great at this!),
2. It is environmentally friendly and reduces waste,
3. It supports and encourages healthy food choices, and highlights food awareness.
4. Our school, unfortunately does not have a compost program - yet.
5. This will directly connect to our science, social studies, math and health curriculum, bringing awareness to students about what is natural (i.e.. apple), man-made (i.e. plastic); awareness about healthy eating and food choices, awareness about our personal environmental footprint on the earth.
Thank you for your support!
February 22
This week began with a fun celebration of 100 days of learning! Check out the photos of some of the activities! Creations integrated reading, writing, mathematics and art! In science students learned about structures in nature and went for a walk outside to see what they could find! Check out the unique nature structures found around our school! Keeping the theme of compassion and bully awareness, students wrote a response to the story: How to Lose All Your Friends. Here are some samples: “My favorite part was when Katie Sue took Mean Jean to play with her. They became friends and played together.” “My favorite part was when she stopped bullying and shared.” “If I would like to keep my friends I would play with them.” Next week: Word family will focus on ap and ed. Sheet will go home Monday, due Friday!! Science will focus on building structures through Destination Imagination challenges. Please ensure you child has a figurine for their community, as planning their community and writing about their character begins this week. Please make sure home reading book bags are at school every Wednesday so that students can exchange for new books to support literacy at home. Storytelling, and utilizing word families to create sentences that convey meaning and have capitals and periods, will continue to be a focus. Math will focus on geometric shapes (2D, 3D) and number operations using Cuisenaire rods. Upcoming dates and info: Compassionate February February 25 - Fun Lunch - Subway February 27 - Pink Shirt Day February 28 - Movie Night (6:00 PM) - Movie TBA Feb. 15
Wishing everyone a wonderful long weekend as there is no school on Monday! A reminder that Tuesday, Feb. 19 is also 100th DAY OF SCHOOL- please bring in 100 small items, anything! (Cheerios, buttons, beans, seeds, paperclips.. counted and labeled with student name). Students are welcome to dress up as a math superhero! Check the agenda Tuesday for some homework related to the word families we have been studying(an, at, in ug). Please return home reading books on Wednesday!! Check out the photos of students studying structures and building materials in science. They are hard at work. Please remember to send a figurine for your child to add to their community that can be kept at school until after conferences in March. Upcoming Dates: Compassionate February February 19- 100th Day of school celebration February 25 - Fun Lunch - Subway February 27 - Pink Shirt Day February 28 - Movie Night (6:00 PM) - Movie TBD February 4th
Ms. Patterson's class is collecting items to use for our Building Things unit in Science. We would appreciate if students could bring in items such as: -paper towel rolls -blocks -plastic straws -pipecleaners -string -tape -glue -styrofoam -cardboard -paperclips -egg cartons -milk cartons (plastic or wax) -cups -marshmallows -cereal boxes -tin foil -any cool & safe materials to build and explore! |
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Jan. 18
This weeks learning focused on community mapping and community helpers. Thank you to all the parents who shared an artifact about their career and those who volunteered to come in and speak to the students next week!
Students continued to learn about non-standard measurement in mathematics using paperclips, strips of paper and snowmen! Literacy focused around the book, the Word Collector and learning about syllables in words. They have been building multi-syllable words and saying/moving/clapping these out to partners.
The Leadership group at Hawkwood school is hosting Winter Wishes and Walk next Thursday in support of the Drop In Centre. Please bring in hats, mittens, scarves to donate to help keep someone who needs it warm this winter.
Next week is Career Week: We will have speakers in Tuesday Morning and Thursday.
This weeks learning focused on community mapping and community helpers. Thank you to all the parents who shared an artifact about their career and those who volunteered to come in and speak to the students next week!
Students continued to learn about non-standard measurement in mathematics using paperclips, strips of paper and snowmen! Literacy focused around the book, the Word Collector and learning about syllables in words. They have been building multi-syllable words and saying/moving/clapping these out to partners.
The Leadership group at Hawkwood school is hosting Winter Wishes and Walk next Thursday in support of the Drop In Centre. Please bring in hats, mittens, scarves to donate to help keep someone who needs it warm this winter.
Next week is Career Week: We will have speakers in Tuesday Morning and Thursday.
- Some upcoming dates to keep in mind:
- January 21 to 25 - Winter Wishes hat and mitten donation collection
- January 24 - Winter Wishes Dress Up and Walk Day
- January 28 - Fun Lunch - Edo
- January 28 Elder Shirley Hill with Grade Ones in morning
- January 29 - Science Fair in Hawksnest
- Feb. 1 No School
- Feb. 7 Literacy Night! Please Mark you calendars!!
January 14
Today students went on a community walk to checkout landmarks in and around the Hawkwood community. Ask them about some of the things they saw, such as the library and YMCA. They also learned what a map is and will be creating their own map of Hawkwood as well as tracing the route they walked and measuring it in non-standard units using paper clips. Students will also choose a favourite landmarks to draw and explain why it is important to the community. As we continue our study of community helpers, please check for the green notice going home in agendas on Tuesday, Jan. 15 that explains upcoming activities. Your support is appreciated.
We continue with our literacy activities around The Collector book, including writing a concrete poem, word meanings and patterns and journal writing. What alliteration can you create with your child? Here are some examples students created:
"Ants acting as alligators"
"Cats can ride in cups in cars."
Is there a fun shape you could create a concrete poem about? Some ideas the class thought up were: Fish, trees, and frozen ponds!
If you are in the school, check out the amazing Beakerhead creations in the library. Our class created a 'home for the future' using 3 rolls of masking tape!
Some upcoming dates to keep in mind:
Today students went on a community walk to checkout landmarks in and around the Hawkwood community. Ask them about some of the things they saw, such as the library and YMCA. They also learned what a map is and will be creating their own map of Hawkwood as well as tracing the route they walked and measuring it in non-standard units using paper clips. Students will also choose a favourite landmarks to draw and explain why it is important to the community. As we continue our study of community helpers, please check for the green notice going home in agendas on Tuesday, Jan. 15 that explains upcoming activities. Your support is appreciated.
We continue with our literacy activities around The Collector book, including writing a concrete poem, word meanings and patterns and journal writing. What alliteration can you create with your child? Here are some examples students created:
"Ants acting as alligators"
"Cats can ride in cups in cars."
Is there a fun shape you could create a concrete poem about? Some ideas the class thought up were: Fish, trees, and frozen ponds!
If you are in the school, check out the amazing Beakerhead creations in the library. Our class created a 'home for the future' using 3 rolls of masking tape!
Some upcoming dates to keep in mind:
- January 14 - Gymnastics begins in PE
- January 16 - Booster Juice & Kernels
- January 21 to 25 - Winter Wishes hat and mitten donation collection
- January 24 - Winter Wishes Dress Up Day
- January 24 - Winter Walk Day
- January 28 - Fun Lunch - Edo
- January 29 - Science Fair in Hawksnest
Happy New Year!
Jan. 8 Update: We will head out on our community walk on Monday, Jan. 14 after morning recess. Please make sure students have good walking shoes. The weather looks good for the day!
Jan.7
I hope everyone has rested and relaxed over the break. Bundle up this week as temperatures are going to drop!
The New Year brings some new faces to our classroom, as we welcome a new student as well as Mrs. Reid, an EA practicum student who will be working alongside us until April.
This week:
Please return the report card envelops and any library books or home reading books. Students will bring new home reading books on Wednesday.
Words to practice and find in home reading are: all, am, are, at, ate, be, black, brown, but, did
We will explore word patterns, word meanings, alliteration, poetry, writing and more through our literature connection to the book, The Word Collector. We hope to do a community walk near the end of the week, and students will look for words when they visit the library and along the way.
Our focus in math will be measurement, exploring ways to estimate and measure using non-standard units.
Jan. 8 Update: We will head out on our community walk on Monday, Jan. 14 after morning recess. Please make sure students have good walking shoes. The weather looks good for the day!
Jan.7
I hope everyone has rested and relaxed over the break. Bundle up this week as temperatures are going to drop!
The New Year brings some new faces to our classroom, as we welcome a new student as well as Mrs. Reid, an EA practicum student who will be working alongside us until April.
This week:
Please return the report card envelops and any library books or home reading books. Students will bring new home reading books on Wednesday.
Words to practice and find in home reading are: all, am, are, at, ate, be, black, brown, but, did
We will explore word patterns, word meanings, alliteration, poetry, writing and more through our literature connection to the book, The Word Collector. We hope to do a community walk near the end of the week, and students will look for words when they visit the library and along the way.
Our focus in math will be measurement, exploring ways to estimate and measure using non-standard units.
Dec. 21
Students explored issues of empathy and compassion through the literature study of the book, How the Grinch Stole Christmas. They connected to self through discussions on how they can help and show empathy and kindness within the school community as well as the larger community through such activities as donating to the Children’s Cottage. They searched the book for adjectives and chose 6 to write on their Grinch. They discussed the author’s message and then reflected on what Christmas is to them. They created a Grinch and wrote their message on his hat to take home. They began with an author’s quote and completed the sentence with their own thought. Here is a sample of their work:
“Maybe Christmas doesn’t come from a store maybe Christmas is a turkey dinner.”
“Maybe Christmas doesn’t come from a store, maybe Christmas is spending time with family.”
“Maybe Christmas doesn’t come from a store, maybe Christmas is reading a story together.”
“Maybe Christmas doesn’t come from a store, maybe Christmas is seeing my grandparents.”
A HUGE thank you for all the donations we received to brighten the lives of those at the Children’s Cottage. Wishing you all a safe and warm holiday.
Students explored issues of empathy and compassion through the literature study of the book, How the Grinch Stole Christmas. They connected to self through discussions on how they can help and show empathy and kindness within the school community as well as the larger community through such activities as donating to the Children’s Cottage. They searched the book for adjectives and chose 6 to write on their Grinch. They discussed the author’s message and then reflected on what Christmas is to them. They created a Grinch and wrote their message on his hat to take home. They began with an author’s quote and completed the sentence with their own thought. Here is a sample of their work:
“Maybe Christmas doesn’t come from a store maybe Christmas is a turkey dinner.”
“Maybe Christmas doesn’t come from a store, maybe Christmas is spending time with family.”
“Maybe Christmas doesn’t come from a store, maybe Christmas is reading a story together.”
“Maybe Christmas doesn’t come from a store, maybe Christmas is seeing my grandparents.”
A HUGE thank you for all the donations we received to brighten the lives of those at the Children’s Cottage. Wishing you all a safe and warm holiday.
Dec. 14
Continuing with our work around school community, students interviewed some of our school staff, such as the librarian, caretaker and secretary to learn more about their roles and responsibilities in the school. Students then created posters to show how they can help these people so that Hawkwood school continues to be a safe and caring community.
Students also began working on the Beakerhead challenge. They chose to design a house for the future. They are trying to build a futuristic house using only 3 rolls of masking tape and a little cardboard.
As the last week of school approaches, a few reminders.
Fun lunch will be Monday.
Thank you to all who have donated to the Children's Cottage, we will continue to collect donations next week. Check out their website http://childrenscottage.ab.ca/
The last day of classes is Friday, which is Sleepy Santa PJ Day with caroling in the morning for the students.
Report cards go home on Thursday.
Please return library books. Home reading books are due Wed. but students will not take them home over the break, look for them the first week back! Word work this week will focus on the holiday, have fun making new words from Santa, Sleigh, Reindeer, festival, or even Fruit Cake!
Continuing with our work around school community, students interviewed some of our school staff, such as the librarian, caretaker and secretary to learn more about their roles and responsibilities in the school. Students then created posters to show how they can help these people so that Hawkwood school continues to be a safe and caring community.
Students also began working on the Beakerhead challenge. They chose to design a house for the future. They are trying to build a futuristic house using only 3 rolls of masking tape and a little cardboard.
As the last week of school approaches, a few reminders.
Fun lunch will be Monday.
Thank you to all who have donated to the Children's Cottage, we will continue to collect donations next week. Check out their website http://childrenscottage.ab.ca/
The last day of classes is Friday, which is Sleepy Santa PJ Day with caroling in the morning for the students.
Report cards go home on Thursday.
Please return library books. Home reading books are due Wed. but students will not take them home over the break, look for them the first week back! Word work this week will focus on the holiday, have fun making new words from Santa, Sleigh, Reindeer, festival, or even Fruit Cake!
How we can help the librarian:
"Pick up books and put them in the correct bin."
"Return bookmarks to the shelf and not leave them on the floor."
"Pick up books and put them in the correct bin."
"Return bookmarks to the shelf and not leave them on the floor."
The base of our futuristic Beakerhead challenge home..an oval. Students are creating the walls, roof and small furnishings... a work in progress!!
Dec. 5
Reminder that there is no school tomorrow or Friday! Enjoy a lovely few days playing in the snow!
Check out some of the math we have been working on. This week we worked with our math coach, Ms.Wu to learn number talks and strategies for mental math. Ask students to explain the hand signs for 'thinking' and 'I have a strategy/solution'. Here is an example of one of the number talk questions: What numbers equal 5?
Reminder that there is no school tomorrow or Friday! Enjoy a lovely few days playing in the snow!
Check out some of the math we have been working on. This week we worked with our math coach, Ms.Wu to learn number talks and strategies for mental math. Ask students to explain the hand signs for 'thinking' and 'I have a strategy/solution'. Here is an example of one of the number talk questions: What numbers equal 5?
Merry Dec. 3
A reminder that this week there is no school for students on Thursday, Dec. 6 and Friday Dec. 7. Please mark this on your calendars! As well, as the weather cools, please ensure student are dressed for the weather so that they can play outside; warm mitts, hats and snow pants. An extra pair of pants tucked in the backpack is a great idea if students get wet from melting snow!
We continue with our literacy sleuthing work in home reading. Words this week are:
help, here, in, is, it, little, down, find, for, go
Challenge words: always, around, because, been, before
Of course, students can add words as well, the trick is to practice reading and writing them to build reading fluency and spelling in writing.
Monday is Deck the Halls, make sure to ask your child about the project they did with their buddies to explore the diverse cultures and traditions that families in our school community celebrate at this festive time.
A reminder that this week there is no school for students on Thursday, Dec. 6 and Friday Dec. 7. Please mark this on your calendars! As well, as the weather cools, please ensure student are dressed for the weather so that they can play outside; warm mitts, hats and snow pants. An extra pair of pants tucked in the backpack is a great idea if students get wet from melting snow!
We continue with our literacy sleuthing work in home reading. Words this week are:
help, here, in, is, it, little, down, find, for, go
Challenge words: always, around, because, been, before
Of course, students can add words as well, the trick is to practice reading and writing them to build reading fluency and spelling in writing.
Monday is Deck the Halls, make sure to ask your child about the project they did with their buddies to explore the diverse cultures and traditions that families in our school community celebrate at this festive time.
Now. 29
Thank you for attending student led conferences! Students were very excited to share their learning and their classroom with you.
We continue to work on Lively Letters and phonemic awareness in our daily reading. To further enhance reading and writing skills, every Monday students will be bringing home a list of common words to find in their home reading books. The words will be written in their agenda and students are asked to keep track each time they read one of the words. Students can tally on a white board, scrap piece of paper, or any fun way that they like to keep track of the number of times they find each word. I encourage students to have fun reading and becoming word sleuths while also honing their math skills in counting!
Another fun way to support sight vocabulary is to take the words and create a word search. Of course, this can be done by hand but here is a link to a word search generator so the whole family can have fun searching for words. Feel free to add more words than those that have been sent home!
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/WordSearchSetupForm.asp
Students brought home some words today to show you the process.
As we approach the busy time of December, a reminder that Deck the Halls is Monday, Dec. 3 and we will be creating a mural with our buddy class.
Lunch eating times have changed and is now 12:25-12:45, outdoors 12:45-1:15.
Library books are due on Monday and home reading books are due Wednesday.
Thank you for attending student led conferences! Students were very excited to share their learning and their classroom with you.
We continue to work on Lively Letters and phonemic awareness in our daily reading. To further enhance reading and writing skills, every Monday students will be bringing home a list of common words to find in their home reading books. The words will be written in their agenda and students are asked to keep track each time they read one of the words. Students can tally on a white board, scrap piece of paper, or any fun way that they like to keep track of the number of times they find each word. I encourage students to have fun reading and becoming word sleuths while also honing their math skills in counting!
Another fun way to support sight vocabulary is to take the words and create a word search. Of course, this can be done by hand but here is a link to a word search generator so the whole family can have fun searching for words. Feel free to add more words than those that have been sent home!
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/WordSearchSetupForm.asp
Students brought home some words today to show you the process.
As we approach the busy time of December, a reminder that Deck the Halls is Monday, Dec. 3 and we will be creating a mural with our buddy class.
Lunch eating times have changed and is now 12:25-12:45, outdoors 12:45-1:15.
Library books are due on Monday and home reading books are due Wednesday.
Nov. 19
- A reminder to book a conference either Thursday, Nov. 22 or Friday Nov. 23. These are student led, a chance for your child to share their learning and they are excited to show and tell you all about their work!
- Book fair is on this week, students can purchase books tomorrow, or stop in and shop during conferences.
- Due to book fair, there will be no library this week! Home reading will go home as usual on Wednesday.
Nov. 14
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Welcome to November.
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Oct. 5 . Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving weekend!
Students are bringing home their turkeys on which they have written what they are thankful for. Notice how the feathers are made by mixing water colours, reflecting their understanding of colour mixing from science. Today students enjoyed an assembly to celebrate what they were thankful for and Mr. MacDonald shared a beautiful story "The Secret of Saying Thanks” by Douglas Wood.
Check out our photos of our turkeys and our delicious stone soup.. we had a real stone in it! We ate together with Ms. Heagy's class and went outside to celebrate with games and activities!
Students are bringing home their turkeys on which they have written what they are thankful for. Notice how the feathers are made by mixing water colours, reflecting their understanding of colour mixing from science. Today students enjoyed an assembly to celebrate what they were thankful for and Mr. MacDonald shared a beautiful story "The Secret of Saying Thanks” by Douglas Wood.
Check out our photos of our turkeys and our delicious stone soup.. we had a real stone in it! We ate together with Ms. Heagy's class and went outside to celebrate with games and activities!
Welcome to Oct. 1
Welcome to October and the first snow of the season! Bundle up tomorrow so students can enjoy the excitement of playing outside!
We have a busy week ahead!
Today you received a notice about our plan to cook Stone Stoup on Thursday. Thank you for helping your child peek in the fridge and draw/colour/cutout their 'donation' choice to bring to class.
We read Stolen Words today, to reflect on orange shirt day. This week students will reflect and write about what they are thankful for. This is the theme of our assembly on Friday.
In math, students are exploring sorting rules and learning about sorting attributes utilizing the items we collected in nature.
Sept. 30
A reminder that tomorrow is orange shirt day, please check the information on the school site, http://school.cbe.ab.ca/school/hawkwood/Pages/default.aspx
A reminder that tomorrow is orange shirt day, please check the information on the school site, http://school.cbe.ab.ca/school/hawkwood/Pages/default.aspx
Sept. 27
A reminder that tomorrow is the Terry Fox run!
Also, check out some of the nature patterns we created on our walk yesterday. Can you guess our pattern?
A reminder that tomorrow is the Terry Fox run!
Also, check out some of the nature patterns we created on our walk yesterday. Can you guess our pattern?
Sept. 25. Fall has arrived! To explore the changes as well as look at patterns in nature, we will be going on a walk through the ravine tomorrow morning. We leave just after recess. Please make sure students have good walking shoes and a good jacket in case the weather changes! If you would like, a great book to read
is: we're going on a nature hunt https://www.youtube
LIBRARY DAY TOMORROW!!!! BRING YOUR BOOKS
is: we're going on a nature hunt https://www.youtube
LIBRARY DAY TOMORROW!!!! BRING YOUR BOOKS
Sept. 18
Reminder parents of meet the teacher this Thursday, 6:30-7:30. Hot dogs at 5:30! Also, just a reminder about packing a larger snack on Fridays, there is no lunch but we do have a nutrition break mid-morning where students can have a good, hearty snack!
Reminder parents of meet the teacher this Thursday, 6:30-7:30. Hot dogs at 5:30! Also, just a reminder about packing a larger snack on Fridays, there is no lunch but we do have a nutrition break mid-morning where students can have a good, hearty snack!
Welcome to an exciting school year! Please check your child's agenda each day for messages and sign and return it each day. As well, we will write a blog throughout the week to share our learning journey (Sept. 4, 2018)