Tomorrow (Tuesday) will be our first draw for Lazer Tag passes. Students who have read 10 books in the month of April and had their parents sign off on the given paper, will be entered into a draw to win 1 free game for 2 people.
We will start May with a new form! You can fill out as many forms as you want (each one with 10 different books)
Today we chose to use a character from our book as our Star Student! Charlotte was chosen and students will be writing about her all this week. We know lots of things about her. Ask your child something about Charlotte. We have 2 chapters left to read in our book and then we will watch one of the movies.
We are starting a new way of spelling, so we will take a quick break this week and refocus on it next week. Keep working on reading and spelling words at home. I love this time of year, because I really get to see kids take off in their learning. It's such a beautiful thing.
Tomorrow is Library Day - please return your book if you haven't already.
Thank you to the 5 Students who returned their Red Home Reading Logs and Books - you have been consistent with that all year. It's not too late for the other 17 kids. You can bring it in and exchange for new books and stay consistent the rest of the school year.
Reminders:
- return Hot Lunch forms by next Wednesday, May 2nd.
- Spring Photo Day is on May 2. For every student and stuff member that has their photo taken, LifeTouch will donate $2 to our school. Let's get all dolled up and get our picture taken :) "cheese" (no purchase necessary)
- Donate books to the parent council
- Return pink form about next school year
Monday 30 April 2018
Wednesday 25 April 2018
In both blogs this week I've forgotten to put in the spelling words....I'm lost without Ms. Yu ha ha :)
I've taken a look at your child's Spelling over the last several weeks and I feel that there is a change needed. Starting on Monday, we will redo words that we have previously gotten wrong. We will do this for the Month of May and once we've redone all those words I will begin to add in new words again.
Please practice with your child daily. They receive a list of their words at the beginning of each week and are supposed to be practicing each day.
Group A - bad, dad, had, mad, sad, pad, glad, we, see, they
Group B - have, give, love, from, live, friend, much, such, old, told
Group C - lady, ladies, surprise, surprises, toys, shoes, shy, cry, cried, study, studied, story, only, finally, family
Reminders:
- return Hot Lunch forms by next Wednesday, May 2nd.
- Spring Photo Day is on May 2. For every student and stuff member that has their photo taken, LifeTouch will donate $2 to our school. Let's get all dolled up and get our picture taken :) "cheese"
- Donate books to the parent council
- Return pink form about next school year
I've taken a look at your child's Spelling over the last several weeks and I feel that there is a change needed. Starting on Monday, we will redo words that we have previously gotten wrong. We will do this for the Month of May and once we've redone all those words I will begin to add in new words again.
Please practice with your child daily. They receive a list of their words at the beginning of each week and are supposed to be practicing each day.
Group A - bad, dad, had, mad, sad, pad, glad, we, see, they
Group B - have, give, love, from, live, friend, much, such, old, told
Group C - lady, ladies, surprise, surprises, toys, shoes, shy, cry, cried, study, studied, story, only, finally, family
Reminders:
- return Hot Lunch forms by next Wednesday, May 2nd.
- Spring Photo Day is on May 2. For every student and stuff member that has their photo taken, LifeTouch will donate $2 to our school. Let's get all dolled up and get our picture taken :) "cheese"
- Donate books to the parent council
- Return pink form about next school year
Tuesday 24 April 2018
Fire Drill
Today we had a fire drill and it went less than desirable. Students were in the Music room with the Music teacher. As with our classroom the teacher is the last one out of the class to make sure everyone is out before shutting the door. Students from Room 4 did not follow safety protocol during this drill. Below are a list of issues that happened:
- ran down the hallway and out 4 different doors (3 of the doors were far away from the music room)
- only 1 student went out the correct door
- screaming and yelling
- running outside
- playing tag while names were being called
- talking and fooling around while names were being called
Students were spoken to by Mr. Wiens, the Music Teacher and practiced the route. Afterwards, I spoke with them and most were able to honestly tell me what mistakes they made. Some students still lied but then later told the truth.
Please speak with your child about the importance of fire safety and going out the closest door during a fire alarm.
- ran down the hallway and out 4 different doors (3 of the doors were far away from the music room)
- only 1 student went out the correct door
- screaming and yelling
- running outside
- playing tag while names were being called
- talking and fooling around while names were being called
Students were spoken to by Mr. Wiens, the Music Teacher and practiced the route. Afterwards, I spoke with them and most were able to honestly tell me what mistakes they made. Some students still lied but then later told the truth.
Please speak with your child about the importance of fire safety and going out the closest door during a fire alarm.
Monday 23 April 2018
We said Good-bye to Ms. Yu last Thursday. Only a few tears were shed. We have loved all of her hardwork and wish her all the best in her career as a teacher.
Your child may have worn a blue shirt home on Thursday. That was the Punctuality Award for March. If your child was not late at all in March they should've received a t-shirt. They are big enough for them to grow into over their years at school!
Today was a lovely day. We spent some of the morning reviewing expectations and the Pillars of Care. We will review all of our topics that we have done in the last 2 months and make sure we have an understanding of all our recent curriculum.
We were introduced to double-digit addition today. Ask your child about it. They should've brought home a couple sheets that we were working on. See if your child can explain it to you. We will continue to work on it over the next month.
Your child may have worn a blue shirt home on Thursday. That was the Punctuality Award for March. If your child was not late at all in March they should've received a t-shirt. They are big enough for them to grow into over their years at school!
Today was a lovely day. We spent some of the morning reviewing expectations and the Pillars of Care. We will review all of our topics that we have done in the last 2 months and make sure we have an understanding of all our recent curriculum.
We were introduced to double-digit addition today. Ask your child about it. They should've brought home a couple sheets that we were working on. See if your child can explain it to you. We will continue to work on it over the next month.
Wednesday 18 April 2018
Charlotte!
We found a spider this morning and have nicknamed her Charlotte because we are reading Charlotte's Web. It was cool to see the kids so excited, but at the end of the day Mrs. Nelson and Ms. Yu released her back into nature.
We have a Spelling Quiz tomorrow morning. Study study study!
Tomorrow afternoon we will have our Pillar of Care Assembly at 1:15pm
We will also say Good-bye to Ms. Yu tomorrow....send tissues ha ha :'-(
Today we did a fun Mystery Box activity where we had to ask questions and guess the hidden shape. Try it at home!
Only 1 more session of Coding Club for some of our Grade 2 students. Ask your child if they are in this club and if they are, ask them what they have been doing.
Students who received Perfect Punctuality for March will be receiving a Alberta Ballet Sharing Dance t-shirt tomorrow. We have put your child's name on the tag to help with lost items ;)
We have a Spelling Quiz tomorrow morning. Study study study!
Tomorrow afternoon we will have our Pillar of Care Assembly at 1:15pm
We will also say Good-bye to Ms. Yu tomorrow....send tissues ha ha :'-(
Today we did a fun Mystery Box activity where we had to ask questions and guess the hidden shape. Try it at home!
Only 1 more session of Coding Club for some of our Grade 2 students. Ask your child if they are in this club and if they are, ask them what they have been doing.
Students who received Perfect Punctuality for March will be receiving a Alberta Ballet Sharing Dance t-shirt tomorrow. We have put your child's name on the tag to help with lost items ;)
Tuesday 17 April 2018
Ms. Yu's last week! Make sure you say Goodbye!
We have been doing so many fun things!
First of all I want to let you all know that it is Ms. Yu's final week here at Beddington Heights. We wish her all the best and have had such a great time with her here.
Secondly, Thursday night is our Math Showcase. We will have a variety of activities throughout the school and in our classroom. We hope you are able to make it. Please sign up through your MyCbeAccount like you would for Parent/Teacher Conferences. There are 3 time slots to choose from.
Our Spelling Words this week
Group A - cap, gap, map, tap, clap, sap, flap, snap, like, has
Group B - her, girl, turn, hurt, first, were, card, part, start, are
Group C - awful, called, falling, mall, small, straw, drawing, strongest, longer, song, along, bough, brought, rough, tough
We made awesome 3-D Shapes with marshmallows yesterday. Some may have snuck into our mouths. You will be able to see those on Thursday night. Today we made some Shape Animals and will do some writing around those tomorrow.
We are learning to stretch our sentences. Adding in who, what, where, when and why to stretch our sentences and give more details.
First of all I want to let you all know that it is Ms. Yu's final week here at Beddington Heights. We wish her all the best and have had such a great time with her here.
Secondly, Thursday night is our Math Showcase. We will have a variety of activities throughout the school and in our classroom. We hope you are able to make it. Please sign up through your MyCbeAccount like you would for Parent/Teacher Conferences. There are 3 time slots to choose from.
Our Spelling Words this week
Group A - cap, gap, map, tap, clap, sap, flap, snap, like, has
Group B - her, girl, turn, hurt, first, were, card, part, start, are
Group C - awful, called, falling, mall, small, straw, drawing, strongest, longer, song, along, bough, brought, rough, tough
We made awesome 3-D Shapes with marshmallows yesterday. Some may have snuck into our mouths. You will be able to see those on Thursday night. Today we made some Shape Animals and will do some writing around those tomorrow.
We are learning to stretch our sentences. Adding in who, what, where, when and why to stretch our sentences and give more details.
Thursday 12 April 2018
Yesterday we had our Teacher's Pet program come in and we learned so much more about boats and buoyancy! It was so awesome! We want to still do some activities at school with out boats but students should be bringing them home next week.
Today we finished up our Rabbit Paintings. We can't wait for you to see them on our Math Showcase night next Thursday, April 19th. Make sure to go into your MyCbeAccount and sign up for a time slot. There will be lots of fun math games to play.
Spelling Quiz tomorrow - please look back on the blog to study your words. funwithnelson.blogspot.ca
We've also been working on stretching our sentences. Ask your child what that means.
Today we finished up our Rabbit Paintings. We can't wait for you to see them on our Math Showcase night next Thursday, April 19th. Make sure to go into your MyCbeAccount and sign up for a time slot. There will be lots of fun math games to play.
Spelling Quiz tomorrow - please look back on the blog to study your words. funwithnelson.blogspot.ca
We've also been working on stretching our sentences. Ask your child what that means.
Monday 9 April 2018
New Spelling Words & Fun Lunch
Fun Lunch is tomorrow! We had 16 students sign up! Please still bring a healthy recess snack!
Spelling
Group A -at words - bat, cat, hat, mat, pat, rat, sat, that, the, and
Group B - now, down, how, out, shout, about, our, house, slow, show
Group C - into, today, without, something, become, upon, myself, everybody, everyone, maybe, outside, basketball, homework, skateboard, earthquake
New permission forms coming home for those needing to bring one in still. Our field trip is this Wednesday afternoon and we still need at least 2 more volunteers.
We have a school goal that all students will hand in the library books this week. Let's make that happen. If your child didn't bring their book back today look for an email I sent or a yellow card reminder necklace! Let's get those points for Room 4!!!!
We talked about shapes today in Math and this afternoon we learned about Pysanky. Ask your child what that is. They also created their own on paper.
Reminders:
April
10 - Fun Lunch
11 - Teachers Pet Boats and Buoyancy in the afternoon - Dress as a pirate if you'd like!
13 - Scholastic Orders due
19 - Math Showcase in the evening
19 - Ms. Yu's last day with students!
Spelling
Group A -at words - bat, cat, hat, mat, pat, rat, sat, that, the, and
Group B - now, down, how, out, shout, about, our, house, slow, show
Group C - into, today, without, something, become, upon, myself, everybody, everyone, maybe, outside, basketball, homework, skateboard, earthquake
New permission forms coming home for those needing to bring one in still. Our field trip is this Wednesday afternoon and we still need at least 2 more volunteers.
We have a school goal that all students will hand in the library books this week. Let's make that happen. If your child didn't bring their book back today look for an email I sent or a yellow card reminder necklace! Let's get those points for Room 4!!!!
We talked about shapes today in Math and this afternoon we learned about Pysanky. Ask your child what that is. They also created their own on paper.
Reminders:
April
10 - Fun Lunch
11 - Teachers Pet Boats and Buoyancy in the afternoon - Dress as a pirate if you'd like!
13 - Scholastic Orders due
19 - Math Showcase in the evening
19 - Ms. Yu's last day with students!
Humboldt Strong
On Friday April 6, 2018, a tragic bus accident on a rural highway near Tisdale, Saskatchewan claimed the lives of 15 people traveling to the Humbolt Broncos junior hockey playoff game in Nipawin.
In an act of solidarity to show compassion and care for all those affected by this terrible loss, all members of our Beddington Heights School community are encouraged to wear a team jersey, t-shirt, or school shirt this Thursday April 12, 2018.
Our hearts go out to all those who have been affected by this tragedy.
Thank you for your support.
In an act of solidarity to show compassion and care for all those affected by this terrible loss, all members of our Beddington Heights School community are encouraged to wear a team jersey, t-shirt, or school shirt this Thursday April 12, 2018.
Our hearts go out to all those who have been affected by this tragedy.
Thank you for your support.
Friday 6 April 2018
Makerspace!!!
Today after PE we went into the Kindergarten room and created new tinfoil boats. This time we were given extra materials: elastic bands, wooden stir sticks and plastic straws. We used marbles instead of pennies to weigh them down in the water. Two boats were able to hold 96 marbles!!!! Yesterday we had a boat hold 96 pennies! Marbles are heavier, so we definitely learned from our experimenting yesterday! Way to go!
Please continue to send in Boats and Buoyancy Field Trip forms with the $10 payment. We still need 2 more volunteers! Please help us out next Wednesday afternoon!
We also practiced our Dance in PE today too! We just need a few more practices and it will be perfect!
We had our Spelling Quiz this morning. New Spelling words to come out on Monday, Please watch for these and practice daily with your child.
Please continue to send in Boats and Buoyancy Field Trip forms with the $10 payment. We still need 2 more volunteers! Please help us out next Wednesday afternoon!
We also practiced our Dance in PE today too! We just need a few more practices and it will be perfect!
We had our Spelling Quiz this morning. New Spelling words to come out on Monday, Please watch for these and practice daily with your child.
Thursday 5 April 2018
We had our final session with the ladies from the Alberta Ballet! We are going to learn the rest of the dance from our teachers. The Sharing Dance Day is April 19th! We are still learning how that will look for us, but we hope to be able to share this dance with you at some point this school year.
In Math we did some bunny measuring with cubes and continued some art work to go along with it.
This afternoon we learned about Boats and Buoyancy! We watched Ms. Frizzle and her class learn all about how things float and sink. Then we created our own boat with tinfoil. We put pennies inside our boats to see if they could hold some weight. Some were GREAT, while others need to figure out how to make them bette. We will do this activity again in a month or so.
Tomorrow we will have the opportunity to meet with Mr. Jackson during our Makerspace time and learn about buoyancy some more. We can't wait to see what he will teach us.
We have a Healthy Eating Challenge happening this week. We need everyone to eat a HEALTHY SNACK at our morning break to hit our Goal of 60 healthy snacks this week. I know we can do it!
Next week our goal is to have all our library books in on time. Don't be late. Send it to school Friday or Monday so you won't be late!
On April 19th, we are having a Math Showcase evening. More details to come!
In Math we did some bunny measuring with cubes and continued some art work to go along with it.
This afternoon we learned about Boats and Buoyancy! We watched Ms. Frizzle and her class learn all about how things float and sink. Then we created our own boat with tinfoil. We put pennies inside our boats to see if they could hold some weight. Some were GREAT, while others need to figure out how to make them bette. We will do this activity again in a month or so.
Tomorrow we will have the opportunity to meet with Mr. Jackson during our Makerspace time and learn about buoyancy some more. We can't wait to see what he will teach us.
We have a Healthy Eating Challenge happening this week. We need everyone to eat a HEALTHY SNACK at our morning break to hit our Goal of 60 healthy snacks this week. I know we can do it!
Next week our goal is to have all our library books in on time. Don't be late. Send it to school Friday or Monday so you won't be late!
On April 19th, we are having a Math Showcase evening. More details to come!
Wednesday 4 April 2018
Welcome Back!!!!
New Spelling Words
Group A - went, sent, ant, bend, find, mind, kind, want, school, pool
Group B - too, good, book, shook, school, when, what, took, who, soon
Group C - children, search, teacher, reached, think, together, with, where, everywhere, short, push, finish, sure, who, whole
Dance tomorrow!
We hope you had a restful week off. We got right back into our routines this morning and are right back into our work.
We continued to discuss a bit about water and what our lives would be like if we had no more water on earth. Pretty scary to think about that.
Most of us are bringing home new library books and new home reading books. Please send in home reading if it's been awhile since your child exchanged books. Many students are not consistently bringing them in and it is important that they are reading everyday.
(oops - I didn't hit publish on Tuesday!!!! I'm SO sorry ha ha)
Group A - went, sent, ant, bend, find, mind, kind, want, school, pool
Group B - too, good, book, shook, school, when, what, took, who, soon
Group C - children, search, teacher, reached, think, together, with, where, everywhere, short, push, finish, sure, who, whole
Dance tomorrow!
We hope you had a restful week off. We got right back into our routines this morning and are right back into our work.
We continued to discuss a bit about water and what our lives would be like if we had no more water on earth. Pretty scary to think about that.
Most of us are bringing home new library books and new home reading books. Please send in home reading if it's been awhile since your child exchanged books. Many students are not consistently bringing them in and it is important that they are reading everyday.
(oops - I didn't hit publish on Tuesday!!!! I'm SO sorry ha ha)
Sharing Dance
We started our morning off with Dance! Two people from the Alberta Ballet came to teach us a dance. It's so cool. We have one more session with them. Check out the dance we are learning at the link attached.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ET2QSWpvx0
Today we did a fun measurement activity where we had to measure around different parts of our body!
Then this afternoon we accidentally played a trick on Ms. Yu. We were supposed to be in the Library reading, but Mrs. Nelson took us into another class instead. Ms. Yu couldn't find us and she thought we were tricking her. It was so funny!
Then we had an Easter Egg hunt and found eggs with words inside. We can earn a reward for reading and spelling the words tomorrow.
This afternoon we started a fun painting and measurement activity. It took way longer than expected because we had to keep explaining the instructions because lots of kids weren't listening. Please talk with your child about the importance of listening to instructions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ET2QSWpvx0
Today we did a fun measurement activity where we had to measure around different parts of our body!
Then this afternoon we accidentally played a trick on Ms. Yu. We were supposed to be in the Library reading, but Mrs. Nelson took us into another class instead. Ms. Yu couldn't find us and she thought we were tricking her. It was so funny!
Then we had an Easter Egg hunt and found eggs with words inside. We can earn a reward for reading and spelling the words tomorrow.
This afternoon we started a fun painting and measurement activity. It took way longer than expected because we had to keep explaining the instructions because lots of kids weren't listening. Please talk with your child about the importance of listening to instructions.
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