tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62897912011-04-21T18:58:50.275-07:00This Blog will serve the purpose of an update for all of the caregivers of my students. Here I will make posts about what we have been doing in school, and items that need to be worked on.Beckie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08811163680419498978noreply@blogger.comBlogger1111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289791.post-34852613179185635352007-04-04T09:12:00.000-07:002007-04-04T09:13:23.345-07:00

Check out this video:Ocean/Weather

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Here are some videos for the Kindergartens:Breakfast Skipping BluesAnimal ABC'sPeep- Spring

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Here is a new video on Weather- This one is dealing with wind.Windy Day

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Check out these videos on Weather:Stormy WeatherInvestigating Weather

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During computers today I would like you to visit some of these math related websites:Grade 1 & 2 should pick out the addition and subtraction questionsGrade 3's should be looking at the multiplication questionsMath Mayhem Space MathMath for Kids

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We have just started to look at Weather.Here are some websites that might be helpful and fun:Weather Wiz Kids - Some weather related gamesWeb Weather for Kids - games and informationThe Weather Network- Canada's Weather NetworkA video on Lightning- Yahoo kids- information on lightningWeather Dude- a great information websiteWe will be looking at some of these websites next week.Do you remember

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We have finished our read aloud novel, Anne of Green Gables. The girls really enjoyed all of Anne's adventures. Here is a virtual tour of Green Gables.

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These are some of the websites to visit during our Blogging time:Beckie and Kevin MartinBrett's Personal BlogGrade 9's PeacockMrs. Woloshchuk's Math BlogMrs. Cassidy's Blog

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We have been talking about life in the past. We have gone all the way back to the age of the dinosaurs.These last few weeks we have talked alot about the pioneer days. The Grade 3's have just finished reading "Little House in the Big Woods" and we watched the movie of "Little House on the Prairie".We have compared living today with living in Laura Ingalls' time. Here is a website to look at

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Today in computer class we are going to look a bit at Fossils.Here are is a site to check out:Fossils for KidsGo for a virtual tour of the Tyrrell Museum in Alberta:Tyrrell Museum

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Lots of neat Dinosaur information. Go to Dinosaur playground for some games.dinosaursDionsaur online activities

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Today in computer class we will be working on "All the Right Type".Please remember to use good posture and to keep your hands on the homerow.Also we will be visiting a few fun Dinosaur games:Dinosaur Games

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Fire safety website for today's computer class.Fire Safety

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Today was a very quiet day. We were missing 2 of our classmates, so there was only 4 of us. We continued to work on our writers workshop. Everyone has published at least one story. In Math the Grade 3's worked on rounding numbers to the nearest tenth and hundreds.The Grade 2's worked on sharpening up their addition facts.We started our Health unit on Fire Safety.

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Sorry parents. It has been almost a month since I have updated our class blog. We have been very busy. Halloween has come and gone, as has Remembrance Day. Thank you to all those parents who attended that Remembrance Day ceremony. Our class did a wonderful job with our poem and song. Great Job Grade 1-3!We have just finished our unit on Monsters. We had a great time doing all sorts of

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We have now started our integrated unit on Monsters. We will be doing a number of Monster related activities, over the next week.Here are some games that you you can visit during computers today:Monster GamesHave fun!!!!!!

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We have now started our integrated unit on Monsters. We will be doing a number of Monster related activities, over the next week.Here are some games that you you can visit during computers today:Monster GamesHave fun!!!!!!

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Well October is here, and it is getting colder. Just a reminder to send your kids to school with mittens and a hat (it can be cold at recess). We have been very busy with our writing and reading programs. The grade 3's and 2's are concentrating on good sentence structure. We are reading very well! Keep up the great work!In Math we are all starting new units on number realationships. The

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We have had a very busy number of days. We have been working on writing complete sentences. We have also been looking at patterning in math.Our animal research is coming along. We did our research webs today. What interesting fact did you find our about your animal?Tomorrow we will be putting our information into sentences, and creating a book.

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Have a great weekend! We will see you on Monday!

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Today we did more research on our animals. What animal did you choose? Here are some websites that we will be visiting tomorrow during computers:KidsPlanetYahooligansRemember we are looking for 4 different things. Habitate, Food, Apperance, and an Interesting Fact.

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Do you remember what a similie is?Today we talked about germs.What do you think a germ looks like?What did you learn about germs?How can you help to prevent the spread of germs?

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Today we all participated in the Terry Fox Run.We were so happy to raise money for the Cancer Society. On Tuesday we watched a movie about Terry Fox. We now know more about Terry Fox, and why he was running.Everyone gave it their all, and I am so proud of the Grade 1-3 as well as the whole school.Great Job Everyone!

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A New School!Hello Briercrest School! I am very excited about being at your school. We are going to have a wonderful year, full of exciting memories. I will be posting to this Blog at least 3 times a week. I will talk about what we have been doing at school, and any homework assignments that are due. Have a great year!Miss Young

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Here is the Robert Munsch website we used in class today:Robert Munsch

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Today we finished our Geometry unit in math.We finished talking about half. What would your fair share of an apple look like, if you wanted to share it with a friend?Do you remember how to make half past 6 on your clock?What is a mira?We had a great time today using the miras. We created some very neat pictures.We finished off the day with some shape centers.

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Shape Sorter

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On Friday we had a very fun morning. We had a pirate morning, to celebrate our last day studying Phoebe Gilman.We read two of Phoebe's books: Pirate Pearl and Grandma and the PiratesWe did lots of pirate related activities! We went of a treasure hunt. We even made our own treasure maps.We had the most fun making and eating Grandma's Noodle Pudding (fromt the book Grandma and the Pirates). We each

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What a great warm day!!!!We went to the police station for a tour. We had a wonderful time. We saw the shooting range, the cells, and the call center. We also got to sit in a police car. It was so much fun. You had some great questions Grade One!!!Thanks so much to the Moose Jaw Police Station for having us.

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Today we created tall towers using our 3-D solids.Do you remember the names of the 6 3-D solids we talked about.Which of the solids roll? Which ones have corners? Which ones can you stack?

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Today we started our math unit on Geometry.We reviewed the 4 basic shapes. Can you name them?We then looked at a few other "new" shapes.It was lots of fun making shape pictures! We used circles, triangles, rectangles, and squares to make some very interesting picutures.

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Always, Sometimes, or Never.Today we talked about these words. What do they mean?Can you name something you always do at school?Can you name something you sometimes do at school?Can you name something you never do at school?The kids really enjoyed having fun with these words.We came up with some silly examples of things we have never seen:- We have never seen a man walking a fish.- We have never

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Today we did a great project in math!We worked in groups. We had to make up a question to ask the Grade 5 class. Our questions had to do with favorite things.After we had our questions we had to give them 3 choices. Then we created a survey.After we surveyed the Grade 5's we created graphs.Here are the questions we came up with:What is your favorite kind of animal?- cat, dog, hippo, and

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Surveys!!!!Today we worked on surveys. We talked about how surveys and graphs are the same, and different. We said that they both told us information, but they looked very different.We made up a question each. From this question we asked our friends to answer "Yes" or "No".We then filled in the survey, putting our friends names under the Yes/No headings.Some of the questions we created were:Do

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Today we continued to look at graphing. We are really good at making and reading graphs. We started off reading graphs at the beginning of the year, and every day, using our weather graphs.Today we found out what our class's favorite colour is.7 students liked Blue7 students liked Red2 students liked GreenThe students also made thier own graphs. They asked thier friends about colours and

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Happy Easter!I hope that all of you have a nice break. Enjoy your time of playing and relaxing.Please continue to read. Also practice working with money.See you in a week!!!!

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Say hello to our actors! What a terrific and full day.Today we worked with our Author of the Month again, Phoebe Gilman. We worked with the book Jillian Jiggs. We each took turns acting out the story, and reading our lines. We had a few different parts: Jillian Jiggs (of course), Mother, Peter, Rachel, and the Narrator. The rest of us added actions and sound effects! What a great time!Which part

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What a busy day! We did so much.We learned about the environment, and how to save the earth. We had some great ideas about how to save the earth.Here is what we came up with:- Don't pollute- If you cut down a tree, plant a tree- Recycle: cans, bottles, and paper- Pick up garbage- Throw garbage into the trash can- Don't litter the lakes and streams- Don't put oil into the waterAfter we wrote these

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We visited a store today!!!! We were each given some pennies, nickels and dimes, and were allowed to spend our money on (pretend) food.We had lots of fun. What a great way to practice counting our coins.Thanks so much to Mrs. Baker who helped us with this.

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Money!!!!We have been really working hard on counting our coins. We are counting with pennies, nickels, and dimes. We can all count with pennies, but we need to keep working on making combinations of all three of the coins. Can you make:8 cents27 cents35 cents96 cents

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Today we started looking at money. We have been working with money since the beginning of the year. We have looked at all of our Canadian coins: the toonie, loonie, quarter, dime, nickel, and penny.Do you know the three important things about each coin? (What colour is it? How much is it worth? What picture is on it?)

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What did the leprechaun do to our room?Today was St. Patrick's Day!!!!!!A leprechaun went wild in our classroom last night!Our traps didn't even get hime. He was to fast and tricky for us.He made such a huge mess. He knocked over a stool, threw around books, drew on the board, and made a mess of our clocks. He even left us a note. He also left us a gold coin each (they had chocolate inside)!!!!!!

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We are coming along very well with our unit on time. In Grade One we learn about time to the hour and to the half hour.We have been learning about face clocks, as well as digital clocks.Remember that there are two different hands on a clock. What are there names?Here are some time games:Snapdragon- A great game for kids just learning to tell time.Willy the Watchdog- A game that can be played with

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We continued to work on time today. We read a story and ordered the events that happened into Beginning, Middle, and End. You can practice doing this with any story you have at home.We had a great time making our clocks!!! We will be using these clocks during our Math unit on Time.

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Today we started to talk about time. We reviewed our seasons.Do you remember the 4 season?What types of activities do you do during each season?How are winter and summer different?We also talked about ordering events.Look at your day. What do you do first thing in the morning? What happens next? Then next? Keep going until you get to the end of your day.Do you do the same things on weekends that

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Welcome to March! We have been so busy over the last few days.Yesterday we talked about Germs.Do you remember where germs can be found?What do germs do to our bodies?How can we help prevent germs?Do you remember the correct way to wash our hands?List the steps: (Here is a picture to help you)

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Welcome back Grade 1!!!! I hope that you all had a wonderful and rest-filled break.Today in art you were looking at March. You talked about March coming in like a lion or a lamb.How do you think March will come in: Like a lion or like a lamb?

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Have a great break Grade One!!!Over the break please keep reading. Remember to keep working on you subtraction homework book.

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Brrr....It's cold out there!!!!!We were missing alot of students from our class today.Today we talked about Friends. We made a list of Friend words.These are the words we came up with:funniceplaylovevisitingspecialrecessreadinghelpingkindsharingKeep warm!!!!!

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Today was early day!!!We continued to work on place value (hundreds, tens, and ones).Remember that when you are working with place value always start at the end of the number (far right) and work left.Can you tell me the what numbers are in the hundreds, tens and ones spots?1234567 15 372 629 458758415454

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Valentine's Day!!!!!!Happy Valentine's Day everyone. We had a very fun day at school. We made Valentine cookies in the morning, and watched a Valentine movie.This afternoon we were very busy, and it flew by. We started off by handing out all of our Valentine's Day cards. It was so nice that everyone brought cards. We then opened our cards and had a treat. After we were all done with our cards we

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We had a lot of kids away today. I hope that you are all feeling bette really soon. We miss you!!!We had another very busy day. We continued to work on subtraction today. We learned about using a number line to help us with our subtraction.Our NO MORE BULLIES posters look awsome! We went around the school to hang them up.We also had fun with the Grade Two class. We played math games with them.

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Today we watched the movie The Bully Dance. We talked about what a bully was, and what a bully does.What do you remember from the video? Do you remember what the bully did to the boy? How did the boy handle his problem? When did the bully finally stop bullying?We made posters that we will be putting up around the school.They say No More Bullies!!!!!

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100th Day of School!!!!!!Yesterday was the 100th day of school. We have been counting down the days since the first day of school.We had a great day. We each brought 100 small treats to class. We mixed the treats together to make a yummy snack! We wrote about the number 100. We read about the number 100. We also counted to 100.We did lots of activities. We made our 100th day masks. We also made

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Groundhog's Day!!!!!Yesterday was Groundhog's Day. We did lots of neat activities. We looked at groundhogs. We talked about what Groundhog's Day is all about.Do you remember what it means if the Groundhog sees his shadow?Do you remember what it means if the Groundhog does not see his shadow?Did he see his shadow yesterday?If you can't remember go to the Moose Jaw Times Herald website.

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Today during computers there are two websites that you can visit.Digby Mole's ReadingCount Hoot's Number GamesHave Fun!!!!

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RememberHi Grade One! Please remember to continue working on your yellow additon books at home. You can do 1-2 pages a night. Remember to read your books, from your green book bag, every night.

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We are going to be starting subtraction over the next few days.This is a very hard mathematical operation for kids.You need to practice very hard. Remember subtraction mean "take away". Think about it using apples.I have 3 apples. I give 2 apples to Bob. How many apples do I have left?Will the number of apples I have get bigger or smaller? 3 - 2 = ____Here are some websites that you can use to

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Congratulations Grade One!!!!!We finally earned our movie and treats. We have been working on filling up our "bean jar" for about 4 months. We have earned beans for using good listening skills.We watched Lilo and Stitch, ( A great movie about families) and had popcorn!Great Job Grade One! Let's keep earning beans, so we can earn another movie and treat day.

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Another fun day in Grade One!We had French today. We continued to work on learning our French food words. We are getting very good.Do you remember how to say these words in French:ham, chicken, fish, cheese, milkCan you name the food groups that all of these foods belong to? We also had reading buddies, with the Grade Six class.Do you remember which books you read with your reading buddy?

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Today during computers we looked at our class blog. We visited 3 different addition games (that are found on our blog).Do you remember how to get to our blog?

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Hi Parents! Your child brought home a Math Homework Book yesterday. Please make sure that your child is doing 1-2 pages a night. Please return this book back to school every Tuesday. I will mark what your child has finished, then return the book on Wednesday.

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We are having so much fun doing our addition games! Today we became experts of the game SNAP! We are really getting fast at adding our numbers together. Have you been practicing your doubles addition? How fast can you answer these questions:2+24+41+13+35+5

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Hi Grade One!Here are some great additon games that you can play on the computer:Additon Mystery GameBug AdditionNumber Sentences

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We had a very busy day! We worked on math with the grade two class. In French we learned lots of new food words.Do you remember how to say these fruit words in French?AppleOrangeStrawberry BananaGrapesWe had a great time with our Grade 6 Reading Buddies!

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Reminder no school for students in the morning (Thursday Jan. 12th). Students will have classes in the afternoon.

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Today we continued to work on our skills in addition.We played a few partner additon games. We played these games using playing cards. Do you remember the 2 games we played? Can you play them with someone at your house?

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Welocme Back!I hope that you all had a wonderful and relaxing break. Over the next few weeks will continue to work on additon. Keep up the great work Grade One!

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The Last DayWe had a very fun day today. It was our last day before the break. In the morning we had an all-school dance. The Grade One class had so much fun! We then played some games, and did an activity book. In the afternoon we had treats and watched "How the Grinch Stole Christmas". Remember to work on your Holiday Homework book over the break. If you bring it back you will get a

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La BefanaToday we visited Italy!! We are having so much fun learning about Christmas celebrations around the world. We saw alot of neat things in Italy. We saw many Nativity scenes. They were set up at all the churches, and in the yards of most homes. There were street performers, bonfires, and even fireworks to celebrate.We learned about La Befana, a tiny old women dressed in balck riding a

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Today we took a trip to Sweden! We learned all about how they celebrate Christmas there. They leave out rice pudding instead of cookies. They start to celebrate 4 weeks before Christmas. Our favorite Advent calendars are very popular there. (We love chocolate!)Weaving is very popular in Sweden. We really enjoyed weaving our own Christmas tree ornaments. Here is a Christmas tree decoration

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The Christmas Concert was a huge success!! Thank you so much to all of the staff for their hard work and dedication. We also need to thank the students for giving so much effort to their parts.Great job Grade One!!!! You did a wonderful job. Mrs. Heebner and Miss Young are so proud of you.

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Our Christmas concert is tonight at 7:00. Reminder students need to be in their classrooms at 6:30.We are very excited! Our Christmas concert is tonight! We have been practicing very hard with Mrs. Heebner. We are going to be angels and shepards. Good luck Grade One!We were getting into the Christmas spirit today during computers. We visited a great on-line coloring book. We colored Christmas

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Today we traveled to Mexico. We talked about Christmas celebrations in this country. We learned that Merry Christmas in Spanish is "Feliz Navidad". We learned that children leave their shoes out on January 5th to recieve presents from the Wise Men, who were looking for baby Jesus. There are lots of parties that happen at Christmas time!We also learned about the legend of the poinsettia (which

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Today we continued to work on addition. We have learned lots of ways to solve addition problems. We have counted on from the biggest number. We have used counters, drawn pictures, and used number lines!Please continue to work with us on our addition facts.You can check out aplusmath for some interesting and fun addition games that you can play with your child.

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We took a trip today! We had our passports in hand, and off we went. We arrived in France at about 2:30 this afternoon! What a great day to visit France. Everyone was in the Christmas spirit. We even recieved presents for St. Nicholas Eve! (Which was today Dec. 6th). We saw some very interesting sights. The children don't leave a stocking out for Pere Noel (Santa), but they leave shoes by the

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Reminder: William Grayson's Christmas Concert will be on Wed. Dec. 14th at 7:00 pm.

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Skating was so much fun! We had a blast at the Kinsmen today. All of the Grade Ones got the chance to go skating, some of them for the very first time! There were alot of spils and falls, but we all had a great time. Thank you so much to the parents who took us to and from the rink, your help was very much appreciated.

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We made addition stories today! We used dinosaurs in all of our stories. Some stories we came up with were:If 4 dinosaurs are drinking, and 3 dinosaurs are eating. How many dinosaurs are there all together?There are 3 small dinosaurs and 4 big dinosaurs. How many dinosaurs are there in all?There are 5 dinosaurs looking at the sky and 5 dinosaurs looking at the ground. How many dinosaurs are

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How many people are in your family? This was the question the grade one's looked at today. We talked about who makes up a family. We talked about what families look like. We also talked about how families our different. We have many different kinds of families in our classroom. Some of us have mothers and fathers. Some of us have step-parents. We also have brothers and sisters, and

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It's beginning to feel alot like Christmas! The kids are already starting to get excited. It is hard to believe that it is already the end of November.We continue to work on our numbers to 40 in French. We are also working very hard at trying to learn the days of the week and the months of the year. Do you remember your colours in French. What is pink? What is orange?In math we have started our

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The Grade One's enjoyed Jason Natowhow visiting our school yesterday. Jason sang, drummed, danced, and told stories to the students. Thier favorite part was dancing! It was lots of fun.Today in math we continued to look at solving problems. We used pictures, numbers and words to solve a variety of problems.The question was: There are 8 apples in a bag. Some are yellow and some are red. How many

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Today was our Remembrance Day ceremony. Thank you to all of the staff that put in so much time getting ready for this time of reflection. The Grade 1-4 choir did a wonderful job with the two pieces that they presented. Thank you so much to the Grade One class for sitting so quietly and being so respectful. Great Job!One of the best parts of the ceremony was watching a music video by Terry Kelly

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Today the grade ones learned about vehicle safety. We talked about three very important rules when riding in a car (or truck, or van):1. Always wear a seat belt.2. Children should always sit in the backseat.3. Never fight, or shout, while in a vehicle.Here are some sites to check out on this topic:A great site for parentsKids look here

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Today we had a special guest----talking about safety. It was lot's of fun! The kids learned how to work safe, and play safe, in many situations.In math we continued looking at building numbers to 20. (Hint: 10 and ____ make 17). Remember the two part mat.Thanks to our grade six reading buddies. We are having so much fun with you.

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I am now revisiting the blogging process. This blog has not been used for almost 2 years. I am happy to be back "in the saddle". I am looking forward to sharing the work and activities that the Grade Ones in Mrs. Heebner and Miss Young's class have been working on.

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There are those students who are forever asking questions. I have noticed that this happens alot in the younger grades. Who? What? When? How? and yes even Why? Sometimes teachers don't have the answer to the question. There is a terrific interactive website that tries very hard to answer questions about Science, and scinece related topics. Dr. Universe is a Professor at the Washington

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I was looking for some more good dinosaur websites. I felt that my dinosaur unit lacked a good use of technology. I had a few very simplistic websites, but nothing very impressive. These websites were not using technology in a good way, but a rather basic way. I have been trying to add some technology to this unit, and have come across some great sites. One such site is about Sue. Sue is

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A friend told me about a great website for Health. Kidnetic is a very hands on website. It touches upon many health related issues, and also areas of study in the curriculum. It covers physical activty and nutritian. There are many interesting games that students can play. These games range from simple to complex. Also there are healthy recipies. I really liked the fact that this website

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Hershey's Video Tour is a great way for students to learn about the making of chocolate. Hershey has used digital editing to make up a very interesting, and fun tour for children. It takes students through all of the stages involved in the making of chocolate. I feel that this is a great use of technology, and gives students visual information that they might not get from reading a bood. I

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I ran across another good website today. National Geographic Kids is a spin off from the very popular magazine of the same name. The website has some awsome information. Some of the main pages topics (for today) were ranging from Turtles to The Future. There are some great educational games, and activities for students to try. Although the games and activities are worthwile, I really

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I came across a very interactive and exciting sight for Art. National Gallery of Art allows students to become artists. Students can visit the exibhits of the Gallery, by seeing digital photos and reading information about the pieces of art and their creators. But the exciting part of this sight comes in the form of very interactive technology. By downloading a Shockwave Player studetns (form

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I have been preparing to do a EPSY presentation on communication disorders and have had to find a number of resources on Sign Language. This is a topic that I take to heart because a few of the students at my internship school had to use Sign Language. I found it very hard to communicate with these students. This was very frustrating. I tried to find different information on the internet to

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I was searching again today for some websites that I can use at the early childhood level. I came across a very interesting one, Starfall. This website is a reading website for early childhood students (students who are just learning to read). It uses very interesting and colorful technology. It is very interactive. It is very hard to find easily naviagted websites for students from Pre-K to

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I was searching the net today for a variety of Language Arts related websites. I believe that Language Arts would be one of the easiest subjects to integrate with technology because there is a wealth of online and technological activities that exist. As I was searching came across a very interesting website. This website contained a project like I have never seen before. Surfing for ABC's is

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I was again on the search for some amazing online resources. I was able to find an incredible website called Exploratorium. This would be a geat website for many grade levels (ranging from grade 3 to high school). This is an online museum. I enjoyed this sight, and know that my students would enjoy this sight for many reasons. It allows them to explore a variety of topics ranging from space

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As I continue along my journey to find great mathematically rich websites I have found one very interesting one. It encompasses many of the topics that we have been discussing in ECMP 455. Aunty Math is a problem solving based website. It makes use of TeleCollaboration. Students are invited to click on the math problem for the day (the problems change daily). They are then encouraged to use

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Over the past few weeks I have been very interested in finding quality math websites, for a math class I am taking. I have found this task to be fairly hard. Many of the websites are basically online worksheets. I did manage to find one website that especially enjoyed. Figure This! is a very interesting and comprehensive website. I feel that this website could be used in many grades,

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As I was searching for my websites, for my webquest, I cam across a very good website. This website is called Creating Music. Here students (or anyone) are able to compose their own music. This is done in a type of graphic maker (like a paint studio). Students are able to go in a place notes in a vareity of sequences (that they compose), and then listen to how these songs will sound. They

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A great website that I use all the time is BrainPOP. This is a very common website for educators.I have used this website in many projects, and have also used it in my own educational learning. I was also able to use it in my grade two internship class. The kids had a great time exploring the site. They worked in pairs and were allowed to search for about 20 minutes, then they looked at the

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