We are learning

Do you ever wonder what we do all day?

Most of the time we are just sitting around.

Well, actually that's not quite true.

We do sit with a partner and practise reading.

These are the little books we have been making and they contain

many of the sight words that we are learning to read and spell.

Learning to read is hard work, but our friends in our class do not judge us.

They help us get better.  That's what friends are for!

We have started to learn a bit more about ourselves within our

community.  We all belong to families, but families do not all

look the same.  People in our families love us and that is what

is important!

The students created their own family glyph.

Glyphs are often used by children as a way to gather and

depict data, in this case, a picture form of their family.

Who lives in this child's house?  This child said that they have a mom, dad, sister, 

grandparent and two pets that live with him or her.  The white square is the child.

Can you tell if this is your child?

Maybe this represents your family or

maybe it is this one.  The students were able to talk about their

family in a concrete manner using the glyphs.

These two fellows were so proud!  During language learning centre time,

where the various work tubs are full of activities (many that are working those time motor

muscles that are so important) these two created the whole alphabet!

What looks like play is real learning!

Even though we prayed for better weather, God chose to let the rain come down.

Our Terry Fox 'run' turned into a walk with Grades One and Two classes

doing laps within the gym.  We all know that Terry is a Canadian HERO

and we are proud to continue his Marathon of Hope.

All the students got to decide who they were running for.

Here is the little guy who was able to put a chocolate and whipped cream 

pie in my face!  He was sweet and didn't smash me!  It was worth

the need for a bath tonight, because the students in my class were very

interested in learning about Terry, our hero!

The students got to paint using watercolours.  This is just the 

first step in a multi-medium project that they are working on.

Wait until you see the final product!!