Friday May 10th

Important Information/Reminders:

-Library is Tuesdays and Thursdays

-Both Sunrise and Glacier blue folders have slowly been sent home this week (a few each day) and a few more will be sent home Monday.  It has a sample of their most recent writing and a 2 Stars and a Wish self-reflection for you to review with your child.

-No School May 17th or May 20th

-Last day of school for kids June 27th.

-Coulee School week of June 3rd to June 7th.  We are looking for parent volunteers.  If you can join us for any of those dates, please let Mrs. Pelton or myself know.

Our Week:

Inquiry: We continue to watch as our caterpillars have now changed to their chrysalis form, stage 3 of their life cycle.  Kids are excited to do observations in their Nature Journals.  Ask you child about the questions/wonderings they have, what they have learned about Painted Lady Butterfly life cycles and any facts they have learned.

Math: Ask your child what they are doing in their Math group.  Both Grade 1's and 2's are working on learning about measurement-using both standard and non-standard units of measure.

Literacy: We did another writing sample that has gone home in blue folders.  Sunrise group is working on story retelling using the book, It Fell From The Sky.  Glacier group is working on parts of speech (nouns and verbs).  Glacier group was quite excited to learn about a book called The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsberg.  We looked at the pictures, titles for each picture and read the captions. We then did a piece of writing about one of the pictures: What do you see happening?  What do you think will happen next? etc.  The book is a real mystery!  Ask your child more.

Have a fabulous weekend!

May 3, 2024

Important Dates and Information:

Blue communication folders went home with Sunrise students. You will find a writing sample in the folder. Glacier students will be taking their blue folders home on Tuesday May 7th. Please bring the folders back to school when you are done.

Thur, May 9: Fun snack (Kernels)

Fri, May 17: Non instructional day- No school

Mon, May 20: Holiday - School Closed

Coulee School: June 3 to 6, Tues the 4, we will be going all day and will be needing one parent volunteer from Glacier and Sunrise.

Our Week:

In literacy we have been talking about story elements as we read The Wild Robot Escapes and other picture books. Ask your child about what the setting, characters and main problems of The Wild Robot Escapes are.

In math, both Ms. Disher’s Grade 2 group and Mrs. Pelton’s Grade 1 group have wrapped up fractions and will be moving onto measurement. The Social Studies/Coding project incorporates some measurement using non-standard units (Grade 1) and standard units (Grade 2) which we will be doing more of.

The students in both Glacier and Sunrise were very excited to look at the caterpillars with magnifying glasses this week. We drew in our new nature journals by looking closely and drawing what we see, not what we think we see. Many good questions and observations have come out of this. As we see the changes occurring, we have been learning about the butterfly life cycle through videos, online material and books. Ask your child what the webbing or silk that the caterpillars have made is for.

For the Social Studies/Coding project, the students will have a chance to present their work with their partner to the class. It’s interesting to find out why buildings are put in certain places and why the landmark they chose to create is important to their community.

Hope everyone can get outdoors this weekend!

April 26, 2024

Important Dates and Information:

Please return blue communication folders if you have not already. We will be sending them home again soon. 

Fri, May 17: Non instructional day- No school

Mon, May 20: Holiday - School Closed

Coulee School: June 3 to 6, Tues the 4, we will be going all day and will be needing one parent volunteer from Glacier and Sunrise

Our Week:

Congratulations on a fantastic assembly performance today for all of Glacier and Sunrise! We have been working hard this past week making sure everything was just right to share. The students love the story of the Wild Robot and we think it’s wonderful that there has been so much learning happening all around one story! 

In Math, the Grade 1s have been looking at equality and inequality (understanding that the equals sign means a “balance.” We have been exploring with cuisenaire coloured  rods and a pan balance to understand this concept. Ask your Grade 2 child about their fraction avenue project they worked on this past week.

Our Social Studies/Coding project has been going well. There are many layers to this project so we are immersing ourselves in quite an extensive inquiry. Ask your child what they just completed in their communities. Hint: what are the different buildings that make up their community? We are moving onto the math (measurement) part of the project soon. 

Yesterday, we shared a box with everyone with the words, “Urgent, Precious Cargo Inside, Protect from Heat and Cold,” on the outside. The students were asked to make a prediction of what they thought was in the box. Today, we revealed that we have caterpillars that we will be taking care of so they can turn into butterflies. There will be lots of learning involved with this as we observe the changes that occur. We are excited to get started making sketches and doing some writing around this. 

Have a fun and safe weekend!

 Friday April 19th

My apologies for the late post and we usually post on Fridays and it is now Sunday.

Important Dates and Reminders:

-Return all library books after 2 weeks, return them if your child wants to keep them longer and we can renew it for them.  We have Mrs. Carde our librarian emailing us about a lot of overdue books.

-Return all book communication folders so we can send a new writing sample of your child's work home by the end of the month.

-Glacier and Sunrise's assembly is this coming Friday April 26th starting at 9:30 to about 10:15.  We hope you can join us.

Our Week:

-We have been working hard on preparing for our assembly.  Ask your child what we have been working on and what group they belong to (hint: singing with Mrs. Coulson: Oh What a Wonderful World, creating art and poems with Ms. Disher, creating a dance/creative movement and acting piece with Mrs. Pelton).

-Math: Both groups continue to work on addition and subtraction as well as the basics of fractions.  Grade one is working on the concept of one half while grade 2 continues with unit fractions up to one tenth.  Grade 2 is learning to write fractions or equal partitions of groups or shapes in various ways: 1/2, one half, 2 equal parts, etc.

-Writing: Grade One and Two are working on acrostic poems as per curriculum expectations and will be working in the future on rhyming couplets.  Kids have been practicing acrostic poems using their names and characters from our class read aloud, The Wild Robot.

-Reading:  We are taking a break from our round 3 literacy groups to reassess how students are doing before we regroup again for round 4.  All groups have been working overall on reading fluency and comprehension.

Have a fantastic night!

 Important Dates and Information:

Friday April 19- Non Instructional Day, no school

Friday April 26- Peace Assembly Disher/Pelton Classes, 9:30 am and finishing between 10 to 10:15 am

Mrs. Pelton’s Grade 1 acting/drama groups took home their lines for their parts. Please practice these lines with your child at home. 

Return blue folders. We will be sending home another piece of writing at the end of April

Our Week:

Both classes have been working hard on the different pieces for the assembly. The students are excited to share their work with everyone. The assembly is all about our learning with the book The Wild Robot. Ask your child what pieces they will be a part of. Hint: MC speaking, drama/acting, dance, poetry, visual art and music/singing.

In Math, Ms. Disher’s Grade 2 group finished up their ice cream sundae fraction math and Mrs. Peloton’s Grade 1 Group worked on missing quantities in subtraction and addition, less or more (with 1 and 10) and understanding that when we share a quantity equally we need to have the same number.

We continue to work on our Social Studies/Coding project. The students have been very engaged and creative in creating their own community with different names for their places etc. They have enjoyed coding their Indi robot cars to drive down their roads and have been good problem solvers when they need to make a change when something doesn’t work how they planned. 

Have a wonderful weekend in the sun!

 Friday April 5th

Reminders/Important Information:

-No school Friday April 19th due to PD Day

-Grade 1/2 Glacier/Sunrise Assembly on Friday April 26th during the day...more information to come about time and length

-Return blue folders.

Our Week:

-Ask your child about The Wild Robot art we started this week.

-Ask your child about what an acrostic poem is and what they did for their names (hint: poem in which certain letters of each line spell out a word, name or phrase when read vertically-SPRING or their names)

-Ask your child what they are doing in their math groups (hint: Grade 1's are learning about subtraction and the basics of fractions: 1/2, Grade 2's addition and subtraction of numbers within 100 practice and review to build speed and accuracy, created Ice-Cream Fraction sundaes to learn about unit fractions up to 10th).

-Ask your child what we are doing in Social Studies and Science (hint: a project combining both subjects-create a community on poster paper and code a sphero car to move from your house to your school giving 3 to 5 instructions-predict, test and debug!)

-Ask your child what they are doing in their daily reading group and who their teacher is for this group.

-Ask your child about Music (hint: using the deer skin drums!)

Have a fabulous weekend!

 Friday March 22nd

Important Dates and Reminders:

-Have a great spring break!  School starts back up Tuesday April 2nd.

-Please see the EHS connect on the school website for important information and updates.

-Please return blue folders once you have had the chance to look at the work inside.  February we sent home a writing sample and March we sent home some math.  April we will send another sample of your child's work.

Our Week (was short but lots of great stuff!):

-Ask your child what happened in our Wild Robot Escapes book 2.  We are excited that a movie is coming out in the fall!

-Math: Grade 1's are working on learning about 1/2 and Grade 2's are learning about 1/4, 1/6, 1/8 and 1/10.  Both grades are working on the understanding that fractions involve dividing/sharing/partitioning into equal pieces or groups.  Below are some great stories and resources about fractions and what we are learning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbWFfWwyB5s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2hedXKaXD8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=362JVVvgYPE

-Literacy:  We continue to work every day in our literacy groups.  Ask your child what they have been working on.  We are focusing on comprehension and reading fluency (using all the phonemic awareness and phonics and applying it to how we read).

-Science and Social Studies:  We are moving away from our community unit in Social Studies to start some Science after spring break!

Have a great Spring Break!