Terry Fox

Today we had our Terry Fox walk at school.  As a school, we raised over $3,400 for the Terry Fox Foundation!  Great job everyone!  Thank you for those of us who bought t-shirts and donated loonies for the foundation.  This week, we learned all about Terry Fox and his significance to Canada.  We learned how Terry was determined to raise money for cancer research and is a true hero.  He cared deeply for other people and wanted to help.  We talked about every day heroes...people like police officers, firefighters, and doctors all help people every day.  But we also have people in our lives who are heroes too!  Here are some of our heroes:

Character Trait: RESPECT

For the month of September, the character trait was RESPECT.  Boys and girls know that in order to be respectful, we need to be nice to others and to our environment (our classroom).  We should help people when they are need and treat others the way you want to be treated.  Lots of students in the class demonstrated respect, so it was hard to pick just 2 students.  Congratulations to Twinkle and Justin, who are always respectful in the classroom.  =)  Next month's character trait will be responsibility.

Thank you for coming!

Just a BIG THANK YOU to all the parents who were able to come out last night!  It was a pleasure meeting and talking to all of you about our year.  I hope that you were able to log onto RAZ-kids last night and read some books.  The 'Snuggle and Read' folders will come home next Monday.

For those that were unable to make it, your RAZ-kids passwords will be given out today at school and the Agenda on what we talked about last night will also be sent home. If you have any questions, feel free to come talk to me or write a note in your child's agenda.  Thank you for your support!

Reminder: Curriculum Night on Sept 28

This is just a reminder that on September 28th, you are welcome to come in to our classroom and see what we are doing!  On that night I will talk about what we are learning and our classroom expectations.  Please go to the gym for the introductions at 6:30pm.  I look forward to meeting all of you!

Spelling Poem #3: Terry Fox

Now that I am back, we will continue the poems of the week and the Spelling words.  We will get our new Spelling Bee books this Friday.  This week we will have our Terry Fox walk on Friday, September 30th.  We will talk about Terry Fox this week and why he is important figure in history. 

Spelling Words: 

1) the
2) who
3) is
4) to
5) run
6) fun
7) he
8) she

Additional Questions:

1) Who is Terry Fox and why is he important?

Back at Terry Fox!

I am very happy to announce that I will be now staying at Terry Fox for this school year!  The Toronto District School Board had declared me surplus on Monday, September 19, meaning I had to go to a new school.  Throughout the week, I was packing and moving my personal belongings out of the classroom (as the children may have told you).  Then, on Friday, September 26 at 12:45pm, they gave us an additional teacher allocation, which means that I can now return to Terry Fox!  Although my things have been packed up, the other teachers at Terry Fox helped me greatly by unpacking my boxes for me.  It was a very busy week with lots of emotions running through my head....but now that it is over, I'm so glad that I get to stay as your child's teacher!  Let's have a wonderful school year together! :D

Spelling Poem #2: All About Us

Here is our poem # 2.  Everyone is different and that is okay!  We are all unique and special.  Please practice this poem and the spelling words to prepare for our next ''Spelling Bee'' this Friday!  Boys and girls did very well on their first Spelling Bee - remember to get it signed and bring it back to school.  Thank you.

All About Us

Our hair is brown

      or blonde

            or black

                  or any shade of red.

It might be long

      or short

            or straight

                  or curly on our heads.

Our eyes are brown

      or blue

            or green

                  or hazel, black, or gray.

We’re tall. We’re short.

      We’re in between.

            That’s how we look today.

Here are the spelling words this week:

1) all

2) or

3) on

4) our

5) are

6) and

7) that

8) look

9) today 

Some additional questions that you can do with your child:

1) What are some words that rhyme (in the same Word Family) as tall?

___________________            __________________            __________________

2) List all the colours that are mentioned in the poem. 

3) Make a sentence with the word or and the word today.

Done first "Spelling Bee"!

Congratulations for finishing your first ''Spelling Bee''!  A lot of us studied hard and got perfect on our words!  For those that had some mistakes, not to worry, you can do better next time!  Please do corrections by writing the word 3 times.  Also, get it signed and bring them back for me on Monday!  Have a wonderful weekend :D

First Poem of the Year - I Can

Starting this week, we will have a new poem each week!  For each poem, there are Spelling Words that you will need to learn.  We will have a Spelling Bee every Friday.  This is to help you when you are writing and reading.  Remember to read the poem and study the words each week!  There are also ''Additional Questions'' that I will give you with each poem, please try to do them on a piece of paper during the week and bring them in for me for a sticker prize!  

Here is the first poem of the school year!  It is called ''I Can''.  Please read the poem together and practice the spelling words for this Friday's Spelling Bee.

 

Here are our spelling words this week:

1) I

2) can

3) of 

4) do

5) we

6) you

7) is

8) fun

9) run

Additional Question: What are some things that you can do?  Talk about it with your family.  Remember to spend some time doing the things that you like to do.

Kissing Hands

We also read a story called 'The Kissing Hand' by Audrey Penn, which is about a little raccoon who is scared to go to school.  His mom gave him a 'kissing hand' to remind him that she loves him and that he will be fine by himself at school.  Sometimes at school, we may miss our families.  This is why we decided to make our own 'kissing hands'.  We made our handprints and had someone we love at home make a heart for us.  Our 'kissing hands' are all on our door and will remind us of our family when we are at school.  Here are some of our 'kissing hands'.

Our Class Quilt

  
We read the story "It's OK to be Different" by Todd Parr and discussed how we should accept everyone the way they are.  Even though we are a class, we are all unique in our own way.  To show that, we decided to make a class quilt. We designed our own section with our favourite things and pieced the quilt together.  Here is our finished product!

Our Class Promise

Today we read a story about a boy called David.  He did not know how to behave at school and was really naughty.  We talked about having rules at school and made a list for our classroom.  We all signed it, promising to follow these rules.  Please discuss the importance of rules and why we should follow them.

Weclome to our Classroom Blog!

Welcome to Grades 1!

I am very excited to have this blog so that we can share our learning, special events, and information with you.  I will update the blog throughout the year to reflect what we are doing in class, and suggest ways for additional learning.  This additional learning can be in the form of useful websites, or learning strategies for language and math.  Private and confidential information will not be posted on this blog, as well as any pictures of the students. Please feel free to call me at the school or write in your child's agenda if you have any questions or concerns.  I look forward to learning with all of you!

Let's have a wonderful school year.

Ms. Jong