March 17

Good afternoon,

Thank you to everyone who did some fundraising for Jump Rope for Heart! If you happened to forget to return the envelope, please do so by Monday.

Pillars of Care winners were recognized at this morning's assembly. Our room honoured:

Cohen - Care for Self
Elizaveta - Care for Others
Fransen - Care for Learning
Leara - Care for Place

Congratulations! I am proud of all my students who continually demonstrate all Pillars.

Maker Space! What can you do with Solo cups and Popsicle sticks? With the support of Ms. Mesheau, Mr. Sadowsky, and Mrs. Viani, all the Grade 1 students collaborated to build the tallest structure in the gym. This was a great exercise in using many skills, such as problem solving, team work and motor skills!

Important Dates:

March 21: Constable George Kovacs from Calgary Police Services will be a guest in our classroom @ 9:00.

March 22: Student Involved Conferences 3:30 - 7:30

March 23: Student Involved Conferences 8:00 - 12:00, no school for students

March 24: Professional Development day, no school for students

March 27 - March 31: Spring Break

Have a great weekend!

Ms. Cokar

March 16

Good afternoon!

In gym we continued to practice hockey skills by passing with a partner. When we returned to our room we briefly discussed that people have different skills and sometimes it takes extra practice because they are not quite there "yet", and that is absolutely okay!

We had some fabulous leprechaun traps brought in that I know will capture a leprechaun or two! As the students were very excited about their creations I thought it would be a great idea to have the creators sit at their desk and have others come around to discuss their traps. I thought I would wear green today to lure the leprechauns out. The students have been worried about the sparkly shoes I usually wear, suggesting I hide them.

Here are some leprechaun traps:

I think students feel leprechauns may be tempted if there is more than one trap in one area.

My attempt at a guided drawing, coloured in by students. If you look closely, you will see many 2D shapes:

And, to encourage the leprechauns to visit Room 5:

Tomorrow is an early dismissal day so that means school ends at 11:00! The Pillars of Care assembly begins at 8:15 until approximately 9:00. After the assembly the grade 1s have Maker Space time to explore and create!

Please read this important message from Parent Council (please note the notices were placed in each student's mailbox earlier this week...I remind them it is their responsibility to check mailboxes every day!):

Our school Parent Council has sent out order forms for school apparel.  They are offering t-shirts, hoodies and sweatpants for all staff, students and family members of Beddington Heights to purchase.  Purchase of school apparel is not a requirement, but offered for those interested.  Sample sizes are available to try on at the school office, and will also be available during Student Involved Conferences, next Wednesday and Thursday.  Please note, there is a small pricing error on the order forms. The prices on the front of the notice are correct.  Thank you.

Have a fabulous evening and don't forget to wear green tomorrow!

Ms. Cokar

March 15

Good evening!

Where does the time go? I almost forgot to post the blog but luckily I am still at school with access to the camera!

It has been a busy couple of days since our last blog. I hope your son or daughter has been filling you in, and if not, read on!

Gym: Students practiced hockey skills with partners.
Math: 2D shapes and their characteristics, such as does the shape have a curved or straight line, how many sides, how many vertices (corners). Can you name a shape with no sides?
Social Studies: Community. We continue with this topic, interweaving it throughout the subjects, such as Language Arts.
Language Arts: Dr. Seuss, sight words (did you practice at home), Read to Self (10 minutes, yay!), and more.

Here are some photos of some work we did in math with shapes. Students were excited to create new shapes and designs using two or more shapes. Check it out:

And here is a message from Carman talking about playing dogs, books and how she loves life and sleeping! Good job with sight words!

Some more pictures from today of the Leprechaun traps students have made at home:

Yesterday was March 14, or Pi day. Thank you to Matty's mum for baking me a delicious pie with the Pi symbol on it. I gobbled it up without taking a picture, but take my word for it...nom nom!

Alright, have a fabulous evening. I must go home to trap a leprechaun!

Ms. Cokar