Field Trip tomorrow :)

Please send a disposable bagged lunch with your child tomorrow for our field trip.
We will be sending students right in off the morning busses to get ready, if you usually drop your child please ensure they are on time. We will leave promptly at 9:15.
MERCI!

Winter Concert Information

A Message from Mme Richard our Music Specialist:

Winter Concert 2014 Parent Information

~Love is all you need~

Tuesday, December 16th @ 7pm

Immanuel Pentecostal Church, 955 Wilkes Ave

Silver Collection at the door

Doors open at 6:15pm

Student supervision begins at 6:30pm

See Map in lobby upon arrival to locate your room

Dress Code: Fancy attire. 

There is no specific colour that the 

students need to wear this year. 

If your child is in Room 9 or 10, I ask that they each bring an 

apron to school ASAP that will be used for our concert song. Thanks. 

I spy

Check out my I Spy activity

Home Reading

We've been working really hard in reading and we're making great progress. Daily home reading supports the progress made at school and helps students practice the strategies they've learned. Please sit with your child to encourage them as they grow as readers. Remember to read to your child too.
Happy Reading!

Remembrance Day Art

Écriture et l'Art - French writing and Art (line and finger painting)

Le pointillism et le mosaïque - Pointillism and mosaic

Please check out the link below about Wasteless Wednesdays: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoUaU3iWIsE

We've been given the challenge of bringing a litterless lunch on Wednesdays through the month of November.

Blog Challenge is back :)

The problem with the Blog Challenge page has been corrected and fingers crossed will now stay put. Please look at the menu bar above for the page. Thank you so much for your patience.
Have a wonderful weekend!!

Blog challenge disappearance ???

I am hoping that the blog challenge page will be working by tomorrow morning. The new challenge was posted at 3:45 today, however, I was experiencing some computer glitches and it seems the whole page has since disappeared entirely from our blog. 

In a nut shell:

look for a bag from MPI in your child's bag; visit raz kids with your child and count the books read for home reading; and find or create some patterns at home (AB, ABBA, ABC).

Thank you for your understanding.

Please check back tomorrow! 

Happy Thanksgiving

Toys from home

Please remind your child to keep all of his/her toys at home. We have discussed the reasons why we shouldn't bring toys to school. Thank you for your support!

A few updates...

Home reading started this week, your child will change his/her books on the day of the week labeled on the book bag.

Please visit the challenge of the week page, the reminder page and the field trip page on our blog.

container clarification

Challenge of the week asked you to send a small container with your child. What we need are round disposable containers that are 500ml, such as yougurt or sour cream tubs. The tupperware containers that were sent are in your child's backpack. Thanks!

Field Trips

Dear Parents and Guardians,
The grade one team is excited to announce our field trips for this year. We have planned 3 full day bussed field trips to 4 exciting activities. The excursions were planned to meet many curricular outcomes in all subject areas. Please find the information below. The total cost for the year is $24.50. Please submit a cheque payable to École Robert Browning or cash for the full amount by Friday October 17. In the event this poses a problem for your family, please let your child's classroom teacher know promptly to make alternate arrangements. Volunteer requests will occur closer to the date of each outing.

December Full Day field trip
MTYP - Peter Pan (featuring FRED PENNER!) 
English Language Arts: Listening and Viewing
Art: Valuing Drama Experience: observe, reflect, respond
&
Children's Museum - Math Mission
Mathematics: problem solving
Français: Vocabulary, comprehension, oral expression

February/March Full Day field trip
Fort Whyte Alive - Winter Carnival Day
Science: Characteristics of living things and The 5 senses
Social Studies: My community, The natural environment, Cultural expression

May/June Full Day field trip
Assiniboine Park and Nature Playground - Summer Fun Day
Health: Healthy lifestyle practices
Social Studies: I belong and Connecting with others

Any parent volunteers will require a Criminal Record Check and Child Abuse Registry Check in order to join us on any field trip. 

Math

We have started learning about sorting and graphing.

Today we sorted and organized a variety of objects based on a given characteristic: size, shape or colour. 

Vocabulary we are learning:

Trier - sort

Regrouper - group

Organiser - organize

Faire une graphique - make a graph

Discuter les données - discuss the data

La taille - size

La couleur - colour

La forme - shape

I will tell you about the best sorting activity or the day!!!

These are some of the things we sorted today:

Thank you for your patience while I worked out some of the technological issues.

Terry Fox National School Run Day!

Wednesday, September 24^th

To celebrate National School Run Day the students of École Robert Browning will be participating in a school wide walk/run on Wednesday, September 24^th at 3:20pm. Students, staff and parents are welcome to come out and walk/run around the Robert Browning school grounds to show their support for Terry Fox. Along with participating in the walk/run, students are encouraged to bring a “Toonie for Terry” as a donation to the Terry Fox Foundation. Over the past 9 years École Robert Browning has raised $2648.83 for the Terry Fox Foundation!

Blog Challenge:

Tell you about our classroom beliefs.

In room 9...
We speak French
We are respectful and kind
We are SAFE and keep our bodies to ourselves
We include others
We make learning fun

Welcome to Grade One!

Welcome

Our classroom blog will serve as a means of communication, information and to share our learning. The goal is to set your child up for success in developing good work habits, accountability and responsibility for his/her work and behaviour.  Your support and partnership is also integral in making this a great year for your child.

School Mission Statement

École Robert Browning is a bilingual setting where we respect ourselves and others.  We accept responsibility for our actions and our learning.

 

Agenda

Your child will bring home his/her agenda every night, containing assignments and/or notes from school.  I may also write notes home in the agenda if I need to notify you of anything that occurred during the day at school.  Please feel free to communicate via the agenda at any time.  Please check and sign agenda every day.  It will take us some time to establish this is a routine in the classroom.

Home Support

Home Reading Program:

English Home Reading will begin towards the end of September, once each student’s reading abilities have been assessed.  You can help your child prepare for this program by setting aside 10-15 minutes each day to read to your child.  This will help your child learn to enjoy their reading time, and establish a routine.  More information on the Home Reading program will be sent home once the program begins.

Words of the Week:

Your child will write 3 words in their agenda weekly. Please look for these word in books you read to them, in books they bring home and in the environmental print around you. I will assess these words in an on going manner through our Daily 5 conferences and word work time.

Allergies

As allergies are a growing concern I ask that when packing your child’s lunch and snacks you keep in mind the school allergy guidelines.  Please refer to the nutrition/allergy handout from Opening Day Conferences. 

Birthdays

Birthdays are informally celebrated in class with a “birthday song”, and students are invited to bring their favourite book to share with the class.  Students are welcome to bring a treat that can be easily shared (cupcakes, cookies, etc.), but it is not necessary.  Students with summer birthdays will be celebrated before we break for summer holidays.  

Scholastic Book Club

The Scholastic Book Club offers books in English to Grade 1 students.  Book orders will be sent home approximately once a month.  If you wish to make a purchase, please return the completed forms to school along with a cheque (cash cannot be sent) made out to ‘Scholastic Canada Ltd.’ prior to the deadline indicated on the order forms.  If you are returning multiple forms, please ensure your child’s name is indicated on each form.

Our sixth visit with Baby Emmett

We confirmed that baby Emmett:

walks : with help holding his hands
has longer hair : yes (and some curls too!)
stands longer: yes

jumping more : if you hold him, but not in the Jolly Jumper anymore

talks ("mama") : yes

dances : starting to
holds his head up longer: yes
does more tricks: yes, turns when sitting, rolling, sitting, trying to stand up
rides a baby bike: he sits on a push bike
started potty training: not yet
rolls over longer : yes, but prefers crawling
eats tacos: not yet

crawls faster: yes

We also learned he:

He likes to eat a lot of different foods.

Today we got to watch Emmett's mommy feed him. He ate beans, vegetable puffs, banana bread, mandarins, and crackers. He fed himself yogurt. We also learned the he likes steak too!

Our fifth visit with Baby Emmett

We confirmed that baby Emmett:

has longer hair : yes

stands : yes, with mom's help

walks : not yet

crawls : yes on his tummy

puts his shoes on : not yet

eats tomatoes : yes

draws with markers : not yet

is potty trained : not yet

rides a tricycle : not yet

grabs a small ball : yes

is babbling more : yes, a little bit, making new noises

screams louder : yes

can pet a dog : yes

dances : yes, with mom's help

We also learned he:

enjoyed swimming and playing in the sand on his vacation
enjoys eating mango and banana bread

Today we talked about safety and ways to keep baby Emmett safe.

Today we measured and weighed Baby Emmett at 7 months old.

He measures : 27 inches

He weighs: 16 pounds 6 ounces

Our Predictions for Baby Emmett's fifth visit

We predict that baby Emmett:

has longer hair

stands

walks

crawls

puts his shoes on

eats tomatoes

draws with markers

is potty trained

rides a tricycle

grabs a tennis size ball

is babbling more

screams louder

can pet a dog

dances

The Daily 5

We are now working on all 5 of the Daily 5 jobs. Here is what we've been working on:

Word Work

• work on Magnetic Board on an iPad
• Wiki sticks
• Alphabet Scoop
• Bananagrams
• Word family cards
• Appletters
• Magnetic letters
• work the whole time

Work on Writing

• Write in Pages on an iPad
• Write in our English Journals
• Write in Keynote on an iPad
• Shared writing with Mme
• Write the whole time

Read to Self

• Find a place to sit and read quietly alone
• Read Good Fit Books
• Read the whole time

Read to Someone

• Choose a partner quietly by looking at one another's eyes and nodding
• Sit EEKK (Elbow, Elbow, Knee, Knee) with a partner
• Keep the book with the spine in the middle
• Read so that your partner can hear you
• Read the whole time

Listen to Reading

• Read along to a story on the stereo
• Take turns choosing a book
• Tumblebooks on the SmartBoard or an iPad
• Read the whole time