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.