First day of school

Today was an absolutely amazing day at Cranston School in room73.  We had so much fun.  Here is what our day looked like.  We arrived in the classroom, hung up our belongings and listened to a story called If You Take A Mouse To School.  Thank goodness no one had a mouse in their backpack.

After this story we went on a tour of the school.  We learned where the nearest bathroom and water fountains are located.  Please send a labelled water bottle to school each day with your child.  After our tour everyone had the opportunity to introduce themselves and talk about the best thing that happened this summer.

This morning we did a secret message art activity.  Please ask your child what we did.

We had lunch from 11:15-12:05.  All grade 1/2s eat from 11:15 to 11:40 and then head outside to play until 12:05.  At 12:05 they line up and head inside for a great afternoon of learning.  We eat lunch in Room 72.

After lunch we read a story called Get out of Bed by Robert Munch.  The kids loved this!  After our story we worked on some calendar activities which included learning about the days of the week, months of the year, using a thermometer, and counting by 2s, 5s and 10s.  After calendar we did some math activities.  The cool math word we talked about is Subitize.  Please ask your child to see if they remember what this word means.

After math we had snack and then worked with our buddies around a book called If Kids Ruled the World.  We created illustrations about what we thought we would be the best thing if kids ruled the world.  At the end of the day we had a whole school assembly.

We had a wonderful day and I noticed the kids were really tired at the end of the day.  This is to be expected.  Just a reminder to please send 2 snacks each day and a water bottle labelled with your child's name.

Also just wanted to let you know that we will be having music on Mondays and Wednesdays at 10:30 and Gym Monday - Thursday at 1:40. 

I look forward to another great day tomorrow.  Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.  klsloane@cbe.ab.ca

Have a wonderful evening!