February 29

Happy National Cupcake Day!  This event was a huge success.  There were so many cupcakes donated that we will be selling them after school today.  Wow.  Great job families and thank you for your support.

Today is February 29.....it's a special day kids...Do you know why?  Please post your answers on the blog.

This morning we talked about our weekends and then we went on a re-fresher tour of the Learning Commons.  Please remember to return all library books.

This morning we worked with Mrs. Bowles on our Math Daily 3.  The grade 2s learned a new game called Double Dice addition.  To play this game, you have 2 different coloured die, you roll each one to make a double digit number and then you roll them again to make another double digit number and then you add them together.  This is a great game to play at home.

The grade 1s continued to work on solidifying their facts to 10.  They played a game with the power of 10 cards called "How many more to make 10".

During Writer's Workshop, we learned how to re-tell events.  We worked on writing and re-telling an event that happened this weekend.

In gym we played a game called Popcorn Basketball.  This was so much fun and we were all a sweaty mess.

At the end of the day we worked with our buddies.  It was our final day of videotaping for our assembly next friday.

Have a wonderful evening.

Cupcake volunteers

Cupcake Volunteers for Monday February 29th!

Thank you for volunteering to assist on Monday February 29th!  Parents will be dropping off their cupcakes first thing in the morning.  We will gather in the staff room at 9:00 am to begin organizing the trays of cupcakes.  Please sign in through the office prior to 9:00.

Each volunteer will be assigned a classroom to sell the cupcakes and gather the money.   Once each child has had an opportunity to purchase a cupcake, we will reload the trays and offer a second one prior to lunch break if they have brought another loonie.

cupcake day on Monday

Please post the following blog post to your blogs daily until Friday. Thank you so much for your help:

Monday February 29 is National Cupcake Day!

Cranston will be celebrating national cupcake day in support of the Alberta Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Alberta SPCA).

As a part of our Community Building work at Cranston School, students will have the opportunity to purchase one cupcake on Monday February 29^th for $1.00. All of the proceeds will be donated to the Alberta SPCA. 

Please have your child bring exact change ie. (loonies,quarters). We do expect that there will be extra cupcakes and students will be given an opportunity to purchase a second cupcake later in the day. A huge thank you to the volunteers who are donating cupcakes for Monday.

February 26

Thank you to all the amazing families who came to our Tanga Art Sale last night.  I completely understand if you were unable to attend last night (families are busy) but would still like to purchase your child's art, you may do so.  Please send $10.00 to school next week.

Today was another amazing Friday.  We had 2 rounds of daily 5 and we also worked on our "discussion texts."  Next week Mr. S will be working on writing projects that have to do with re-telling events.  This will be awesome.

Today in math we worked on Math Writing as a group.  We worked on "today's number" and the kids could choose to represent 12 or 31.

After this we moved onto Math With Someone.  I have attached a picture of all the expectations for the students and teachers during Math Daily 3.  Please continue to talk with your child about these expectations.

Monday is National Cupcake Day.  If you would like to purchase a cupcake, please bring $1.00 to school.

Have a wonderful weekend.  

February 24

Be a buddy not a bully day was awesome. Thank you to Sophee who made a wonderful pink buddy cake.  I have a attached a picture for all of you to enjoy.

This morning a group of grade 2's worked on making a video using the green screen.  They are reporting on things they have learned about avalanches from their guided reading group.  Good job Ruby, Sophia and Noah.  All students will get a chance to do a green screen video in the next few weeks.

During writer's workshop, we continued to work on creating discussion texts.  Tomorrow Mr. S. will brainstorm with the class other topics they can "discuss".

Today in math we worked with Mrs. Bowles on Math Daily 3.  We learned 2 new games for Math by Myself.  These games are called In and out and Race to ____.

In gym we are working on our basketball skills.  We ended the day off working with our buddies on our video for the upcoming assembly.

Have a wonderful evening.

February 23

Welcome back Mr. S.  We are so happy you are back and looking forward to our time together until April 22 when you will be fully qualified teacher.  

Just a reminder that tomorrow is Anti-bullying day.  Please wear pink if possible.

Thursday is our Tanga Art sale from 6-7:30.   Our projects will be displayed in the Link hallway right outside of our classroom door.

Grade 2's are working on double digit addition.  Here is the process we are following.

53+21
53 + 20 = 73
73 +1 = 74
or 
50 + 20 = 70
3+1 = 4
70+4 = 74

These are only 2 suggestions.  If your child creates a strategy that works for them and they are able to get the right answer ...... that is great!  All I ask is that they are able to represent their thinking.  

Grade 1's have been working on domino addition.

Today we started working on writing a "discussion text".  Our topic of discussion was "Children should not do homework".  This was the title of our discussion.  We then came up with arguments for and against this.  We started talking about our opinion and how it is also important to see things from another person's "point of view".  

At the end of the day we had Roots of Empathy.  We talked about being sad and what things make us feel better.

Have a wonderful evening.

February 19

Happy Friday!  

Just a reminder that our Tanga Art Sale will take place next Thursday from 6:00-7:30.  All our pieces will be available for $10.00.  We are raising money for a school in Tanzania Africa.  In the past our funds have purchased a new roof, repaired the floor and bought school supplies for both teachers and students.  

Today we read part of a book called Ready or Not, Here I Come.  This book is about a group of girls who are playing hide and seek and are looking for the quickest way to count to 100.  We are reading a variety of math literature as we get ready for our Student Led Learning Walks in March.  The theme of the evening will be Math and Literature.  

February 29 is Buy A CupcakeDay.  Cupcakes will be available for $1.00.  We are raising money to support programs at the SPCA.

Have a wonderful weekend.