Kenneth D. Taylor - Grade 1D

Swimming this week has been a success! The students are enjoying their lessons and overcoming fears and challenges! Here are a few pics from the lessons: This Thursday evening from 3:30-7:30 and Friday morning from 8:00-12:00 are the final student-led conferences of the year. Please call the office if you are having difficulty signing up for a time online. Due to the conferences there is no school this Friday, April 20th. Classes will resume on Monday as usual. Passion for glass: The field trip forms for passion for glass are due! The students will be participating in this wonderful activity on Tuesday, April 24th. Please email/phone me if you are able to volunteer! Thanks and enjoy the rest of the week:) -Ms. C

We are short on volunteers to help the students get ready/changed for swimming next week. If you have current CBE police clearance and are available in the morning next week from Monday to Thursday please email me! Thank you very much: tkcarstairs@cbe.ab.ca -Ms. C

Our class will be going to the Thornhill Aquatic & Fitness Center for swim lessons as part of the Alberta Physical Education curriculum! The lessons will begin on April 16th and finish on the 19th. The students will come to school as usual and will be taking a chartered school bus, supervised by teachers, to the aquatic center where they will receive lessons from the pool staff. Please send your child with a swimsuit and a towel and an extra bag (a plastic shopping bag is fine) on these days! A permission form will be coming home with your child today. In class, students have been working on their own stories and learning about how to edit their work and complete a rough and a good copy. They have been using their writing checklists to ensure they are doing their best work. At upcoming conferences, your child will show you a piece of writing and explain how they use the checklist to edit their work. For math, we are beginning our unit on measurement! Today we will be see

On Monday, the students were VERY excited to see that a Leprechaun had come into our room over the weekend, made a big mess and stole all of the gold out of our traps! Unfortunately, no one managed to catch him. The students did some excellent writing about 'How to catch a Leprechaun' after and have been using their writing checklist to ensure their writing is the best it can be! Ask your child what they need to look for to get a 4-Star writing piece! In Math the students learned a fun, new game called 'Bump!' Here's a link to some free 'Bump' printables, if you would like to print it and have your child show you how to play over Spring break! You will need something for playing pieces (10 each) and 3 dice! http://www.teachjunkie.com/math-subject/roll-cover-bump-cool-math-games/ Tomorrow is a half day and the students will be dismissed at 12:00, even though it is a Thursday. There is no school on Friday as it is the first day of Spring Break for th

We finished inline skating last Friday and I was very impressed with their progress and their skills! Here are a few pics of us: Thank you for all the donations of cereal boxes and building materials!! We started by designing our Leprechaun Traps with Ms. Moore's class yesterday and today we had the opportunity to begin using our supplies to construct them as per our design. We will continue to build over the next two days and see if we can't catch a Leprechaun over the weekend! Here are some pictures of us collaborating on our traps: Just a reminder that this Friday is our next fun lunch! Also, our last day of classes before Spring break is Thursday, March 22. The students are off on Friday and will return April 3. Enjoy the rest of your week! :) -Ms. Carstairs