Hello Room 75!
Have a wonderful holiday! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Thank you for such a wonderful few months in room 75! It was great fun today, playing games, wrapping our gifts, eating snacks, watching a movie and singing Christmas Carols!
See you all on January 6th, 2014!!!
Homework over the holidays.
Please try to read and work on Mathletics each day for 30 minutes.
Please try to capture images of three events that you feel are significant to you or your family and bring them with you to school on January 6th. (take a picture, draw a picture etc).
Question for the blog: (to write in your homework journal.)
What is a goal you have for 2014? (What is something you want to get better at in 2014 and how will you go about doing this?)
Have a wonderful holiday with your friends and family and see you in the new year!!
Ms. Handelsman
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Pajama day tomorrow!
Hello room 75!
I hope that everyone got home safely and are now nice and warm!
Tomorrow is our last day before the winter break!
A quick reminder that the students have decided to have pajama day and they want to bring a stuffed animal. They should only bring one animal that has been ok'd by you. If they do not want to dress in their pajamas, they can choose to wear their favorite shirt, that is appropriate for school, again ok'd by you. We will be playing board games, watching a movie and having snacks in the afternoon. Students can bring snacks to share with their class if they would like as well as a board game that they would like to play with their friends.
Tomorrow is a full day and students will be dismissed at their regular time!
Just a quick note that again yesterday someone was posting inappropriate comments on the blog. We had a very good class meeting this morning and talked about how it is not ok to write mean things on the internet and that once it is out there that it is difficult to take it back. Parents, please make sure that when your child is on the computer and on the internet that you are aware of what they are doing, writing or seeing. The students know that if they see something that is innapropriate they should tell an adult. Please talk to your child about the class meeting and ask them to share with you what we discussed, what they can do if they notice something inappropriate on the internet, and what they can do if they are having a problem with someone at home or at school, instead of saying or writing mean things. On that note, I will continue to use this blog until the holidays, but I will be blocking the ability for people to make comments, but instead ask the students answer the blog questions in their homework journal. If you would like to send a comment or question, please email me directly at achandelsman@cbe.ab.ca . Thank you for your support in helping your child to become responsible and respectful digital citizens.
We shared quite a few projects today and have just one more to go tomorrow!! Mykayla shared her powerpoint of her country, Scotland! She was very proud to be presenting in front of the class and of the research she did on the internet!Riley shared his poster of his interview with his dad about China! His poster included a great deal of images of significant locations and monuments in China, such as The Great Wall of China and the Terra Cotta Soldiers (both places I have visited as a child:) And Ria was excited to share her poster of India which included artifacts of significance, a variety of pictures and a great deal of information! And Cohen was pleased when his name was chosen to share his powerpoint on England!! His project included pictures from the past as well as the present and he even included a little dance as he finished his presentation! Way to go!
Ask your child to share with you something they learned from listening to one of their friends share today!
As I said we have one more to go tomorrow (maybe two!!) We will do this tomorrow morning before we go music!!
Important information:
Tomorrow is the last day of school.
January 6th is the first day back in the new year!
Homework:
read 30 minutes
mathletics 30 minutes
Question for the blog:
What will you be doing to celebrate Christmas this year? If you do not celebrate Christmas what will you be doing instead?
(PS remember to write your answer in your homework journal and bring in to school so that we can share with each other in the morning!)
Have a great WARM evening!
Ms. Handelsman
I hope that everyone got home safely and are now nice and warm!
Tomorrow is our last day before the winter break!
A quick reminder that the students have decided to have pajama day and they want to bring a stuffed animal. They should only bring one animal that has been ok'd by you. If they do not want to dress in their pajamas, they can choose to wear their favorite shirt, that is appropriate for school, again ok'd by you. We will be playing board games, watching a movie and having snacks in the afternoon. Students can bring snacks to share with their class if they would like as well as a board game that they would like to play with their friends.
Tomorrow is a full day and students will be dismissed at their regular time!
Just a quick note that again yesterday someone was posting inappropriate comments on the blog. We had a very good class meeting this morning and talked about how it is not ok to write mean things on the internet and that once it is out there that it is difficult to take it back. Parents, please make sure that when your child is on the computer and on the internet that you are aware of what they are doing, writing or seeing. The students know that if they see something that is innapropriate they should tell an adult. Please talk to your child about the class meeting and ask them to share with you what we discussed, what they can do if they notice something inappropriate on the internet, and what they can do if they are having a problem with someone at home or at school, instead of saying or writing mean things. On that note, I will continue to use this blog until the holidays, but I will be blocking the ability for people to make comments, but instead ask the students answer the blog questions in their homework journal. If you would like to send a comment or question, please email me directly at achandelsman@cbe.ab.ca . Thank you for your support in helping your child to become responsible and respectful digital citizens.
We shared quite a few projects today and have just one more to go tomorrow!! Mykayla shared her powerpoint of her country, Scotland! She was very proud to be presenting in front of the class and of the research she did on the internet!Riley shared his poster of his interview with his dad about China! His poster included a great deal of images of significant locations and monuments in China, such as The Great Wall of China and the Terra Cotta Soldiers (both places I have visited as a child:) And Ria was excited to share her poster of India which included artifacts of significance, a variety of pictures and a great deal of information! And Cohen was pleased when his name was chosen to share his powerpoint on England!! His project included pictures from the past as well as the present and he even included a little dance as he finished his presentation! Way to go!
Ask your child to share with you something they learned from listening to one of their friends share today!
As I said we have one more to go tomorrow (maybe two!!) We will do this tomorrow morning before we go music!!
Important information:
Tomorrow is the last day of school.
January 6th is the first day back in the new year!
Homework:
read 30 minutes
mathletics 30 minutes
Question for the blog:
What will you be doing to celebrate Christmas this year? If you do not celebrate Christmas what will you be doing instead?
(PS remember to write your answer in your homework journal and bring in to school so that we can share with each other in the morning!)
Have a great WARM evening!
Ms. Handelsman
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
The kids have decided...
Hello room 75...
The kids have decided to have Pajama day on Thursday! We put it to a vote and they decided to have pajama day for the entire day, as well as they can bring in 1 stuffy if they would like. If they do not want to dress in pajamas they can wear a favorite t-shirt and still bring in a stuffy. After deciding that we wanted to have a pajama day our buddies joined us and then we found out that they are also having pajama day!
We listened to a few more of our students share their origins projects today.
Cassie shared her interview of her mom about her great grandma who was from Scotland and emigrated to Canada in 1945. She did a wonderful job of reading what she had typed on the page and then showing the pictures of the flag as well as of her great grandma!!
Meghan was very excited to share her project about her family and included pictures on her poster of the many different countries her family is from. The countries included, Germany, the Ukraine and Poland. She enjoyed sharing some of the many pictures of her family members with the class!
Ethan was quite excited when his name was chosen to share his powerpoint of his interview with his mom about China! He made sure I knew when to press the buttons in the powerpoint so that his graphics could change as he was talking about different things, such as the different parks and different foods of China! Ask your child to share with you what Ethan's favorite part of his presentation was!
We still have a few more friends to listen share their projects and will do so tomorrow and Thursday. Remember if you have not finished and handed in your project to please do so ASAP.
During our Christmas carols we were pleasantly surprised to see that our friends in tone chimes were going to be performing some of the Christmas songs they have been practicing! Brooke, Ally, Ria and Meghan did a wonderful job reading their music and playing their tone chimes in front of the entire school! Way to go you guys!
Many of the students have been hungry in the afternoon and so we have introduced an afternoon snack. This gives the students an opportunity to finish up some of their healthy snacks and parts of their lunch that they may not have gotten to earlier in the day. If you are finding that your child is hungry, please make sure to send additional healthy and fresh snacks as these fill them up much better than processed foods and candies or chocolate. If you are finding that they are not finishing their lunches or eating all their snacks, hopefully the afternoon snack will help them to do so.
Important information:
Thursday is our last day of school. It is pajama and bring your stuffy day for us and our buddies! We will be watching a video as well as playing board games and eating snacks. If your child has a game at home that they would like to bring to school and you are ok with that please do so! If you would like to send a snack or treat to school you are more than welcome to. We have 21 students. We would like the snack to be healthy/ish if at all possible and as always no nuts please. Someone has already brought in a baked treat for the class that is sitting on my table waiting eagerly to be shared on Thursday!!
January 6th- return to school!
Fun lunch orders are due in January- The information is available through our website and weekly newsletters!
Question for the blog:
As 2013 comes to a close, what is something that you are most proud of having accomplished either at school or at home that you would like to share? (Please do not post about video games etc). If you are having a difficult time making sure your answer posts, please write it in your homework journal and bring to school tomorrow:)
PLEASE WRITE YOUR RESPONSE IN YOUR JOURNAL IF YOU WOULD LIKE AS I HAVE BLOCKED THE COMMENT OPTION FROM THE BLOG. WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS IN CLASS TOMORROW.
MS. HANDELSMAN
See you tomorrow,
Ms. Handelsman
The kids have decided to have Pajama day on Thursday! We put it to a vote and they decided to have pajama day for the entire day, as well as they can bring in 1 stuffy if they would like. If they do not want to dress in pajamas they can wear a favorite t-shirt and still bring in a stuffy. After deciding that we wanted to have a pajama day our buddies joined us and then we found out that they are also having pajama day!
We listened to a few more of our students share their origins projects today.
Cassie shared her interview of her mom about her great grandma who was from Scotland and emigrated to Canada in 1945. She did a wonderful job of reading what she had typed on the page and then showing the pictures of the flag as well as of her great grandma!!
Meghan was very excited to share her project about her family and included pictures on her poster of the many different countries her family is from. The countries included, Germany, the Ukraine and Poland. She enjoyed sharing some of the many pictures of her family members with the class!
Ethan was quite excited when his name was chosen to share his powerpoint of his interview with his mom about China! He made sure I knew when to press the buttons in the powerpoint so that his graphics could change as he was talking about different things, such as the different parks and different foods of China! Ask your child to share with you what Ethan's favorite part of his presentation was!
We still have a few more friends to listen share their projects and will do so tomorrow and Thursday. Remember if you have not finished and handed in your project to please do so ASAP.
During our Christmas carols we were pleasantly surprised to see that our friends in tone chimes were going to be performing some of the Christmas songs they have been practicing! Brooke, Ally, Ria and Meghan did a wonderful job reading their music and playing their tone chimes in front of the entire school! Way to go you guys!
Many of the students have been hungry in the afternoon and so we have introduced an afternoon snack. This gives the students an opportunity to finish up some of their healthy snacks and parts of their lunch that they may not have gotten to earlier in the day. If you are finding that your child is hungry, please make sure to send additional healthy and fresh snacks as these fill them up much better than processed foods and candies or chocolate. If you are finding that they are not finishing their lunches or eating all their snacks, hopefully the afternoon snack will help them to do so.
Important information:
Thursday is our last day of school. It is pajama and bring your stuffy day for us and our buddies! We will be watching a video as well as playing board games and eating snacks. If your child has a game at home that they would like to bring to school and you are ok with that please do so! If you would like to send a snack or treat to school you are more than welcome to. We have 21 students. We would like the snack to be healthy/ish if at all possible and as always no nuts please. Someone has already brought in a baked treat for the class that is sitting on my table waiting eagerly to be shared on Thursday!!
January 6th- return to school!
Fun lunch orders are due in January- The information is available through our website and weekly newsletters!
Question for the blog:
As 2013 comes to a close, what is something that you are most proud of having accomplished either at school or at home that you would like to share? (Please do not post about video games etc). If you are having a difficult time making sure your answer posts, please write it in your homework journal and bring to school tomorrow:)
PLEASE WRITE YOUR RESPONSE IN YOUR JOURNAL IF YOU WOULD LIKE AS I HAVE BLOCKED THE COMMENT OPTION FROM THE BLOG. WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS IN CLASS TOMORROW.
MS. HANDELSMAN
See you tomorrow,
Ms. Handelsman
Monday, December 16, 2013
3 more days!
Hello room 75!
What a great Monday! Students are very excited as the holidays are approaching! Many are choosing to write letters to Santa during Daily 5! We continue to be listening to our friends share their origins projects. Today we listened as Kareem shared his powerpoint on Egypt. In his project he included a video of him interviewing his dad and asking him many questions. Then he shared a variety of foods that are from Egypt, many of which he has eaten himself! This afternoon we listened to Bailey share her report on Germany, and she was proud to pass around an artifact from home. An extremely old book written in German! Jullianne shared the book she made about her country of origin, The Philippines. She included a variety of pictures to add to her report on the information she got from interviewing her mom. Ask your child to share with you the greeting that young people give to their elders as a sign of respect. Wilson shared his powerpoint project on his country of origin, England. He included a picture of his great great grandpa in his project. He also included the birth signs with each of the famous people he included in his report, which lead to all the students wanting to know that theirs is. (Mine is aquarius.)
Remember, if you have not finished your project, please do so and bring it in so that you can share it with your class. We will continue to decide who will be presenting, by random draw!!
This morning we met with our buddies from Mrs. Sloane's class and we started to work on our ornaments. Ask you child to share with you who their buddy is and what their ornament is that they are creating.
We ended the day by coming together as a school and singing Christmas Carols. Tomorrow we will be singing the songs at 11, then again on Wednesday at 230...
important information:
Thursday is a full day of school. It is our last day of school before the holidays. We return to school on Monday, January 6th, 2014!!
Fun lunch orders due Jan 10th.(The information about the fun lunches went out in the weekly newsletters.) The students's yellow communication folders will be coming home tomorrow.
Homework:
Read 30 minutes
Mathletics 30 (everyone has new assignments!)
finish your origins project if you have not already done so
Question for the blog.
What was your favorite Christmas Carol that we sang together?
Have a great evening.
Ms. Handelsman
What a great Monday! Students are very excited as the holidays are approaching! Many are choosing to write letters to Santa during Daily 5! We continue to be listening to our friends share their origins projects. Today we listened as Kareem shared his powerpoint on Egypt. In his project he included a video of him interviewing his dad and asking him many questions. Then he shared a variety of foods that are from Egypt, many of which he has eaten himself! This afternoon we listened to Bailey share her report on Germany, and she was proud to pass around an artifact from home. An extremely old book written in German! Jullianne shared the book she made about her country of origin, The Philippines. She included a variety of pictures to add to her report on the information she got from interviewing her mom. Ask your child to share with you the greeting that young people give to their elders as a sign of respect. Wilson shared his powerpoint project on his country of origin, England. He included a picture of his great great grandpa in his project. He also included the birth signs with each of the famous people he included in his report, which lead to all the students wanting to know that theirs is. (Mine is aquarius.)
Remember, if you have not finished your project, please do so and bring it in so that you can share it with your class. We will continue to decide who will be presenting, by random draw!!
This morning we met with our buddies from Mrs. Sloane's class and we started to work on our ornaments. Ask you child to share with you who their buddy is and what their ornament is that they are creating.
We ended the day by coming together as a school and singing Christmas Carols. Tomorrow we will be singing the songs at 11, then again on Wednesday at 230...
important information:
Thursday is a full day of school. It is our last day of school before the holidays. We return to school on Monday, January 6th, 2014!!
Fun lunch orders due Jan 10th.(The information about the fun lunches went out in the weekly newsletters.) The students's yellow communication folders will be coming home tomorrow.
Homework:
Read 30 minutes
Mathletics 30 (everyone has new assignments!)
finish your origins project if you have not already done so
Question for the blog.
What was your favorite Christmas Carol that we sang together?
Have a great evening.
Ms. Handelsman
Friday, December 13, 2013
Caine's Arcade at RT Alderman!
Hello room 75!
What a great field we had today to RT ALDERMAN! Thanks to the families who brought donations for the Mustard Seed. The students were excited to be at RT ALDERMAN and many were pleased to see some old friends who are now in Grade 5. Ask your child to share with you their favorite game they played in the arcade. Thanks to Mrs. Sturgeon, Mrs. Spurrell and Mrs. Litman for volunteering on our field trip!
Here is the link to the video that the students watched today, that explains where the grade 5 and grade 9 students at RT ALDERMAN got their inspiration to create their paper arcade.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faIFNkdq96U
Next week is going to fly by I am sure as we are quickly approaching the holidays! We will be spending the days singing carols, working with our buddies, sharing our Origins Projects and on Thursday we would like to have a class party. Similar to what we did for Halloween, we will have a games afternoon, as well we will be watching a video with our buddy class. If students want to bring treats to share with the class they can do so. We would like the snacks to be "relatively" healthy please. Please remember that there should be no nuts in any products brought to school. If students have a board game that they would like to bring and you are OK for them to do so, that would be great!
Also...
The students in our class and Mrs. Sloane's class did an amazing job singing the songs they have been working so hard on! It was great to see so many students and to meet many of their extended family members, such as the aunts, uncles and grandparents who came!! If you were not able to attend, we will find time for you in the week to make your Reindeer family picture!! Here are the videos of the songs along with the students's artwork.
I hope that you have a great weekend as it is supposed to be warming up finally!!(At least on Sunday!)
Important Information:
Thursday we will have a class party, with board games, a movie and snacks.
Thursday is also our last day of school before the holidays
Homework:
Read 30 minutes
Mathletics 30 minutes
if you have not finished your origins project, please do so and hand it in on Monday.
Question for the blog:
What game or part of today did you enjoy the most at the paper arcade and why?
See you on Monday,
Ms. Handelsman
What a great field we had today to RT ALDERMAN! Thanks to the families who brought donations for the Mustard Seed. The students were excited to be at RT ALDERMAN and many were pleased to see some old friends who are now in Grade 5. Ask your child to share with you their favorite game they played in the arcade. Thanks to Mrs. Sturgeon, Mrs. Spurrell and Mrs. Litman for volunteering on our field trip!
Here is the link to the video that the students watched today, that explains where the grade 5 and grade 9 students at RT ALDERMAN got their inspiration to create their paper arcade.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faIFNkdq96U
Next week is going to fly by I am sure as we are quickly approaching the holidays! We will be spending the days singing carols, working with our buddies, sharing our Origins Projects and on Thursday we would like to have a class party. Similar to what we did for Halloween, we will have a games afternoon, as well we will be watching a video with our buddy class. If students want to bring treats to share with the class they can do so. We would like the snacks to be "relatively" healthy please. Please remember that there should be no nuts in any products brought to school. If students have a board game that they would like to bring and you are OK for them to do so, that would be great!
Also...
The students in our class and Mrs. Sloane's class did an amazing job singing the songs they have been working so hard on! It was great to see so many students and to meet many of their extended family members, such as the aunts, uncles and grandparents who came!! If you were not able to attend, we will find time for you in the week to make your Reindeer family picture!! Here are the videos of the songs along with the students's artwork.
If there was anyone who happened to have video taped the performance of the students singing both the songs and would be willing to send me a copy that would be greatly appreciated. I can then show the video to the students as well as take the recording of the students voices singing and put that into the video with their artwork. If so, could you please email me? achandelsman@cbe.ab.ca? Thanks.
I hope that you have a great weekend as it is supposed to be warming up finally!!(At least on Sunday!)
Important Information:
Thursday we will have a class party, with board games, a movie and snacks.
Thursday is also our last day of school before the holidays
Homework:
Read 30 minutes
Mathletics 30 minutes
if you have not finished your origins project, please do so and hand it in on Monday.
Question for the blog:
What game or part of today did you enjoy the most at the paper arcade and why?
See you on Monday,
Ms. Handelsman
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
It is tomorrow night!
Hello room 75!
Sorry for the late post!
We had a staff meeting and then one of the teachers from High River came to collect as much of the gifts for the families in High River as she could fit into her vehicle! And guess what?!?! The Cranston families have been so generous that there was not enough room to fit all the gifts. Since Mrs. Secord lives in High River, she will be bringing her truck to school tomorrow and will bring the remainder of the presents to Spitzee School in High River on her way home. Thanks again for the generosity the families in room 75 and in the rest of Cranston school demonstrated through their donations in support of our families helping families!
Thanks to Ally for sharing her interview with her grandpa about her country of origin, England! She included a "bobby hat"; some Lego figures for the kids to see what a "bobby looks like", as well as the "Royal Guard"; and a double decker bus. She was very confident and she shared the vast amount of information she gained about the different landmarks, foods, famous individuals, transportation and sports to name a few. She included a picture of her grandpa from when he was a young boy in his school uniform to show what it was like. As more students are sharing, they are making connections between their family's stories and the stories of their peers. For example, Ally's grandpa emigrated to Canada in the same manner and in around the same time period, as Brooke's grandpa and Wilson's relative: by boat! My dad's family also came from England, but my dad emigrated by plane shortly after he finished university and then my grandma emigrated after I was born to be closer to her grandchildren!
Marek did a wonderful job present the powerpoint he created about his interview. He interviewed his mom and asked her questions about his grandpa who emigrated from Scotland! Ask your child if he or she remembers the reason why Marek's grandpa came to Canada! He was very excited to include the different famous athletes and well known sports that are played in Scotland!
Way to go! Remember that the interview projects are due by Friday of this week!
We spent most of the day working to prepare for tomorrow evening. Some of you will be receiving invitations today or tomorrow that were made by your child in regards to the Winter Wonderland! We met with our buddies this morning to practice our songs as well as to work on our "gingerbread buddies" display. Ask your child to share with you what they created today with their buddies and what the different steps were in the process. Tomorrow will be our final rehearsal in music class before the big event at 630 tomorrow night! We are asking that if you are coming to the evening tomorrow night and your child will be there to sing, to try and arrive by 620. I will close up my classroom at that time so that we can all meet in the music room. If you are at a younger sibling's performance in Kindergarten, then as soon as that one is finished, you can quickly make your way to the music room. They are adjacent to each other:) We tried to time it so that you will be able to see all the kids strut their stuff tomorrow night! So, if we have to wait a few minutes that will be alright...The students in the tone chime club will be performing afterwards, I think they were planning to do so at about 645 or 7, again to allow for the families to see their younger siblings perform afterwards. In between these performances there will be activities in the hub, and in the gym (hot cocoa and cookie decorating to name a few), plus there will be an activity planned for you to do as a family in our classroom!) It is an open house, in that you can come and go as you please, so except for when we are in the music room, room 75 will be open for you and your family to come in and visit! Also, please be sure to check out the wonderful work on display in front of our buddy class as well as in front of ours!
Thank you to all the families as we have ALL the field trip forms handed in and so we are ready to go on our field trip this Friday!!
As Friday will be Mrs. Secord's last day with us as a student teacher, she is wanting to do something special tomorrow. She would like to bring in a special family member. Here are the clues:
This family member has 4 legs.
This family member has long ears.
This family member has a bushy tail.
This family member probably LOVES to eat carrots!
This family member would hop all over the place if it wasn't in its crate.
This family member has whiskers and fur.
What do you think her special family member is?Ask your child to share with you their answer.
Important information:
Winter Wonderland is tomorrow
We have a special visitor tomorrow
Field trip is Friday.
Homework:
read 30 minutes
mathletics 30 minutes
finish your interview project if you have not done so yet...
Question for the blog:
What would you like to say to Mrs. Litman as it is almost her last day and we won't have time to share the blog on Friday morning?
See you tomorrow,
Ms. Handelsman
Sorry for the late post!
We had a staff meeting and then one of the teachers from High River came to collect as much of the gifts for the families in High River as she could fit into her vehicle! And guess what?!?! The Cranston families have been so generous that there was not enough room to fit all the gifts. Since Mrs. Secord lives in High River, she will be bringing her truck to school tomorrow and will bring the remainder of the presents to Spitzee School in High River on her way home. Thanks again for the generosity the families in room 75 and in the rest of Cranston school demonstrated through their donations in support of our families helping families!
Thanks to Ally for sharing her interview with her grandpa about her country of origin, England! She included a "bobby hat"; some Lego figures for the kids to see what a "bobby looks like", as well as the "Royal Guard"; and a double decker bus. She was very confident and she shared the vast amount of information she gained about the different landmarks, foods, famous individuals, transportation and sports to name a few. She included a picture of her grandpa from when he was a young boy in his school uniform to show what it was like. As more students are sharing, they are making connections between their family's stories and the stories of their peers. For example, Ally's grandpa emigrated to Canada in the same manner and in around the same time period, as Brooke's grandpa and Wilson's relative: by boat! My dad's family also came from England, but my dad emigrated by plane shortly after he finished university and then my grandma emigrated after I was born to be closer to her grandchildren!
Marek did a wonderful job present the powerpoint he created about his interview. He interviewed his mom and asked her questions about his grandpa who emigrated from Scotland! Ask your child if he or she remembers the reason why Marek's grandpa came to Canada! He was very excited to include the different famous athletes and well known sports that are played in Scotland!
Way to go! Remember that the interview projects are due by Friday of this week!
We spent most of the day working to prepare for tomorrow evening. Some of you will be receiving invitations today or tomorrow that were made by your child in regards to the Winter Wonderland! We met with our buddies this morning to practice our songs as well as to work on our "gingerbread buddies" display. Ask your child to share with you what they created today with their buddies and what the different steps were in the process. Tomorrow will be our final rehearsal in music class before the big event at 630 tomorrow night! We are asking that if you are coming to the evening tomorrow night and your child will be there to sing, to try and arrive by 620. I will close up my classroom at that time so that we can all meet in the music room. If you are at a younger sibling's performance in Kindergarten, then as soon as that one is finished, you can quickly make your way to the music room. They are adjacent to each other:) We tried to time it so that you will be able to see all the kids strut their stuff tomorrow night! So, if we have to wait a few minutes that will be alright...The students in the tone chime club will be performing afterwards, I think they were planning to do so at about 645 or 7, again to allow for the families to see their younger siblings perform afterwards. In between these performances there will be activities in the hub, and in the gym (hot cocoa and cookie decorating to name a few), plus there will be an activity planned for you to do as a family in our classroom!) It is an open house, in that you can come and go as you please, so except for when we are in the music room, room 75 will be open for you and your family to come in and visit! Also, please be sure to check out the wonderful work on display in front of our buddy class as well as in front of ours!
Thank you to all the families as we have ALL the field trip forms handed in and so we are ready to go on our field trip this Friday!!
As Friday will be Mrs. Secord's last day with us as a student teacher, she is wanting to do something special tomorrow. She would like to bring in a special family member. Here are the clues:
This family member has 4 legs.
This family member has long ears.
This family member has a bushy tail.
This family member probably LOVES to eat carrots!
This family member would hop all over the place if it wasn't in its crate.
This family member has whiskers and fur.
What do you think her special family member is?Ask your child to share with you their answer.
Important information:
Winter Wonderland is tomorrow
We have a special visitor tomorrow
Field trip is Friday.
Homework:
read 30 minutes
mathletics 30 minutes
finish your interview project if you have not done so yet...
Question for the blog:
What would you like to say to Mrs. Litman as it is almost her last day and we won't have time to share the blog on Friday morning?
See you tomorrow,
Ms. Handelsman
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Two more days until the winter wonderland!
Hello room 75!
We have been busy practicing and working hard with our buddies to get ready for the winter wonderland at Cranston School on Friday! Ask your child to share with you what they did today with their buddies and what they did in music class.
This afternoon we listened to three of our classmates share their Origins Projects.
Lucas interviewed his grandfather and shared what he learned about Portugal. He was very proud to show the picture he included of his grandfather holding a trophy from when he played "futebol".
Nik interviewed his dad and enjoyed sharing his powerpoint on his country of Origin, the Ukraine. He did a wonderful job reading the information from the slides, especially when he was discussing all the different foods.
Kaden interviewed his Grandpa about growing up on a farm in British Columbia, Canada. Kaden included photographs to show the different artifacts that he was talking about. He showed pictures of the battery powered radio his grandpa used to listen to the news on, as well as a picture of some of the coal lanterns they used to light up their house.
Way to go you guys!!
Ask your child to share with you something they learned from listening to their friends share their projects!
Tomorrow, we will continue to listen to a few more students share their projects to the class! Keep up the good work.
Just a reminder that we are going on our field trip to RT Alderman on Friday for the paper arcade. Here is a letter that RT Alderman has written in regards to the donations they are asking for for the Mustard Seed. Bringing a donation is OPTIONAL.
We have been busy practicing and working hard with our buddies to get ready for the winter wonderland at Cranston School on Friday! Ask your child to share with you what they did today with their buddies and what they did in music class.
This afternoon we listened to three of our classmates share their Origins Projects.
Lucas interviewed his grandfather and shared what he learned about Portugal. He was very proud to show the picture he included of his grandfather holding a trophy from when he played "futebol".
Nik interviewed his dad and enjoyed sharing his powerpoint on his country of Origin, the Ukraine. He did a wonderful job reading the information from the slides, especially when he was discussing all the different foods.
Kaden interviewed his Grandpa about growing up on a farm in British Columbia, Canada. Kaden included photographs to show the different artifacts that he was talking about. He showed pictures of the battery powered radio his grandpa used to listen to the news on, as well as a picture of some of the coal lanterns they used to light up their house.
Way to go you guys!!
Ask your child to share with you something they learned from listening to their friends share their projects!
Tomorrow, we will continue to listen to a few more students share their projects to the class! Keep up the good work.
Just a reminder that we are going on our field trip to RT Alderman on Friday for the paper arcade. Here is a letter that RT Alderman has written in regards to the donations they are asking for for the Mustard Seed. Bringing a donation is OPTIONAL.
Important information:
Thursday night from 6-8 is the school's Winter Wonderland
Friday is our field trip to RT ALDERMAN
Friday is also Mrs. Litman's last day with us as our student teacher.
If you have any donations for our family in High River and have not done so already, please bring them in.
If you have not filled in your field trip form please do so and send them in tomorrow. (We are only missing 2!)
Homework:
Finish your origins project
Read 30 minutes
Mathletics 30 minutes
Question for the blog:
What have you enjoyed the most about working with our buddies? And why?
See you tomorrow.
Ms. Handelsman
Monday, December 9, 2013
Aujourd'hui nous avions français!
Bonjour mes amis! Comment ça va?
Aujourd'hui, tous les enfants sont allés à la classe française.
Yes, we all went to French class today! Ask your child who their teacher was and what they worked on in French class!
I was away in the morning at the dentist and was happy to hear how hard the students worked for Mrs. Hofer! Ask your child to share with you something they learned when working on Mathletics.
In the afternoon we went and did our book exchange at the library and then worked on Daily Five. The students were very excited to share their presentations today on their Origins Interview projects. We listened to Brooke share her Keynote presentation about her Grandma who came from England! The students were amazed by the original photos of Brooke's grandma as a child and then of Brooke's great grandma as a baby (Grandma Brooke who Brooke was named for).
Bruce shared his poster on his interview of his dad who is originally from China! Bruce did an amazing job of laying out the questions, answers and pictures in a circular method all around his poster. He told the class that his favorite part was putting all the pictures and writing onto his poster. The students really enjoyed hearing about the many different sports that are popular in China, such as ping pong and badminton.
We will continue to listen to each other's presentations throughout this week. If your child is choosing to present a keynote or powerpoint,or has images that he or she would like to display, please feel free to email them tome so that we can project them on the Smartboard during the presentation!
Important Information
Origins interview projects are due this week.
If you have items you wish to donate to our family in High River and have not yet done so, please bring into the school ASAP.
Field Trip forms are due! If you have not filled them out yet, please do so ASAP and make sure it is in your child's communication folder for school tomorrow.
Thursday night 6-8 Winter wonderland.
Friday is our Field Trip to RT Alderman
Thursday, December 19th- we will be having some type of an Xmas celebration in our class (playing board games, eating tasty snacks, watching a movie. More info to follow.
Friday, December 20th- NO SCHOOL Winter break begins!
Homework:
Finish your origins project!
Read 30 minutes
Mathletics 30 minutes
There is no work for your homework journals as most of you are continuing to work on your Origins project this week. If you would like to write me a Dear. Ms. Handelsman you are more than welcome to and I will read it over the lunch hour! This can be on any topic of interest to you, for example, if you are in a hockey tournament, what you will be doing over the winter holidays, what you did over the weekend, what you do after school, etc...
Question for the blog:
à demain!
Mme. Handelsman
Aujourd'hui, tous les enfants sont allés à la classe française.
Yes, we all went to French class today! Ask your child who their teacher was and what they worked on in French class!
I was away in the morning at the dentist and was happy to hear how hard the students worked for Mrs. Hofer! Ask your child to share with you something they learned when working on Mathletics.
In the afternoon we went and did our book exchange at the library and then worked on Daily Five. The students were very excited to share their presentations today on their Origins Interview projects. We listened to Brooke share her Keynote presentation about her Grandma who came from England! The students were amazed by the original photos of Brooke's grandma as a child and then of Brooke's great grandma as a baby (Grandma Brooke who Brooke was named for).
Bruce shared his poster on his interview of his dad who is originally from China! Bruce did an amazing job of laying out the questions, answers and pictures in a circular method all around his poster. He told the class that his favorite part was putting all the pictures and writing onto his poster. The students really enjoyed hearing about the many different sports that are popular in China, such as ping pong and badminton.
We will continue to listen to each other's presentations throughout this week. If your child is choosing to present a keynote or powerpoint,or has images that he or she would like to display, please feel free to email them tome so that we can project them on the Smartboard during the presentation!
Important Information
Origins interview projects are due this week.
If you have items you wish to donate to our family in High River and have not yet done so, please bring into the school ASAP.
Field Trip forms are due! If you have not filled them out yet, please do so ASAP and make sure it is in your child's communication folder for school tomorrow.
Thursday night 6-8 Winter wonderland.
Friday is our Field Trip to RT Alderman
Thursday, December 19th- we will be having some type of an Xmas celebration in our class (playing board games, eating tasty snacks, watching a movie. More info to follow.
Friday, December 20th- NO SCHOOL Winter break begins!
Homework:
Finish your origins project!
Read 30 minutes
Mathletics 30 minutes
There is no work for your homework journals as most of you are continuing to work on your Origins project this week. If you would like to write me a Dear. Ms. Handelsman you are more than welcome to and I will read it over the lunch hour! This can be on any topic of interest to you, for example, if you are in a hockey tournament, what you will be doing over the winter holidays, what you did over the weekend, what you do after school, etc...
Question for the blog:
Qu'avez vous fait dans la classe française aujourd'hui? Qui était votre professeur?
(What did you do in French class today? Who was your teacher?à demain!
Mme. Handelsman
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Parent Teacher Interviews went really well!
Hello room 75!
Thank you to the families who booked an appointment to come and visit with me so we could discuss your child during parent teacher interviews!
We are approaching our final 9 days of school before Winter holidays.
They will be a busy nine days with our Winter Wonderland on Thursday night and our field trip to RT Alderman on Friday.
If you have not done so, please make sure you have filled in, signed and returned the permission slips to the school on Monday. If you would like to volunteer please email me achandelsman@cbe.ab.ca to let me know.
For the Winter Wonderland, it will be an open house from 6-8pm on Thursday. We will be singing our songs with our buddies just once in the evening. We will be singing at 630 in the music room. If you will be attending the evening, please make sure that your child is there by 620 so that we can prepare. There will be an activity for the students and their families in the classroom that they can do together anytime in the evening (except for when we are singing at 630). There is more information about the evening the monthly newsletter as well as in the Monday Morning Messages.
Important information:
Monday the field trip forms are due
Monday is library book exchange
Winter Wunderland this Thursday, 6-8pm (singing at 630)
Friday is our Field Trip to RT Alderman
Homework:
Read 30 minutes
Mathletics 30 minutes
Question for the blog:
WHat did you do over the long weekend that you would like to share with the class?
See you tomorrow,
Ms. Handelsman
Thank you to the families who booked an appointment to come and visit with me so we could discuss your child during parent teacher interviews!
We are approaching our final 9 days of school before Winter holidays.
They will be a busy nine days with our Winter Wonderland on Thursday night and our field trip to RT Alderman on Friday.
If you have not done so, please make sure you have filled in, signed and returned the permission slips to the school on Monday. If you would like to volunteer please email me achandelsman@cbe.ab.ca to let me know.
For the Winter Wonderland, it will be an open house from 6-8pm on Thursday. We will be singing our songs with our buddies just once in the evening. We will be singing at 630 in the music room. If you will be attending the evening, please make sure that your child is there by 620 so that we can prepare. There will be an activity for the students and their families in the classroom that they can do together anytime in the evening (except for when we are singing at 630). There is more information about the evening the monthly newsletter as well as in the Monday Morning Messages.
Important information:
Monday the field trip forms are due
Monday is library book exchange
Winter Wunderland this Thursday, 6-8pm (singing at 630)
Friday is our Field Trip to RT Alderman
Homework:
Read 30 minutes
Mathletics 30 minutes
Question for the blog:
WHat did you do over the long weekend that you would like to share with the class?
See you tomorrow,
Ms. Handelsman
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Field Trip forms home today
Hello room 75!
I hope that you had a good day today and worked hard for Mrs. Litman and Mrs. Hofer.
Tomorrow will be a busy day as we work on finishing up our posters with our buddies, our anthologies and posters.
I know that there was a Citizenship assembly that was hosted by Ms. Goldberg's and Mr. Soulier's class. I hope that you were on your best audience behaviour as you watched the hard work of each of the students who presented in the assembly. Please share with your family something that you learned from the assembly today.
Mrs. Litman told me that the field trip forms went home today. Please make sure that you have given them to your family so that they can read them over and sign them quickly, as they are due back to school on MONDAY. If one of your parents would like to volunteer, please have them email me at achandelsman@cbe.ab.ca to let me know.
Important information:
Parent teacher interviews tomorrow night and Friday.
No school this FRIDAY
If you are participating, please be sure to bring in your donations for the family we are supporting from High River.
Field trip forms due in MONDAY.
Thursday, December 12th: Cranston's Winter Wonderland from 6-8PM. It is an open house, but we will be performing with our buddies a few songs and we will try to do so at 630/700/730...
Homework:
read 15-30 minutes
Mathletics 15-30 minutes
work on your origins project which is due next week.
Question for the blog:
What did you do today, or what happened today that you would like to share with the class?
See you tomorrow,
Ms. Handelsman
I hope that you had a good day today and worked hard for Mrs. Litman and Mrs. Hofer.
Tomorrow will be a busy day as we work on finishing up our posters with our buddies, our anthologies and posters.
I know that there was a Citizenship assembly that was hosted by Ms. Goldberg's and Mr. Soulier's class. I hope that you were on your best audience behaviour as you watched the hard work of each of the students who presented in the assembly. Please share with your family something that you learned from the assembly today.
Mrs. Litman told me that the field trip forms went home today. Please make sure that you have given them to your family so that they can read them over and sign them quickly, as they are due back to school on MONDAY. If one of your parents would like to volunteer, please have them email me at achandelsman@cbe.ab.ca to let me know.
Important information:
Parent teacher interviews tomorrow night and Friday.
No school this FRIDAY
If you are participating, please be sure to bring in your donations for the family we are supporting from High River.
Field trip forms due in MONDAY.
Thursday, December 12th: Cranston's Winter Wonderland from 6-8PM. It is an open house, but we will be performing with our buddies a few songs and we will try to do so at 630/700/730...
Homework:
read 15-30 minutes
Mathletics 15-30 minutes
work on your origins project which is due next week.
Question for the blog:
What did you do today, or what happened today that you would like to share with the class?
See you tomorrow,
Ms. Handelsman
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
snow drifts
Hello room 75
Sorry for such a late post, but I have been busy this evening shoveling out the large amount of snow that blew onto my sidewalk and driveway.
I know that half of you stayed home and half of you went to school.
I hope that for everyone their Tuesday was a warm and safe one.
Have a great Wednesday with Mrs. Hofer, Mrs. Litman & Mr. Wong!
Question for the blog (I know that it was a late post, so don't worry if you were not able to answer the question, you can just discuss in class during the morning meeting)
What did you do on Tuesday that you would like to share with the class (and with me when I read the blog)?
Have a great and WARM Wednesday!
Ms. Handelsman
Sorry for such a late post, but I have been busy this evening shoveling out the large amount of snow that blew onto my sidewalk and driveway.
I know that half of you stayed home and half of you went to school.
I hope that for everyone their Tuesday was a warm and safe one.
Have a great Wednesday with Mrs. Hofer, Mrs. Litman & Mr. Wong!
Question for the blog (I know that it was a late post, so don't worry if you were not able to answer the question, you can just discuss in class during the morning meeting)
What did you do on Tuesday that you would like to share with the class (and with me when I read the blog)?
Have a great and WARM Wednesday!
Ms. Handelsman
Monday, December 2, 2013
It's a blizzard out there!
Hello room 75!
I was glad to see so many students dressed warmly for the incredibly cold weather we had today. Please make sure that if you do come to school tomorrow, that you wear enough clothing to keep you warm!!(toque, gloves, snowpants, winter jacket, boots, scarf!)
The students worked hard today to put together their poetry anthology!! They are coming along really well and should be completed by tomorrow!
I know that some students have completed their interview project. If they would like to start bringing in their work this week, that is alright and we will try to make time to share, even though they are not due until next week! Tomorrow, Nik and Wilson will share theirs! In school we worked with Mrs. Zwack's class who are also researching for their origins project. Ask your child to share with you something they learned about their country today.
Important information:
Book Fair Volunteers urgently needed for Friday!
Parents,
If you can volunteer on Friday for the Book Fair, would you please email KRaris@cbe.ab.ca . Thank you
Parent teacher interviews are this Thursday evening and Friday morning.
The book fair is running this week, notices went home today.
No school Friday.
Homework:
Mathletics 15-30 minutes
Reading 15-30 minutes
continue to work on your interview project
Question for the blog:
What did you do after you got home and inside out of this blizzard?
Have a great day tomorrow with Mrs. Hofer and Mrs. Litman
Ms. Handelsman
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Families Helping Families
Hello,
For those of you who are participating, can you please start to bring in your donations this week so that we can see what we have collected and what we need to collect before the deadline of December 9th!
Thanks.
Here is a repost of the message that was posted a few weeks ago. If you are interested in participating and have not posted what you will be contributing, please do so.
For those of you who are participating, can you please start to bring in your donations this week so that we can see what we have collected and what we need to collect before the deadline of December 9th!
Thanks.
Here is a repost of the message that was posted a few weeks ago. If you are interested in participating and have not posted what you will be contributing, please do so.
This year we will be supporting a family from High River who has lost everything in the flood this past June. If you are interested in helping:
Please post on the blog what item you are willing to contribute or donate based off of the needs the family has indicated so that all other families in our class can see what has been contributed and what is still in need. Please remember that our families would love to not have to worry about the purchase of food items and more than one gift card to their chosen grocery story would be welcomed.
***We welcome donations of gently used items for our families as well.***
ALL GIFTS NEED TO BE WRAPPED AND LABELED TO WHO THEY ARE INTENDED FOR. WRAPPED CONTRIBUTIONS WILL BE DUE BY: MONDAY, DECEMBER 9TH, 2013.
You should have received a sheet with the information about the family a few weeks ago. Please let me know on the blog if you need me to send home another sheet with your child!
Also, we are trying to collect dried and canned food for the Mayor's Food Bank. If you are willing and able to, please send in donations with your child throughout the week, or bring them with you to parent teacher interviews.
Thanks for your support!!
Ms. Handelsman
Important dates:
Tuesday December 3 and Wednesday December 4th, I will be at a workshop- Mrs. Hofer and Ms. Litman will be teaching.
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday is our Scholastic Book Fair!
Parent teacher interviews- This Thursday evening and Friday morning
Friday, December 5th- NO SCHOOL
Thursday, December 12th- Cranston's Winter Wonderland- 6-8pm. We will be singing two songs with our buddy class, and will be doing so at 630/700 and 730 in the evening.
Friday, December 13th- FIELD TRIP to RT Alderman! We have been invited to participate in a fundraising event that has been created by their grade 5 and 9 students. It is a paper arcade! We will be leaving Cranston at 900am and leaving RT Alderman at 1130. If you would like to volunteer on this field trip, please email me at achandelsman@cbe.ab.ca Students from RT Alderman are asking for donations to the Mustard Seed as the entry fee to their arcade...
Homework:
Work on your Origins interview project.
Read 15-30 minutes
Mathletics 15-30 minutes
Question for the blog:
What are you doing, have done, or will be doing this weekend that you would like to share with the class?
See you on Monday,
Ms. Handelsman
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Digital Citizenship
Hello room 75.
I sent home an email to the families of students about digital citizenship. If you did not get the email please let me know and I will send it directly to you.
Please talk to your child about the importance of being a safe and caring digital citizen.
Important reminders. If you have not done so, please book your interview time to meet with me next week, either Thursday night or Friday morning.
Homework:
I sent home an email to the families of students about digital citizenship. If you did not get the email please let me know and I will send it directly to you.
Please talk to your child about the importance of being a safe and caring digital citizen.
Important reminders. If you have not done so, please book your interview time to meet with me next week, either Thursday night or Friday morning.
Homework:
- If possible, please have your Origins interview questions done so we can share them tomorrow. I know that some families will be doing their interviews over the weekend or have scheduled a time for next week, and that is OK. We will be sharing some of the questions and answers with the kids in class tomorrow, as many are excited to share their stories.
- Read 15-30 minutes
- Mathletics 15-30 minutes
- In your homework journal, please write to me letting me know that you have talked to your parents about internet safety and being a digital citizen.
Question for the blog:
What will you be doing this weekend that you would like to share with the class?
See you tomorrow,
Ally Handelsman
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
What did you do in school today?
Hello room 75!
I hope that you had a good day with Ms. Hofer.
Just a quick reminder that tomorrow is our Fun Lunch!
Homework:
read 15-30 minutes
Mathletics 15-30 minutes
In your homework journal write me a Dear Ms. Handelsman on the topic of your choice! I look forward to reading what you will write!
Question for the blog:
What is something you did with Mrs. Hofer and Mrs. Litman today that you would like to share with me? Try to make your post different than what your friends' may have written!
See you tomorrow,
Ms. Handelsman
I hope that you had a good day with Ms. Hofer.
Just a quick reminder that tomorrow is our Fun Lunch!
Homework:
read 15-30 minutes
Mathletics 15-30 minutes
In your homework journal write me a Dear Ms. Handelsman on the topic of your choice! I look forward to reading what you will write!
Question for the blog:
What is something you did with Mrs. Hofer and Mrs. Litman today that you would like to share with me? Try to make your post different than what your friends' may have written!
See you tomorrow,
Ms. Handelsman
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Re-Post of Families Helping Families
Hello,
Just a quick update.
Tomorrow, Mrs. Hofer will be as I will be at appointments all day.
Ask your child to share with you about their poetry anthology they are working on, and about the questions they have chosen to research into further about their country while they are at school.
Cranston Families Helping Families This is the link to the former post about Families Helping Families. If you are wanting to participate but have not written on the blog, please re-read and add your comments.
Important dates:
Friday, November 29th- If possible, have completed the interview with your child at home. If you plan on working on this on the weekend that is alright, please email me or let me know if you have not done so already.
Thursday, December 5th- (evening) and Friday, December 6th(day, NO SCHOOL for students)- Parent Teacher Interviews
Homework:
read 15-30 minutes
mathletics 15-30 minutes
in your homework journal write a letter to Mrs. Horner about something you are involved in outside of school.
Question for the blog:
What did you do today after school that you would like to share with the class?
Have a great Wednesday.
Ms. Handelsman
Just a quick update.
Tomorrow, Mrs. Hofer will be as I will be at appointments all day.
Ask your child to share with you about their poetry anthology they are working on, and about the questions they have chosen to research into further about their country while they are at school.
Cranston Families Helping Families This is the link to the former post about Families Helping Families. If you are wanting to participate but have not written on the blog, please re-read and add your comments.
Important dates:
Friday, November 29th- If possible, have completed the interview with your child at home. If you plan on working on this on the weekend that is alright, please email me or let me know if you have not done so already.
Thursday, December 5th- (evening) and Friday, December 6th(day, NO SCHOOL for students)- Parent Teacher Interviews
Homework:
read 15-30 minutes
mathletics 15-30 minutes
in your homework journal write a letter to Mrs. Horner about something you are involved in outside of school.
Question for the blog:
What did you do today after school that you would like to share with the class?
Have a great Wednesday.
Ms. Handelsman
Monday, November 25, 2013
The interviews begin!
Hello room 75.
A quick post today.
Please make sure your child has highlighted and chosen their questions for their interview. This week they should be working on actually interviewing their family member and recording their answers.
Here are two messages from teachers so that I don't have to write too much tonight.
A quick post today.
Please make sure your child has highlighted and chosen their questions for their interview. This week they should be working on actually interviewing their family member and recording their answers.
Here are two messages from teachers so that I don't have to write too much tonight.
1.
Hello Everyone
Cranston is in the process of planning our Winter Wonderland
(more about this to follow later in the month). If you have an old artificial
tree (any size, any colour) you were thinking of getting rid of, we will take
it!
We are also looking for lights, (especially the white ones) outdoor-lighted
animals (deer, moose etc., as well as sleighs), and artificial cedar garlands
or wreathes for our displays. We are also looking for a disco ball!
So far we have had 5 trees donated, and we are really
hoping for many more this week. We would like to have most items in the
school by the end of the week so that we can start planning our Winter
Wonderland.
If you have anything to donate (or loan – if you would like
it back!) please email Mrs. Wood at clwood@cbe.ab.ca.
or just bring it into the front
office. Thanks so much!
and
2.
Good Afternoon Parents,
The students of Learning Studio 74 are raising money to help the people of typhoon ravaged Philippines. We will be selling art cards at lunch for $2.00/piece or 5 for $10.00. If you would like to help us out with this heartfelt endeavour you may send the money with you child tomorrow, Tuesday November 26th. We will have a booth set up at the front of the school by the office. All the money raised with go to the Red Cross Philippine Effort.
Thank you for your support
Members of Learning Studio 74 (gr. ¾)
Important information:
See yesterday's blog for important dates
homework:
read 15-30 minutes
mathletics 15-30 minutes
Chose your questions that you will be asking and practice asking the questions. Think about how you are going to record your answers.
Question for the blog:
How are you going to be recording your questions and answers for your interview?
see you tomorrow
Sunday, November 24, 2013
It is finally warming up!
Hello room 75!
I hope that you are all enjoying the long weekend, especially now that the weather has warmed up!
This will be a very short post as while I was playing goalie in soccer on Thursday night, I made a save that unfortunately caused me to break a finger. I am feeling alright but it is a bit uncomfortable to type!
Important information.
Interview questions due on Monday.
Online booking for parent teacher interviews is open. Log in through the school website.
Thursday, December 5th (evening) and Friday December 6th- Parent-Teacher Interview.
Friday, December 6th- No school PTI
Homework
decide and highlight or underline with your family what questions you would like to ask in your interview and bring the sheet to school on Monday, or email them to me.
read 15-30 minutes each day
Mathletics 15-30 minutes each day.
question for the blog:
What did you do on the weekend that you would like to share with the class?
See you on Monday,
Ms. Handelsman
I hope that you are all enjoying the long weekend, especially now that the weather has warmed up!
This will be a very short post as while I was playing goalie in soccer on Thursday night, I made a save that unfortunately caused me to break a finger. I am feeling alright but it is a bit uncomfortable to type!
Important information.
Interview questions due on Monday.
Online booking for parent teacher interviews is open. Log in through the school website.
Thursday, December 5th (evening) and Friday December 6th- Parent-Teacher Interview.
Friday, December 6th- No school PTI
Homework
decide and highlight or underline with your family what questions you would like to ask in your interview and bring the sheet to school on Monday, or email them to me.
read 15-30 minutes each day
Mathletics 15-30 minutes each day.
question for the blog:
What did you do on the weekend that you would like to share with the class?
See you on Monday,
Ms. Handelsman
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
We are researchers!!
Hello room 75!
What an exciting afternoon! The students were all eager and interested in researching and learning about their country of origin! As one student made an interesting discovery, that student then shared with someone else and so on! Ask you child to show you what they discovered about their country. Hint: Most students discovered how to find and listen to their country's anthem and take a screen shot of their country's flag!! One student was surprised to learn that there is a volcano in the Philippines. She took a screen shot of the volcano and saved it into our community folder so that she can access it later as needed. learnalberta.ca is the link. the username is LA06 and the password is 4105.
Students worked hard this morning on their poetry writing. Today they wrote a poem about themselves and an animal in the style of a diamante poem.
We will continue to write a few more poems before we start to put them together to create our anthology!
What an exciting afternoon! The students were all eager and interested in researching and learning about their country of origin! As one student made an interesting discovery, that student then shared with someone else and so on! Ask you child to show you what they discovered about their country. Hint: Most students discovered how to find and listen to their country's anthem and take a screen shot of their country's flag!! One student was surprised to learn that there is a volcano in the Philippines. She took a screen shot of the volcano and saved it into our community folder so that she can access it later as needed. learnalberta.ca is the link. the username is LA06 and the password is 4105.
Students worked hard this morning on their poetry writing. Today they wrote a poem about themselves and an animal in the style of a diamante poem.
We will continue to write a few more poems before we start to put them together to create our anthology!
After gym the students had their snacks with their buddies while their buddies were finishing up their word family work. Then we practiced singing out two songs that we will be performing for our winter celebration!! The students sounded wonderful! Then they each got to read with a buddy or two! Ask your child to tell you about who their buddy is, and if they read to their buddy or their buddy read to them.
After lunch we shared a few of the poems our friends have written and they are coming along great!!
In math we are continuing to work on adding large numbers using mental mental math, such as rounding.
In social studies the students came up with a LARGE list of questions that they are interested in learning the answers to by interviewing a family member. I will be emailing the list as well as posting here on the blog for your information. For Monday, the students should decide which 10 (at least) questions they would like to ask a family member. They are to discuss the question list with you, and who they will be interviewing for this project, and then can either highlight on paper and bring into school for Monday, or highlight it on the computer and email it back to me. At school we will practice asking interview questions and discuss the different ways we can record the information.
Important information
Friday, November 22 PD day NO SCHOOL
Thursday, November 28 FUN LUNCH
As today was another indoor recess day, please make sure that your child is dressed appropriately for the weather, even that walk from the car across the compound into the school can be a crisp one, especially with the wind chill factor!!
Homework:
In your homework journal:
Estimate at least one of the following problems.
Cohen has 27 video games and Ria has 49, about how many do they have all together?
If Bailey had her way, she would have 432 pets at home. Lauren would like to have 695 pets. About how many pets would they have all together?
Using mental math, solve at least one of the following problems.
158+213=
18+13=
788+422=
Make sure to write out the date; problem you have chosen; your work and your solution!
Reading 15-30 minutes
Mathletics 15-30 minutes
Question for the blog:
We will read yesterday's one on Thursday as well.
Who do you think you will be interviewing for your Origins project?
Have a great night,
stay warm,
see you tomorrow,
Ms. Handelsman
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Website for Country of Origin
Hello room 75!
Today was another busy day!
We had our second indoor recess of the year! This time because it was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO COLD outside! Please please please help ensure that your child is coming to school dressed WARMLY!! It was incredibly cold at dismissal even just standing in the hallway to say goodbye to the kids!
Students continued to work on writing their cinquain poems before they headed off to music and then gym where they got into groups of four and played four on four in basketball!
For their story today, Mrs. Litman had students read with her to share their story. Brooke and Jullianne read their parts with her first before Mrs. Litman asked what the author's message was. Many students offered their ideas, and one response was "don't underestimate someone because they are really small." Ben and Wilson worked read to the class with Mrs. Litman after! Ask your child what their favorite part of the stories were!
We are continuing to work on making our writing more interesting to the reader, and students worked hard to turn a snoozerama sentence into one with strong verbs and adjectives!
Today in word work, students worked on cutting out their words that they took home yesterday and then worked either independently or with a partner on looking for ways to sort them. They will work on this again tomorrow, and will bring home a copy of the words again tomorrow so that they can practice at home as well. By sorting the words, students look for familiar patterns and rules to help them spell new and unfamiliar words.
In math we worked on using estimation as a strategy to help find the sum of two large numbers. We are also working on making sure to read what the instructions asks us to do, whether it is asking us to ESTIMATE (about how many), or to find the exact solution. Looking at the numbers and then making an estimate is a good strategy to become comfortable with to help with using mental math to solve problems. Here is an example of what the students did today in math. (unless they were in discovery centers, and Kareem and Jullianne were working on different problems with Mrs. Litman).
"The toy shop sold 117 wind up cars and 289 battery operated cars in one week. About how many cars did it sell?"
Ask your child to share with you how they estimate to find out about how many.
Clue: we talked about estimating to the closest 100 or using front end estimation.
click on ONLINE REFERENCE CENTRE
scroll down and click on BRITTANICA SCHOOL
then select ELEMENTARY- the kids can imput their country of origin and a great deal of information pops up. It also allows you to select the level of reading. I showed the kids how using a mac they can have the computer read the text to them. IN this program there is a button to press to have the computer read to them, this was not working at school, and may work at home I am not sure.
The ONLINE REFERENCE CENTRE is a great resource for many other websites as well, including bookflix. Some of these websites require passwords, but if you access it through the learnalberta website you won't need the password, once you imputed the learn alberta one.
Important information:
Families Helping Families (read the specific blog for specific information) thanks to the families who have been posting their information.
Friday, November 22- PD no SCHOOL
Thursday, November 28th- Fun LUNCH
PS I did keep the homework journals at school (the ones that were handed in) as I wanted to spend some time reading through their work! The journals will come home again tomorrow.
Homework:
read 15-30 minutes
Mathletics 15-30 minutes
go to learnalberta.ca and check out your country of origin.
Question for the blog:
What strong verb could you use instead of "eat/bite" or "move slowly"?
See you tomorrow,
Ms. Handelsman
Today was another busy day!
We had our second indoor recess of the year! This time because it was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO COLD outside! Please please please help ensure that your child is coming to school dressed WARMLY!! It was incredibly cold at dismissal even just standing in the hallway to say goodbye to the kids!
Students continued to work on writing their cinquain poems before they headed off to music and then gym where they got into groups of four and played four on four in basketball!
For their story today, Mrs. Litman had students read with her to share their story. Brooke and Jullianne read their parts with her first before Mrs. Litman asked what the author's message was. Many students offered their ideas, and one response was "don't underestimate someone because they are really small." Ben and Wilson worked read to the class with Mrs. Litman after! Ask your child what their favorite part of the stories were!
We are continuing to work on making our writing more interesting to the reader, and students worked hard to turn a snoozerama sentence into one with strong verbs and adjectives!
Today in word work, students worked on cutting out their words that they took home yesterday and then worked either independently or with a partner on looking for ways to sort them. They will work on this again tomorrow, and will bring home a copy of the words again tomorrow so that they can practice at home as well. By sorting the words, students look for familiar patterns and rules to help them spell new and unfamiliar words.
In math we worked on using estimation as a strategy to help find the sum of two large numbers. We are also working on making sure to read what the instructions asks us to do, whether it is asking us to ESTIMATE (about how many), or to find the exact solution. Looking at the numbers and then making an estimate is a good strategy to become comfortable with to help with using mental math to solve problems. Here is an example of what the students did today in math. (unless they were in discovery centers, and Kareem and Jullianne were working on different problems with Mrs. Litman).
"The toy shop sold 117 wind up cars and 289 battery operated cars in one week. About how many cars did it sell?"
Ask your child to share with you how they estimate to find out about how many.
Clue: we talked about estimating to the closest 100 or using front end estimation.
We ended the day by working a bit on our Origins project. I shared with the class one of the website links that is a great resource for the students to research about their country. In regards to their country, tomorrow we will be working in class to come up with specific questions the students want to ask of you or a family member in regards to their country of origin. They will have to pick a family member to interview. They will also be expected to research at home about the different celebrations/customs/traditions/stories/emblems. I will include more specific information and expectations in an email tomorrow after school, after the kids have had a chance to generate their interview questions. The at home portion of the project will be due the week of December 9th:) For tonight, they are just to explore the website link we discovered at school. Here is how you get to the website: you will need to enter the username and password
username:LA06
password:4105
click on ENGLISHclick on ONLINE REFERENCE CENTRE
scroll down and click on BRITTANICA SCHOOL
then select ELEMENTARY- the kids can imput their country of origin and a great deal of information pops up. It also allows you to select the level of reading. I showed the kids how using a mac they can have the computer read the text to them. IN this program there is a button to press to have the computer read to them, this was not working at school, and may work at home I am not sure.
The ONLINE REFERENCE CENTRE is a great resource for many other websites as well, including bookflix. Some of these websites require passwords, but if you access it through the learnalberta website you won't need the password, once you imputed the learn alberta one.
Important information:
Families Helping Families (read the specific blog for specific information) thanks to the families who have been posting their information.
Friday, November 22- PD no SCHOOL
Thursday, November 28th- Fun LUNCH
PS I did keep the homework journals at school (the ones that were handed in) as I wanted to spend some time reading through their work! The journals will come home again tomorrow.
Homework:
read 15-30 minutes
Mathletics 15-30 minutes
go to learnalberta.ca and check out your country of origin.
Question for the blog:
What strong verb could you use instead of "eat/bite" or "move slowly"?
See you tomorrow,
Ms. Handelsman
Monday, November 18, 2013
CRANSTON FAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES!
Hello room 75.
This year we will be supporting a family from High River who has lost everything in the flood this past June. If you are interested in helping:
Please post on the blog what item you are willing to contribute or donate based off of the needs the family has indicated so that all other families in our class can see what has been contributed and what is still in need. Please remember that our families would love to not have to worry about the purchase of food items and more than one gift card to their chosen grocery story would be welcomed.
***We welcome donations of gently used items for our families as well.***
ALL GIFTS NEED TO BE WRAPPED AND LABELED TO WHO THEY ARE INTENDED FOR. WRAPPED CONTRIBUTIONS WILL BE DUE BY: MONDAY, DECEMBER 9TH, 2013.
You should have received a sheet with the information about the family a few weeks ago. Please let me know on the blog if you need me to send home another sheet with your child!
Thanks for your support!!
Ms. Handelsman
What a Monday!! (THIS IS MONDAY, NOV. 18TH POST!)
Hello room 75.
Without going into too much detail, we did have quite an interesting start to the day which led to two of our classmates being heroes to their grade 1/2 buddies. Lauren and Bailey who go each morning to help out a student in Mrs. Sloane's class, were in the hallway when one of their grade 1/2 buddies had a medical emergency. Mrs. Sloane was able to work with the student and her student teacher and other teachers were also able to help out with making phone calls and calling 911. But it was Lauren and Bailey who took charge and got their buddies settled into their morning routines! By remaining calm and in control of their emotions, they were able to make quick decisions, and realize that the rest of the kids needed to be doing something. Together they got Mrs. Sloane's students in a circle and talking about what they did on their weekend that was fun and that they wanted to share with their class. By staying calm, Bailey and Lauren were able to help their grade 1/2 buddies also stay calm. The student who had the medical emergency is fine, her parents came to the school and took her home to rest. I mention this story in the blog for two reasons. One: to share with you a story of how two of our friends are true heroes and excellent role models of being a Peace Ambassador and two: in case your child came home talking about their experience from this morning. I am very proud of how Bailey and Lauren supported their buddies this morning. I am also very proud of all the students in room 75 who were supportive towards their friends as they needed some additional time and support to work through their experiences from the morning. If you or your child have any questions or would like to contact me directly please feel free to email me at achandelsman@cbe.ab.ca
In writing, we are continuing to work on our poetry anthology. Today we wrote chinquain poems (poems that are five lines). They have been working on to come up with stronger verbs when writing, so for today they got to write an entire poem that demonstrates the many different ways of saying something. All students wrote a poem about the word "said", then they got to choose what verb they wanted to write about for the other poems. Here are a few examples:
Without going into too much detail, we did have quite an interesting start to the day which led to two of our classmates being heroes to their grade 1/2 buddies. Lauren and Bailey who go each morning to help out a student in Mrs. Sloane's class, were in the hallway when one of their grade 1/2 buddies had a medical emergency. Mrs. Sloane was able to work with the student and her student teacher and other teachers were also able to help out with making phone calls and calling 911. But it was Lauren and Bailey who took charge and got their buddies settled into their morning routines! By remaining calm and in control of their emotions, they were able to make quick decisions, and realize that the rest of the kids needed to be doing something. Together they got Mrs. Sloane's students in a circle and talking about what they did on their weekend that was fun and that they wanted to share with their class. By staying calm, Bailey and Lauren were able to help their grade 1/2 buddies also stay calm. The student who had the medical emergency is fine, her parents came to the school and took her home to rest. I mention this story in the blog for two reasons. One: to share with you a story of how two of our friends are true heroes and excellent role models of being a Peace Ambassador and two: in case your child came home talking about their experience from this morning. I am very proud of how Bailey and Lauren supported their buddies this morning. I am also very proud of all the students in room 75 who were supportive towards their friends as they needed some additional time and support to work through their experiences from the morning. If you or your child have any questions or would like to contact me directly please feel free to email me at achandelsman@cbe.ab.ca
In writing, we are continuing to work on our poetry anthology. Today we wrote chinquain poems (poems that are five lines). They have been working on to come up with stronger verbs when writing, so for today they got to write an entire poem that demonstrates the many different ways of saying something. All students wrote a poem about the word "said", then they got to choose what verb they wanted to write about for the other poems. Here are a few examples:
Walk
Ran, raced
running, racing, zooming
Bruce zoomed across the road.
slithered
Said
talk say
answering, crying, asking
I answered my teacher's question.
whisper
SAW.
Spied. Perceive.
Looking. Noticing. Peering.
I was peering into my parents bedroom.
Observe.
We will continue to work on our anthology tomorrow, where we will be learning about "DIAMANTE" style poetry writing...stay tuned (or ask your child to share with you what they wrote about today!)
We went to the library today to do our book exchange and then for math we went onto Mathletics (yeah, the computers were working!) After Mathletics, students share what the concepts were that they were working on. Some of the concepts they mentioned, were "place value", "estimating", "rounding", "odd and even numbers". Ask them to share what their task was and what they learned from working on Mathletics and what strategies they used to help them solve their problems.
We ended our day with French!! Ask your child what group they were in and what they worked on.
Before leaving, I handed them their word list for the next few weeks. For tonight, the students are to just read the words and then decide which ones they would like to use when writing at least three sentences. In class, we will be working with these words and sorting them based on their word family or rule. Some of the lists include the word "oddball" that is for the category for those words that have a certain spelling sound, but don't follow a specific spelling rule. Tomorrow I will send them home with an envelope that we will glue into their homework book, so when they begin their sorts at home they have a place to store their words. So you do not need to glue the words into their journals, but if you do, that is ok:)
Important information:
Friday, November 22- PD no school
Thursday, November 28th- FUN LUNCH!! (We have one volunteer, we are still looking for one more volunteer!
FAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES: PLEASE SEE THE SEPARATE BLOG, AND IF YOU ARE INTERESTING IN HELPING, PLEASE POST ON THAT BLOG. IT WILL BE UP AND CAN BE CLICKED ON EASILY FROM THE SIDE OF THE SCREEN. DONATIONS DUE BY MONDAY DECEMBER 9TH...
FAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES: PLEASE SEE THE SEPARATE BLOG, AND IF YOU ARE INTERESTING IN HELPING, PLEASE POST ON THAT BLOG. IT WILL BE UP AND CAN BE CLICKED ON EASILY FROM THE SIDE OF THE SCREEN. DONATIONS DUE BY MONDAY DECEMBER 9TH...
Homework:
read 15-30 minutes
mathletics 15-30 minutes (please post if you need new assignments!!)
Write at least three sentences using some of the words on your list. Underline the word that you used from your list. We will share some of the sentences tomorrow.
Question for the blog:
Who was your French teacher? What did you learn in French today?
A bientôt!
Madame Handelsman!
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