Cranston Grade 1 - Room 71

To all families: Please bring your child to the school by 6pm for the Christmas concert.  THEY WILL NOT BE GOING TO OUR CLASSROOM - The students are to go to Mrs. Redwood's classroom in Room. 51.  From the front doors of the school you walk straight down past the washrooms, through the double doors and then turn right.  It is the first and only classroom in that short strip of the hallway.  I am not able to be at the concert tonight due to a previous family engagement; however, Mrs. McIntosh will be leading our class into the gym for the concert when they are called upon.  You may pick up your child after the concert in the same classroom. Ms. Thompson has asked that all children be wearing red or green or a combination. Thank you, Julie

Recyclables and New Weekly Words Hello families, This is a reminder to send in recyclables for the gingerbread man traps.  We will start building them with our buddy class this Friday, and to date, we are extremely short of supplies.  We need cardboard boxes (kleenex, cereal, etc.), straws, string, twist ties, any plastic recyclable containers, popsicle sticks.  Anything would be greatly appreciated. This Thursday is the Xmas concert for our class.  I sent out tickets last week - 2 to each family.  Remember that some of your family can attend the afternoon concert if you were not able to get any extra tickets.  Also, if you will not be able to attend the concert, please send in your tickets ASAP so that other families may use them. Words of the Week “ar” Word Family bar car far star Sight Words come down help where Thanks! Julie

Good evening families, Thank you to those families that sent back the ziplock baggie full of items.  I now have about 10 returned, so this is a reminder that if you wish to participate, please send in the items ASAP.  They were due today and must be delivered to those schools by next Tuesday.  In the mean time, we need to prepare the gift bags, get them filled, and make cards for them.  The students will be doing all the work, decorating the bags tomorrow or Monday, as well as, making little gift cards and stuffing the bags.  It is wonderful to see them involved in such a project that helps them learn more about empathy and kindness. Please send back the bag regardless of whether or not you wish to participate as we still need to fill those bags as they are students and grade specific for that school. Thanks, Julie

Just a reminder...Fun Lunch is on Wednesday - SUBWAY. Thank you to those parents who sent a water bottle to school for their child. Please send in recyclables ASAP so we can get ready for our gingerbread man trap engineering project.  Kleenex boxes would be great as well as the other items listed in the last blog. The focus words for this week are: "ig" Word Family big dig pig twig AND.... funny jump little yellow The office has asked us to post this:   Please send any requests for extra tickets to myself or Karen (Deanne - the office ladies). Tickets for the Grade 1-3 show will hopefully be ready to go home tomorrow.  Could you all please put something in your blogs about returning extras if they are not needed or will be absent for the show. Thank you! Julie

In a weeks time, Room 71 will be joining our grade 2 buddies, Mrs. Weldrick's class, to create gingerbread man traps for an engineering challenge.  We would appreciate any items to help us complete this project successfully.  We welcome any recyclable material such as cereal boxes/cardboard, including paper rolls and any other items you think would work well.  We welcome donations of straws, popsicle sticks, string, etc. Thank you! Ms. Klein & Mrs. Weldrick

Dear Parents,  Today I am sending home something special. This year, Cranston students and staff have decided to support other schools’  students who may not be as fortunate as us by providing them with a Christmas gift bag.  I am sending home a large ziplock freezer bag with a list inside it. The list has required items and other ideas for the Christmas bag for a student. We are requesting that spending between $15-20 (please do not exceed $20 as we want to ensure all students are receiving approximately the same amount). All items must be new.  Examples of Required Items:  Travel size shampoo, tooth brush, tooth paste, bar of soap, deodorant, toque Other Ideas:  gloves, small toys, bouncy balls, pencils, bracelets, candy, play dough, no toy weapons Participation in this initiative is voluntary. Please return  THIS BAG and PAPER LIST  to school by Wednesday, December 6. All items must be able to fit in the Ziplock bag provided. Students and teachers will begin the process o

Our week in review straight from the mouth of babes: Here's what we did this week: - some math patterns with paper mittens (Lexie) - wrote to the "Star of the Week" Callum (Ryan) - we learned how to play curling (Anna R) - we wrote what we did on the weekend (Leah) - we turned shapes into things (Neisen) - we learned how to draw a persons face (Trech) - we learned how to sing a Christmas song (Jack) - we learned how to do dribbling in basketball in gym - we learned how to build castles (Kiera) - we had Pajama Day (Sophia) - we learned how to dribble around the cones and shoot into the hoop (Liam) - at basketball I learned how to do one trick (Dominik) - we learned how to write about a small moment (Trech) - today in group 5 we got a new book (Lexie) - we learned how to do basketball shooting into hoops (AJ) - I learned how to spell "really" (Dominik) - we learned how to spell "not" (Anna R) - we learned how to spell "three&quo