Cranston Grade 1 - Room 71

THANK YOU to all for your thoughtfulness and generosity!  All of the gifts were greatly appreciated and will be cherished!  I am really going to miss seeing all the bright and cheery faces of your little ones over the summer. HOPE YOUR SUMMER IS SPECTACULAR! Julie Klein

Hello Families: Right from the mouth of babes: We have been learning about nouns, verbs, adjectives & adverbs - AJ We finished our robot stories - Neisen We've been learning about feelings and our five senses - Kinsley We have been learning about making good choices - Anna R We've been learning about a raisin with our 5 senses - Rye We've been writing about the mouse in room 71 - Callum We did basketball and volleyball in gym - Neisen We've done the talent show - Kira We did a lot of cools moves in gym - Dominik We've been learning about in gym about Bollywood - Kinsley We've been writing a story about a pirate - Sophia We've been learning how to skip count this year - Emerson We did the count to 20 doing cross-crawls by 2s, 5s, 10s and read to self - Dom We made Father's Day book and made a present - Liam We did Bingo with "wh" & "w" words - Bruno We did Bingo with "sh", "wh", "th...

  June-08-18 1:10 PM Artist of the Week Using the Tragically Hip as a jumping off point, our students will be taking a brief look at a variety of other influential Canadian artists/groups including, but not limited to: -Guess Who -Arcade Fire -Feist -Corb Lund -Diana Krall Ms. Thomas

Happy Friday families & friends, The highlight of the week for the students was the dance residency, complete with class recital, on Friday.  Over the course of the week they learned about Bollywood, Latin and Hip Hop dance.  It was great to see how excited all of the students were when they went to gym each day for dance and when they came back as well, after learning some new dance moves.  Well done grade 1s - your dance performance was amazing! Our investigation with measurement continued, with students comparing which "filled" containers hold more water and which ones hold less.  Ask your child what differences they discovered in investigating capacity this week.  Comparing masses was really fun and exciting for the students as well.  They worked in pairs to find things in the classroom that were lighter and heavier than one of their books from their reading tub.  The grade 1s were in awe with seeing and the balance scales to compare and le...

Operation Cranston: Clean Water Students in Ms. Brett, Ms. Jackson, Ms.Patton/Mrs. Vandertoorn’s grade three classes have been inspired through their work in Social Studies this year.  After learning about water scarcity they would like to raise money to help build a well in a country that does not access to safe water.  They have set an ambitious goal of $3000 which would provide clean water for at least 100 people.  Donations will go to Charity:Water.  To raise money they are planning the following fundraisers: Bottle Drive  – a container will be in the school parking lot from June 4-8 and you may drop off bottles during school hours. Yard Sale/Bake Sale/Art Sale/Lemonade Stand  – students will be selling used toys and books, fresh baked goods, lemonade, popcorn, and student-made art from 11:15 – 12:15 on Friday, June 8, on the compound. Water Walk  – students will be carrying jugs of water around the field on Friday, June 8, in the mor...