I just can't believe we are approaching our last 5 weeks of school!
Looking at the calendar, the last few weeks have just flown past us!
Having said that, there's a million things to do BEFORE the end of the year
so I'll just have to put my energies there otherwise things might get a little
teary over here!
First off, thank you to the drivers for our Arts Alive field trip! This is
one of my favourite field trips as it's different everytime, and it's so
interesting to hear the students perspective on both the student and
professional art they see at the Gallery.
This week, we have 2 main events happening:
On Monday May 27th we have our mini performance of Henny Penny in
the music room at 11:15! I really can't thank Ms Nevels enough for all of her
time that she puts into our Music program at MMH. Really, if you have
older children at the school, you've definitly seen one of the bajillion
performances that Ms. Nevels is directing. It's especially neat for the
Grade 1s to see the older kids perform, as they look forward to their turn
too!
the music room at 11:15! I really can't thank Ms Nevels enough for all of her
time that she puts into our Music program at MMH. Really, if you have
older children at the school, you've definitly seen one of the bajillion
performances that Ms. Nevels is directing. It's especially neat for the
Grade 1s to see the older kids perform, as they look forward to their turn
too!
We will be heading to the Galt Museum to learn about Lethbridge's past on Tuesday, May 28th. We will be taking a bus, which will leave MMH at 12:30. We will return to the school around 2:30. If there are any parents who would like to join us on the bus, you are more than welcome to! You can also meet us at the Galt Museum even if you only have an hour or so. Please let me know if you are able to attend!
As June approaches, the days on the calendar start filling up and up. We also get closer to finishing up our last few units. Here is what we've been up to: In Language Arts, we've completed our Grade 1 sight word list, and have already started working on Grade 2 words (wahoo!). We continue with writing lessons, the most recently being "My Seed Story" which the students are SO proud of! We will hang on to them for a bit here, as the Grade 1s are going to read them to their Grade 5 book buddies.
In Math, we are continuing with our addition and subtraction with
numbers 1-18. In Science, we have just wrapped up learning about plants
and their needs, and will now start to look at animals and their lifestyles.
Each student will complete a mini research report on an animal that is local
to our area.
Social Studies has been fun lately as we've been learning about each
student and their families! We've also had to rewind our brains a bit, and
think about Lethbridge in the past. We've talked about how things change
and why things change, and the students have had a lot of fun learning
about the 'old days' or 'good ole' days'.
I showed this video to the class today, and needless to say their eyes were
GLUED to the screen! http://www.youtube.com/watch
v=faIFNkdq96U It's about a young boy named Caine who built an entire
arcade center out of card board boxes. I wish I had seen this earlier in
the year as it would have been great inspiration for our building things
unit, but even still, it got the students excited for building things. Perhaps
you could add it to your Rainy Day bucket list this summer!
Here are the important dates for the next few weeks. I'm sure we'll add
on to this list as we get closer and closer to the end. Remember to check
out the school website for the MMH Newsletter for school-wide
happenings!
Thanks for reading, and have a wonderful weekend!
-Anna Tsentouros
*Please note! Our class will have our own year end celebration, as parents
signed up at the beginning of the year to bring snacks. When a date has
been finalized, those parents will recieve a reminder email. It will be a
'breakfast themed' party, and it's usually sometime in the last week of
school. Thanks!
Tuesday May 28th- Galt Museum Field Trip (TBA)
Tuesday June 4th- Pancake Breakfast
Monday June 10th- Kindergarten / Grade 1 Switch Day! (AM)
Tuesday June 18th- Sports Day
Monday June 24th- Farewell Assembly
Tuesday June 25th- Grade 1 Year End picnic
Wednesday June 26th- Grade 1 Year End picnic back up date
Thursday June 27th- Last Day of school!
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