June Activities

Wednesday, June 27th, starting at 10:30am, we will be hosting an open house in our classroom.  Parents are invited to come in and see all the wonderful things we have done this year, as well as enjoy a small presentation that we are preparing.  

We are hoping to have a shared lunch that day, and I will have a sign up in our classroom for items to bring.  After lunch, we will be joining Mrs. Ludeman's and Ms. Dawson's classes at Maple Ridge Park to play at the playground and the water park.  We will need parents to come with us to help supervise.  

Please let me know if you are able to join us for this special day.

Lexia Reading

Most students have brought home a notice explaining a new computer program that we will be starting next week.  (I ran out of notices, so if you didn't receive one today, you will on Wednesday).  We will be learning how to use Lexia at school, but it is also available to you at home.  You will find the second page gives the web address, ID number, username, and password.  If you cannot log on, please let me know.  (I think I might have made a mistake with the usernames when I wrote them down).  

If you do try out Lexia on the weekend, I would love to hear about it.  I have not used this particular program before, but I have heard great things about it and wanted to give your children the opportunity to work with it.  

Thank you.

Enjoy your weekend!

Thank you

I would like to thank Pam (Kiana's mom), Marie (Danielle's mom), Dana (Lily's mom), and Veronica (Julia's mom) for coming in to read a story to the class.  The children really enjoyed hearing your stories.  And they are looking forward to hearing more.

It is not too late to sign up for a time to come in to read to us.  Please just send me a note with a day and time that works for you.  We will make time to hear your story. 

Children's Book Week

To celebrate Children's Book Week,

Would you,

Could you,

Read to us?

There's no need to make a fuss!

Pick a day and time that work for you;

That is all you need to do.

Don't forget to bring a book!

(Or you can get one from our library nook.)

We hope you'll come to spend some time

And maybe read us a great rhyme!

We are inviting volunteers to come to our classroom to share their favourite books.  I am sending home invitations today.  If you wish to read to us, please fill out the bottom of the invitation and return it in your child's folder.  

We look forward to hearing some wonderful stories!

We know a lot about snails

They are slimy and sticky. (Kiana)

Their eyes are on stalks (Lauren) and they poke up and can down and up (Devon).  They tuck them in and out (Cadance).

They have a foot (Jackson).

They move very slowly (Breanna).

They come out of eggs (Thomas).

Snails have polka-dotted trails of slime.  And they like to stay in their shells (Syanne).

They have patterns on their shells and they are cute (Cadance).

They eat leaves (Teague).

They have shells and they are scared of foxes because they eat them (Thomas).

They are scared of birds (Lily).

They are very pretty, even though they have a shell that's swirly (Danielle).

They can put their bodies into their shells (Breanna).

And they like to stay in their shells (Syanne).

Baby snails are little (Jackson) and their mamas are big (Taylor).

They like to be wet (Julia).

They like to climb up stuff because I saw one climbing up the wall (Lily).

They like smooth rocks, not with pointy edges (Cadance).

They need lettuce and carrots (Taylor).

They like to be in dark places and they can climb trees (Syanne).

If someone steps on them, their shells will crack and they die (Benjamin).

You can't let them drop because they'll get hurt (Cadance).

They like to sleep in moss (Kiana).

 Cadance, Jackson, Devon, and Teague were exploring the snails today during Projects time.  They decided that the two largest snails are the grandparents, the smaller one is the mother and the three small ones are the babies.

 Today we also made snails with pipecleaners and with modelling clay.  Then we examined a paper that had a drawing of the parts of the snail.

Check back tomorrow for more snail adventures.

The project begins

We made a home with ivy, wet dirt and moss (Kiana), and we put it in a fish tank (Syanne) called a terrarium.  

We put snails in it (Julia).  We found them at the side of the back field (Syanne).  We brought in five snails (Benjamin), and Allendra (Mrs. Paton's daughter) added another one.  

Check back tomorrow for more...

Slugs and Snails

Today the children found snails and slugs at school on the back field at Recess.  They wanted to collect and take care of them.  

We got lots (Thomas).  

They eat lettuce and carrots.  The slugs leave a straight trail of slime, and the snails leave a circly trail of slime.  And they like rain. (Syanne)

Snails are really cute, except for the tiny one is cuter than the rest. And the tiny one is really tiny.  It's so cute that when everybody sees it then they won't believe their eyes. (Danielle)

They have patterns on their shells.  They are slimy.  One time it climbed up to my elbow. (Cadance)

It was slimy.  Birds want to eat snails.  (Breanna)

There was a whole bunch.  (Julia)

The snail likes rain outside. (Teague)

The snails are sticky like slugs.  (Colby)

We have decided to try to create a snail terrarium.  We will keep you posted...