Friday 22 April 2016
Twins Triplets and Shaved Heads!
Whoever thought you'd see those words together in a sentence? That's what happens when you combine an MMH spirit assembly and some amazing students, parents, and teachers to support cancer research! Take a look!
Wednesday 20 April 2016
How To Make Your Grade One Teacher Cry!
Colour me surprised! and colour me blue! Imagine how it felt to walk into a sea of blue shirts and dresses on Friday in support of Autism Awareness! You got me! Even my own husband and children were in on the surprise and did a fantastic job of keeping it a secret! How do you get 25 first graders to keep a secret that big? Amazing! Here's a few pic's of Mrs. Payne's big surprise!
May and June Upcoming Events!
Hello all!
The last months of school tend to get very busy so I thought I'd post a little update of the events I have booked so far! A couple are tentative, but I will post more as the dates get closer! Hope this helps for those of you needing to plan ahead!
April 25: Fieldtrip to Lowe's
Thanks so everyone who responded so quickly! I have enough drivers and volunteers and all the waiver forms are in! :)
May 9: Fieldtrip to the Galt Museum
I will be requiring at least 4 parents to help supervise on this trip. We will be leaving the school at 10:30am by bus and the program will finish at 12:20am. Volunteers are welcome to ride the bus with us or meet us at the Galt.
May 17: Fieldtrip to the Helen Schuler Nature Center I will be needing several parent drivers for this trip as well as to help supervise at the center. We will be leaving MMH at 12:45pm and will be leaving the Center at 2:30pm.
TENTATIVE: June 27 Sports Day: We will need a few parents to volunteer for the entire day to run a couple of stations.
TENTATIVE: June 28 Grade One Year End Celebration at the Elks Compound. We will need a few parents to volunteer for the entire day, but ALL parents will be invited to join their child for a picnic during the lunch hour!
June 29 -Last day of school with picture slideshow in the gym
Wednesday 6 April 2016
Fundraising for the Canadian Cancer Society
Mike Mountain Horse is working hard to raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society. This week on Wednesday and Thursday we will be hosting daffodil sales in the main foyer and in Mrs. Wik's room for $6 per bunch while supplies last. We will also be selling daffodil pins in the office for $2. We will be doing a cancer walk and are asking our students to collect from family to help with our goal of raising $3000.00 for cancer research. Our beloved Mrs. Wik from preschool will have her head shaved at an assembly on April 19. Thanks so much for your support! Here are a couple of exceptional students who have already raised $75 by setting up a lemonade stand over the holidays! The Price Girls are now famous for their kind and generous spirits! Way to go girls!
April Newsletter!
Important Dates to Remember
April 4-19 Cancer Fundraising weeks
April 5 Project Based Learning (PBL) Launch! “What makes a bird a bird?”
April 8, *14, 22, 29 SHARING DAY!
April 6, 13, 20,27 Library days
April 12 Cancer Walk at 2:05
April 15 Professional Learning Day
No School for students
April 19 Twin & Triplet Day 8:30 Spirit
Assembly
April 22- Earth Day
April 25-Fieldtrip to Lowes 1:00-2:30 Drivers needed please. Return sign up form in corner or email!
April 26- Hot Lunch Day
Science
We have almost finished our Building Unit and will be starting a plant/animal unit very soon led by our PBL planning. The children get to immerse themselves in bird habitats, physical adaptations, food, survival behaviours and so much more! They will choose a bird to research and present findings to the class
Lowe’s Fieldtrip!
Our bird and building units tie nicely together with this fieldtrip to build birdhouses (and other fun creations) on Monday April 25th. Thanks to everyone who has responded already! We have enough drivers for the trip!
Language Arts
We are launching a big Project Based Learning (PBL)Activity based around the question “What Makes a Bird a Bird?” We’ll be looking at phonics skills like r blends, ou/ow, y as a vowel and continuing with editing skills and research writing all through the theme of their favourite bird. We continue to work on reading strategies and are zipping along with Daily Five! A HUGE thank you to my reading group parent helpers for your many weeks of service! You made a world of difference for our little readers!
Social
We will be starting a quick little unit on caring for our environment that ties in nicely with Earth Day! After that we dive into a big unit called Moving Forward With the Past!
Sight Words
April 4-8 open, over, put, round
April 11-15 thank, some, stop, take
April 18-22 them, then, think
April 25-29 when, were, walk
Math
We continue with Geometry for a little bit longer and squeeze in Numbers to 100. This unit includes place value, fact families, grouping numbers to 100 by 2, 5, and 10 , comparing, representing and , describing numbers to 100. The new mental math strategy is Making 10. We discover all the combinations of numbers that add to make 10!
April 4-19 Cancer Fundraising weeks
April 5 Project Based Learning (PBL) Launch! “What makes a bird a bird?”
April 8, *14, 22, 29 SHARING DAY!
April 6, 13, 20,27 Library days
April 12 Cancer Walk at 2:05
April 15 Professional Learning Day
No School for students
April 19 Twin & Triplet Day 8:30 Spirit
Assembly
April 22- Earth Day
April 25-Fieldtrip to Lowes 1:00-2:30 Drivers needed please. Return sign up form in corner or email!
April 26- Hot Lunch Day
Science
We have almost finished our Building Unit and will be starting a plant/animal unit very soon led by our PBL planning. The children get to immerse themselves in bird habitats, physical adaptations, food, survival behaviours and so much more! They will choose a bird to research and present findings to the class
Lowe’s Fieldtrip!
Our bird and building units tie nicely together with this fieldtrip to build birdhouses (and other fun creations) on Monday April 25th. Thanks to everyone who has responded already! We have enough drivers for the trip!
Language Arts
We are launching a big Project Based Learning (PBL)Activity based around the question “What Makes a Bird a Bird?” We’ll be looking at phonics skills like r blends, ou/ow, y as a vowel and continuing with editing skills and research writing all through the theme of their favourite bird. We continue to work on reading strategies and are zipping along with Daily Five! A HUGE thank you to my reading group parent helpers for your many weeks of service! You made a world of difference for our little readers!
Social
We will be starting a quick little unit on caring for our environment that ties in nicely with Earth Day! After that we dive into a big unit called Moving Forward With the Past!
Sight Words
April 4-8 open, over, put, round
April 11-15 thank, some, stop, take
April 18-22 them, then, think
April 25-29 when, were, walk
Math
We continue with Geometry for a little bit longer and squeeze in Numbers to 100. This unit includes place value, fact families, grouping numbers to 100 by 2, 5, and 10 , comparing, representing and , describing numbers to 100. The new mental math strategy is Making 10. We discover all the combinations of numbers that add to make 10!
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