Dance Party!!

We had SO much fun at the dance-a-thon this afternoon. Thank you so much for all your donations and fundraising efforts. As a class, we raised over $850!!

Today, we also did a great activity led by Mme Diana. She read us a story about an octopus, and later we got to contribute to a group painting of an aquarium.

Mots de la Semaine

l’océan

un poisson

la pieuvre (octopus)

une baleine (whale)

nager (to swim)

Yesterday, we worked together to write another letter to August. We thanked him for his letter, and told him about our crystal growing experiment (still in progress). A few other students chose to write August a personal letter during their centre time. I mailed everything off after school!

We tried something new this afternoon during storytime. Since I wasn't done meeting with reading groups, and we had already listened to a story earlier with Mme Diana, we tried a grade 1 task: read to self. We did a good finding a book and a quiet place to look at it on our own during storytime.

Outside, the kids have been really getting into digging. They have dug some massive holes in the garden area near the front of the school, and also in the sandpit. I'm looking forward to doing some planting with them soon! Yesterday, I observed a few kids building little tree houses. Very cute!

Updated Dance Time!!

Alert, Alert!!
To any parents coming to volunteer at our specific dance time, we are dancing a bit earlier than initially planned. We are now from 1:40-2:10 pm.

Bienvenue avril

Hello families,
Well, our experiment wasn't a complete fail. There has definitely been some growth, but not nearly as much as we had hoped. This is our best egg so far, but we'll give them a few more days.

A few reminders and upcoming dates...
- Dance-a-thon envelopes are due Thursday, whether there is money inside or not. Consider this your ticket for Friday's dance.
- If you'd like to glow in the dark, wear white on Friday!
- I neglected to put Dewson's musical on the calendar. The junior students are preparing the musical "Clowns". This will be performed the evenings of April 17th and 18th. I've been helping a tiny bit with the singing, and I believe Mirabel's dad is involved as well. I'm confident it will be an amazing show. Please plan to see it!

We would also like to welcome Mme Diana. You may already know her from the YMCA, but you may not have known that she is also an ECE candidate. She will be completing a placement in our classroom for the month of April. It will be great to have her support!