Day Two!

What a great start to the week.  All of you have such great attitudes and I am happy to report that all of you have been on your best behaviour this week and for that I am thankful. 

This morning began with Mr. Cragg watching you all as I went to Lucy's school to see her off to Kindergarten this morning for the first time!  It was definitely a milestone that came a little too soon for me.  I can't believe that she's old enough to go to school!  To be honest I did cry...just a little bit but kept it together so that she didn't know. (see picture below).

School Shoes all labelled and ready to go!

Backpack ready and nervous for school!

Holding hands with her Dad, just before going in the door!

My husband and me after we dropped her off...we can't believe we have a little girl in school! 

 

 

You worked on your 2nd drafts of your poems and most of you handed in something to be edited tonight by me.  I am looking forward to marking them this evening so we can work on the art portion of the assignment. After recess we did some math multiplication with 2 numbers, just for practice and to warm up on your math skills.  We will do some more math tomorrow, including long division.  Just before lunch we analyzed the song "The Fighter" and what those words mean to us...and we decided that it was a positive message and would provide the soundtrack to our film. 

After lunch we watched a short film and had a discussion about - Who the audience was, Who the film was made for, The things we liked about it, The messages we liked.  If you'd like to watch the film again I've attached it below! We will watch it tomorrow again and I am looking forward to your inspirational quotes.  For tomorrow you need to think about your inspirational quotes and the topic/big idea that you'd like to cover with your ideas. 

Gym began with Ms. Nicholson and you had French...not sure if there's any homework but I'll set that up for tomorrow.

We ended the day with a little teamwork game...and I was impressed with how you all worked together towards a common goal.  Great work.

For tomorrow:
Quotes for the film
Forms signed by you and your parents
Snack money
Agenda money ($5.00)

Okay, see you tomorrow! Have a great night! For those of you who have found the FB page...congrats!

Day One!

It was so great meeting everyone today.  I had fun, even though it was hot, humid and pouring rain.  We had a really productive day and I have to compliment everyone on their behaviour! Keep it up and the "odds will ever be in your favour!"(Hunger Games).

We began the day with little personal history and family info from me.  I know it was a little much (as I heard from Ms. Wong) but I want you to get to know me really well and I look forward to learning all about you. After that we had an outdoor recess where everyone got a little fresh air.  Next we played a name game and I tried my best to learn all of your names.  It was fun, and I loved hearing about your favourite parts of the summer.

After that, we made some classroom agreements.  Everyone was great at making suggestions and we hammered out some good rules.  I like them, and they are based in the Tribes agreements.  Next we played a game called "Heigh Ho".  It was interesting and everyone did a great job in our tiny portable space.

Lunch was inside, too hot and too sticky! All we needed was a bit of fresh air but all we were given was open windows!  Once we were back in class, after an introductory class with Ms.Wong we played a game called "The seat on my right" and Ms.Funston stopped by to help out and meet us all.  The poetry project was introduced and rough drafts were started (all handed in poems have been edited by me and are ready for 2nd drafts, to be handed out tomorrow).  A style note for everyone would be to add the words that you are describing and use more descriptive words. For example, instead of saying : Needs parents, love and technology.   Change it to:

Needs a great set of parents, someone to love her for who she is and technology to keep connected with all of her friends.   

We were forced to have an indoor recess and we kept working on our poems like busy bees.  I am happy to report that more than half of the class actually finished their first drafts and are ready to start adding more detail to their work tomorrow morning.  We ended the day with the hand-outs for media releases, library, gym, snack program, insurance, and I'm sure I'm missing a few.  Please return them properly signed back to the school as soon as you can!  Alright see you tomorrow...I'm tired...need...sleep...now!

Here are pictures of a whale's tail and a calf breaching from my favourite part of the summer!

Twas the night before school started...

Tonight, will be a night where I TRY to sleep but am anxious about meeting all of my new students at my new school.  September is always an exhausting month, and I have to say that we will all be tired by the time October rolls around.  Before I meet all of my new class, I have to say that I am excited to work at St. Margaret's and I am looking forward to meeting all of my new students tomorrow. It has been an awesome summer and now it's time to get back into the swing of things!  Sweet dreams to all of you out there...

Sunset in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia (where I stayed in July)

Sunset at Brier Island, Nova Scotia (there are seals on the rocks out in the distance)

Night! Ms. K