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Agenda for February 9-12, 2009

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Kindergarten- Grade 1 Agenda Week of: February 9-12

Please return this section to school daily so we can add notes to it during the week.

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Date

Parent// Teacher Comments

Monday February 9 Kindergarten A Day

Grade 1: Fast Start Books go home today.

Grade 1 Timeline Projects need to be at school.

Grade 1 Sharing their Timelines with the class

Sharing today: Amy, Makenzie

Other

Tuesday February 10

Sharing today: Justin, West

Spelling Test: ride into just blue red from good any about around want don’t how know right

Grade 1 Sharing their Timelines with the class

Other

Wednesday February 11 Kindergarten A Day

Sharing today: Ede, Alexis

Hot Dog Day: $1.00/hot dog

Class Valentine Party: Remember to bring valentines to share. You may also bring a special treat if you want.

Grade 1 Sharing their Timelines with the class

Thursday February 12:

Sharing today: Abbey, Nathan

Pizza Day $1.50 per slice

School Winter Carnival 11:00-1:00: Dress Warmly

Grade 1 Sharing their Timelines with the class

Other

Pizza day $1.50/slice

 

Friday February 13: PA Day No Classes for Students

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(Feel Free to cut off this Section to hang on the Fridge).

Sharing next week e as in eat or elf: Monday February 16: Morgan, Riley B.

Monday February 9: Grade 1 Timeline project is due back to school.

Monday February 9: Scholastic book orders due.

Tuesday February 10: Grade 1 Spelling Test.

Wednesday February 11: Class Valentine Party: Since Valentine’s Day is on a Saturday we will share class Valentines on Wednesday February 11.

Students in our Class: Kindergarten: Riley B., Holden, Amy, Alexis, Brayden, Ede, Makenzie

Grade 1: Max, West, Abbey, Nathan, Justin, Maya, Curtis, Riley W, Morgan, Aaliyah

Thursday February 12: Bayview Winter Carnival. Bring warm clothes because we will have our outdoor winter Carnival activities from 11:00am to 12:50 pm.

Remember: The Friday Kindergarten Schedule has changed a little in February. Friday February 13 is a PD Day A Day Kindergarten Friday February 19th.

Monday February 16: Holiday- Family Day.

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Will Wiarton Willie See his Shadow

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by the whole class.  Typed by Mr. McGaughey

Groundhog Day is on Monday February 2.  That’s when Wiarton Willie comes out of his burrow and if he sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter.  If he doesn’t see his shadow, then spring is on its way.  Our class did a survey too see how many kids think that Willie will not see his shadow and how many children think he will see his shadow.

Challenge:  Ask the people in your family if they think Willie will see his shadow.

Words of the week January 26-30

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1.                     ride

2.                     into

3.                     just

4.                     blue

5.                     red

6.                     from

7.                     good

8.                     any

9.                     about

10.          around

11.          want

12.          don’t

13.          how

14.          know

15.          right

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Family Literacy Day World Record Challenge

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January 27 is Family Literacy Day.  ABC Canada is organizing a  Guinness World Record reading of Robert Munsch stories.  To find out more about the world record attempt, go to the FLD World Record Attempt page at ABC Canada’s website.  To be a part of this record, our class read 5 Robert Munsch stories:  Pigs; Mortimer; Purple, Green and Yellow; Murmel Murmel, Murmel; and Something Good.  We are also recording our storytime and we will put it up later, so you can listen with us.

Sythesizing

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Sythesizing: Synthesizing is when we learn new things by putting things we already know together in another way. Putting the pieces together in a new way. 

Mr. McGaughey taught us to say synthesizing by breaking it up into small pieces. We said syn- the ( the e is like left) -size-ing.

Taking 4 sounds we know and putting them together in a new way shows that we were synthesizing. And now we can say it too.

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18Things We Did on the Holidays

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by Mr. McGaughey’s Class.
Typed by Mr. McGaughey

Mr. McGaughey and his daughter swam in a salt-water pool.
Makenzie went sledding.
Amy went snowmobiling with her dad.
Ede played in the playground with her daddy and mommy.
Maya got a good Webkin dog with pink fur.
Morgan went to Maya’s house.
Abbey went skating.
Justin went snowboarding.
Riley B. went skiing.
It was Riley White’s birthday and he got a snowboard.
Nathan got Bakugans from Santa.
West got the Bakugan named Terrorclaw.
Holden got a skidoo from his grandma.
Brayden went swimming in the ocean at the beach in Florida.
Alexis went snowboarding with her Dad.
Max went skating with his Mom and Dad.
Curtis went to Cambridge to visit his aunt.
Aaliyah went to Oshawa with her Mom.

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Our version of the 12 Days of Christmas

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Today in Kindergarten and Grade 1, the students have been coloring a book of the 12 days of Christmas with different Christmas objects.  After we were finished the class rewrote the 12 days of Christmas to match our books.  Here it is. 

 

The Twelve Days of Kindergarten and Grade 1 Christmas

By Mr McGaughey’s class.  Typed by Mr. McGaughey

December 15, 2008

On the first day of Christmas my teacher gave to me a star for the top of our tree.

 

On the second day of Christmas my teacher gave to me 2 teddy bears and a star for the top of our tree.

 

On the third day of Christmas my teacher gave to me 3 candy canes, 2 teddy bears and a star for the top of our tree.

 

On the fourth day of Christmas my teacher gave to me 4 Christmas cards, 3 candy canes, 2 teddy bears and a star for the top of our tree.

 

On the fifth day of Christmas my teacher gave to me 5 Christmas wreaths, 4 Christmas cards, 3 candy canes, 2 teddy bears and a star for the top of our tree.

 

On the sixth day of Christmas my teacher gave to me 6 candlesticks, 5 Christmas wreaths, 4 Christmas cards, 3 candy canes, 2 teddy bears and a star for the top of our tree.

 

On the seventh day of Christmas my teacher gave to me 7 stockings hanging, 6 candlesticks, 5 Christmas wreaths, 4 Christmas cards, 3 candy canes, 2 teddy bears and a star for the top of our tree.

 

On the eighth day of Christmas my teacher gave to me 8 flying reindeer, 7 stockings hanging, 6 candlesticks, 5 Christmas wreaths, 4 Christmas cards, 3 candy canes, 2 teddy bears and a star for the top of our tree.

 

On the ninth day of Christmas my teacher gave to me 9 Christmas cakes, 8 flying reindeer, 7 stockings hanging, 6 candlesticks, 5 Christmas wreaths, 4 Christmas cards, 3 candy canes, 2 teddy bears and a star for the top of our tree.

 

On the tenth day of Christmas my teacher gave to me 10 flying angels, 9 Christmas cakes, 8 flying reindeer, 7 stockings hanging, 6 candlesticks, 5 Christmas wreaths, 4 Christmas cards, 3 candy canes, 2 teddy bears and a star for the top of our tree.

 

On the eleventh day of Christmas my teacher gave to me 11 bells ringing, 10 flying angels, 9 Christmas cakes, 8 flying reindeer, 7 stockings hanging, 6 candlesticks, 5 Christmas wreaths, 4 Christmas cards, 3 candy canes, 2 teddy bears and a star for the top of our tree.

 

On the twelfth day of Christmas my teacher gave to me 12 Santa’s sleighing, 11 bells ringing, 10 flying angels, 9 Christmas cakes, 8 flying reindeer, 7 stockings hanging, 6 candlesticks, 5 Christmas wreaths, 4 Christmas cards, 3 candy canes, 2 teddy bears and a star for the top of our tree.

 

 

Snowmen everywhere

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This week we have been making snowmen, both out of snow and from paper.

 

 

 

 

Abbey: This is Blueman, my snowman I made.

Alexis:


Amy:

 

Brayden:

Ede:

Holden:

Makenzie

Riley B.:

Riley W.:  My art is cool because it is Frosty.  My art is cool.:

Max: I like building snowmen.  It is fun.

West: This is my basher.  He is flat because he bashes.

Taylor:  I like my snow princess.  She is walking in her pyjamas.

Nathan: My Snowman.  I made my snowman.  I like it.

Justin: I had fun making a snowman.

Maya: I like my snowman. I put decorations on it.  It was fun making snowmen.

Curtis: My snowman is standing and my snowman is walking.

Morgan:  I made a snow-man in paper.  Paper is fun to play with.

Abbey:  I like my snowman.

Our Snowmen in the Courtyard:

Riley W.  This is me and West’s snowman

Our Snowmen in the Courtyard:

Nathan:  The snowman was a good snowman.

Justin:  I had fun making snowmen.

Nathan:  The Snowman is fun to play with.

Maya:  It’s fun making snowmen.

Our Snowmen in the Courtyard:

Our Snowmen in the Courtyard:

Morgan:  I like making snowmen.  It is fun to make snowmen.

Welcome to Mr. McGaughey’s Kindergarten and Grade 1 Class

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This year in my class I have 10 Grade 1 students every day and seven Kindergarten students who come to school on Monday, Wednesday and alternate Fridays.   Here is a poem we wrote of what we like and self portraits of each of the students.

Mr. McGaughey’s Class likes…

Mr. MacDonald likes mocha java.

Mr. McGaughey likes music.

Riley likes red.

Maya likes mice.

West likes white.

Morgan likes Maya.

Abbey likes alligators.

Curtis likes candy.

Taylor likes teachers.

Nathan likes a net.

Justin likes jack-o-lanterns.

Max likes Mom.

Holden likes horses.

Ede likes everything.

Brayden likes balls.

Riley likes race cars.

Makenzie likes moths.

Alexis likes apples.

Amy likes ants.

Our Class likes Everything!

September 15:  I’m so sorry.  I forgot to put Amy’s name on the poem at first.  It’s there now.