Important Dates for February 27 - March 3

Monday, February 27 
~ Mrs. Fahey is present today, however she will be working on one-on-one reading assessment for the morning; therefore a substitute will be in our classroom.
~ Completing our "Back Packs" for our upcoming Social Studies adventure!
~ New Spelling Words

Tuesday, February 28
~Book buddies
~ Hot Lunch
~ Once again Mrs. Fahey will be working on reading assessments only in the afternoon.

Wednesday, March 1 
~ Library

Thursday, March 2
~ Dr. Seuss'' Birthday!! Dress as your favorite Dr. Seuss Character!
~ Spirit Assembly at 9:00 am
~ 4 students from our class will be receiving an award.
~ Global Connections: mystery hangout and sharing our favorite Dr. Seuss books


Friday, March 3 
~ Spelling test

   

Spelling Words for this week: Past Tense 

Group 1: (Adding a -d or -ed)
mixed, asked, wanted, loved, hoped 

Group 2: (Words that end with a vowel and a y, only add ed)
enjoyed, played, obeyed, stayed, annoyed 

Group 3: (words that end with a consonant and a y, change the y to an i and add ed) 
bullied, cried, hurried, tidied, worried 

Traditional Indian Clothing

We have been learning about India in Social Studies. Lynnley's friend, went to India where she got a traditional sari. Lynnley was lucky enough to receive such a beautiful gift. 

Websites for Valentines Day Centers

You may visit any of the following sites

Valentines Day Games
Primary Games: Valentines Day
A Kids Heart - Games
Jig Saw Puzzles
Cool Math Valentines Day Puzzle

Important Dates for February 13-16

Monday, February 13: SWEATER DAY!!! 
~ The temperature will be turned down in our classroom for the day, therefore students are asked to wear a sweater! This is part of the grade 2 project on conservation and helping our arctic!
~ Hot Chocolate will be delivered at noonish for those who purchased a cup!
~There will be no new spelling words this week as it is a short week. Instead we will be doing word work review.
~ From 12:30-1 we will be participating in the Grade 2's Dance in the gym.

Tuesday, February 14 - VALENTINES DAY!
~ from 9:00-11:15, students will be participating in Valentines Centers between the 4 grade 3 classrooms.
~ Students will have time to deliver and handout their Valentines from 11:15-11:45.
~ After lunch, students will have a sweet treat provided by the Grade 3 teachers, and will then have time from 12:30-1:00 to open their valentines!
~ Leaving for skating at 1. We will be on the ice from 1:15pm-2:30pm,
             (Thank you so much to those who are able to help drive our students to skating, as well as those who are staying to assist with skates!!)
                     Drivers so far: Danny (2), Kaiden (4), Tyson (4), Josie (5), Faith (3), Mrs. Baker if necessary (5), Mrs. Fahey (3)

Wednesday, February 15 
~ Winter Walk from 2:15-3pm.
~ All fundraiser items are due today!!

Thursday, February 16: CRAZY HAIR DAY!!
~ Wrap up of Crenshaw assembly from 2:15-3pm.

New Penpals!

It has taken awhile, but we have finally received our penpals all the way from Ulyanovsk, Russia!!! Our pals in Russia are learning to speak English and have agreed to share a few letters with us during the year. Unfortunately, customs would not let their actual letters into Canada, therefore we have pictures of their letters instead. 

Today each student received their letter and are now in the process of writing a response. Some students have chosen to type their letters using word, while others are going old school with paper/pencil. 

We are working on writing our response using basic English facts such careers and members of our family. 

Global Connections at its Finest!

Today we had the greatest pleasure to complete a mystery location hangout with a class on a completely different continent than us. After asking many questions, we narrowed down their location to Israel!!! What a unique and once in a life opportunity. Israel is a 9 hour's ahead of us, however the class we connected with today were part of a private class that is working to strengthen their English. 

Here are some interesting facts we learned about our new pals today:

• They live in Tel Aviv, Israel (which is an absolutely BEAUTIFUL city!!)

• It borders the Mediterranean Ocean

• The students are all of the Jewish faith 

• They speak Hebrew (and even taught us how to say Hello in Hebrew - Shalom, which also can mean Peace)

• Students go to school every day of the week, except on Saturdays. 

• They rarely get snow, and if any, it is an extremely tiny amount. (We showed them the crazy amount of snow we got last night- they were shocked!!!)

• They play similar sports to us. But they are known for their Judo.

Here is a video they sent us about their amazing country:

My favorite thing about this hangout today was our "questioning" time. We both asked questions about our everyday lives. Even though these students live on the other side of the world than us, we are all still so similar! They have similar likes to us, like music and sports. We learn similar information in school. All in all - we are no different than one another. I truly felt like this was an amazing experience and opportunity for our students. I hope they enjoyed it as much as I did. 

School Wide Project for CRENSHAW!

Greetings Mike Mountain Horse families! 

We sincerely hope that you are enjoying our One School, One Book selection: Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate. A great many themes surface in this remarkable read, and, as you may have already noticed, there are also some very sensitive topics addressed. Though sometimes difficult to discuss, hardship and homelessness are realities in today’s world and we encourage you to take these opportunities to engage in conversation with your child (children) about these concepts. What better way to learn than through quality literature?

With awareness of poverty and homelessness growing, we invite our school population to participate in two charity efforts for local individuals and families in need:

• Donations of personal care items and/or packages for YWCA Harbour House. YWCA Harbour House provides shelter and care for families in crisis. 
• Items to donate or include in a large Ziploc freezer bag: (see display case across from office) *full size shampoo and conditioner *first aid supplies (i.e. band-aids and ointment) *toothbrushes and toothpaste *deodorant/antiperspirant *hand lotion *slippers for women and children 
• ITEMS CAN BE BROUGHT IN TO CLASSROOM TEACHERS ON OR BEFORE WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 15TH . 

Also;

•  Monetary donations in the form of sponsorship as our school participates in the ‘Coldest Night of the Year’ walk taking place on the afternoon of February 15th (held in conjunction with our annual ‘Winter Walk)’. 
• This fundraising effort will benefit Streets Alive Mission which battles poverty in Lethbridge and the surrounding communities by offering free services, clothing and aid to anyone who needs it. 
• MONEY CAN BE BROUGHT IN TO CLASSROOM TEACHERS ON OR BEFORE WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 15TH .

*Donations will be presented to YWCA Harbour House and Streets Alive Mission at the One School, One Book Closing Assembly taking place in our gymnasium on Thursday, February 16th beginning at 2:15pm. 

Thank you for your support!
Mike Mountain Horse One School, One Book Committee

 

Important Dates for the next two weeks

There will be many events occurring in the next two weeks:

Monday, February 6

~ Global Connections: Mystery Location Hangout!!!!!

~ No new spelling words, we will continue to work on contractions

~ Read Chapters 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31 of Crenshaw

Tuesday, February 7

~ Book Buddies

~ Begin construction of amusement parks or playgrounds. (If you have any items at home that we could use, it would be greatly appreciated if you could send it with your child!)

~ Read Chapters 32, 33 and 34 of Crenshaw

Wednesday, February 8 

~ Library 

~ Reach Chapters 35, 36 and 37 of Crenshaw

Thursday, February 9 

~ More construction on amusement parks or playgrounds 

~ Read Chapters 38, 39 and 40 of Crenshaw

Friday, February 10

~ Spelling test

~ Dance Friday 

~ Read Chapters 41, 42 and 43 of Crenshaw

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Monday, February 13

~ New Spelling Words 

~ SWEATER DAY!! The Grade 2's are asking for us to turn down our temperature and wear a sweater! 

~ Hot Chocolate Sale 

~ Read Chapters 44, 45 and 46 of Crenshaw 

  

Tuesday, February 14: VALENTINE'S DAY!

~ Valentine's Day Centers between the 4 grade 3 classes in the AM

~ Deliver and open valentines

~ Skating from 1:15-2:30pm at the ATB arena (look for a note to come home very soon!)

~ Read Chapters 47, 48 and 49 of Crenshaw

Wednesday, February 15 

~ Winter Walk Day 

~ Read Chapters 50, 51 and 52 of Crenshaw 

Thursday, February 16 

~ One School One Book Final Assembly at 2:15

~ Crenshaw Wrap Up! 

~ Crazy Hair Day!!! 

Friday, February 17

~ No School for students. Professional Development day for Teachers. 

Exciting News!

This week I shared a very personal, family secret with my students. I didn't quite know how to share the news with the students, however a new friend (and parent of one of our students I may add), sent me a link with the coolest way to share the news.

Well here it is:

I created a secret message using math addition facts like we are working on at the moment. Students had to work independently to solve the mystery.

What was the secret?! 

Mrs. Fahey is having two babies!! 

As I've mentioned in my email, I will keep you all updated on our progress. I hope to work with your amazing children for as long as possible!! Thank you all for your well wishes and congratulations. My husband, Grayson and I are very excited for this new chapter of our lives :)