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Welcome to Grade One! Congratulations on finding my blog and if you are ever looking for more information about your child's school year, curriculum focus, routines, special events, or even just a peek a our day, this is the place to look!  Of course MMH also has it's own website which is also very helpful to find things like bell times, school calendars, and school wide newsletters. Please check them out at http://mmh.lethsd.ab.ca/

I'm looking forward to meeting all of you and getting to know the kids tomorrow! I'm sure I'm not the only one who will have a hard time sleeping tonight!  See you soon!

COMING UP! SPORTS DAY AND CAMPING DAY!

Sports Day Colour Teams

TUESDAY JUNE 17 is SPORTS DAY! Please send your child to school in a the colour listed below on Sports Day. If you do not have this particular colour, please don’t rush out and buy something-we can easily switch a team or possibly locate a pinney!

Red Shirts: Lliam, Sho, Mya, Nimesh, Samiya
Blue Shirts: Aiden, Parker, Saba, Sophie M, Cambria
White Shirts: Summer, Hayden, Lacey, Jackson, Sophie P.
Yellow Shirts: Audrey, Blake, Amy, Eden, Conner, Roxanna

Thank you to the Fords and Pereverseff's for volunteering to set up and run our Sports Day Stations! 

June 20 is CAMP DAY for Grade One. Please send your child to school on that day with

1. a sleeping bag or blanket.

2. a flashlight.

Be sure your child has their backpack on camp day also, as that’s how we will be carrying our stuff with us from station to station.  Thanks! 

 

June Newsletter

I can hardly believe it’s June already. This year has flown by so quickly! We have a million exciting events planned for this month and I thank you in advance for all the volunteer hours that have and will be spent over the next few weeks. We are still working hard on our plant and animal unit in Science, Addition and Subtraction to 20 followed by Measurement in Math, and continuing with History in Social! In addition we find time to fit in some outdoor games in Gym, Symmetry in Flower Art, and some secret Father’s Day projects! Shhh!
Thank you to everyone who walked over to the Pow Wow on Friday! The weather was perfect and the dancers were all very talented. It seems the Hoop Dancer was the favourite among our class.
Another thanks for the caterpillar timelines and baby pictures that came pouring in last week. The kids will be presenting them over the course of this week so you still have time to send one if you have not already done so! We are going to put up the baby pictures and see if they can guess whose who!
I’ve attached a calendar of events to help you remember all the special days and times. Our big event for June is a fieldtrip to the Galt Museum on June 9^th just before morning recess. Luckily, the museum provides buses for this trip, but if you would like to come help supervise please fill out the form at the end of this newsletter.
The entire staff at Mike Mountain Horse would like to say a HUGE thank you to all parents for your tremendous dedication in supporting teachers and children in their learning all year long. A special Pancake Breakfast will be held on Tuesday June 3^th from 7:00-8:20am to show our appreciation.
Just a quick reminder that all library books are due back in the library and the children will not be checking out any new stories from now until the end of the year. The kids will write and let you know the last day for home reading in their agendas soon! This is our last week for spelling words with the final test on June 6^th. This is also a good time to visit the lost and found with your child to claim any missing items if you have not already done so.
Our big year end picnic will be held on Tuesday June 24^th . More handouts will follow in the next few weeks. It is held at the Elk’s Picnic Shelter at the river bottom and all five grade one classes will be there! We are booking busses for this event and hope you can sneak away over the lunch hour from 11:45 to 1:00 to picnic with us. It’s a really fun day and I hope you’ll be able to join us!

Dates To Remember for June

June 3 Pancake Breakfast 7:00-8:20-All parents welcome!
June 4 Kindergarten switch day in pm-grade ones re-visit Kindergarten and the little ones get to spend an afternoon in Grade One!
June 9 Fieldtrip to Galt Museum-busses leave at 9:00June 11 Pioneer Day-students dress like pioneer and we attempt to use no technology for the entire day!
June 15 Happy Father’s Day!
June 17 Sports Day 10:30-2:00 Your child’s team wears a coloured shirt
See below-(June 19^th -alternate day)
June 23 Farewell assembly 9:00am
June 24 Year End Picnic (11:45-1:00ish) more notes to follow soon!
June 26 Students last day dismissal at 11:45/Year end Assembly 10:00
Report cards come home on this day
June 27 Professional Development Day for teachers

Sports Day Colour Teams

Please send your child to school in a the colour listed below on Sports Day ( June 17). If you do not have this particular colour, please don’t rush out and buy something-we can easily switch a team or possibly locate a pinney!

Red Shirts: Lliam, Sho, Mya, Nimesh, Samiya
Blue Shirts: Aiden, Parker, Saba, Sophie M, Cambria
White Shirts: Summer, Hayden, Lacey, Jackson, Sophie P.

Yellow Shirts: Audrey, Blake, Amy, Eden, Conner, Roxanna

Art Gallery Trip

We got to see that each person can interpret art in their own unique way and that process and product are both very important!



We got to explore and try to discover themes in artworks like this one about animals.



We got to choose which pieces we liked best and tell why.



Beach Day Pictures and The Easter Sock Hop!

Dental Egg Experiment-Look what pop does to your teeth!!

May News and a few pics too!

Dates To Remember for May

May 5-8 Education Week “We Are Teachers” theme

May 7 Hats on for Mental Health day! Have your child wear a hat to school today!

May 7 Drum presentation 9-10am and Leader in Me Family

Assembly hosted by Grade 2 “Seek to Understand” 12:30

May 8 Spelling test day today instead of Friday/Cradle Board Presentation 1:00-2:00 /Fun Friends program begins 2:05- 3:05/Sharing Day

May 9 Professional Development Day-No School for studentsMay 11 Happy Mother’s Day!

May 14 School wide Skipathon Day

May 15 Fun Friends program 2:05-3:05/Sharing Day

May 16 Spelling test day

May 19 Victoria Day-No SchoolMay 22 SAAG Fieldtrip 10:30-12:00/Sharing Day-Thanks to those who have already volunteered to drive. We are still in need of 3 more if you are available please email or drop by!

May 23 Spelling test

May 28 Pioneer Day-Remember Laura Ingalls from Little House on the Prairie? This is a dress up day where we will attempt to use no technology as they did in the “olden” days! more info. To follow soon

May 29 Fun Friends program 2:05-3:05/ Sharing Day

May 30 POW WOW at Nicholas Sheran 9:30-10:30/ Last       spelling test day of the year!

Last day for class requests for next year to Mr. Bryant.

Dates To Remember for June So Far!

June 3 Pancake breakfast in the school gym 7:00-8:15am Everyone Welcome! Thank you for a great year at MMH!
June 2,9 Library Days

June 4 Kindergarten switch day. Grade One students get to go back and visit a Kindergarten classroom, while the K-children check out Grade One!

Grade Ones host Leader in Me family assembly at 12:30. Our theme is Habit #6 Synergize

June 5, 12 Sharing Days!

June 9 Fieldtrip to Galt Museum “Moving Forward With The Past”9:20-10:50 (leaving the school at 9:00 buses provided)

June 15 Happy Father’s Day!

June 17 UPDATE * Sports Day 9:00-2:00

June 18 Farewell to Mr. Bryant Assembly time TBA

June 20 Camping Day! For all the grade one classes

June 23 Farewell to staff Assembly 9:00-10:00am

June 24 Year End Picnic -more information to follow

June 26 Students last day dismissal at 11:45/Year end Assembly 10:00June 27 Professional Development Day for teachers

April Events and More!

My oh my where have the weeks gone?! I can’t believe there are 2 days until the Easter Break! We’ve been working hard to finish up some things in class, as well as prepare for Thursday. In Math, we’re working on  our Numbers 1-100 unit. We’ve been practising counting to 100 in many different ways all year, and now students are trying out some strategies for how to count out objects between numbers 50-100. Sometimes we count in 10s, 5s, or 2s depending on how many there are. 

In Social Studies we’ve been talking about taking care of our Earth, as the season changes to spring and we prepare for Earth Day. There are some really great conversations about what we can do to protect our environment along with some creative new Boom De Yada lyrics!

Thursday is going to be a super busy day. Here’s what’s happening: First off, it’s Dress Like Easter day. I told the kids if they don’t have anything ‘Easter’ to wear, think springtime! Anything with bright spring colours, polka dots, stripes, etc. Remember though, that they should be comfortable and able to freely move around as we will have our Sock Hoplater that day. If you’re around the school around 8:30please feel free to stick around for our Spirit Assembly in the gym. Then, at 12:30, families are invited to come watch our Easter Sock Hop. We will be in the gym at 12:30 with the Grade 2s, performing a number of circle and line dances that we’ve been working so hard on! Then, after the pm recess, we’ll enjoy snacks in our room with a little Easter video. Thanks again to the families who signed up to provide snacks!

We also have a number of field trips that are booked, which I will email reminders out closer to the dates, but I thought I would tell you now in case you’d like to join and have to make arrangements. Here are our field trip dates/ times for the rest of the year:
Monday June 9: The Galt Museum- We will take a bus from MMH that leaves at 9:00. We will be at the Museum until 10:50. If you would like to catch the bus with us, you are more than welcome. Or you could just meet us at the museum. Due to the nature of this field trip, we ask that you do not bring younger siblings. Please email me if you’re interested in joining us!

Thursday May 22: The SAAG- We will be visiting the Art Gallery, and will need parent volunteers to drive us. If you’re able to help supervise and / or drive, we will be leaving MMH at 10:15. We will return just after 12. If you’re able to drive for this field trip, please email me asap!

Tuesday June 3^rd- Pancake Breakfast- this a school wide event where families are invited to come and have a pancake breakfast. The breakfast is from 7-8:15.

Wednesday June 11^th- Grades K-2 Sports Day! This is an awesome event that is WEATHER DEPENDANT! We are looking for 2-4 parents to help run stations outside. Please email me if this is something you’re interested in!

Wednesday June 18^th- Mr. Bryant’s Retirement Assembly. This will be sometime in the afternoon, and we will let you know when the time is set. This is one you won’t want to miss!

Thursday June 19^th- This is our back up day for Sports Day in case we get rained out on the 11^th.

Monday June 23^rd- This is our Farewell Assembly, where we say goodbye to any staff members who are leaving our school. This assembly is from 9-10am.

Tuesday June 24^th-This is the date we have set for our Grade 1 Year End Picnic. The details of this event are still in the works, but parents will be invited to come have a picnic lunch with the Grade One students. This is an awesome event and you’ll definitely want to mark this one on your calendars!

Thank you for reading! As always, email me if you have any questions! Have a wonderful Easter Break with your families!