Grade 1/2 Experiences at Rosser Elementary
Hello all,
We are getting low on our supply of plastic grocery bags. These are used for students (weekly) to take home oversized library books that don’t fit into backpacks – especially on rainy days. We will be needing some for next week when I send home their Term One work. If you have any extras that you could donate to the class, please send them in with your child.
Thanks!
This afternoon I read the story, “The Polar Express” by Chris Van Allsburg, to the students. Many were already familiar with this story. Over the next week or so we will be exploring this book through a variety of activities including: class and small group discussions, sequencing the events, and illustrations. We hope to watch the movie as a wrap up to our ‘mini-unit’.
We have been enjoying getting our hands dirty in Art class!
Our Grade 1’s spent a wonderful afternoon yesterday creating nice, fat, jolly looking snowmen – and some snowwomen, as well!! Students built these snowpeople around a wooden dowel, attached to a baseboard, which creates a hollow form inside. They then made hats for them. I attached these after school when I took the snowmen off of the dowel so they could dry.
As our Grade 2’s had made snowpeople last year in my class, this year they created Christmas bells. Most of the students made these last week – two who were absent last week worked yesterday on their bells. We were very fortunate to have Mrs. Figueroa’s student EA (Miss M) come into our room as an extra helper. You can tell which are the most recently made due to the colour difference.
Once all of the pieces are dried they will be fired in the kiln, glazed, and then re-fired. Final touches will be added and then they will be ready to go home!!