Grade 1/2 Experiences at Rosser Elementary
As you know, Ms. Sue – our student teacher – has re-joined our class for her full immersion practicum. Last week a notice was sent home regarding the videotaping of lessons. This is a requirement of SFU and will only be seen by a few people (teachers, student teachers) and will be erased once her practicum has been completed. It will not be published or put on-line.
Please complete the form and return it on Monday.
Your support is appreciated. Thank you.
To go along with our new computer we have a new video monitor and speakers which we connect to our new computer to show video clips. We are still awaiting having our screen moved into place but for now we are showing the clips onto our bulletin board.
We gave this system an inaugural run on Friday afternoon by viewing part of the movie, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. This treat is a follow-up to our having completed the oral reading of the book on Thursday. Students have enjoyed hearing the book being read – and improving their vocabulary – and are now doing a comparison of the book and the movie. We will finish up the movie in two more installments next week.
We are very excited that our classroom has now received a new electrical socket and a new computer. The computer is now connected to the internet and is up and running. The students have been enjoying using it during Centres time. We have also been enjoying our Thursday mornings in the computer lab in the library.
We have spent the last two weeks wrapping up our Fairy Tale unit. We explored a variety of “Cinderella” stories and learned that almost every country / culture has its own version of this tale.
We then created our own fairy tale booklets in the style of The Jolly Postman – books which we began our unit with in December. These are hanging on display on our bulletin board in the hallway.
Each booklet has three ‘envelope pages’ which contain: a Three Pigs jigsaw puzzle; a letter to the Three Bears from Goldilocks (apologizing for her behaviour); and a Jack and the Beanstalk activity. The students all worked very hard with the many steps involved in putting together these booklets. I think they look great.
I hope you all had a great holiday and are looking forward to a great New Year.
Just a reminder that our class is going to McGill Library tomorrow. Hopefully all Public library books will be back tomorrow. Remember to send your child’s library card in the morning.
We will be making our houses next Tuesday afternoon. Please ensure that you have sent in the items on the letter sent home last week. The items need to be at school no later than Monday morning in order for everything to be set up and ready for Tuesday.
Thank you for helping your child enjoy a great experience!
We had a great trip on Tuesday to Heritage Village. It was a very Christmas-y day with a light snowfall sporadically throughout the trip.
Students enjoyed the many buildings from the 1920’s. They learned a great deal about life in Burnaby during this era.
Some highlights included visits to: the blacksmith; the tram (the first ‘Skytrain’ only on ground level – the Interurban); the original Seaforth Schoolhouse (with the schoolmarm and her strict rules about manners and decorum); a log cabin; a Chinese apothecary; the Burnaby Post printing shop; a traditional house; the vintage Carousel; and the farmhouse.
We have been enjoying reading time with our big buddies!!
On Tuesday, December 10th we will be going to Burnaby Village Museum with Division 6 to take part in the Heritage Christmas programme.
We will leave Rosser at about 10:15 a.m. and return just before 3:00 p.m. for dismissal time. Students will need to bring their lunches in a plastic bag as we are not taking backpacks or lunch bags. The lunches need to be clearly labelled with your child’s name as all lunches will be collected and put in a box together in the lunchroom at the Village.
The notice went home earlier this week. Please complete it and return it by Thursday, December 5th.
The trip is dependent on getting enough parent drivers. Please let us know as soon as possible if you can help us out as we will need to cancel otherwise. Students will also need to bring their own car seats on that day.
We look forward to a fun trip and an enjoyable outing.
We have been developing our understanding of patterns over the past few weeks. Students have learned what a ‘core’ is and how it repeats to create the pattern. They have learned about the different attributes (colour, shape, direction) that make up the terms of a pattern. Students have worked on showing the same pattern in different ways. They have also learned how to find a mistake in a pattern and to fix it.
They have definitely had a lot of fun creating their own patterns – as you can see!!