Ms. Midgley's Blog

Time to Shop!   Dear families, It’s here! Our school’s  Scholastic Virtual Book Fair  has begun! Our very own  shopping site will be open from  Monday, November 22 nd   – Sunday, November 28 th Experience the joy of a Book Fair online by joining us at our  Virtual Family Event!  Make your favourite snacks, and come together as a family to view the fun, exciting and inspiring titles by  clicking the link below: https://virtualbookfairs.scholastic.ca/pages/5163640 Share this link with Grandparents, too! Extended family can participate in the  Virtual Book Fair  from the comfort of home. Remember, all purchases benefit our school and earn  Rewards  that can be redeemed for books and Education Resources for our school’s classrooms and library. Thank you for participating in our Scholastic Virtual Book Fair! Happy reading! 

Dear families, Our school’s  Scholastic Virtual   Book   Fair   will begin next week! Our very own  shopping site will be open from  Monday, November 22 nd  – Sunday, November 28 th Experience the joy of a   Book   Fair   online by joining us at our  Virtual Family Event!  Make your favourite snacks, and come together as a family to view the fun, exciting and inspiring titles.   A link will be sent out on Monday the 22 nd . Share this link with Grandparents, too! Extended family can participate in the  Virtual   Book   Fair   from the comfort of home. Remember, all purchases benefit our school and earn  Rewards  that can be redeemed for   book s and Education Resources for our school’s classrooms and library. Thank you for participating in our Scholastic Virtual   Book   Fair ! Happy reading! 

Hello families!  This week we started learning about Remembrance Day. We had some great discussions and watched some videos together. We also learned about artist Georgia O'Keeffe and created some poppy artwork inspired by her poppy paintings. The other grade 1 classes also did some poppy artwork!  We reviewed the letters 'F' and 'B' this week with Farley Fox and Baby Barnaby. We also focused on "sky, grass, dirt" letters and using "spaghetti and meatball" spaces in our writing.  In math, we focused on the numbers 13 and 14. We also learned a couple of math games including "Chips in Jeopardy" and "All Aboard!" These games are from Math Mania, which also has some great resources to use at home -  https://www.mmmathmania.com/copy-of-for-educators  We've been playing a lot of games as teacher vs class to learn them, and then students are welcome to use these games as "responsible work choices" when their class work