Ms. Midgley's Blog

Hello families, I feel like Christmas came early today. Thank you so much for all of your kind gifts! This morning we finally finished up our 12 Days of Christmas books and practiced our words. When students were done their work, they could choose a free choice activity. In the afternoon we had caroling! Each class was responsible for singing a part of the 12 Days of Christmas song. Ours was number 7 so every time that lyric came, our class stood up and sang. Afterwards, we watched "The Cat in the Hat Knows a lot About Christmas" and enjoyed a few treats. Students are also bringing home a little ornament I made! Have a wonderful Christmas and Holiday season! See you on January 6th! (If anything was left behind today, I will be here tomorrow!) Hello Families, Lake Bonavista School is looking for donations of board games, card games, puzzles and coloring books. If you have any gently used games that your family has outgrown, would you consider donating the...

Hello families! I am finally back - seems like something is definitely taking over our class (and the school!) good thing the break is near! This morning we started our day with some Christmas caroling in the gym. I then swapped classes with another teacher to read each other's classes a story. Ms. Arnold was in our class and I went to hers! She is a grade 3/4 teacher at our school. Students then had music and in gym we played freeze dance with Christmas music. During work period, we added the 11th page of our books and practiced our weekly words! In the afternoon, we were visited by our student teacher who will be joining us for 5 weeks in January. We are all really looking forward to out time with her! The students worked on some fun Christmas math problems or math games. Students also brought home a brown bag with a Christmas gift inside! Tomorrow is holiday sweater day! Remember to wear your favourite holiday sweaters, shirts, dresses, etc! 🎄🎅 Hermit Crabs I...

Hello families, Today we did our Weekly Words a little differently! Students worked with a partner to brainstorm as many Christmas/holiday works they could in 10 minutes. We then organized them based on how many letters are in each word and then students could chose 5-8 words from the list. We also worked on the 9th page of our 12 Days of Christmas books and continued working on Christmas cards. I took some photos from the 8th page last week and forgot to post them, so here they are! In the afternoon I wasn't feeling well and went home. There must be some sort of bug going around but I am hoping to be back tomorrow. Luckily I wrote this blog during snack time! Students had had gym and music while I was away! This week we are looking forward to caroling Tuesday-Thursday, having a visit from AARCS on Tuesday, and being visited by our student teacher on Wednesday (she will be joining us in the new year for 5 weeks!) On Thursday, we will have a bit of a Christmas cele...

Hello families! Thank you so much for coming to watch our day time and evening winter concerts yesterday! The students were all so excited and did a great performance. I think today was a perfect day for a PJ day for both the kids, and for me! 😴 Today we worked on our 8th page of our 12 Days of Christmas book and practiced our "-am" words. We had a short gym time and worked on some Christmas cards using Kids Art Hub . Students also enjoyed some free choice time! Assessment & Reporting  ✅ Have you seen the news story on our school website? Please take a few minutes to check it out  here . The  How is my Child Doing in School?  document is helpful in outlining some changes to this year's report cards and can help you better understand what a 1, 2, 3, and 4 mean. Upcoming Dates: Tuesday, December 17th - Christmas Caroling in the gym @ 12:45pm - families welcome Wednesday, December 18th - Christmas Caroling in the gym @ 8:30am - familie...

Hello families! Today I sent home a small slip of yellow paper with any student that has an over-due library book. Please try to find them at home! Reminders for Tonight's Concert!!  Please arrive by 7:10pm! Don't forget to check out our AARCS table! If your child is on the end of their row during the performance, I would recommend sitting on the opposite side of the gym so you can see them! They should know if they are near the end! Students will:  Put their outdoor boots in their regular places (boot racks or boot carpets), not at the front door Coats on their own coat racks, Have their indoor shoes at school, Meet in their classrooms before the concert Parents can bring their coats into classrooms or into the gym.   Guests will:  Wipe your outdoor shoes and keep them on You can keep your jackets with you or leave them in our classroom Pick students up in their classrooms after the show Please do not leave by either of the South doors. ...

Hello families! Today we added the 6th page of our books, practiced our words, and worked on another Christmas math task. Students could choose between these two questions: There are 12 presents under the tree. Some have pink bows and some have green bows. How many of each bow could there be? Or There are 18 presents under the tree . They have pink bows, orange bows and green bows. How many of each bow could there be? We went outside for gym since the gym was closed, and enjoyed some very beautiful, snowy weather. We had another practice for the winter concert and the students were hard at work again with packaging treats! They have been having a great time helping out with this. We are looking forward to the winter concert tomorrow! Please arrive for 7:10pm. 

Hello everyone! We had a very busy day today! I reek of tuna! Our classroom was turned into Santa's workshop today. Students worked with their buddies to make 18 batches of Crunchy Tuna Cat Treats. During work period, we added the 5th page of our 12 Days of Christmas Book and practiced our "-am" words. After lunch we were called down to practice for the Winter Concert. We continued work period/treat making afterwards and students went in small groups to exchange their library books if they needed to. We started packaging the treats a bit and will continue this work tomorrow! Of course, today of all days, my Air Drop isn't working again. I will share some photos from our day today on tomorrow's blog! Assessment & Reporting  ✅ Have you seen the news story on our school website? Please take a few minutes to check it out  here . The  How is my Child Doing in School?  document is helpful in outlining some changes to this year's report cards and can hel...

Hello families! Today we chose words from the "-am" family. Students also added their 4th page to their "12 Days of Christmas" book. We also had some quiet reading time and guest reader this morning. In the afternoon, we had gym and music! In gym, we played "Do you want to build a snowman?" again! Tickets for the evening Winter Concerts came home today! Assessment & Reporting  ✅ Have you seen the news story on our school website? Please take a few minutes to check it out here . The How is my Child Doing in School? document is helpful in outlining some changes to this year's report cards and can help you better understand what a 1, 2, 3, and 4 mean. Upcoming Dates: Please note the change! Tuesday, December 10th - AARCS baking day Thursday, December 12th - Winter Concert (am & pm shows) Friday, December 13th - Whole school PJ Day Tuesday, December 17th - Christmas Caroling in the gym @ 12:45pm - families welcome Wednes...

Hello everyone! Today we practiced our "-ug" words and added the 3rd page to our 12 Days of Christmas book. We also had a bit a quiet reading time. We did a longer Go Noodle in the morning to supplement our short Friday gym time and during gym we played Turtle Tag. Students also enjoyed some free choice time after work period. Upcoming Dates:  Tuesday, December 10th - AARCS baking day Thursday, December 12th - Winter Concert (am & pm shows) Friday, December 13th - Whole school PJ Day Tuesday, December 17th - Christmas Caroling in the gym @ 8:30am - families welcome Wednesday, December 18th - Christmas Caroling in the gym @ 8:30am - families welcome Thursday, December 19th - Christmas Caroling in the gym @ 12:45pm - families welcome Thursday, December 19th - Holiday Sweater Day Friday, December 20th - PD Day Dec. 23-Jan. 3 - Winter Break Monday, January 6th - School resumes Monday, February 10th - Leighton Art Centre field trip (more info to come in...

Hello families! Today we had a lot of work time! During work period, students added to their 12 Days of Christmas book, practiced their weekly words, and started working on this math task. Students were encouraged to use materials and give multiple answers! Students worked on these things before gym and after gym we met on the carpet to discuss some of the strategies that had been used so far and to share our ideas. You have  20  ornaments for your Christmas tree. They are are  blue ,  red  or  green .  How many of each  colour  could you have? In gym, we played a game called "Do you want to build a snowman?" Where students ran around the gym in order to collect equipment and worked in teams to build a snowman. They had so much fun! I managed to get 1 picture on Photo Booth without students' faces in it.  In the afternoon, we had Daily 5 literacy and talked a little bit more about our AARCS fundra...

Hello families, This morning students were introduced to a writing task that they will be working on between now and Dec. 19. I did this 2 years ago and the students loved it so I thought we'd do it again! This task is based on the song "The 12 Days of Christmas." We watched this video in case someone was not familiar with the song and we also read " Pete the Cat's 12 Groovy Days of Christmas. " Students will be adding a page to their own book every day following a similar pattern - "On the ___ day of Christmas by teacher gave to me..." This means there are only 12 days of school left until Winter Break! We talked about how many syllables to use if we want our writing to sound similar to the original tune, but students did not have to use the correct number of syllables. For the first one, I helped them turn their ideas into something with more syllables. During snack, we listened to a read aloud of "The 12 Worst Days of Christmas" and...

Hello families! This morning we practiced our weekly words and then spent some time looking at the artifacts from our Museo-Kit we started working with last week. The students had some really interesting guesses for what the items were used for. Please see last Thursday's blog for photos of each artifact. Students used gloves to touch the objects as well. We determined quite a few of the items were used to make butter. During snack, we watched this video about how to make butter.  We also watched this interesting but funny video about school lunches through the decades. We went through half of the items together on the carpet, and then after lunch we looked at the other 9 items in a "museum style." We also had library and guest reader this afternoon! I had some photos to share but my Air Drop doesn't seem to be working today! 1. Nutmeg grater 2. Stainless steel skimmer spoon 3. Soap saver 4. Fruit squeezer 5. Apple parer 6. Metal milk skimmer 7. Wooden fla...

Hello families! Students were in for a surprise this morning when they came into the classroom and saw that things were moved around. They were very excited! I was just feeling like a change was necessary. This week we chose words from the "-ug" family. We talked about the word "drug" as medicine and going to Shoppers Drug Mart or the "drug store." We also had time for Daily 5 literacy and Guest Reader. In the afternoon, we had gym and music!

Hello families & happy Friday! Today we had a short work period where students practiced their weekly words and then chose a work choice. We had our short Friday gym time where we played a game and did some fitness circuits. We then spent some time with our grade 3/4 buddy class. Students worked with their buddies to create a Venn diagram to compare themselves with their buddy and got to know their buddies better! We then had another snack break and students had an extra music class today! I am planning on changing up the classroom layout a little bit today after school. I gave students a heads up so they aren't too thrown off on Monday morning! Can you believe there are only 14 school days left before Christmas?! (But who's counting...) I'm still looking for volunteers for our AARCS fundraiser - please let me know if you're available to help out on Dec. 10th or 11th! 😊 Have a wonderful weekend!

Hello families!  This morning, we had some work time to practice our weekly words and continue with our math from yesterday. After gym, we had a new Museo-Kit. I didn't tell students what these objects were from - only that they are all from the same place and were not used in a school. We will spend more time with this Museo-Kit next week. In the afternoon, we had Daily 5 literacy and we read a story called "Harold & Hog Pretend For Real!" We enjoyed this silly story and practiced summarizing it using the "somebody-wanted-but-so-then" formula. I also noticed a big improvement in how students were treating each other today!  A parent shared this link with me today that I wanted to pass on for anyone who might be interested in reading to animals! How sweet!  Please send me an email if you're interested in helping out with our AARCS fundraiser! (Please see yesterday's blog for more info!...