Ms. Midgley's Blog

Yesterday we focused on the idea of having a peaceful classroom and that we can't control what other people say and do, we can only control how we react to it. So when someone is unkind to us, that does not mean we should be unkind back. We read a story called "Peace Week in Miss Fox's Class" and students have been eager to also have "peace week" in our classroom.  Today our principal, Ms. Rooke, came to visit our classroom and read some more stories with the students. She read "David Goes to School" and discussed personal responsibility with students. In other words, remembering only to worry about ourselves and our own actions, and letting Ms. Midgley handle the rest! She also read a story called "You Hold Me Up" and we thought of ways that we can hold each other up when we're at school.  Today we also started talking about Orange Shirt Day and Residential Schools. I was impressed with how much students already knew about this topic...

Hello families!  We had a lot going on this week! This week we learned about Terry Fox, celebrated the first day of fall and the International Day of Peace!  Literacy This week we talked about the letter 'O' with the character Dr. Ollie Ostrich. We started doing our Daily 5 Literacy rotations and students completed each activity once throughout the week.  Listen to Reading Read to Self Work on Writing Buddy Reading Word Work Word Work Math This week we worked on some number recognition! Students enjoyed rolling dice, adding up the dots, and colouring in the matching number. We also started focusing in on the number five and began learning about tally marks and even and odd numbers. We will continue with this next week!  Science In science we are talking about a few different things! We began talking about seasonal changes with the first day of fall. We read the story "Leaf Man" and made our own leaf artwork. Here are a few! For International Peace Day we talked about...

What an amazing school year start-up we have been having at LBS! Typically, at this time of year, we host Parent Teacher Conferences in an Open House format. With restrictions due to Covid-19, our format has been adjusted. This year, each class has created a video to introduce families to our school, answer commonly asked questions and show details of how our class works. These videos will be released on Thursday, September 23, 2021 at 4:00 pm. If you have questions after viewing the video, please reach out. We are certainly missing seeing families in our school building and look forward to future opportunities where this may be possible. There will be more formal Parent-Teacher Conferences on the evening of November 25th and the morning of November 26th. 

LBS School Council We have many open positions for our School Council, including Chair. If you are interested in learning more about these volunteer opportunities, please contact Jennifer Rooke,  jlrooke@cbe.ab.ca . We will be having our first meeting on Tuesday, September 21 st  at 6:30pm.   Council  will share updates as well as describe some of the opportunities to get involved.   ADmazing Savings Coupon Books ADmazing Savings Fundraiser has begun! The proceeds from this fundraising activity will be used directly in your child’s classroom. Books are available for  $25.00  each, of which Lake Bonavista will use $11.50 for the benefit of our students.   If you wish to take advantage of these discounts, please complete the order form printed on the back on the ADmazing envelope, and enclose the correct amount of money - $25.00 per book ordered. - directly to your child’s classroom teacher by  Thursday , October 7 th , 2021 ...

  Terry Fox Run 202 1   We will be having our Annual Terry Fox Run on  Wednesday ,  September 2 2 , 202 1 .  Teachers will be discussing with students the life of Terry Fox and the contributions he has made to cancer research  as well as coming together in the afternoon for a virtual wrap up assembly.   Students are encouraged to wear blue/white/ or their school t-shirt on this day.  Students can dedicate their run to someone who they  know  has been affected by cancer. Please speak to your child prior to our run and if they choose to dedicate their run to someone, they can share this in their class sharing circle prior to or after their run.   Should you wish to  make a donation  online, please use the following link to donate through the Terry Fox website:   http://www.terryfox.ca/LakeBonavista   Let’s keep Terry’s dream to find a cure for cancer alive! Montessori Birthday Celebrations Everyone wants to be...

Hello families!  We had a great week in grade 1! I know the transition from kindergarten to grade 1 is pretty big - there are a lot of new rules and routines to learn and we are getting there!  Literacy This week we started reviewing letters and sounds. We are aiming to review 2 letters every week but only did one this week. We may spend longer on vowels as they seem to be trickier for students. We started with the letter 'P' and have been using a program called Animated Literacy. I really like this program because each letter has a character, story and action. We practiced making the letter P with materials and did some printing practice with uppercase and lowercase Ps. Students were given a picture of the character, Polly Panda, to bring home to share with you.  This week we also tried doing some "free write" where students could write about whatever they wanted. They included a coloured picture. I wanted to see what students were able to write - some wrote sentence...