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We hope everyone had a restful spring break! We are in the home stretch of Grade One with lots of exciting learning ahead!

This week in UFLI we learned about the spelling pattern __ge as well as learning about some exceptions to the ‘bossy e’ rule (i.e. some, live, love, have). We brought home a new game to practice __ce and __ge in our UFLI folder to try out this week! Please return these folders every Thursday!


We are so excited that our student teachers Ms. Gunson and Ms. Jardie will be teaching us math over the next few weeks! They taught us a really fun song about 3D shapes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cg-Uc556-Q&ab_channel=HarryKindergartenMusic

We discovered some everyday objects that match these shapes, did some sorting and did a 3D shape hunt around the classroom. 


This week we talked about the Grandfather Teaching of Love. We learned that the animal that represents love is the eagle because they show love towards their babies and take very good care of them. This matched perfectly with the eagle nest that we were keeping an eye on. Unfortunately the eggs from this nest did not hatch, but a family in Mrs. Janisse’s class discovered a new live camera that showed 2 eaglets! We have really enjoyed checking on the eaglets every day!


Here it is if you want to see for yourself!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gIwQwxfGPg&ab_channel=FarmerDerek

We wrote in our journals some wonders about eagles and then we did some research together to answer some of these questions. 


Looking ahead


We have a huge favour to ask! We are asking some parent volunteers to make a batch of playdough for us to use in the classroom! If you are willing make some for us (we have a great recipe!) please email your respective teacher  - Mrs. Janisse (lajanisse@cbe.ab.ca) or Mrs Webber (gjwebber@gmail.com). We appreciate your help very much!


We are really hoping that next week will begin to warm up and that we can get out for a signs of spring community walk!


Please bring all library books back for Tuesday so we can exchange them.

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