Literacy Week-Puppies in the Classroom!

I must say we have had a busy day-two posts in one day says it all! It was busy in both 2 Shillington and 2 Creamer! The kids in these two classes received an awesome gift!

After our lovely parent volunteers left this morning I brought out a large wicker basket and told the kids I had a very big surprise that required a very big commitment from them. To say the basket piqued their interest is an understatement. They were absolutely dying to know what I had in store for them!



Mrs. Quinn came in this morning and was teasing the kids by saying "Oh it smells like puppies!" Little did she know she was spot on!

I started by reading a sweet book (thanks Mrs. Kilpatrick for the suggestion) called "How Rocket Learned to Read". It is a story about how a little puppy learns his letters and sounds and then puts them all together to make words. After reading, the class had a nice discussion about how we felt when we all began to read in Kindergarten. The kids had mixed feelings. Some said they had been excited and some said they had been very nervous. We talked briefly about the strategies we had learnt to help us figure out words when we started reading and the tough comprehension strategies we use now that we are better readers.

 

I then showed the kiddos what their big commitment was for the remainder of the year. They were going to teach their very own puppy how to read. I told the kids they would be practising their words of the week with their puppy, reading strategies etc.  They were PUMPED!

 



 

Each student received their own puppy, named him and began to teach. It was seriously cute. They had some pretty creative names like Double O Woof, Bowser Jr., Brownie and Emmet to name a few.




The book and my puppy Rocket!

A student teaching her puppy a reading strategy.

A kiddo  practising his expression with his puppy Bowser.



Sparkles the puppy enjoying an Elephant and Piggy book with her lovely new owner.

 

I can't wait to see what the kids teach their puppies tomorrow.
Mrs. Ashley Daley-Creamer

Literacy Week-Parent/Grandparent Visit

What a fabulous way to kick off literacy week! We had four lovely parent/grandparent volunteers come in and read to our kiddos. Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Pierce, Mrs. Quinn and Mrs. Morgan kindly volunteered their time and shared a favourite children's book with the class. I must say I was very impressed with the book selection! I've already added No Clean Clothes, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, The Crayon Box that Quit and Sailor: The Hangashore Newfoundland Dog to my amazon wish list!

Mrs. Ashley Daley-Creamer

Art Around the World-India

Our school is very fortunate to have a lovely Art Room (thank you home and school). Due in part to the formation of this new room our school will be completing a series of Art projects based on countries from around the world. Each class has picked a country and will create a beautiful piece of art work with the help of A REAL ARTIST! Here is a sneak peek of what we started to create however I won't show you too much as we hope to show off these pieces February 20th at our Art Curriculum Night!

Mrs. Ashley Daley-Creamer

Estimation and Skip counting with money

Welcome to a new year everyone! This week we have been doing a lot of review to get the kiddos back into the swing of things. The Gr. 2's have been reviewing estimation and skip counting with money. The Gr.1's have been reviewing estimation, skip counting and comparing numbers. Today I had 3 kids make videos to explain to the class how they estimate or skip count money. The kids did a fantastic job!

 

 

 

I apologise for this being super shaky! Hopefully no one gets motion sickness from watching these videos!

 

Mrs. Ashley Daley-Creamer