Kindness, Respect and Diversity Week

This week at Fairvale is Kindness Week! The kiddos have been busy catching their classmates doing something kind. Check out some of the things our kiddos were caught doing JUST today! 

Hour of Code

Today we started coding. What is coding? Coding is what makes it possible for us to create computer software, apps and websites. Your browser, your OS, the apps on your phone, Facebook, and this website – they’re all made with code. Today we practised coding. 
Visit  code.org  and have your kiddo show you some of the cool coding games we played today. The Minecraft coding game was a huge hit. Let me just say-I felt like a hero today. They were so pleased that I let them play Minecraft IN SCHOOL! 

Next week we plan on participating in the Hour of Code. The Hour of Code is a global movement reaching tens of millions of students in 180+ countries. It is a great opportunity to get kiddos interested in computer science. 

Math Jeopardy

Since last week was the crazy week before Halloween I knew I needed to do something exciting in math to keep the attention of the kiddos. So we played comparing numbers Jeopardy. Our E.A. Mrs. Robertson and I had quite a few chuckles over how into it the kids were. Please find below a video of the kids playing-I pieced it together poorly so my apologies in advance!

Spooky Reading

Last week I asked that each child bring in a flashlight. Thanks to many sweet families we had more than enough flashlights for our kids to do some spooky flashlight reading. We turned off all of the lights during read to self and read in the dark. On Monday we will read to someone in the dark with our flashlights. The kids loved it! Flashlights will be sent home Monday night! Check out the video below to see the kids in action.

Social Studies

Mrs. Shillington and I have started Social Studies with our kiddos. We will be learning about New Brunswick. I wish I had of taped the reaction from the class when they saw the Social Studies sign on our class schedule. THEY FREAKED! When I gave them the books about New Brunswick they were so excited! Here are a few things that we heard.....

"We live in New Brunswick!"

 "Wow look at the maps!"

"Terry Fox is on page 95!"

"Look at those weird rock things!" (referring to Hopewell Rocks)

"Oh my gosh I've been to that place!"


You would think we gave them the moon! There were shrieks people! Mrs. Shillington and I had a good chuckle about their reactions and we hope that the attitude about Social Studies lasts all year!

Since the student books are non-fiction we introduced Social Studies by sending the kids on a text feature hunt. They had to look for captions, diagrams, glossaries etc. Here are a couple pictures below!

Little Buddies/Big Buddies

On Friday our class is the Big Buddy class to 1 McNeill. The kids were very surprised to learn that they were no longer little buddies but considered the big buddies this year. Mrs. McNeill and I take turns hosting the kids in our rooms. This week it was our class' turn to host the little buddies so they came to our classroom. They kids played a getting to know you game and read some books. Our class was so sweet and loved helping the little buddies read. We have a really sweet bunch of kiddos!

Class Mission

Our class has set long term goals for the year and we have now come up with our class mission. I explain to our kids that the class mission is our promise to one another. Have a look below at our promises!