Friday, April 28, 2017

What an amazing day! Our wonderful students did an outstanding job performing at the assembly this morning. Thank you to all the parents who were able to come out and watch our class share their learning. The wall story we read this morning, comes from our work with Miriam Trehearne, Literacy Specialist. All staff at Ken Taylor have been working closely with Miriam, to strengthen our literacy strategies to support our learners. Wall stories are a proven way to develop oral language and comprehension, while strengthening their reading and writing skills!

If you were not able to watch the performance, please feel free to contact me at sibrar@cbe.ab.ca to set up a time for you to come in and view it. Unfortunately due to some students not having third party clearance, I am unable to upload the video online.

Reminders
- Tonight is Movie Night!
- This is our last weekend to vote for $50,000 towards the playground! Share with all your family members and on social media! http://hitmenhockey.com/community-restoration-program-voting
- Assembly performance by Steve Harmer (Magician) on Monday at 1pm
- May 8 - Teacher's Pet in-school field trip for Mrs. Brar and Ms. Bakkan's class
- Link to Important May dates: http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b198/pdfs/calendar-may.pdf

Thursday, April 27, 2017

Tomorrow is the assembly! We have asked all students to wear brightly coloured spring clothing. If you are able to join us, Please note that the assembly will begin promptly at 8:30am.

Reminders

- Movie night tomorrow

- Book orders due to Mrs. Brar

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

http://hitmenhockey.com/community-restoration-program-voting

Volunteers Needed!

Dear Parents, On May 8 and 9, all grade one students will be participating in an in-school field trip. Here is what they will be participating in...

Let’s build a zoo!

Working in groups, students will explore a variety of materials and fasteners as they construct zoo enclosures. Students will also construct their own 3D animal and will take the entire project home. Join our zookeeper on this building adventure!

Our class will be participating in the program on May 8th in the morning and we will require 4 parent volunteers to help us during this time. The time commitment would be 2 hours (9-11) and all volunteers must have CBE clearance. If you think you would be able to help us during this time, please email me at sibrar@cbe.ab.ca

Reminders

 - Assembly Friday at 8:30 am! Ms. Bakkan's and Mrs. Brar's classes are presenting and have been working hard!!!

- Movie night is Friday evening - we're watching The Secret Life of Pets!

- Scholastic Book orders due

Thank you,

Simmy Brar

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Today we read a story called The Cheetah who Tried to do everything! The moral of the story was that No one is good at everything, but everyone is good at something!

We then shared as table groups, some of the things we are good at! We then wrote and drew about it in our visual journals - ask your child what they wrote or drew! What are some things they are good at? What are they still learning? What would they like to do?






We are continuing to practice for our assembly on Friday. Please join us at 8:30am! We are excited to showcase our learning 😄

Today in math we used our BRAND NEW GEO BOARDS to make 2D shapes! We were challenged to make the shapes we have learned about. Thanks to volunteers for helping us label all of our new math materials!

Our kind students worked together and helped one another make the shapes they needed to...

Ken Taylor Ambassadors work together and show kindness... 

 Ken Taylor Ambassador's show perseverance and  never give up! 

Reminders

- Fun Lunch tomorrow

- Book exchange tomorrow

- Friday Assembly

- Friday Movie day!

Monday, April 24, 2017

Today we learned how to draw some 3D shapes! 

We found some cylinders in our classroom!

 We found a cube!

 Nadia had cones on her shirt!

 Can you find the shapes in these buildings?

Ask me what shapes these are...

Reminders

- Wednesday is fun lunch
- vote for Kenneth D. Taylor and share this link with all of your family and friends! You can vote up to 4 times per device per day! http://hitmenhockey.com/community-restoration-program-voting
- Our class will be showcasing their learning during the assembly on Friday! Join us at 8:30!
- Friday (April 28) is movie day!
- Volunteers needed for May 8!

Friday, April 21, 2017

Today we started practiced our song and dance for the assembly! Our class, along with Ms. Bakkan's class and the grade 3 students, will be presenting some of our learning on Friday, April 28th at 8:30am. All parents are welcome! The assembly should take about 30-45 minutes (start to end). Please come watch us show off our reading skills and share a song and dance about the season of Spring!

Volunteers Needed!

Dear Parents, On May 8 and 9, all grade one students will be participating in an in-school field trip. Here is what they will be participating in...

Let’s build a zoo!

Working in groups, students will explore a variety of materials and fasteners as they construct zoo enclosures. Students will also construct their own 3D animal and will take the entire project home. Join our zookeeper on this building adventure!

Our class will be participating in the program on May 8th in the morning and we will require 4 parent volunteers to help us during this time. The time commitment would be 2 hours (9-11) and all volunteers must have CBE clearance. If you think you would be able to help us during this time, please email me at sibrar@cbe.ab.ca

Reminders
- Order fun lunch for your child at healthyhunger.ca - Wednesday is fun lunch
- vote for Kenneth D. Taylor and share this link with all of your family and friends! You can vote up to 4 times per device per day! http://hitmenhockey.com/community-restoration-program-voting
- Friday (April 28) is movie day!

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

We had another opportunity to work with Denise Miller today and listen more stories about the trickster coyote. Please ask your child what happened in the stories!

We have been learning a bit more about elements of a story. Today we focused on setting, characters, beginning, middle and end. Ask me about each of elements and what they mean.

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

I can read number words!

Today we learned how to spell number words one to ten!

We talked about how to spell the words using a fun song that we will continue to practice. When we finished practicing writing the number words, we went on the hunt for them in math books! We were so excited to see number words in so many books! Here are some number words we found...can you child find some number words at home?

Dear Parents and Guardians,

The voting has reopened as of noon yesterday.  There was a hack to the system and they had to redo the voting.  They have restarted and set the votes to 0.  We are allowed to vote 4 times per day per device.  So Please share with everyone you know and ask them to vote for us (parents, grandparents, friends, Facebook, twitter ....). Voting will now go until May 1st!

The winner will be the video that has the most votes so click on this link and vote, vote, vote 

http://hitmenhockey.com/community-restoration-program-voting

Thank you everyone for your support.  We have the chance to win 50,000 towards building our playground!!

If you have any questions please email councils.kennethdtaylor@gmail.com

Thank you, 

Kenneth D Taylor Fundraising Association 

Reminders

• $2 popcorn day Wednesday and Thursday
• Library Book Exchange each Wednesday
• early dismissal this Friday