Have a great summer!

Dear Parents,

I can't believe summer is here already!  June has been a very busy and exciting time in the classroom and I am sad to see the school year come to an end.  I have truly enjoyed working with all of the children this year.  It has been a joy and honour to share this grade one year with your child.  The amount of growth in knowledge and confidence in each child has been awesome and it has been very rewarding to be part of it.

Thank you so much for all of your kindness and support this school year.  Have a safe and relaxing summer.

Warm Regards,
Mrs. Lai

Ultimate Summer Reading Challenge

What a beautiful day outside!  It is certainly is starting to feel like summer now.

Today we were very fortunate to have a wonderful guest speaker from the Calgary Public Library. She shared with us some great information about some of the cool things you can do at the library this summer.  We learned there are over 500 things kids can do for free at the library this summer.  Below are a list of  some of the fun activities happening at the Calgary Public Library:

• cheering the rabbits on as they race through an obstacle course
• painting - make your own splatter art
• take a hip hop dance class
• solve crime and collect evidence
• fun science experiments- make slime 
• read books and participate in the Ultimate Summer Reading Challenge

All of the students are invited to participate in the Ultimate Summer Reading Challenge. When you register for the ultimate summer challenge, the students will also be entered to win cool pries.  There are two big grand prizes:

• One of the big prizes  is to be the Library boss for the day 
• One lucky student will get to take home and keep an iPad

The students are very excited to participate in this fun challenge. Some information on the summer challenge is coming home tonight in their backpacks.

For homework, I am asking all of the students to stop by the Sage Hill Library this weekend and sign up for the Ultimate Summer Reading Challenge.  

Have a great night!  See you tomorrow.

Mrs. Lai

Classroom Update

Sorry for the delay in blog updates.  It has been a busy few weeks for me outside of school.
As most of you know, I was off for a week due to a family emergency.  My son had surgery at the Children's Hospital and needed his appendix removed.  We are so very grateful for the amazing care he received at the hospital.  Thank you all so much for your kind wishes and support :) I am happy to report Keagan is healing well and back at school.

It has been wonderful to be back in the classroom with your children again.  I feel very lucky that I get to do two jobs that I love, be a mom & teach.  We have such a great little classroom of learners, it has been a joy and honor to teach them this year.  Anyway, here is an update for you on what has been going on in Grade One.

We have been having so much fun, watching, observing and learning about the caterpillars in our classroom.  First thing in the morning, all of the learners go and check on our little caterpillars.  We are now the proud parents of one butterfly!  4 caterpillars are in the chrysalis stage.   So we are hoping to see more butterflies tomorrow.

The learners have been very keen to learn all about butterflies.  So we are doing caterpillar measurement, butterfly writing, and even butterfly art.  It's been a busy week of learning in our classroom.  Please enjoy some pictures of our learning.

Yesterday we all enjoyed a big soccer game.  It was our class vs. Ms. Petrie's class.  The learners were happy to report that our class won 4-3.  It was a close game, full of laughter and fun.  I think Ms. Petrie's class will be requesting a rematch next week ;)

We have also been working on some very special art projects this week for some wonderful dads, grandpas and uncles.  The learners are excited to take home their special projects tomorrow.

Have a great night!

Warm Regards,
Mrs. Lai