Farewell!

Our last blog of the year!

We watched an amazing magic show today. There was a strong message about "being a bucket filler". Ask me to tell you what this means

Parents, it has been an absolute pleasure teaching your children this year. We had such an amazing year and your child made this year so fulfilling for us. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the support and love. Have a great summer.

Lisa Ly, Shannon Deobald & Jamie McEvoy 

One more sleep!

Dear mom and dad:

This afternoon we watched some dance performances from students at Cranston school. The school later had a cool Dan e party! It was so much fun.

Only one more sleep of the school year! I have been working hard finishing up some work and cleaning out my book bin. Please remind me to empty out my backpack tonight so I can bring the rest of my items tomorrow. 

Tomorrow I will be bringing my indoor shoes home. Please send a plastic bag to store my shoes. Thank you!

I also have my report card in my backpack. Please share it with me and celebrate my successes this year. 

Love,

The Rainbow Triad 

Grade 1 and grade 2 memories

TDear Mom and Dad:

Another busy day in their rainbow triad as we wrap up the year. Only 2 more sleeps! In math today we surveyed our peers and practiced using tally marks to represent our information. We then graphed this information as well. 

We had our last music class of the year today and our last gym glass! Ask me to tell you what we did.

We created a visual journal page to reflect on our year and all of the memories!

Question of the day: What was your favourite grade 1 or grade 2 memory?

Love,

The Rainbow Triad

Housekeeping:

Thank you to all who have donated to our Right to Play Change for Change fundraiser!  We will reaccepting loonies and twonies until the end of the day Thursday.  We appreciate your support!

The Calgary Hitmen is inviting CBE students to cheer them on at the season opener on September 13^th! Please email the number of tickets for students at your school ASAP!  These FREE Tickets are provided to CBE schools on a first come first serve basis until quantities last.  Contact Ms. Goldberg ( amgoldberg@cbe.ab.ca) with YOUR NAME, YOUR CHILD'S NAME, AND THE NUMBER OF TICKETS YOU NEED ASAP if you are interested in tickets. 

Ticket Info:

Sunday, September 13^th, 2015

4:00 PM at Scotiabank Saddledome

Calgary Hitmen vs Edmonton Oil Kings

 

Tickets will be distributed the first days of next school year, once school is back in.  

Sports day!

Dear Mom and Dad:

What a great sports day we had today! A huge thank you to all the parent volunteers that helped out today.

In math today we looked at what information graphs could tell us. 

Question of the day: what was your favourite sports day station?

Love,

The rainbow triad 

Sandwich Making

Dear Mom and Dad:

Today we each helped make a sandwich that will be donated to 'Inn From the Cold' we watched a video about this organization and then wrote about the importance of volunteering. At Cranston school we love making a difference in our community. 

We had a practice school evacuation today. Ask me to tell you where our evacuation site was. We did great!

We are also working on a book for Mrs.wood. Ask me to tell you why we are writing to her.

Tomorrow is sports day at 1:15pm. Please help me make sure I am dressed appropriately for the weather. Rain or shine! 

Love,

Rainbow Triad 

Happy Father's Day!

Dear Mom and Dad:

It was great seeing everyone at our Celebration evening on Thursday!

We finished up our Father's Day cards on Friday. Ask me to give it to you on Sunday for Father's Day. Next week is the last week of school. Each day I will be bringing some of my work home. Please remind me to empty out my red folder and backpack each day.

Love,
The Rainbow Triad

Housekeeping:

ALL HOME READING BOOKS ARE DUE BACK

Tuesday is our Annual Sports Day!  As a part of our school’s Right to Play initiative this year, we are asking students to bring a loonie or a twonie any day next week as a donation for the program.  This fund-raiser will support play, cooperation, peace and sport in many countries around the world.  Students will have the chance to play our Change for Change Plinko game when they bring their loonies and twonies!  Our fundraising goal is $680, which is $1.00 per Cranston staff and student.  Thank you for your help to give all kids the RIGHT TO PLAY!

Celebration of Learning Tour

Dear Mom and Dad:

Today we toured our peace hallway and looked at all of the things that students have been working on for the Celebration of Learning. Ask me to share with you some of the things I have seen. Tomorrow we will be touring the other classes on the other side of the school. We also had the chance to share our work with our classmates.

We finished up our thank you letters to Mr. Lorne Kelly and Mrs. Ly will be mailing the out to him tonight!

Love,

The Rainbow Triad

Housekeeping:

SANDWICH MAKING

For those families who were at Cranston last year, you will remember our Sandwich Making Community Project (donations went to the Mustard Seed) that we were involved in and what a HUGE success it was!  For those new to us, throughout the year, we have been working very hard with our students to recognize the importance of giving back to their community.  We would like to participate in this project again this year.  If we could have each student bring in $2 for this project, it will be used to purchase the sandwich items (bread, ham, mustard, butter, cheese slices, Ziploc bags).  Thank you for your support, it is greatly appreciated.  

5 year cranston math

Dear Mom and Dad:

We wrote thank you letters to Lorne Kelly today. Ask me to tell you what I wrote about.

We also had a fire drill today. We did amazing!

In math we have been looking at finding out answers to questions about Cranston being 5 years old. Ask me to tell you what question my class is exploring. We are brainstorming and calculating together as a class and representing our learning on poster paper.

Question of the day: Post on the blog what question your math class is looking into the for 5 year Celebration of learning.

Love,

The Rainbow Triad

Housekeeping:

ALL HOME READING BOOKS ARE DUE BY THE END OF THIS WEEK. 

SANDWICH MAKING

For those families who were at Cranston last year, you will remember our Sandwich Making Community Project (donations went to the Mustard Seed) that we were involved in and what a HUGE success it was!  For those new to us, throughout the year, we have been working very hard with our students to recognize the importance of giving back to their community.  We would like to participate in this project again this year.  If we could have each student bring in $2 for this project, it will be used to purchase the sandwich items (bread, ham, mustard, butter, cheese slices, Ziploc bags).  Thank you for your support, it is greatly appreciated.  

Pumpkin plant observation

Dear Mom and Dad:

As the year comes to an end it seems as though our blogs are getting shorter and shorter but not because  we don't have much to say but because we have been so busy!

We have been busy working away at our work for the Celebration of Learning. We also observed our pumpkin plants today!

Question of the day: Post on the blog an observation you noticed about your pumpkin plant today.

Love,

The Rainbow Triad

Lorne Kelly

Dear Mom and Dad:

Today Lorne Kelly visited our classroom. Our teachers were so proud of us! We were very respectful as he shared his paintings with us and learned how to draw two different pictures. Ask me to share with you what two different paintings I did. We used watercolor pencil crayons to color our work and tomorrow we will add color. Ask me to share with you what his style is like.

We gave him a special pumpkin plant as a thank you. Some of us even asked for his autograph. What an amazing experience to have the opportunity to learn from a real artist.

Question of the day: What did you enjoy most about Mr. Kelly’s visit.

Love,

The Rainbow Triad

Housekeeping:

SANDWICH MAKING

For those families who were at Cranston last year, you will remember our Sandwich Making Community Project (donations went to the Mustard Seed) that we were involved in and what a HUGE success it was!  For those new to us, throughout the year, we have been working very hard with our students to recognize the importance of giving back to their community.  We would like to participate in this project again this year.  If we could have each student bring in $2 for this project, it will be used to purchase the sandwich items (bread, ham, mustard, butter, cheese slices, Ziploc bags).  Thank you for your support, it is greatly appreciated. 

Canadian Landscape Artist

Dear Mom and Dad:

All three classes had music today.

In math today we looked at a mini project we will do to represent Cranston’s 5^th anniversary. Ask me to tell you what question I am looking at. We talked about how we would get the information and each class will need to represent their learning on poster paper.

We looked at our pumpkin plants today! Ask me to tell you what I noticed about my plant. 

Tomorrow we have a very special artist coming in. His name is Lorne Kelly and he is a Canadian Landscape Artist and he will be visiting Rainbow Triad! We went to his website and looked at some of his art. CLICK HERE TO VISIT HIS WEBSITE

Question of the day: Post on the blog some wonders that you have about Lorne Kelly.

Love,

The Rainbow Triad

Housekeeping:

Mrs. Ly is looking for big boxes and newspaper. If you have any please send them with your child. Thank you! Also, all home reading book for Mrs. Ly’s class need to be returned.

All library books need to be returned.

SANDWICH MAKING

For those families who were at Cranston last year, you will remember our Sandwich Making Community Project (donations went to the Mustard Seed) that we were involved in and what a HUGE success it was!  For those new to us, throughout the year, we have been working very hard with our students to recognize the importance of giving back to their community.  We would like to participate in this project again this year.  If we could have each student bring in $2 for this project, it will be used to purchase the sandwich items (bread, ham, mustard, butter, cheese slices, Ziploc bags).  Thank you for your support, it is greatly appreciated.  

Inquiry

Dear Mom and Dad:

Mrs. McEvoy had music today.

We have been working on representing our learning in different ways. Next Thursday On June 18 from 6-8pm is our Celebration of Learning. Invitations were sent home yesterday. Please keep this ticket in a safe place as I will need to bring it next Thursday.

Love,

The Rainbow Triad

Housekeeping:

Mrs. Ly is looking for big boxes and newspaper. If you have any please send them with your child. Thank you! Also, all home reading book for Mrs. Ly’s class need to be returned.

All library books need to be returned.

SANDWICH MAKING

For those families who were at Cranston last year, you will remember our Sandwich Making Community Project (donations went to the Mustard Seed) that we were involved in and what a HUGE success it was!  For those new to us, throughout the year, we have been working very hard with our students to recognize the importance of giving back to their community.  We would like to participate in this project again this year.  If we could have each student bring in $2 for this project, it will be used to purchase the sandwich items (bread, ham, mustard, butter, cheese slices, Ziploc bags).  Thank you for your support, it is greatly appreciated.