100 Days Smarter

(My apologies - due to some technical difficulties, this post is much delayed.)

We had a wonderful time celebrating the 100th day of school in February.  We started counting school days on the first day of school in September.  Back then, it seemed so far away.  We've had such a fun and exciting year, we couldn't believe the 100th day came so quickly.  We did many wonderful activities, all focused on the number 100.  Take a peek at our 100th day...

We ate some "100" snacks...

The students created special 100 day hats to wear...

On the SMARTBoard - we read 100 words...

Even our DPA (Daily Physical Activity) time focused on the number 100.  Please forgive the blurry photos. The students were moving, dancing and jumping so fast, they were a blur! :)

When the students returned from lunch, they noticed some chocolate hearts hiding around the classroom.  They had the challenge of finding, and then sequencing all 100 hearts.

The students did a great job.  Only heart 28 was not found (we are still looking for it!) :)

Lucas helped us enjoy a 100 day poem he had at home!

The students had a lot of fun and learned a lot as well.  We can't wait to see what fun lies ahead for the rest of the school year!

World Read Aloud Day

Tomorrow, March 7, 2012 is World Read Aloud Day.  We are excited to be taking part in celebrating this exciting day.  WRA Day was started by an organization called LitWorld.  Their motivating focus is:

Imagine a world where everyone can read.

Here is some information about WRA Day found on Litworld.org:

World Read Aloud Day motivates children, teens, and adults worldwide to celebrate the power of words, especially those words that are shared from one person to another, and creates a community of readers advocating for every child’s right to a safe education and access to books and technology.

We are so excited to have the opportunity to Skype (video call on the computer) with children's author Carmela Coyle tomorrow.  Mrs. Coyle lives in Denver, Colorado and we will have the chance to spend a half-hour with her on Skype talking to her, asking her questions, learning about how she writes her book and hearing her read her own book aloud.

Our favourite story by Carmela Coyle is:

Spend a few moments tomorrow celebrating WRA Day as a family.  Perhaps you could all choose a favourite book and read together, or talk about your favourite books.  

On our way to 100 days...

We are getting very excited - we have almost been in school for 100 days!  The children started counting on the first day of school and slowly but surely, that number has been climbing!  It's hard to believe it is almost here!

On Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011, we will be celebrating the 100th day of school.  We will be doing many activities with the number 100, and counting to 100 in many ways.  We would like each child had a collection of 100 things with them on that day.  These 100 items must fit into a plastic shopping bag that your child can easily carry to school by themselves.  There are many easy collection ideas you may already have in your home:

pennies, bread tags, Cheerios (or any cereal), noodles, buttons, cotton balls, pieces of paper, beads, pieces of ribbon, Lego pieces, Popsicle sticks, straws, toothpicks, rubber bands, paper clips, mini marshmallow, stickers, screws, pretzel sticks etc.

Anything that can be counted individually will work.  Please encourage your child to help you count the items to make sure they have 100.

Stay tuned for an up close look at our 100 Day celebrations!