Christmas on Candy Cane Lane

After lots of hard work and practicing, the K-4s got to perform "Christmas on Candy Cane Lane" last Wednesday.  What a fantastic show!  We had positive comments from all who watched.

Here are some student quotes from our Concert Reviews:

"What a great show! We rocked! It was awesome!"   -Alyssa S.

"Everyone did a good job last night.  The costumes were really nice." -Morgun M.

"Last night was so, so fun but it was also nerve-wracking when I sang by myself." -Leah

"The best play ever.  Parents said it was awesome!" -Taylor T.

"The set was fabulous!" -Emily M.

"What a great show. What a fantastic set-up!  The lights, the awesome stage." -Brooke

"My favourite costumes were Santa, Elves, and soldiers." -Andrew

"The trees did a great job!"  -Hailey

"The singing was very good."   -Taylor P.

"My favourite part was where the soldiers came on stage."  -Cole

"Santa really rocked!"  -Ariel

"The soloists did a very good job and Ms. Knoll did a very good job too."   -Jerrett

"The highlight for me was when the soldiers came out." -Ryan

"I loved the show on Dec. 12th, 2012! I think 'tree 4s' line was funny with her accent!" -Haley J.






I'm still looking for photos from the show!  But here's some of the students in their costumes before the performance.

T.W.A.S.

T.w.a.s December, 14, 2012

This week at school we had our CHRISTMAS CONCERT! We practiced Monday, Tuesday and the Christmas concert was on Wednesday. I got to be Mrs. Claus. I was so nervous! On Wednesday we had to do the concert THREE TIMES. It was tiring. It was our last time to do Christmas concert.

On Friday it was my BIRTHDAY!! J Alyssa s brought cake for the whole class. It was a blast! Everyone had so much fun eating cake they loved it!!! J They sang happy birthday.

In ELA we finished the book “Frindle” and started to read the best “Christmas Pageant Ever”. It is a really good book and it is funny too. We also did read to someone and read to self it was really fun when we did read to someone everyone loved it!

By Taylor t and Taylor p JJJ

Christmas Cheer!

Just a reminder at our Christmas on Candy Cane Lane Concert, there will be two ways you can contribute to those less fortunate.

1. Ms. Wasney and Mrs. Tresoor have worked with S.P.I.N. club (Support People in Need) to make holiday gift tags.  Click here to see some examples of these awesome tags!  All funds raise will support people in need in Nicaragua.  $3.00 will get you 10 handmade tags.

2.  It's Christmas Hamper time!  If you are able to, please bring a non-perishable food item for donation.  This will support families in need in Winnipeg this holiday season.


Thanks in advance for your contributions! 

Arctic Scenes

   For our most recent winter art project, the grade fours created some fantastic Arctic Scenes.  They used many steps to create a beautiful icy terrain and colourful horizon.  First we cut out a polar bear template out of Contact Paper (clear sticky paper) and positioned the bear on our page.  We used tempera paints to paint our land and sky.  To add texture to our sky, we sprinkled salt on the wet paint.   To create a crackly ice look, we used Saran Wrap on wet paint, and then left it to dry.  After everything was dry, we peeled off our sticker, and voila! we had our snow-white polar bear. 

 Check out our gallery on Artsonia by clicking HERE.

 

Word Work Homework Activities

To make studying spelling more fun to do at home, I've compiled a list of fun ways to learn our words.  Students should complete at least two activities per week to get them ready for their next spelling test.  You can also find the document on my teacher website. Happy spelling!

Here are a few examples:

1.      Rainbow Words - Write your spelling words with a pen, pencil or crayon.  Trace over the word at least 3 times.  Use a different color each time.  Do this for each of your words. 

2.  Ransom Words - Look through magazines and newspapers to find the letters that make each of your spelling words.  Glue them together to make your spelling words. 

3.    Word Frames - Draw a letter frame around each word.  Pay attention to the tall letters, short letters and letters with tails.

Artsonia!

Well, I've finally gotten around to getting some artwork up on Artsonia.  I've added almost half of the classes Snowmen/women and hope to get the rest added in the coming days.  Click here to get to the Artsonia page for Bird's Hill School and have a look for our artwork!