Patterns, Patterns, Patterns

Try this cool patterning activity!

http://www.abcya.com/patterns.htm

All About Me

We have been discovering things about ourselves in our "All About Me" theme in Health 1/2.  Follow the link to tell us all about yourself!

http://www.abcya.com/all_about_me.htm

Welcome Back!

The classroom is ready and I am excited to starting LEARNING with my new crop of LITTLES!  We are going to have a great year!  Like my box of apples on my counter, I can't wait to get started with all my little "Mrs. Adams Apples"

Hello Everyone! Welcome to Mrs. Adams Apples 2K17! I am trying the blog thing again and will try to keep things current. Hope you enjoy!

Flat Stanley in South East Asia, 2015

The King's Frames!

As part of our school wide AISI (Alberta Initiative for School Improvement) project for this year, we are challenged to engage students in “real world” tasks that require higher level thinking, self-direction and collaboration. The Grade One class has taken "real world" and put our own imaginative spin on it. We have been working on a number of projects for "The King". As we all know, the king is not real, but we do happen to have a king that can visit our classroom. So for starters, "The King" asked us to use the patterns we had been working on in math to creat some picture frames for his wall, and some tiles for his floor. He deemed that the frames and tiles must show a good and correct pattern, be colourful, neat and pleasing to look at. The students went to work and created both frames and tiles for "The King". Much to our delight, "The King" visited our classroom and chose both a frame and a tile to take back and use in his castle. He also requested that we use our skills that we are using in our "Creating Colour" unit to make him some purple punch for his upcoming party. Stay tuned to see how the punch turned out.

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

Yes, it's that time of year again, BACK TO SCHOOL! Many parents are thrilled and many are a little sad, especially some of you with little ones in the early grades. It's exciting and emotional as they leave the nest and strike out on their own on a daily basis in Grade One. We try to have as much fun learning as possible to make this transition easier for the children. For most of them, it is no problem at all. For a few it can be a bit traumatic, but letting them go is the best thing (and the hardest) for parents and care givers to do. They may want to cling to your leg, but trust me, once you are gone they are just fine.

We have already had the excitement of visiting the kindergartens and reading them a story and we are enjoying our letter review and colour word work. Keep watching for exciting things happening in the classroom!

Happy Back to School!