Wacky In Grade One

Our class enjoyed celebrating Spirit Week. Each day there were several students that participated in the class and seemed to embrace the opportunity to be creative with their appearance. Friday was Wacky Hair Day and we were blown away by a few of the styles. Take a look.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

This Wednesday we celebrated St. Patrick's Day at HIS. It was such a fun day and is one of my favorite holidays. I enjoyed celebrating the day with the class and sharing with them the reason for the holiday. We all wore green on the day, which is the color of Ireland. We made Irish Potato Sweets that day. These sweets are very yummy and got their name for their resemblance to potatoes, a popular food in Ireland. We made enough to share with the elementary staff and we received all good reviews. Hope you enjoyed the ones that your student brought home to share.

Here is the recipe if you would like to try making them at home.

Irish Potato Sweets

Ingredients:

1/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 cups confectioners' sugar
2 1/2 cups flaked coconut
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

Directions

1. In a medium bowl, beat the butter and cream cheese together until smooth. Add the vanilla and confectioners' sugar; beat until smooth. Using your hands if necessary, mix in the coconut.
2. Roll into balls or potato shapes, and roll in the cinnamon. Place onto a cookie sheet and chill to set. If desired, roll potatoes in cinnamon again for darker color.

* I mixed the cinnamon for rolling with sugar, so the taste was not as strong for the students.

Pizza, Pizza

The class was excited to be surprised with another pizza lunch for Ryota's birthday. Mrs. Tanaka came in to share in the celebration and we all enjoyed it. Lucky for us, the weather was beautiful that day so, after the fun of pizza the kids were able to go outside, play and enjoy some sunshine.

Art Work

We have been getting creative this year with our Art projects. The class always enjoys their Friday afternoon art time and has made strong progress in their ability to follow directions and explore their creative side.

The class completed a Positive/Negative Drawing of a vase of flowers. The class voted on the three that they enjoyed the most.

RYOTA TANAKA

TOMMY KIM

ANNIE CHEN

Van Gogh is currently on exhibit at The National History Museum. As an introduction to this amazing painter the class viewed his famous Starry Night painting. We then reproduced the painting from a Grade One perspective. Again, the class voted on the three that they liked the best.

KEVIN PARK

MACKIN RIM

CHANTAL POH

Rockin Science

Our current Science chapter is teaching use about natural resources. The class was able to compare rocks and observe how the are alike and different. The students used hand lens to get a closer look at the many different minerals enclosed in each rock. They had a lot of fun and made excellent observations.

Happy Birthday, Mackin

The Grade Ones were very lucky last week with two birthdays! Mackin celebrated his birthday the day after Tommy on the 25th. We celebrated with a cake at the end of the day. It was a very yummy chocolate cake and the students enjoyed every last bite of it. Mackin was excited to share his special day with the class, it was fun for all of us.

Pizza Party

For Tommy's birthday the class shared a special treat, Mr. and Mrs. Kim ordered pizza for the class to eat for lunch. The kids were very excited and everyone gobbled it up. We also ate our lunch in the classroom, which was a nice change. The kids got to enjoy talking together as a whole class during lunch, we all had fun.