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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1992-02-26, Page 13THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26,1992. PAGE 13. E. Wawanosh students hear 'bear-y' good stories EDITORS: MS. THORPE-HEARN'S GRADE 5/6 CLASS Kindergarten The Kindergartens are starting a BEAR unit. They are making sequence booklets about “The Three Bears”. They are also look­ ing in magazines for pictures of things that start with the letter “B”. They are enjoying the stories and songs about Winnie the Pooh that they are listening to on tape. The Kindergartens are also learning many new songs and readings about bears. GRADE ONE Mrs. Brydges' grade one class is working hard to fill the BIG pot of gold with the books they have read. At this point, they have 17 small gold pieces in their BIG pot which means that they have read 75 books altogether! Wow! They are doing a really great job! The grade ones were very excited about the Winter Carnival! Scott Folkard and Matthew Rochetta were looking forward to playing Snow Soccer, and Nathan Spivey said he wanted to fill the entire bucket with snow this year. Kyle Campbell and Jackie Sterenberg were the Due and Duchesse for the grade one class. GRADE TWO Mrs. Dodd's grade two class was happy to take part in the Winter Carnival. On Friday, February 21, the P.A. Day, most of the class went on trips with their families. Some of the grade twos are build­ ing snow sculptures for the contest next week. Kevin Pattison and Amy Barnes were the class Due and Duchesse. The grade twos have been making posters for the Farm Safety contest. Mrs. Hessels' grade two class has begun a new reading program called “Bookworm”. For each book they read, another round body sec­ tion is added to their worm. Their Due and Duchesse for the Carnival were Chris Kuntz and Heather Black. The grade twos have been busy making maps of the school and the classrooms. GRADE THREE Miss Mather's grade three class is presenting Sherri Robinson as the “Special Person” of the week. The threes finished their novel “Trouble with Magic”. They said that it was a really good book! Their Due and Duchesse for the Winter Carnival were Michael Procter and Holly Pfeiffer. The grade threes are busy studying Geometry in Math class. GRADE FOUR Mr. Fisher's grade four class will be starting Circus centers on Wednesday, Feb. 26. They are presently finishing their novel “Phoenix and the Carpet”. The grade fours are learning two and three step problem solving in Math. Two songs called “Land of the Sil­ ver Birch” and “Oh Suzanna” are really coming along nicely on their recorders. Soon each of the grade fours will be picking a song to pre­ sent to their class as a solo on their recorder. A student teacher named Debbie Hodgins will be coming to the classroom. They will be watch­ ing slide presentations. Jimmy McCracken and Marie Cook were the Due and Duchesse for the grade four class. GRADE FIVE Mr. Kerr's grade five class got excellent marks on their subtraction test. They are trying to find as many words as they can that have “or” and “er” at the end of them. They can't wail until they find out their results. The grade fours have just finished reading “Tom's Mid­ night Garden”. Ryan Cook really enjoyed the ending, but Matthew Beck did not. He really liked the middle section of the book the best. Ben Dettweiller and Carla Freiburger were the class Due and Duchesse. GRADE FIVE/SIX Our class has finished putting our fable stories into the computers and will now begin putting our com­ pleted books together. We watched the movie “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” after we had read the book together as a class and have begun some fun activities (designing the costumes for a stage production of the book, planning the scenes we'd choose if we were filming a re­ make of the movie or planning an elaborate dinner party for the occu­ pants of Oz). Our Due and Duchesse for the Winter Carnival were Jay Sanders and Donna Patti­ son. We are almost finished our Animal Projects. GRADE SEVEN Mrs. Gross' grade seven class want to congratulate all the public speakers who spoke in the gymna­ sium. They especially want to con­ gratulate the speakers from their class, Jennifer Black, Erin Forest and Kristi Procter. Brad Ramsey and Leanne Himmelman were the Due and Duchesse representatives for this class. GRADE EIGHT Mr. Bartlett's grade eights are having a match test. Brent Robin­ son and Karrin Marks were the Due and Duchesse of the grade eight class. Unfortunately, the grade eights were away at the high school when we went to collect their news, so we haven't much to report about them. LIBRARY Grade one is really beginning to understand where certain books are found in the library and how to go about finding them. Grades two and three are really enjoying their study of Bill Peet. Grade four heard the Inuit story “Long Claws” and real­ ly enjoyed it. Grade five/six and seven are using the technique S.C.O.P.E. when researching ani­ mals. WINTER CARNIVAL Our school held their annual Winter Carnival on Feb. 20. Grade one through eight students were arranged in 18 groups and rotated around to the various snow games and activities. Before our Carnival began, “Le Roi” (the King) Brent Robinson, our “La Reine” (the Queen) Jackie Sterenberg, were chosen from all the Due and Duchesse names submitted from each class. The activities we participated in were the Heel Relay, Walrus Hunt, Obstacle Relay, “Fill the Bucket”, Pylon Relay, Snowball Bowling, Seal Race, Snow Soccer and Drink­ ing Hot Chocolate. Everyone had a wonderful time. Madame Rae and Miss Mathers are to be congratulated on organizing and running such a great day. We also wish to thank all the teachers who ran the events so superbly throughout the afternoon and our secretary, Doris Robinson, who typed up all the information and kept us on schedule by ringing the bells at the appropriate times. PUBLIC SPEAKING CONTEST Our school's annual public speak­ ing competition was held on Tues­ day, Feb. 18. Three representatives from each of the grades four through eight spoke. In grade four, Danielle Thompson spoke about her pet cat, Cuddles, Colleen Van Camp spoke about her trip to Hol­ land and Lauren Walker spoke about “Chip”, her pet raccoon. 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