What Do Good Writers Do?

We have been busy collecting "seeds" in our writer's notebook and doing lots of quick-writes. Today, we talked about what good writers do. It was awesome to see students making the connection between reading and writing!

The Marathon of Hope Continues

Today we read Terry Fox: A Story of Hope. He ran 3339 miles in just 143 days to raise money for cancer research. His dream was to run across Canada but he only made it to Thunder Bay. He never gave up. We think he is a true Canadian hero. We hope that one day someone will cure cancer. If cancer was gone, life would be easier. Tomorrow at Athlone, the marathon of hope continues. Please donate a loonie or a toonie for cancer research and remember the story of Terry Fox.

By Elly and Neveah

Happy 50th Anniversary Athlone School!

Here is a little poem our class wrote to celebrate Athlone's 50th Anniversary:

What A Wonderful School

We see kids laughing
and having fun,
We see smiling faces
As bright as the sun,
And we think to ourselves,
"What a wonderful school!"
We hear pencils moving
And pages turning,
We hear kids being kind
And everyone learning,
And we think to ourselves,
"What a wonderful school!"
We're ready to learn
And we're ready to grow,
Our brains are exploding
With all that we know!
We feel proud of ourselves,
We're the best we can be,
At Athlone, we're leaders,
Come on in and see!
And we think to ourselves,
"What a wonderful school!"
Yes, we think to ourselves,
"What a wonderful school!"

We hope to see you all at the barbecue!

Welcome to Room 8!

Mrs. Carter and I are very excited about the upcoming school year. It will be a busy month learning classroom routines and getting to know each other. Please contact us if you have any questions at all. We look forward to working with you and your child this year.

It was so great to see so many bright, smiling faces on the first day of school. What a lovely group of learners! We are off to a great start already! 

Today, we launched our Reading Workshop with "The Incredible Book Eating Boy" by Oliver Jeffers. We talked about being "voracious" readers and practiced reading quietly so we could all do our best thinking. 

Be sure to check out our Shelfari bookshelf to see what books we're reading in Room 8.

Mrs. Andrews