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September 20 - 23rd i can tell about the seasons. I can use my senses to draw and write about the world around me. I can identify the geographical features of my community as well as identify the animals, plants and buildings/businesses in my community.  This week the focus of our community walk was to immerse ourselves in the changes the land was experiencing on the first day of Fall - O'Ko. We were delighted to experience not only the beauty of the changing seasons but also were treated to witness some of the animals/birds/insects that live here in Ramsay, a garden full of seasonal plants and veggies, the different geographical features surrounding Ramsay and Calgary and the architectural features of the area. We also spent time being mindful of our surroundings and took time to use our sense to experience. Students were excited to collect and view "Evidence" from the land which led to many wonderings, questions, affirmations and stories which we will continue to pursue

September 13-17th Our first full week together was a busy one continuing on our path of learning about our identity, developing connections around what feeds and balances our heart, spirit, mind and body along with continuing to develop our sense of belonging in our learning spaces and to one another. Over the week, students were also immersed in learning more about Terry Fox, his legacy and his role as a hero in Canadian history and participated in our school's Terry Fox Run.  Some other areas of focus over the last couple weeks include: *Reviewing letter names and letter sounds (this will continue to do so in the upcoming weeks).  This foundational work will be very important as we work towards reading with accuracy and fluency.  So far we have reviewed the letters  S, A, T, P, I, N, C, K.  *Building number sense - modelling and describing numbers through pictures, manipulatives, and symbols.  *Patterns - identifying the nature of what makes a pattern, creating their own patterns

  September 7-10 We have had another wonderful week of connecting and building our community of learners! We have immersed ourselves into learning new things about ourselves, our peers, our land and our community.  Here is a snapshot of one of our learning tasks this week: I can identify each of the senses, and explain how we use our senses in interpreting the world.  I can i dentify and describe examples of plant and animal changes that occur on a seasonal basis. I can r ecord observable seasonal changes over a period of time.  Tamaracks in the Summer - we headed out to the land around our school to connect with the Tamarack (Larch) trees, their features and document them in the season of Summer. These trees are an important part of the land ecosystem around Ramsay school and we will connect with them regularly to observe their seasonal changes and how they are impacted.  During our time outside amongst the Tamaracks we were mindful with nature by

  Welcome to Grade 1 & 2, Room 9 with Ms Rowland. I am so glad you are here and part of our learning Community! Hopefully this first week of school was a smooth transition for students and parents.  I certainly enjoyed meeting all of the new students and catching up with those who were previously together with me in a learning community.  I am very excited to be on this journey with all of you.  Here are a few photos of our classroom before the students arrived: Just a reminder that I would like students to say goodbye to me after they see their "grown-up or person" and before they leave for the day.  This way I can catch you with any messages I might have and it helps me feel better knowing they have connected with you.   I Can Understand Everyone is Unique, Including Me / I Can Understand the Groups and Communities I Belong To This week we have begun building our sense of identity and belonging within our classroom community and within our grade group cohort.  We used t