Our Weekly Spelling List - Week Twenty-Nine(Quiz will be next Monday)
Grade One (u sound) Grade Two (colours)
1. food 1. red
2. huge 2. orange
3. room 3. yellow
4. zoo 4. green
5. use 5. blue
6. cute 6. purple
7. room 7. brown
7. room 7. brown
Day 129
Yesterday, Sunday, April the 8th was our First Holy Communion Day for our Grade Two friends.
The mass took place at our parish church, St. Bernard Catholic Church.
A special day, indeed.
A few photos of some of our friends.
Handsome and beautiful they all looked.
Lots of smiles!
A huge crowd, for sure!
Then it was back to normal this morning.
As the students headed to their desks to write down their agenda.
And work on a spelling sheet.
Devoted concentration.
Hard at work.
This young lad sports a new haircut. Looks great!
He also wore green in honour of the young hockey players from Humbolt, Saskatchewan who lost their lives this past weekend. Indeed our thoughts and prayers go out to all of those who lost loved ones.
It's interesting to note that Mrs. Lewis (who taught many of the children from our class Kindergarten) is now teaching in Humbolt, Saskatchewan. Her husband is a newly appointed RCMP constable and that is where their family was stationed.
Please keep Mrs. Lewis in your thoughts and prayers as I do know that she has a couple of friends who lost loved ones.
In class we spoke for a short period of time about this loss.
The students gained an understanding at their own level about the rarity of these events and about just how precious life is.
Today we worked on a class book about our Lenten Fundraising.
As a class we brainstormed some good vocabulary to use in our writing.
Then the boys and girls were given a piece of GOOS paper for their rough draft.
They all wrote four or five lines.
After conferencing with Mr. Hamer, they were given the "go-ahead" to print out their good copy.
They are proud to show off their completed work.
They are proud to have been a part of the fund-raising effort.
They are also proud to learn that their contributions certainly help make a difference in the lives of others.
Lovely work all around.
I was happy to read over the finished homework from last week.
It was interesting to see which consonant blends the children selected as there were a few examples that offered a couple of choices.
We learned today that subtracting is easy...and fun!
Spelling too!
Another book almost ready to be published.
Not to worry...I will cover a review of the month of March at some point this week!
Have a wonderful evening with your family! Mr. Hamer OCT
Day 130
A view of the students in class.
With their yellow folders where they keep work that still requires finishing.
Hi Mr. Hamer!
Time for some subtraction work...single digit and double digit.
With no borrowing required.
We are proud of our work.
My turn!
Well done!
This is fun!
I can reach!
Taking turns.
Awaiting their turns.
Showing how we can make numbers with our hands.
Who can make the number six?
How about eight?
Full group work.
Teacher at carpet.
Who can tell us the date tomorrow?
Some junior students visited the class to speak about the environment...asking us to collect bags to bring into the school for recycling.
Sister act!
Although March has 31 days, it was a short month school-wise due to the fact we enjoyed our March Break.
The times tables were fun to learn.
Playing in the gym gets our heart rate up.
Team bonding.
Get that ball!
Over here!
We studied the story of the Good Samaritan.
Our junior buddy class visited.
They helped us create a class book.
The book was about the story of the Good Samaritan.
Great helpers.
Black history month saw the juniors create these special artworks.
Which were displayed in the Learning Commons.
Mr. Hamer ran choir with Mrs. Blackmore and Mr. Papineau.
A page from the Good Samaritan.
Another one.
We learned about nouns.
Which was fun.
Because we are noun hounds!
We reviewed other class books.
Like our lovely story about a little boy and God.
Our students helped make the pipelines for our Lenten fund-raiser.
A spelling bee.
Was most enjoyable.
Chrome books.
For great learning opportunities.
Like these art ideas.
Looking good!
On the final day before the March Break.
Mrs. Fraser ran a Zumba lesson in the gym.
We also picked our favourite pages...
...from some of our folders.
Teacher at carpet.
Some eager responses, I'm sure!
Friend power.
All around.
Team work.
Fun being silly too!
We learned about the globe.
Yes, our fundraiser began after the March Break.
Mr. Hamer put together this envelope for each teacher in the school.
We learned about Simple Machines.
Such as the inclined plane.
We made our own notes.
An example of the wheel and axle.
Scientist Irene and Mme. Pepe.
Interesting centres.
With a variety of supplies.
Set up all around the room.
Looks interesting.
Fun too.
Great parent volunteers.
Lots of activities.
Creative ways of displaying knowledge.
All ears.
And hands too!
This looks fun.
Various ways of learning about the screw.
An overall look.
So much funds brought in.
For our pipelines!
We enjoyed the "Big Gulp".
Some indoor recesses.
Our Reconciliation Booklet.
Happy Easter! Thanks to a very special person!
A fun bus ride.
Brought us to Proulx Maple and Berry Farm.
Enjoying lunch.
Learning how syrup is produced.
Creating taffy on a stick.
Yum yum!
"Can we have another one?"
We-e-e-e!
Lots of activities after lunch.
Climbing around.
Time for some more lunch.
For the little critters.
A special treat.
Yummy.
In my tummy!
Holy Thursday.
We learned about the Stations of the Cross.
An Easter treat.
A lovely message.
A beautiful picture.
Another lovely picture.
With another lovely saying.
Our Grade Ones...
...visited Mrs. Gillam's class.
To learn about structures.
Or to dream about becoming a scientist! Hehehe!
Learning of the importance of a foundation.
Safety goggles.
Lots of learning fun!
We learned about our own personal heroes.
And...what a busy and exciting month March was at St. Bernard Catholic School!
All the best, Mr. Hamer OCT
Day 131
Today we visited the Learning Commons to exchange our library books.
We also found time to lounge around and read awhile.
Some of us had a chance to play with the Lego Wall and at the Makerspace.
Here's Mrs. Avila chatting with the group.
Some pictures have been posted near the entrance to the Commons.
The images show the location of the furniture.
As well as the juxtaposition of items.
The Makerspace.
Some new tall tables and chairs.
Fancy!
Too cool!
We make sure we leave the items in the same way they were when we entered.
The location for the makerspace.
The pit with its furniture.
Genius Lounge occurs one lunch period per week.
Some fine seating arrangements.
Comfy beanbags.
They could fall asleep if you let them!
Cozy up in a chair.
To read a funny story.
Play on the wall.
LOL for sure!
Looks like lots of students have been here.
Here too.
Oooh....scary looking book!
(Thanks for the lovely gift!)
A sports fan.
A fantasy fan.
Signing out!
Shared reading.
Looking forward to next Easter already!
Lots of books to search from.
The boy in the jersey!
Look at my book, Mr. Hamer!
How about mine!
A common area, for sure!
Too funny!
More spooky selections.
Teamwork.
Check this page out, Mr. Hamer!
Nice big font.
Hilarious!
Pals.
Look what I made at the Makerspace.
Tomorrow, across the nation, it is jersey day or "wear green" day in honour of the Humbolt Broncos. Looking forward to seeing what everyone brings along!
Have a lovely evening all! Mr. Hamer OCT
Day 132
Thursday brought this little gift to our prayer table.
Thanks to this young lad.
In his Ottawa Sens jersey.
A lovely candle holder!
Such a special gift!
Still more jerseys.
Supporting the home team.
And another team.
What's this?
Still another!
Yikes, we've been overrun! (Big grin)
Love the timbits!
Handsome jacket.
Another supporter of the local variety.
Yazoo! There's a shark on the playground!
No problem...a Sen will come to the rescue.
And another!
Time for some parachute fun in gym.
And...what fun we had!
Lots of action.
Fun beneath.
Do a dance!
A little time left over for soccer.
Those big climbers have been removed from the long wall of the gym.
On my break, I walked the school halls where I found some fun items on the wall.
Yes, we are an ECO School.
And...we are a bully free zone.
Some lovely artwork.
No need to wash out the names as we don't know which class it is.
Mr. Hamer has to head out for the evening, but he will post more pics from today and tomorrow...tomorrow! Hehehe! Thanks for checking in! Mr. Hamer OCT
Friday morning we reviewed our weekly spelling list.
Students took turns coming up to play teacher.
The young teacher would point to a word and then select a peer to read the word and spell it for the class.
Lots of hands went up to read the word.
Everyone enjoyed partaking in the activity.
Of course, everyone wanted a turn being the teacher as well! Hehehe!
Snack time.
Yes, we are still wearing coats and hats as winter type weather has yet to depart the landscape even though the calendar tells us it is spring.
Students working on a Religion sheet.
It was a "Find the Hidden Picture" around Palm Sunday.
The boys and girls enjoy working with friends away from their regular desk.
They also enjoy having friends visit their desk.
Teamwork abounds.
Friends checking in on the progress of their classmates.
Friends helping friends.
This camaraderie helps to build the notion of the class being a family.
Some of our recent Religion efforts.
Feel free to click on the picture to read the story about Mary.
Jesus enters Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Of course Palm Sunday was a few weeks ago, yet it is important to continue to remember the courage and sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
Learning about "pronouns" within the context of a Bible story we had read earlier in the year.
The students were very interested to learn of the story of the Tower of Babel.
Of course, they learned that God made the people now speak a variety of languages foreign to each other as punishment for building a tower to Heaven. Only God determines who goes to Heaven. The term "babble" originated from this story as the builders all babbled among themselves following God's intervention.
We have also been learning about Moses, the young baby who was put in a basket along the River Nile by his mother in order for him to escape certain death at the hands of the king of Egypt.
The "good" irony in this story is that it was the very daughter of the king who found the child floating down the river and rescued him. She was the one who named him Moses.
While Moses was raised by the king in the palace, he felt very uncomfortable in the way his people were treated as slaves so he ran away and became a shepherd. The children learned how God appeared to Moses and ensured Moses that God would be with him as he led his people out of Egypt to the land of milk and honey.
Some Tower of Babel work.
The children understand that God is beside them in all that they do every moment of their lives.
While the children were in French class with Mme Pepe, Mr. Hamer took a short walk around the school.
It is fun to share what is on the walls of the hallways in different parts of the school.
Looks like the Kindergarten children certainly understand that we all are shepherds of our environment.
Lovely "thumb painting" of our precious home.
A few more pics from Jersey/Green Day.
We wore the jerseys and this colour in support of the Humboldt hockey club.
Lots of colourful clothes.
Nice support.
Colourful too!
Mr. Hamer wore his Hamilton Tiger Cats jersey.
That once belonged to our former Governor General...David Johnston.
Day 130
A view of the students in class.
With their yellow folders where they keep work that still requires finishing.
Hi Mr. Hamer!
Time for some subtraction work...single digit and double digit.
With no borrowing required.
We are proud of our work.
My turn!
Well done!
This is fun!
I can reach!
Taking turns.
Awaiting their turns.
Showing how we can make numbers with our hands.
Who can make the number six?
How about eight?
Full group work.
Teacher at carpet.
Who can tell us the date tomorrow?
Some junior students visited the class to speak about the environment...asking us to collect bags to bring into the school for recycling.
Sister act!
Family time!
March in Review
Although March has 31 days, it was a short month school-wise due to the fact we enjoyed our March Break.
The times tables were fun to learn.
Playing in the gym gets our heart rate up.
Team bonding.
Get that ball!
Over here!
We studied the story of the Good Samaritan.
Our junior buddy class visited.
They helped us create a class book.
The book was about the story of the Good Samaritan.
Great helpers.
Black history month saw the juniors create these special artworks.
Which were displayed in the Learning Commons.
Mr. Hamer ran choir with Mrs. Blackmore and Mr. Papineau.
A page from the Good Samaritan.
Another one.
We learned about nouns.
Which was fun.
Because we are noun hounds!
We reviewed other class books.
Like our lovely story about a little boy and God.
Our students helped make the pipelines for our Lenten fund-raiser.
A spelling bee.
Was most enjoyable.
Chrome books.
For great learning opportunities.
Like these art ideas.
Looking good!
On the final day before the March Break.
Mrs. Fraser ran a Zumba lesson in the gym.
We also picked our favourite pages...
...from some of our folders.
Teacher at carpet.
Some eager responses, I'm sure!
Friend power.
All around.
Team work.
Fun being silly too!
We learned about the globe.
Yes, our fundraiser began after the March Break.
Mr. Hamer put together this envelope for each teacher in the school.
We learned about Simple Machines.
Such as the inclined plane.
We made our own notes.
An example of the wheel and axle.
Scientist Irene and Mme. Pepe.
Interesting centres.
With a variety of supplies.
Set up all around the room.
Looks interesting.
Fun too.
Great parent volunteers.
Lots of activities.
Creative ways of displaying knowledge.
All ears.
And hands too!
This looks fun.
Various ways of learning about the screw.
An overall look.
So much funds brought in.
For our pipelines!
We enjoyed the "Big Gulp".
Some indoor recesses.
Our Reconciliation Booklet.
Happy Easter! Thanks to a very special person!
A fun bus ride.
Brought us to Proulx Maple and Berry Farm.
Enjoying lunch.
Learning how syrup is produced.
Creating taffy on a stick.
Yum yum!
"Can we have another one?"
We-e-e-e!
Lots of activities after lunch.
Climbing around.
Time for some more lunch.
For the little critters.
A special treat.
Yummy.
In my tummy!
Holy Thursday.
We learned about the Stations of the Cross.
An Easter treat.
A lovely message.
A beautiful picture.
With a nice saying.
Another lovely picture.
With another lovely saying.
Our Grade Ones...
...visited Mrs. Gillam's class.
To learn about structures.
Or to dream about becoming a scientist! Hehehe!
Learning of the importance of a foundation.
Safety goggles.
Lots of learning fun!
We learned about our own personal heroes.
And...what a busy and exciting month March was at St. Bernard Catholic School!
All the best, Mr. Hamer OCT
Day 131
We also found time to lounge around and read awhile.
Some of us had a chance to play with the Lego Wall and at the Makerspace.
Here's Mrs. Avila chatting with the group.
Some pictures have been posted near the entrance to the Commons.
The images show the location of the furniture.
As well as the juxtaposition of items.
The Makerspace.
Some new tall tables and chairs.
Fancy!
Too cool!
We make sure we leave the items in the same way they were when we entered.
The location for the makerspace.
The pit with its furniture.
Genius Lounge occurs one lunch period per week.
Some fine seating arrangements.
Comfy beanbags.
They could fall asleep if you let them!
Cozy up in a chair.
To read a funny story.
Play on the wall.
LOL for sure!
Looks like lots of students have been here.
Here too.
Oooh....scary looking book!
(Thanks for the lovely gift!)
A sports fan.
A fantasy fan.
Signing out!
Shared reading.
Looking forward to next Easter already!
Lots of books to search from.
The boy in the jersey!
Look at my book, Mr. Hamer!
How about mine!
A common area, for sure!
Too funny!
More spooky selections.
Teamwork.
Check this page out, Mr. Hamer!
Nice big font.
Hilarious!
Pals.
Look what I made at the Makerspace.
Tomorrow, across the nation, it is jersey day or "wear green" day in honour of the Humbolt Broncos. Looking forward to seeing what everyone brings along!
Have a lovely evening all! Mr. Hamer OCT
Day 132
Thursday brought this little gift to our prayer table.
Thanks to this young lad.
In his Ottawa Sens jersey.
A lovely candle holder!
Such a special gift!
Still more jerseys.
Supporting the home team.
And another team.
What's this?
Still another!
Yikes, we've been overrun! (Big grin)
Love the timbits!
Handsome jacket.
Another supporter of the local variety.
Yazoo! There's a shark on the playground!
No problem...a Sen will come to the rescue.
And another!
Still another!
Our new office administrator supports the LA Kings with her Ontario version of their jersey.
She actually supports her nephew who happens to play in the LA Kings farm system.
Thanks to all those who wore jerseys or who wore green in support of the Humbolt Bronco hockey club.
Time for some parachute fun in gym.
And...what fun we had!
Lots of action.
Fun beneath.
Do a dance!
A little time left over for soccer.
Those big climbers have been removed from the long wall of the gym.
On my break, I walked the school halls where I found some fun items on the wall.
Yes, we are an ECO School.
And...we are a bully free zone.
Some lovely artwork.
No need to wash out the names as we don't know which class it is.
Mr. Hamer has to head out for the evening, but he will post more pics from today and tomorrow...tomorrow! Hehehe! Thanks for checking in! Mr. Hamer OCT
Day 133
Friday morning we reviewed our weekly spelling list.
Students took turns coming up to play teacher.
The young teacher would point to a word and then select a peer to read the word and spell it for the class.
Lots of hands went up to read the word.
Everyone enjoyed partaking in the activity.
Of course, everyone wanted a turn being the teacher as well! Hehehe!
Snack time.
Yes, we are still wearing coats and hats as winter type weather has yet to depart the landscape even though the calendar tells us it is spring.
Students working on a Religion sheet.
It was a "Find the Hidden Picture" around Palm Sunday.
The boys and girls enjoy working with friends away from their regular desk.
They also enjoy having friends visit their desk.
Teamwork abounds.
Friends checking in on the progress of their classmates.
Friends helping friends.
This camaraderie helps to build the notion of the class being a family.
Some of our recent Religion efforts.
Feel free to click on the picture to read the story about Mary.
Jesus enters Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Of course Palm Sunday was a few weeks ago, yet it is important to continue to remember the courage and sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
Learning about "pronouns" within the context of a Bible story we had read earlier in the year.
The students were very interested to learn of the story of the Tower of Babel.
Of course, they learned that God made the people now speak a variety of languages foreign to each other as punishment for building a tower to Heaven. Only God determines who goes to Heaven. The term "babble" originated from this story as the builders all babbled among themselves following God's intervention.
We have also been learning about Moses, the young baby who was put in a basket along the River Nile by his mother in order for him to escape certain death at the hands of the king of Egypt.
The "good" irony in this story is that it was the very daughter of the king who found the child floating down the river and rescued him. She was the one who named him Moses.
While Moses was raised by the king in the palace, he felt very uncomfortable in the way his people were treated as slaves so he ran away and became a shepherd. The children learned how God appeared to Moses and ensured Moses that God would be with him as he led his people out of Egypt to the land of milk and honey.
Some Tower of Babel work.
The children understand that God is beside them in all that they do every moment of their lives.
While the children were in French class with Mme Pepe, Mr. Hamer took a short walk around the school.
It is fun to share what is on the walls of the hallways in different parts of the school.
Looks like the Kindergarten children certainly understand that we all are shepherds of our environment.
Lovely "thumb painting" of our precious home.
A few more pics from Jersey/Green Day.
We wore the jerseys and this colour in support of the Humboldt hockey club.
Lots of colourful clothes.
Nice support.
Colourful too!
Mr. Hamer wore his Hamilton Tiger Cats jersey.
That once belonged to our former Governor General...David Johnston.
So I asked the boys and girls why they thought he had the number 28 on this jersey and on every other jersey he was presented with as he criss-crossed the country and the world.
Below is a sampling of some of their responses.
"Maybe he was 28 years old when he got the jersey."
"I think he was given the shirt in 1928!"
"No, no, no, I bet he scored 28 goals!" (touchdowns that would be - hehehe)
"It's got to be that 28 is his favourite number, of course."
"The governor general likes even numbers."
"I bet he wore the jersey for 28 days in a row!"
"It's easy. That's how old he is!"
"I'll guess that his favourite player wore number 28."
"Maybe it's his lucky number."
I then explained to the students that the reason all of the jerseys across so many sports that he received displays the number 28 is because...he was the 28th governor general of Canada.
See you tomorrow in class! Have a wonderful Sunday evening and take care during the storm. All the best...Mr. Hamer OCT
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