Feb. 19 - 23, 2024

Hi, Families, 

Learning Intention: I can observe and describe the direction, pathway, and speed of objects or animals. 

With our new science curriculum, we are focusing on energy: direction of movement, movement pathways, how animals or objects move, and speed. This week we worked on naming directions and being very specific in our directions. We played a game called Robot where students worked in partners with one partner being the robot and the other the robot controller. We compared our directions to coding and how we had to be specific or our robot would not know where or how far to move. Students also used mapping on a grid and had their partner try and follow their pathway by listening to their directions. This page went home with students this week - have your child describe it to you and ask them what was easy and what was challenging about this task? In the gym, we experimented with different gym equipment in movement and tested to see how each object rolled, bounced and slid. As we move through this unit we will discuss how we can influence movement. We have an in-school experience planned for March that will also tie into this learning. We also have the opportunity to use our new robots: Tale-bots, to work on coding and directions. 

UFLI Games:

We are learning how to use these digital games in class. The games I have linked are with a specific word list focusing on digraphs (ask your child what a digraph is and see if they can give you examples of digraphs and words with digraphs). The games can be printed as well. If you look in the options, you can choose how many players and change the board theme. When playing, have your child read the word out loud. ** You may have a video on how to use the games pop-up, you can close this and play the games. Or you might have a redirection screen, click on the initial link and the games will open up. 

Feb 12 - 16, 2024

Hello, Grade 1 Families, 

Wishing you a lovely Family Day long weekend. I hope you find something to do with each other that brings you joy. 

Learning Intention: I can demonstrate how personal well-being is supported through positive relationships built on communication, collaboration, empathy and respect. 

With our Puppetry Residency, we have been learning to make puppets and about emotions, friendships, disagreements and how to problem-solve. We have been using the text The Color Monster to help us discover and name different emotions. We worked with Grade 2 friends to read different scenarios and sort them based on the emotion that would be felt. During Puppetry, we use the book: The Owl and The Woodpecker to teach us about disagreements, how others may feel and how to problem-solve. Using both texts, we have been role-playing in front of our peers to get us ready for our Parent Presentation on Feb 28. 

As a class, we learned about emotions and regulating our bodies with a presentation by our Occupational Therapist. She helped us build a Calm Corner and taught us how to use it. Ask your child to tell you about our Calm Corner and when they might want/need to use it.