Friday, March 15, 2024

Mar. 11 - 15, 2024

Hello, Grade 1 Families, 

Learning Intention: I can blend sounds in words with speed and accuracy to decode unfamiliar words. I can read High-Frequency Words automatically. I can read High-Frequency Words in sentences and texts. I can read phrases smoothly, taking punctuation into consideration. I can read texts aloud, with appropriate expression. 

Wow! That is a lot our littles have to be able to do with reading! We have learned how to read and spell words with digraphs (ex: sh, ch, ph), and learned the spelling rule for Magic e (silent e on the end of a sentence jumps over the consonant and taps the vowel on the head "say your name", ex: like) and the _ce spelling pattern (c makes a soft sound when followed by an e ex: rice). Students are learning to identify these words, read them and spell them. See if your child can find examples of these words in the books they read at home. These patterns give our children more tools to use when reading and expanding their knowledge. "I can read so many of these words in these books!" was shared today. When reading, our goal is to continue decoding and work on fluency. We want readers to sound the way they speak and not like robots. Repeated reading of the same material helps build fluency as students are not using their working memory to decode words but focusing on fluency. When I read with students, I am looking for readers to decode words quickly, read sentences with a conversational tone, follow punctuation (stopping at periods), and begin to add expression when they see a question or exclamation mark. 

Teacher's Pet: A Day at the Racetrack

Thank you to all of the volunteers who came and supported us! This was fun for our students and an engaging way to learn about movement. Race cars will go home before Spring Break.

Conferences

Before or after your 15-minute conference booking, please take some time to look at the work your child has completed. I plan on having their writing folders and visual journals out for you to look at as well as materials for your child to teach you a math addition game. 

Pyramid: Making 10 video - This is one game your child might teach you at Conferences. 

Swimming Lessons

Grade 1 will have the opportunity to have swimming lessons at the end of April. We require at least one male in the changing room each day. If you are thinking of getting your police clearance, it would be amazing if you could do this ASAP toe ensure we can have enough males helping out. Thank you!!!











































Friday, March 8, 2024

Mar. 4 - 8, 2024

Hello, Grade 1 Families, 

Learning Intention: I can describe and record ways objects or animals move along different pathways. 

During our learning in our Energy science unit, we have been talking about the direction of movement (forwards, backwards, sideways), movement pathways (straight lines, curvy, spiral and back and forth), and speed. Students picked an animal to observe, recorded their observations, and demonstrated their understanding of movement with the animal they created using plasticine on the habitat of their animal. It was so great to see the detail students put into their animals and how they showed their movement. As an extension, talk with your child about the movement you see outside of school (ex: at home, driving in the car, walking) and see what they observe. 

Next week, we have the opportunity to work with Teacher's Pet for an in-school experience. This will be an awesome time for students to demonstrate their learning and understanding in a novel context. Each child will bring home a race car. Along with this unit, Mr. Newman will introduce our Tale-bots to our class as well. We will be using coding and directions to move our Tale-bots. 

The Set Game

We have been learning a new game based on attributes. This is a card game but we have been using the digital version. When playing this game, you are looking for sets of 3 that are either all the same or all different. 

































June 17 - 21, 2024

Hello, Grade 1 Families,  Learning Intention: I can gather data by sharing answers to questions. I can collaborate to construct a concrete g...