Early Explorers Grade One

Hello Families, We enjoyed another fun week in Grade 1! Literacy * I can connect to a story. We read so many lovely books this week. Ask your child to share their favourite text we read and have them tell you the beginning, middle and ending. What was their favourite part? Did anything surprise them? Thank you to all of the families that have sent in Christmas books. As a class, we enjoyed reading them. Math This week we practiced solving open-ended word problems in a variety of ways. Check out our toy and ornament problems below.  Critical Thinking: represent numbers concretely, pictorially and symbolically  Problem Solving: demonstrate counting strategies, develop a plan to use 11 wheels Managing Information: use counting in at least two ways, to show the plan will work Communication: apply reading, writing and mathematics as they interpret and solve a problem * I can explain my understanding. * I can use manipulatives or pictures to solve a problem. *  I can recheck my work for accu

  Hello Families, We enjoyed another exciting week in Grade 1! Literacy * I can set learning goals for literacy.  We love to write! This week students were encouraged to expand upon the group-generated idea and include increased details in their picture.  Literacy success criteria included: 1) Drawing (with increased details) 2) Colouring (4 + colours and neatness) 3) Punctuation (sentences end with a period) 4) Printing (correct letter formation, letters sitting on the line, letters are appropriately sized) 5) Spacing (appropriate spaces between words) 6) Spelling (inventive spelling that the student can read to themselves, high-frequency words spelled correctly including like, the) Self-assessment drawing rubric: Math This week we reviewed many concepts in math. Students were supported to check their work for accuracy and completion. * I can recognize quantities up to 10. * I can create, reproduce and extend patterns. I can check my work for accuracy. * I c ompare 2-D shapes to part

Hello Families, We enjoyed another exciting week in Grade 1! Literacy * I can set learning goals for literacy. Our journals this week focused on our classroom Elf. Success criteria include: 1. Copying student-generated sentences (e.g. On the third day Candy Cane the Elf...) 2. Rereading the sentences 3. Creating a detailed picture that matched the writing 4. Illustration and writing were neat (letters on the line, etc). 5. Independent idea generation and a matching sentence. * I can respond to texts and answer questions accurately.  Check out some of the books we read this week. Social * I can appreciate multiple points of view, languages, and cultures. The excitement for the holiday season is growing by the day! We learned about how other countries around the world celebrate holidays, speak different languages, and engage in daily life. We learned about China, Italy and Australia. Success criteria include: 1. I can share something new learned. 2. I can ask questions to deepen my under