Our week was another busy one filled with many learning opportunities. Our reading groups are continuing to develop and improve their reading skills. The decoding of unknown words was our focus along with the introduction of the silent “e” and what it does to the vowel… make it say it’s name. In Social we are planning our dream community. We will then map the community and create a 3D model. In Science we have investigated animals that hibernate in winter. We also looked at where they hibernate and how they prepare for hibernation. Basketball was our subject for Gym. We practiced dribbling, blocking and shooting before playing a game. The students really enjoyed this unit. Next week we start curling. In Math we continue to work with numbers 1 -100. Our knowledge of place values has improved and our next project will be subtraction of numbers 1-20. Our home reading program continues to be a great success. Thank you for supporting this program and the wonderful feedback you give your c
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We had another busy week in our grade 1 class. Our structured reading program is a huge hit. Thanks to all parents for supporting this endeavour. The students love it when we share your comments with each other. They’re so proud that you’re so proud!!! In preparation for planning our “community” we have been discovering how to map. First we mapped our bedroom then our classroom. We learned that if you’re a fly on the ceiling looking down you basically see the top of objects unless they are laying on the floor, usually clothes or toys!! In Science we are researching winter animals that hibernate, migrate or adapt to our weather. In Math we are continuing to solve math problems and expand our math language. We have started a reading comprehension project where we read a short passage then answer questions about the passage. These answers could be multiple choice answers, written answers, or illustrated answers. We had our clay residency this week and students did a great job of their
Happy New Year to you all. Everyone did a great job easing back into the routines of school after the break. Following is a breakdown of our learning this week. Math We are looking at the different language used in the process of solving a math problem. We are brainstorming how many ways we can say more, less and the same without compromising the answer. More .. greater, larger, in addition etc. Less .. fewest, fewer, least, lower etc. Same .. equal, twin, similar etc. Language Arts We have reassigned our groups in response to assessments carried out in December. During our literacy time all students read a book at their assigned level. We have also started to develop our understanding of the story read and to identify words that are challenging to decode. In writing we are using a story prompt to continue to improve our writing. This week we have written about something we did during our break. We also brought something from home, shared it with our classmates then wrote about it.