Week 21
Highlights of the Week
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| Happy Valentine's Day! |
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| Dayo the Penguin |
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| Last week of skating... |
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| Dumela Kaufela! |
Reminders
February 19 Family Day - No School
February 22 Scholastic Book Order due
Pink Shirt Day (Anti-Bullying)
- Please make sure your child is reading their home reading book, record and send back to school each Monday. Any additional books that your child reads may be recorded in their R.E.D. folder reading log.
- I cannot stress the importance of practicing the Rainbow Words with your child every day. Read about the benefits here : http://www.k12reader.com/six-benefits-of-teaching-sight-words/ Students are assessed every Monday.
- 1C has library time on Thursdays. Please bring your library books in by Thursdays so that your child can take out a new library book.
- Please see our Skating Schedule for dates and times. Volunteers are welcome to join us, please inform the teacher!
Congratulations to our Student of the Week!
February 19 Family Day - No School
February 22 Scholastic Book Order due
Pink Shirt Day (Anti-Bullying)
- Please make sure your child is reading their home reading book, record and send back to school each Monday. Any additional books that your child reads may be recorded in their R.E.D. folder reading log.
- I cannot stress the importance of practicing the Rainbow Words with your child every day. Read about the benefits here : http://www.k12reader.com/six-benefits-of-teaching-sight-words/ Students are assessed every Monday.
- 1C has library time on Thursdays. Please bring your library books in by Thursdays so that your child can take out a new library book.
- Please see our Skating Schedule for dates and times. Volunteers are welcome to join us, please inform the teacher!
Congratulations to our Student of the Week!
Language Arts
I read the book, Jake's 100th Day of School by Lester Laminack, to 1C this week. Our phonological awareness activities revolved around the book. Jake and his fellow students are getting ready for a celebration. Tomorrow is the 100th day of school and everyone is going to share their collections of 100 things. The day of the celebration arrives. Jake's friend Henry brings 100 bottle caps and Emily brings 100 paper clips. But Jake forgetrs the 100 family pictures he has glued into a special memory book at home. Disaster! The problem is solved thanks to Jake's ingenuity and the sensitivity of his wonderful principal, Mrs.Wadsworth. 1C continues to work on Phoneme Addition (i.e. "Lane. Add /p/ to the beginning of lane. What's the word?"), Phoneme Substitution (i.e. "Rope. Change /r/ to /s/. What's the new word?" and Phoneme Deletion (i.e. "Say trouble. Say trouble without the /t/.") You can try any these activities at home with your child.
Throughout the week, the students worked with the "st" blend by completing picture sorts. The students did a guided drawing of a starfish. Patrick the Starfish!
This week we started our Opinion writing unit. We read the book "The Best Part of Me" by Wendy Ewald. It is a book written by children about what their favourite body part is and why. Take a look at what a couple of students came up with:
Throughout the week, the students worked with the "st" blend by completing picture sorts. The students did a guided drawing of a starfish. Patrick the Starfish!
This week we started our Opinion writing unit. We read the book "The Best Part of Me" by Wendy Ewald. It is a book written by children about what their favourite body part is and why. Take a look at what a couple of students came up with:
Math
We will continue to review skip counting by 2's to 20. You can practice counting by 2's from 0 to 20 at home with your child.
To start off our addition unit the students practiced basic addition to 5. They learned how to add within 5 using different strategies to add (fingers, pictures, and small objects). New terms include: addition, equation, symbols, and sum.
To start off our addition unit the students practiced basic addition to 5. They learned how to add within 5 using different strategies to add (fingers, pictures, and small objects). New terms include: addition, equation, symbols, and sum.
Science
This week, the students matched the 5 senses to the correct body part. They used their knowledge about senses to sort and classify picture cards by which sense is used the most with each object
Label the Teacher
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| Label the Teacher |
Social Studies
This week, the students of 1C learned about decision making. The students were paired up and presented with a problem. For each problem they had to brainstorm three solutions. Together, they would decide the best choice. I was blown away by their responses and decision making skills, way to go Grade 1's!
This week, the students of 1C learned about decision making. The students were paired up and presented with a problem. For each problem they had to brainstorm three solutions. Together, they would decide the best choice. I was blown away by their responses and decision making skills, way to go Grade 1's!
100th Day of School
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| My 100 is a... |
Enjoy the long weekend!
