Week 26

- March 17, 2018

REMINDERS

FAMILY DANCE on March 22nd.

NO SCHOOL (PD DAY) on March 23rd.

SPRING BREAK from March 26 to March 30th.

NO SCHOOL (EASTER MONDAY) on April 2nd.

EARLY DISMISSAL on April 4th.

GOLDEN GREENHOUSES FIELD TRIP on April 5th. Permission and payment can be found on Powerschool. Parent volunteers are welcome to join us, please let me know if you would like to volunteer! The field trip information sheet will be emailed out to parents.

LANGUAGE ARTS

LISTENING GAMES I read the book, That's What Leprechauns Do by Eve Bunting to 1C this week. Our phonological awareness activities were focused around the book this week. This story is a fun tale for mischievous learners of all ages. We all know that a leprechaun’s job is to leave a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but sometimes friends of leprechauns want to have a little fun and mischief along the way. A fun story by a great children’s author.

WRITING

1C continues to write opinion pieces. In Writer's workshop the students learned to use an opinion writing planning sheet to come up with four reasons to support their opinion. They wrote about their favourite place in Devon.

WORDS THEIR WAY Throughout the week, the students reviewed the consanant blend "sc" "sw" "sn" with words such as school, scratch, swim, sweater, snake, snow, snail.

DAILY 5 The Grade 1's are working towards staying focused for 15 minutes during each of their centers during Daily 5. During Daily 5, they complete all of their centers including Read to Self, Read to Someone, Listening to Reading and Word Work. Keep up the hard work Grade 1!
While they reading the students are practicing the Tryin' Lion, Skippy Frog, Flip the Dolphin, Chunky Monkey, Stretchy Snake, Eagle Eye, Lips the Fish strategy.

Tryin' Lion Try it again! Re-read the sentence. Try a word that looks and sounds right.
Skippy Frog who skips the word. Reads to the end of the sentence. Hops back and re- reads the sentence.

Flip the Dolphin tries the short vowel. If it doesn't sound right, flip the sound to the long vowel and try it again.

Chunky Monkey looks for hunks and chunks they know inside a word.

Stretchy Snake reminds the students to "S-T-R-E-T-C-H" it out and to say each sound slowly then say it fast.

Eagle Eye serves as a reminder to look at the pictures for clues when reading a book.

Lips the Fish looks at the beginning and ending sound of a word.

HOME READING The books will be exchanged every Friday. You may also read books from home or the library, just make sure you log it! Our classroom goal is to read (or have a book read to us) at least 7 books per week.

LIBRARY Please bring back your child's library book each Monday so they may exchange it for a new one.

MATH

The students are learning to skip count by 5s to 100. Please practice counting by 5s at home!

This week, the Grade 1s practiced to adding within 5 using different strategies. They can use their fingers, draw pictures, a number line, mental math and they can use small objects. The students used their knowledge of addition to complete and answer addition word problems. They practiced their new addition skills while playing a fun math card game called Addition Snap.

7 little ducks fly away!

SCIENCE

This week, 1C learned about two of the five senses: hearing and smell. They can label the parts of a nose and use their sense of hearing to determine an object or animal that produced the sound. 1C did pretty well in identifying 9 mystery sounds.

SOCIAL STUDIES

1C learned about landmarks. Landmarks are something (like a building, statue, etc.) that is easy to see and can help a person find the way to a place near it. It may carry historical importance. The students identified a few landmarks in Devon such as the bridge, Leduc #1, fire station, police station, post office, library and the Sugar Shack.