Week 30

- April 19, 2018

REMINDERS

SPRING SEASONAL WALK on April 27th.

WELLNESS DAY on May 2nd.

EARLY DISMISSAL on May 2nd.

DEVON PUBLIC LIBRARY AUTHOR VISIT on May 3rd. Permission form on Powerschool.

BIKE SAFETY from May 14 to May 17th.

NO SCHOOL (PD DAY) on May 18th.

NO SCHOOL (VICTORIA DAY) on May 21st.

SWIMMING LESSONS from May 22 to June 1st.

LANGUAGE ARTS

LISTENING GAMES I read the book, Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens to 1C this week. Our phonological awareness activities were focused around the book this week. This is a new tale about an old lesson...if you’re going to be lazy, others will outsmart you, which is exactly what Rabbit does to Bear after he chooses to be lazy instead of work. Rabbit continues to outsmart Bear until finally realizes he needs to stop being lazy if wants to get anywhere as a farmer.

WORDS THEIR WAY Throughout the week, the students reviewed the reviewed the consanant blends "br" "bl" "gr" "gl" with words such as brown, brush, blouse, black, grill, grass, glass, glad.

WRITING I read the book Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld. To finish off our Opinion Writing unit, the students decided whether the book was about a duck or a rabbit and give me two reasons why to support their opinion.

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

This week, 1C learned how to count by 2s to 20. You can practice skip counting by twos with your child at home for extra practice. Here is a video that we watch in class as part of a movement break and a review of counting by 2s: https://youtu.be/OCxvNtrcDIs

The students learned to fluently add within 10. Also, they understand and determine if an equation is equal. They practiced "making ten" with a new game that uses dice shakers.

SCIENCE

1C began a new unit this week: Building Things. The students provided examples of building materials and fasteners.

SOCIAL STUDIES

I read the book "I Have The Right to be a Child" by Alain Serres. The students and I had amazing conversations about how children all around the world have the same rights. It doesn't matter where they live, if they are rich or poor, the colour of their skin; every child deserves all of the rights outlined by the United Nations.