Week 3

MESSAGE FROM MS. STAROSTECKI...

1C has library every Wednesday. Please make sure your child brings back their library book so they can exchange for a new one!

IMPORTANT DATES...

SEPTEMBER 26-27        Picture Day

SEPTEMBER 28             Terry Fox Run (RBES is collecting Toonies for Terry)

OCTOBER 1                    Orange Shirt Day

OCTOBER 8                    No School (Thanksgiving)

OCTOBER 18                  Colour Science Day
                                             Fruit Fundraiser Orders due

OCTOBER 19                  No School (PD Day)

OCTOBER 22-24             Book Fair

OCTOBER 23                  Parent/Teacher Meetings  

MATH

On Tuesday, Zero the Hero paid a visit to the classroom. Grade 1s track the number of days they are in school...all the way to 100! On Tuesday, we made our first bundle of 10 (10 days of school).










This week, 1C explored 3D shapes. They looked at the properties of a sphere, cube, rectangular prism, cone and pyramid. Next week, we will be comparing the similarities and differences between 2D shapes and 3D shapes

LANGUAGE ARTS

READING The Grade 1's continue to work on their goal of 15 minutes during Read to Self. This week they made it all the way to 3 minutes and 39 seconds! While they Read to Self the students are practicing the Eagle Eye strategy. Eagle Eye serves as a reminder to look at the pictures for clues when reading a book. Keep up the great reading 1C!

PRINTING This week the students practiced and refined their bounce letters (r, n, m, h, b, p). I sent home a printing practice sheet for those letters and please return by Monday. The sheet provides some instructions and tips on how to refine your child's printing. 

ALL ABOUT ME I sent "All About Me" Bags home with some students this week. I will continue to do so at the end of each week. If your child has an All About Me bag, please follow the instructions, and return the bag after the weekend. We will use these bags to learn more about our classmates, learn about asking/answering questions, and participate in shared writing.

LISTENING GAMES I read the book, Recess Queen by  to 1C this week. Our phonological awareness activities were centered around the book this week. In this schoolyard story, Jean is mean because she thinks she's the boss of the playground. She has the rest of kids so scared of her that they don't play, run, swing, or jump. Until one day when a new girl comes and plays, runs, swings and jumps *before* Jean.

SCIENCE

This week we talked about the seasonal cycle: fall, winter, spring, summer. The students dressed our friend, Charlie in clothing that is appropriate for each of the seasons. 1C also learned about the Sun and it's two very important jobs: heat and light.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK

Zero the Hero Comes for a Visit to Count to 10!

Locomotion Stations

Thank You Nate for our Tasty Smile Cookies!

Enjoy the weekend!