Week 28

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REMINDERS

CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS on April 12th from 5-7pm. This will be our big fancy wrap up for the week to celebrate all the talented artists we have in this school! This will be a formal event, where students and parents are encouraged to dress up. Families will walk the halls to see the beautiful art and place their comments in comment boxes.

SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDER due on April 19th.

DENTAL HYGIENIST VISIT on April 19th.

SPRING SEASONAL WALK on April 27th.

EARLY DISMISSAL on May 2nd.

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, Everything Spring by Jill Esbaum to 1C this week. Our phonological awareness activities were focused around the book this week. These pages burst with vibrant photographs of baby animals and close-ups of buds and growth. Esbaum uses poetic prose to connect children with the joy of the season. 
WRITING 
1C continues to write opinion pieces. In Writer's Workshop the students learned to create a strong conclusion. Now that the students know how to write a strong introduction, provide multiple reasons and write a strong conclusion they are ready to revise their previous writing piece: their favourite spot in Devon.




WORDS THEIR WAY Throughout the week, the students reviewed the reviewed the consanant blends "pl" "bl" "sl" with words such as pliers, plus, blimp, blouse, sled, slide.

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 that they can make different combinations to 10 such as 0+10,1+9, 2+8, 3+7, 4+6, 5+5.
Also, they have practicing their doubles facts to 12. The students have been working hard to memorize them. They played a few new games to practice their doubles.



SCIENCE

The students learned about different capabilities with regards to their senses. Some examples include a guide dog, eyeglasses, a cane, Braille, sign language and a hearing aid. and how to protect their senses. The students also provided various ways they can protect their senses such as using sunglasses, "safe smell" technique, using oven mitts, not drinking/eating something that is hot, wearing ear plugs in a loud place, etc.
Following our Greenhouse field trip the students were introduced to the seasonal changes of Spring. We talked about what a spring landscape might look like...unfortunately we couldn't look out the window for inspiration. The students had to to use their imaginations and previous experiences to describe the season of spring.

SOCIAL STUDIES

This week our primary focus was discussing URBAN and RURAL communities. After reading "The Little House" the students were able to spot the similarities and differences of both communities. Later on in the week we created lists to describe characteristics of both URBAN and RURAL communities. 




HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK

Congratulations to our Student of the Week

 Golden Greenhouses Field Trip













 Billy Goats Gruff Presentation by the Kinders 









 Have an awesome weekend!






















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