Thank you to all the parents who joined me this week for Parent / Teacher conferences. It is a great joy to share all the amazing growth your children have made thus far in grade 1. If for what ever reason we were unable to connect, please feel free to reach out to me and we can schedule another time after school.
Also a reminder that permission forms for Alien-Inline skating are due on Monday. Your child will not be allowed to participate unless they have a signed form.
I Can Compose and Decompose 2D Shapes
This week in math we worked on using pattern blocks to build larger shapes. It was quite a challenge for students to figure out how they could fill in the shapes with smaller shapes.
I Can Investigate How Objects Move / I Can Influence the Speed at Which Objects Move
This week in science we built ramps to test how toy cars moved along different surfaces. We learned that adding or reducing friction influenced the speed of the cars as they rolled down the platforms.
Literacy:
This week in literacy we worked with the /r/ sound. We started off with exploring /r/ at the beginning and end of words and then moved into looking at how the /r/ blends with other sounds at the beginning of words (example: frog, prop, etc.).
Our new irregular word was: from
I have also sent home a sheet with all of the HFW (high frequency words) that we have worked on since the beginning of the year. These are words that students in grade 1 are expected to know with automaticity. If your child has misplaced their sheet, I will put a copy in our Google Classroom.
Math:
This week in math we played a simple memory game that can be played at home to reinforce the skills we have been working on. I gave pairs of students a set of cards that only had A, 2, 3, 4. Students lined them up to play memory and if they revealed a 5 pair (A+4, 2+3), they got to keep the pair. This is a game that could also be easily adapted for 10 pairs as well.
Reminders:
Monday, November 27
- Library Book Exchange
- Alien Inline Skating
- Alien Inline Skating
- Alien Inline Skating
- Boston Pizza Fun Lunch - order through Healthy Hunger https://healthyhunger.ca/
- Non-Instructional Day - NO SCHOOL for STUDENTS
