Highlights from our learning

·      This week in math we finished up our math centers. Children practiced the skills of adding 1, adding 2, adding 2 numbers on a domino, adding 2 numbers on a dice and making 10 with the power of ten cards with a partner.

·       We learned a new way to play "Face Off" with playing cards. By using the 1(Ace), 10 (Jack, Queen , King) we turn over one card at a time from our pile and added them together.  Whoever says the total (sum) wins that round a gets to keep all of the cards.  Whoever has the most cards at the end of the game is the overall winner. This is an easy game to play at home with the family when it’s cold outside. See what addition strategies your child is using as they play (adding one, counting on, using doubles etc.)

·       During our word word today, we played “Word Detective” with a partner.  In the afternoon, we taught Ms. Aebli’s class how to play “Guess My Word?”

·       In gym, we played a game with our grade 6 buddies.  We built a house out of hula-hoops.  We had defenders protecting them so the other team wouldn’t knock them down with a ball.

·       We have been busy scientists learning about reptiles and amphibians.  Ask me 3 characteristics I know about each.

·       This afternoon, all the grade 1’s gathered in rooms 3 and 4.  We learned about Arthropods, Invertebrates and Vertebrates.  Ask me three things I know about each of them.

Friendly Reminders:

Parent teacher conference bookings on MyCBE/PowerSchool opens on Friday November 29th at 6pm. Please ensure you sign up for a time to come and meet with your child's teacher to discuss their learning so far in grade 1. 

• We have new sight words that we will be working on this week.  They are (go, going, give, had, has his).
• We learned about "Reptiles" today with Ms. Rinaldi's class.  Ask me three things I learned about reptiles today.  Alyaa
• Today in music, we learned a new song to sing.  We made a train during the song, some of the students played a drum.  Nathan
• We tried to do a math problem together today.  "Ali went to the store.  She bought 3 apples and 5 yellow apples.  How many apples did Ali buy?  Ayden
• Today we worked on the "ap" family.  Ask me to show you all the "ap" words I can make.  Lilly
• Thank you to Leif's Grandma for volunteering today.  We really appreciate your help.

Friendly Reminders:
Please dress warm this week.  The weather is getting cooler and its supposed to snow.


Parent teacher conference bookings on MyCBE/PowerSchool opens on Friday November 29th at 6pm. Please ensure you sign up for a time to come and meet with your child's teacher to discuss their learning so far in grade 1. 

We have been learning about fish.  I learned that fish lay eggs, they are cold blooded and they swim in a group called a school.  Carl
Children were given the opportunity to learn about each animal group and print 3 facts about each group in their visual journal. They also added an illustration of that animal group.

In gym, we played "Squirrels and Acorns" with our buddies.  We played "Revenge Tag and Freeze Tag.  Lief

Abraham, Carl and Carson shared a poem today.  They were able to do it without looking at the book.  Hannah

In literacy centers, students continued to practice their reading skills with a teacher in a small group, on Raz kids, poetry with a group of peers, reading to animals in the forest or reading books at their level.

We went to the learning commons today.  We are bringing home new books for the weekend.  Nathan

Grayson shared a book about sharks today, he read to the class.  Ask me what I learned from Grayson.


In math, we had to figure a sequence of numbers.  Some of them were getting bigger and some of them were getting smaller.  Abraham
We continued to finish up our math centers. Children practiced the skills of adding 1, adding 2, adding 2 numbers on a domino, adding 2 numbers on a dice and making 10 with the power of ten cards with a partner.


Friendly Reminders:

No school tomorrow, it's a PD Day.

Thank you for reading with your child every night.

Parent teacher conference bookings on MyCBE/PowerSchool opens on Friday November 29th at 6pm. Please ensure you sign up for a time to come and meet with your child's teacher to discuss their learning so far in grade 1. 

See you on Monday, have a great weekend!

Update On Our Learning:

• We have been learning about insects.  They are called invertebrates, they have six legs and two antennas.  Nathan
• We learned a new word family, it was the "am" family.  Carson
• In math, we continued math centres.  Ask me what centre I was at today?  Grayson
• We continued literacy centres today.  Grayson, Abby, Hannah, Reese and Aidan shared a poem with the class today.  Grayson was able to say it without looking at the words.  Hannah
• We made words with our tiles today.  We used "a, a, i, l, m, n, s".  Ask me to show you the words I can make?  Hannah
• In gym, we did fitness exercises.  Alyaa

Friendly reminder:

• Thank you for returning Friday journals and library books.
• Thank you for reading with your child every night.  We have many students exchanging their books regularly.
• We have a PD Day on Friday November 22nd.  Students do not come to school that day.
• Thank you for dressing warm for the weather.

Update on Our Learning:


We learned about birds today.  They breath through their lungs, they have legs and they are warm blooded.  Reese

In math, we started math centres today.  Ask your child what centre they were at?  Carson

In gym, we had grade six buddies.  They taught us how to play Squirrels and Acorns.  Ayden

We learned new site words today...he, her, him, on, this, that.  Carter

We went to the Learning Commons this afternoon.  Alyaa

Scholastic book orders are due tomorrow.  LAst book order before Christmas.

No school on Friday, November 22nd. 

Many of us came up with several words for the “an” family.  Please ask your child to share some of them in their word books that was sent home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei3dsyr8A20

Hannah, Grayson, Ayden, Reese and Abby learned about the “oo” sounds in words during guided reading.  They taught the rest of the class the sound they make in words.  They either make the ghost sound or the book ghost sound.  Have your child teach you the sound they make.

We finished illustrating what we learned about mammals in our visual journals.  We started to learn about birds.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x540or3

In math, we learned a game called Domino Parking Lot.  Have your child explain to you how to play. 

Scholastic Book orders are due by Friday, November 15th. Thanks!

There is no school next Friday, November 22. This is a PD day for teachers. 

Highlights from our Learning

Today we started with Literacy Centers. The students rotated to a new station where they had a chance to practice reading through a variety of Media. Students continued to work in their independent reading levels. Students worked on their reading skills at Guided Reading, Poetry Performance, Reading Classroom Books, Reading from Leveled Book or Reading on RazKids. Please ask your child what activity they participated in today.

We also worked on the _aw and ay during making words with our letters.  Ask your child what words we came up with today. 

In Math we worked on representing numbers. We took the number 8 and illustrated how many ways you could make the number 8. Ask your child some of the ways they represented the number 8 in their math books. 

This week we are learning about the 6 different animal group classifications. Today we learned all about mammals. Ask your child what all mammals have and how we know an animal is a mammal. 

We also went to P.E. this morning.  Ask your child what they did in the gym.

F.Y.I.

Please send in a pair of earbuds or headphones that your child can use when they are listening to books on RazKids. Since students are working on their individual levels and book choices, it is quite distracting if headphones are not used. Please label the headphones with your child's name. If you do not have an extra pair at home, they are readily available at dollar stores, Walmart etc.

Scholastic Book orders are due by Friday, November 15th. Thanks!

There is no school next Friday, November 22. This is a PD day for teachers.