Happy Sunday families, I hope you all have enjoyed this beautiful weather we had this week and weekend, hard to believe it is February!

Thank you again to all the families who continue to participate in our decodable book home reading program. 

Reminder, Library is on Wednesday for our classroom. Also this Wednesday we will be celebrating Valentine's Day!

There is no school Thursday and Friday for Teacher convention. As well as Monday is the family day long weekend.

Some of our learning intentions for this week were in Math (2D Shapes). Our students focused on:

• I can identify and name 2D shapes such as circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, and hexagons.

• I can describe 2D shapes by talking about their sides, corners, and curved or straight edges.

• I can sort and classify 2D shapes based on their attributes.

• I can compare 2D shapes by explaining how they are the same and different.

• I can find 2D shapes in my environment, such as in the classroom or at home.

• I can draw 2D shapes using correct attributes, such as straight sides and corners.

• I can combine 2D shapes to create a picture or design.

• I can explain my thinking about why a shape belongs in a group.

• I can use math words like side, corner, edge, and curve when talking about shapes.

• I can create a shape monster by using and labeling different 2D shapes to show my understanding.

See you on Monday morning friends,

Ms. Craik

Good evening 1st grade families,

I hope you all had a lovely long weekend! Although our week was shorter we sure got up to some exciting things in the four days we had together. 

Huge thank you again students remembering to bring their library and decodable home reader books back and forth this week. Reminder to parents students can exchange their decodable books as soon as they have read them at home. I encourage and remind students to choose new books at the beginning of the day and at the end of the day.

Huge thank you the parents at Andrew Sibbald who contributed and made us a DELICIOUS SOUP buffet on Wednesday, how lucky are we! Thank you again for taking such good care of us all.

This week was literacy week some of our learning intentions for this week were:

ELA-L

• I can listen to stories and talk about what they mean.
• I can ask and answer questions about a book. 
• I can make connections between a story and my own life. 
• I can share my favourite part of a book and explain why I like it.
• I can share my ideas during classroom discussion.s
• I can listen carefully when others are sharing.
• I can talk about my favourite book of author.
• I can draw and write about a book I enjoy.
• I can label my pictures to show my thinking.
• I can write a sentence to share my thinking about a story.
• I can add details to my drawing or writing to show understanding.
• I can recognize letters and sounds in words I read.
• I can read familiar words in books.
• I can use what I know about sounds to help me try to read new words.

Thank you to Mrs. Norman for reading one of our friends favourite books we learned a bit about how Airplanes work!

Students brought in their favourite books, some took the chance and read to their peers and teachers! How amazing!

One of our activities the kiddos loved the most was drawing them reading their favourite book in their visual journals this week!

 

See you on Monday my friends!

Ms. Craik

Good evening Grade 1 families,

I hope this message finds you all well. We had another full busy exciting week in Grade 1 filled with lots of hands on learning, snow and even some blue days! Thank you for all the students who returned over due library books, as well as who remembered their library book on Wednesday. Also huge thank you to the parents and kiddos who have been participating in our decodable reading home program to help support out literacy in Grade 1.

Important reminders for next week, students do not have school on January 30th as it is a PD day for teachers. Also as the weather gets cooler again, please make sure you are sending your son or daughter with warm clothes, snow pants, mitts, boots and hats.

Some of our learning intentions from this week were focused in the following areas:

❄️ Science – Winter & Seasons

• I can tell what winter looks like.
• I can tell how winter feels (cold, snowy, icy).
• I can watch snow and ice and talk about what happens.
• I can say how animals live in winter.
• I can learn that winter comes every year.
• I can learn that Indigenous peoples learn about winter by watching nature.

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📚 English Language Arts – Talking, Listening, Drawing & Writing

• I can talk about winter.
• I can listen to others talk about winter.
• I can draw pictures to show what I know about winter.
• I can write words or short sentences about winter.
• I can listen to stories about winter.
• I can learn that Indigenous stories teach lessons about winter and nature.

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🏘️ Social Studies – Community & Belonging

• I can tell how winter changes what we do.
• I can tell how people help each other in winter.
• I can learn that people experience winter in different ways.
• I can learn how First Nations and Métis peoples lived in winter.
• I can show respect for others and the land in winter.

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See you all on Monday morning friends!

Ms. Craik

 

Good evening grade one families, I hope this email finds you well! Happy Sunday to you all. I hope you have all had a wonderful weekend together. We had another busy week of learning in grade 1 this week. Some of our learning intentions this week were focused in Math.

Grade 1 Math – Number Sense to 50

I Can Statements:

• I can count forward to 50.

• I can read and write numbers up to 50.

• I can show numbers up to 50 using objects, pictures, and numbers.

• I can tell how many are in a group up to 50.

• I can compare numbers up to 50 and tell which is more, less, or the same.

• I can explain my thinking about numbers using math words.

• I can show one more and one less than a number up to 50.

• I can make groups of ten and ones to show numbers up to 50.

• I can order numbers up to 50 from smallest to largest and largest to smallest.

• I can use numbers up to 50 to solve simple problems in everyday situations.

Using 10-frames to Represent Numbers

Students will use full 10-frames and one partially full 10-frame to represent numbers that include some tens and some additional ones.

•	For example, they can show 35 as:
•	They can show 27 as:

When a number under 100 has two parts as these do, showing some groups of ten as well as some ones, it is called a two-digit number.

When students represent 28 on a number rack, they can see that 28 is some groups of 5 and 3 more.

Helping Your Child

Provide opportunities for your child to count at home in situations where there are up to 50 items. You can count aloud with your child if your child finds that helpful.

Play a card game. Create two sets of cards, one showing the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 and the other showing the numbers 0 through 9. Place each set in a pile, face down. Turn over one card from each pile and have your child say the number. (Use the pile containing 1, 2, 3, and 4 for the tens digit of each number.) For example, if you turn over a 2 and a 7, your child should say “27.”

Reminder we have library on Wednesday please return both library books. Also we started sending home our decodable readers when students are done reading their book, please return them daily or weekly for students to choose a new book. They have really enjoyed this thus far, thank you for your at home support with this.

See you all on Monday!

Ms. Craik