💛 Welcome Back, Grade 1 friends!

Hello Grade 1 friends! and family, I hope you all had a lovely and safe Halloween and a nice weekend together.

I am so happy to be back together at school! I've missed learning, laughing, and growing with you all. This week, we spent time reconnecting, having fun, and remembering our classroom routines. We focused on sharing stories about what we did while we were away, worked together on some Halloween-themed activities, and practiced being kind, caring classmates to each other.

We talked about the importance of being a team, and that our classroom is a place where everyone belongs, learns, and shines. We made our first few days full of smiles, curiosity, and teamwork as we settle back into our Grade 1 adventures!

I am so proud of how flexible and patient you’ve been — I can’t wait to learn with you again and get back to making some great memories together this year.

Some of our learning intentions we focused on were in, Visual Arts (Creating and Communicating Through Visual Art)

• I can use shapes, lines and colours to create a picture of myself.
• I can add details to show who or what I am in my costume.
• I can show my ideas and feelings through my drawing.
• I can use different materials carefully when I create art.
• I can talk about my artwork and share what it shows.

ELAL Connections (Expressing and Developing Ideas Through Writing).

• I can write about my ideas using words and pictures.
• I can sound out words to write my sentence.
• I cam share my writing with others and talk about what I wrote.
  

Oral Language and Thinking (Sharing, Listening, and Understanding Ideas).

• I can share my ideas about Halloween with my classmates during sharing circle.
• I can listen carefully when others share their ideas.
• I can make connections between my ideas and what others say.

Also a huge thank you to the amazing parents for organizing the welcome back treats and snack cart for the teachers this week. We truly love your support and appreciate you all!

Just a reminder for the week, Tuesday is fun lunch and Wednesdays are our Library days. 

See you all tomorrow, Ms. Craik 💛

Happy Sunday families,

I hope you all have enjoyed your first fall long weekend together!

What a wonderful week we had this week at school. We were very busy with lots of exciting learning and things happening in Grade 1.

One of our learning intentions this week was observing Orange Shirt Day and honouring the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Some of our cross curricular connections were:

Social Studies, Belonging and Identity. 

• I can listen to stories about Indigenous peoples and learn from them.
• I can show respect by listening carefully when others are speaking.
• I can recognize that Truth and Reconciliation Day is a time to remember and honour children and families.

Citizenship

• I can learn about Indigenous peoples and ways.
• I can talk about how we can take care of each other in our classroom and school.
• I can remember that everyone belongs in our community.

Well-Being and Character Education

• I can show kindness by thinking about how others may feel.
• I can wear orange to show I care and remember.
• I can share words of kindness to help others feel safe and respected.

Art and ELA

• I can share my thoughts and feelings through drawing, writing, or speaking.
• I can listen to and retell a story about Truth and Reconciliation in my own words.
• I can create and design my own orange t-shirt to show respect, remembrance and care.

Now that we have heard from the author of Shi-shi-etcho we are going to do some thinking about what Shi-shi-etcho  had in her memory bag before she left home?What would you gather and place in your memory bag if you needed to leave on a journey?

Also huge thank you to our Parent Association committee for organizing treats for Back to School and to start our week off amazing.  We really are so incredibly lucky at Sibbald!

See you on Wednesday my friends! Do not forget it is library day as well. 

Ms. Craik

Happy Sunday families,

I hope you all had a lovely weekend together!

A few reminders for this week, picture day is on Monday. We will also have our first fire drill practice this Wednesday. This Thursday will be observing Orange Shirt Day students are encouraged to wear orange if possible.

Thank you to the families who were able to make it out to the drop in open house and had a chance to look a couple samples of their child's work from the first 2 weeks together.

Some of our learning intentions for this week were cross curricular connections in Art, Science, Social Studies and ELAL. In grade 1 :

Art (Visual Arts)

• I can create art using natural and found objects.
• I can use patterns, shapes, and textures I see in nature to make my own artwork.
• I can explain my choices when I create art.
• I can take care of materials and respect nature when I make art.

Science (Living Systems and Environment)

• I can notice patterns and changes in the natural world.
• I can sort and describe objects from nature by size, shape, colour, and texture.
• I can explain how natural materials are alike and different.
• I can share ideas about how nature can inspire creativity.

English Language Arts and Literature

• I can share my ideas about art with others.
• I can describe what I see in my art and the art of others.
• I can listen to my classmates and ask questions about their artwork.
• I can use words to explain how nature makes me feel and how it inspires me.

Social Studies (Belonging and Community)

• I can work with my classmates to create a class art gallery.
• I can celebrate how people show belonging and community through art.
• I can show respect for my community and the natural environment by how I gather and see materials.

               

So excited to see you all tomorrow friends.

Ms. Craik

*Also please see the following message from Ms. K and Mrs. Bauman:

Dear Parents, 

Thank you for all who were able to make it to the Meet the Teacher Thursday night. We loved seeing all of the beautiful hopes, wishes and dreams from students (and yours as well!) We can't wait to see the whole school's representation of their leaves on our Sibbald Tree in the hallway. If you didn't make it to the Meet the Teacher evening, please find your child's green leaves inside their zippy folders. One leaf is for your child to write one goal, hope or dream for Gr. 1 and the other is for you as parents. In Grade 1, we are working on the following writing outcome: I CAN: print letters and words. Over the coming weeks, we will be learning how to print letters and words with appropriate size and spacing. 

Treaty 7 Week - I CAN: demonstrate a sense of belonging in Canada by following traditions 

Today we learned the Calgary Public Library's Land Acknowledgement for children, as we look ahead to Treaty 7 Week. We then got to go outside to spend time learning on the land. 

We are so excited to welcome Miss Craik back on Monday. She can't wait to see you all. 

Love from Ms. K and Mrs. Bauman ❤️

Good evening first grade families,

I hope you all have had a lovely weekend. The students have done an amazing job at adjusting to their new routines and classroom, and we are having a good time getting to know one another.

Classroom reminders:

Please remember to bring your black back and forth home folder to school daily. We are working on getting in a routine of bringing it to school everyday. Also our library days are on Wednesdays. The students will check out 2 books at a time, one they will keep at school and one they will bring home for the week.

Some of our learning intentions for this week that we focused on were in the area of math. In Grade 1:

Recognizing and Describing Patterns

• I can see patterns around me in numbers, shapes, and everyday life.
• I can say what is repeating in a pattern.
• I can tell what comes next in a simple pattern.

Creating Patterns:

• I can make my own patterns, with numbers, shapes, sounds, or movements.
• I can use different colours, sizes, or objects to build patterns.

Extending and Explaining Patterns:

• I can keep a pattern going.
• I can explain the rule of my pattern.
• I can ind and show patterns on a 100's chart, calendar, or in nature.

Enjoy your Sunday evening friends.

Ms. Craik