Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful, supportive moms of students in Room 11. I hope that you enjoyed your special gift from your child. I had so much fun making it with them.

I have been away this week and will be again next week. I have heard from Ms. McDonald that you guys had a great week and that you worked super hard on all the tasks that I left. I am super proud of you all! I have missed you guys so much and can’t wait to see you again soon. Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend on-line learning this week. You will still get to send me your work on Friday. I look forward to seeing all your awesome projects!

I will post the online learning for the week of May 10^th-14^th here and in addition to the homework page. The weekly homework will be posted as usual on the homework page. Adults- please read these important notes to keep learning on track for the next two weeks: 

1) Bean seeds should be watered daily, or whenever the soil on top looks dry. They should start to sprout within the next week and visible above the soil shortly after that. We will be discussing them online, and completing a short journal about them every couple days. Thank you for accepting these into your home for their science learning. 

2) Students have learned my expectations for Google Meets, but for your reference: 
         a. your child should be at a desk, table, or other hard surface, prepared with a sharpened pencil and their notebooks
         b. they should be dressed for the day (not in pyjamas) unless otherwise specified...
         c. no digital backgrounds- they are distracting for them and others
         d. students should remain muted unless invited to share (otherwise background noise may interfere with audio quality)
         e. the first 5 minutes of every Google Meet is a socializing period, for the class to catch up with one another and talk freely

3) Homework can be completed at any point during the week, but at-home assignments should only be completed after they have been assigned during a Google Meet

4) All work can be sent via e-mail at the end of the week. Please send all the work in one e-mail to simplify tracking of work on my end. 

5) This can be a stressful time for you, your child(ren), and others around you. Please take the time to just play together and enjoy the extra time together. 

Google Meet Schedule:

Monday: 
8:30am- Lesson #1 
10:30-11:30am- Drop-in for questions
12:30pm- Lesson #2

Tuesday: 
8:30am- Lesson #1 
10:30-11:30am- Drop-in for questions
12:30pm- Lesson #2

Wednesday: 
8:30am- Lesson #1 
10:30-11:30am- Drop-in for questions
12:30pm- Lesson #2

Thursday: 
8:30am- Lesson #1 
10:30-11:30am- Drop-in for questions
12:30pm- Lesson #2

Friday: 
8:30am- Lesson #1 
10:30am- Lesson #2

 

 

Time line

We will be completing a special project during the week of May 10^th. Please fill out the following sheet and return it to class no later than May 10^th. Please click HERE. You may see this form in your email as well. Please send as a separate page, not in the homework book. Thanks for your support. 

 

Upcoming Events

Monday: Wear your formal uniform

(Socks must be black or navy, no grey or bright colours please)

Wednesday: Library Book Exchange

Wear a hat for mental health with your informal uniform

Friday: Return Homework folders/Spelling test

 

April 16th-23rd

Be sure to read Mrs. Taylor’s email for weekly updates and reminders.

We continue to work on our Fairy Tales and Building Things Units. This past week, we read Goldilocks and the Three Bears and built a bed, table and chairs.

I was so impressed with one of the students who took all of our spelling words and turned it into a story. (This is one of the new options for practicing our spelling words for homework each week.) I’m hoping to see more of this type of story in the future, even if you can only use a few of the words. It will also help with our writing skills. Awesome work!

"Once upon a time there was a cat with big paws and sharp claws. She saw a man hauling his boat to launch into the ocean. She also saw a lady thawing a fish. She could smell the yummy fish. Would the cat go to steal the fish? No, she would not because her paws were sore from walking all night on the frozen ground."

Upcoming Events:

Monday: No school

Tuesday: Classes Resume/Informal Uniform

Wednesday: Library Book Exchange

            Fun Lunch (if you ordered)

Thursday: Arbour Day

Friday: Spelling Test/Homework Folders

April 15th-19th

Students have been enjoying our Building Things Unit in Science. We are also tying this into a Fairy Tale Unit in Language Arts. We are looking at story elements, as well as comprehension of the stories and the moral/virtue or character lessons in these fairy tales. So far, we have read the nursey rhyme, Humpty Dumpty and built a wall, Rapunzel and built a tower, The Three Billy Goats Gruff and built a bridge, and The Three Little Pigs and built a house. We are working in small groups, where students have to discuss their ideas and then carry it out by taking turns and working fairly with others. Students have been very creative and are enjoying the different building materials that we are using.

We will also be including some measurement activities with this unit as well.

 

Upcoming Events

Monday: Wear your formal uniform/Yearbook picture for returning hub students

Wednesday: Return your library books

Thursday: Earth Day

Friday: Return your homework folders/Spelling Test/Music Appreciation Day

 

 Please let me know if your child is fasting during Ramadan. 

Thank You!

April 6th-9th

It was great to be back to school this week! We were excited to see our friends again! I hope that everyone had a great, relaxing break and had lots of fun together as a family!

We had another busy week. We completed our Science Unit of Colour and will be moving onto the Building Things unit in the upcoming week. Students enjoyed a science experiment where they got to separate the colour black. Ask them to describe it to you.

We should complete the Math unit on 2D and 3D shapes next week as well. We experimented with what 3D shapes could stack and roll. We also sorted shapes and discussed the sorting rule using mathematical language. We also made a 3D drawing of some city buildings.

Upcoming Events

Monday: Wear your formal Ramadan clothes or your formal uniform

Tuesday: Wear your formal Vaisakhi clothes

Wednesday: Library Book Exchange

Friday: Homework is due/Spelling test

Please enjoy our daffodil bulletin board to help celebrate the beginning of Spring!

April 6th-9th Events

I hope that you all had a great break with your family. I enjoyed spending time with "my boys" and getting some extra rest. 

Just a reminder to keep your child at home if they are sick and to be sure that you have an extra mask in their backpack. 

Upcoming Events:

Monday, 5^th: No School

Tuesday, 6^th: Classes Resume

Wednesday, 7^th: Easter Formal Wear

                Library Book Exchange

Friday, 9^th: Homework is due

           Spelling Test

           Early Dismissal

Upcoming Events

There was much excitement in the air on Thursday morning! There were many wonderful creative traps! To our disappointment, we did not manage to catch a Leprechaun or his Pot of Gold.

We have one more week before Spring Break.

Upcoming events

We are having a contest for the cover of this year’s yearbook. Students created a possible cover in class this week.

Monday: Wear your formal uniform

Wednesday: Return your library book

Friday: Casual Day to celebrate Holi and Spring

            Return your homework folder

Spring Break: March 27^th-April 5^th. Classes Resume Tuesday, April 6th

Thanks

Thanks to all the parents who sent materials for your child's Leprechaun trap. It was much appreciated!

We will let you know if we catch a Leprechaun tomorrow. Fingers crossed!!!

 

Parent-Teacher Interviews

We have interviews on Thursday, March 11th and Friday, March 12th.  If you have not signed up for an interview, please do so. It would be great for you to hear all about their growth.

March 1st -5th

In Language Arts, we continued to create procedural writing for the topics of How to Make a Pizza and How to Build a Snowman. We finished off the week with a Writing Assessment on “My Bad Day”. We read the story, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst. We discussed what kinds of things would make us have a bad day and then wrote a “story” about our bad days. Students were expected to have at least four events and use some form of transition words in their writing. I will share these with you during our interview time on Thursday and Friday.

 

In Math, we finished up with the subtraction strategies of “think addition” and “minus 10”. Students are doing a good job of demonstrating their understanding of subtraction by solving open-ended word problems in several ways.

Upcoming Events:

Monday: Wear your formal uniform

We are filming for our assembly again, so please be sure to have all the correct pieces.

Wednesday: Bring your library books

Thursday: Fun Lunch if you ordered

Full day/Parent-Teacher Interviews from 4-8

Please bring your homework folder and leprechaun trap materials.

We will have a spelling test.

Friday: No School: Parent-Teacher Interviews 8-1

Be sure to check out the blog below regarding Leprechaun Traps

Leprechaun Traps!

Beginning Monday, March 15, the Grade One students will be building Leprechaun Traps. Please help your child plan and collect materials to make a leprechaun trap. The materials and any fasteners that are required, are to be brought to school on THURSDAY, MARCH 11. The students will be making their trap at school in hopes of catching a leprechaun. Each trap should fit on a school desk.  Please DO NOT make the traps at home, as this is part of our new Science unit, entitled, Building Things. You can draw a plan and send it into school along with the materials. Painting of any materials can be done at home, as we will not have time to wait for the paint to dry before putting our trap together. I do have some tape and glue at school that can be used but if you have others you can send them in. Other fasteners may include pipe cleaners, clothespins, paperclips, etc.  
Thank you for your support.