Monday, 21st: No School: Family Day
Tuesday, 22nd: Informal Uniform
Wednesday, 23rd: Return your library book
for exchange
Wednesday, 23rd: Pink Shirt Day: Wear your
pink shirt with your uniform pants/skirt/skort; or wear your informal uniform
Friday, 25th: Spelling test and bring your
homework for the last two weeks
We started subtraction this week. We practiced the
strategies of subtracting zero, when you subtract the same number from itself,
and counting back.
We created our own community maps. Students were very
creative and designed what landmarks and services that they wanted in their communities.
The grade one classes have been busy making Valentine’s
Day cards for all staff members so that they feel special and appreciated.
Family time is so important. Please take some time to spend with your family in a fun activity this week.
Monday,
14th: Casual Day: You may wear red, purple, or pink for Valentine’s Day. You
may bring valentines for all classmates. Names can be found in last week’s blog
post.
Wednesday, 16th: Fun Lunch and return your library book for exchange.
Thursday, 17th and Friday, 18th: No school due to Teacher’s Convention
Monday, 21st: No school: Family Day
Tuesday, 22nd: Return to school/Informal Uniform
Upcoming Events
Monday, 7th: Wear your formal uniform
Wednesday, 9th: Bring your library books
Friday, 11th: Spelling test and homework is
due
Monday, 14th is Valentine’s Day and you can bring a valentine for your classmates. I ask that you do all 24 of the students in our class if you are bringing them. We do not want anyone feeling left out.
Here are the names of the students in room 11:
Aadhya, Aashni, Aichurek, Aizah, Alan, Arafah, Arpit, Azim, Caleen, Charlotte, Dara, Evie, Felicia, Lucas, Merissa, Mostafa, Muhammad, Nameer, Sam, Shlok, Soham, Veeya, Wynston, Yuven
Upcoming Events:
Monday: No school-Teacher PD
Tuesday: informal uniform or wear your special Lunar New Year outfits
Wednesday: Return your library book
Friday: Spelling test and homework is due
Good Afternoon,
If your child was in school today, they should be coming home with a new
password. Unfortunately, a student in another class went into our accounts and
used student stars. I have changed passwords to words, instead of pictures, so
hopefully this will not happen again. You can glue the password inside the homework
book or keep it in a safe place at home. Thanks for your patience in this
matter.
In Math, we focused on Tens Partner or Friends of Ten Addition Strategy. We think of all the ways that we can make 10. We used the ten frame as a tool to aid in our speed and accuracy.
In Language Arts, we have been focusing on writing more descriptive sentences by using colours, numbers, size and other adjectives to increase the length of our sentences. You can also practice this with your child during homework time.
In Social Studies, we are learning about maps and students will have the opportunity to create a community aerial map at the end of the unit.
We have started our colour unit in Science and will be creating beautiful artwork to demonstrate our skills of mixing colours in future tasks. We also created some snowman "looking up" winter art for the seasonal changes unit.
We created an academic goal and are working hard to make it happen by February. As a result, we have been practicing our song of perseverance for the upcoming assembly. Mrs. Taylor will send a link home soon.
Book orders are due on Friday, January 28th. Our class code is RC184098.
Please refer to Mrs. Taylor’s email regarding masks and test kits. Please check your child’s backpack on Monday.
Upcoming Events:
Monday, 24th: Please have all the correct pieces
for the formal uniform, as we are filming our song for the assembly.
Wednesday, 26th: Please return your library
book for exchange
Friday, 28th: Spelling test and homework is
due.
Monday, 31st: No School-Teacher
Professional Development
It was great to see everyone in class this week. Students have been working hard this week to learn new skills.
In Math, we have started the doubles addition strategy. We had some
visuals that helped us with remembering the addition facts to 20. We also
continued working on open-ended word problems and creating new Ways to Make a specific
number.
We are practicing writing more descriptive sentences in Language Arts.
In Social Studies, we had discussions about some good deeds that we
could do for others and the benefits of this as well as belonging to groups.
We created some name Art to decorate our walls and spent time on
revisiting our expected classroom behaviours and routines.
We are having a Character Assembly in late January. Our class is singing
a song. Please help your child read and maybe sing along to the words on last
week’s blog. Please make sure that your child is wearing their formal uniform
each Monday, as we are filming parts of the assembly each week.
Upcoming Events:
Monday: Wear your formal uniform
Wednesday: Return your library books
Friday: Return your homework folders
Spelling test
Intramurals will start
Be sure to stay home if you are not feeling well.
Please keep your homework folder at home until Friday, January 14th. You will need it for this week’s homework. We will have a spelling test on Monday for the spelling words that you were learning over the break, and another test on Friday, 14th for this upcoming week’s words.
If you have some time over the next few weeks, can you please help your child with the words to the perseverance song that we will be doing for our character assembly in late January. You can also listen to the music and sing along. I will put a copy of the words in their poetry folders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz9cpGHisCQ
Words for the song can be found by clicking HERE. Thanks for your support in helping us with the reading of the words. I so appreciate it!
The Government of Alberta announced yesterday that school start up will be postponed until January 10th. There will not be any in-person or online classes from January 4th-7th. I will keep you posted as soon as I know more information.
Please be sure to read on RazKids this week. I changed some levels, so don't be too surprised when you go into your account.
I hear that it has been a fun, busy week in room 11. We have reviewed many of the concepts that we have done this term but with a Christmas twist. Students should bring home a “Addition Bearded Santa”, a Polar bear piece of art, Christmas patterns and 2D shapes page, and a 3D decorated Christmas tree. Another time-consuming project is the wreath that is a symbol that can be modified to celebrate many celebrations such as Christmas, Halloween, Seasons, just by adding special symbols from that celebration, etc.
I have been away since Tuesday having a dental surgery. Things are going well and I will definitely be back in January. I even plan on attending tomorrow morning for a little while before the students go home to wish them all a great break!
If you celebrate Christmas, I like to take this opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. If not, I would like to wish you a great Winter Break! Enjoy your time together and be sure to count your many blessings. See you all on Tuesday, January 4, 2022.
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| Have fun over the Break!!! |
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| I definitely miss you!!! |
We had an online Earth Rangers presentation on Thursday. My students enjoyed learning about a variety of animals around the world and conservation efforts across Canada. Here is a link for more information: Earth Rangers App information
We are learning to add faster (fluency). Each week,
my students will be doing a "Mad Math Minute," which will
encourage them to use the strategies and tools I have taught in class to help
them do their addition quicker. Practicing addition at home is also a great
idea! We also did several open-ended Word Problems as a class.
Have your child practice adding at home using a number line,
one of the strategies we have learned the past two weeks.
We learned about the difference between symbols, logos,
and landmarks. We did a Visual Journal page about landmarks and I pulled students
one at a time to articulate why these landmarks are important to our community.
Everyone did a great job!
We made Shape Pizzas! We had to determine what we
would want to add for toppings and then cut out and glue a variety of 2D shapes
and colours onto our painted pizza dough. Finally, we had to count the shapes
and write a recipe. We continued to practice sorting by
attributes and explaining our sorting rule.
Future request: Save
your wrapping paper rolls, since it is gift-giving season. We will need them in
the Spring for Pioneer Day! (Please don’t send them until then.)
Upcoming Events
***Please do not
go out and buy special things for the casual week, unless you want to. It is
not required to enjoy the casual days.*
Monday,
Dec 13th: FANCY/FORMAL Christmas Attire/Formal Uniform if
you do not celebrate or have fancy clothes.
Tuesday, Dec
14th: Casual – Wear colours found in Christmas lights
Wednesday,
Dec 15th: Casual – Wear Santa hat, antlers or Elf hat
-All library books must be
returned before the break starts.
Thursday,
Dec 16th: Casual – Wear Christmas Sweater/Fun Lunch
Friday,
Dec 17th: Casual – PJ day/Last day before Winter
Break
****Tuesday,
January 4th Classes Resume***
We focused on the “turnaround” strategy for addition in Math this week. For example, 1+2=3 and 2+1=3 You get the same answer, the addends are just reversed or turned around (communitive property). We continue to work on open-ended word problems and providing at least three solutions with a picture, number sentence or equation, and word sentence. We also reviewed sorting rules this week. We are using buttons and 2D shapes to sort by categories (shape, colour, material, number of holes, and size) and then explain our sorting rules to a partner.
I have also been pulling students one-on-one
to complete math assessments required by the government. These assessments will
help show any gaps in the students learning and may help provide support (if
needed) to the school later in the year.
In Social Studies,
we continued to talk about our rights and responsibilities as
grade one students and as children. Next week, we will continue to talk
about landmarks and logos, and their roles in our community.
Upcoming Events:
Monday, Dec. 6th: Formal Uniform
Wednesday, Dec. 8th: Library book exchange
Friday, Dec. 10th: Homework is due/Spelling test
***Please do not go out and buy special things for the casual week, unless you want to. It is not required to enjoy the casual days.*
Monday, Dec 13th: FANCY/FORMAL Christmas Attire/Formal Uniform if you do not celebrate or have fancy clothes.
Tuesday, Dec
14th: Casual – Wear colours found in Christmas lights
Wednesday,
Dec 15th: Casual – Wear Santa hat, antlers or Elf hat
-All library books must be
returned before the break starts.
Thursday,
Dec 16th: Casual – Christmas Sweater/Fun Lunch
Friday,
Dec 17th: Casual – PJ day/Last day before Winter
Break