May 1 - 5, 2023

 Hello, Grade 1 Families, 

Learning Intention: I can gather data by sharing answers to questions. I can create a concrete graph using my data. 

We have been learning about data. What is data? How do we collect it? How do we keep track of the data we have collected. How do we ask a question so we can get data? Once we have our data, then what? 

Students have been creating their own questions for their surveys. Some examples of survey questions we have been asked are: "What is your favourite colour?" "What is your favourite animal?" "What are you doing for Big Brave?"

Once we have a good question we find 3-4 answers oeple can respond to. Then, comes the fun part! We get to ask our friends our questions. See if your child can tell you about their questions and how people responded. 

With our data, we created a concrete graph using objects to measure our data. We have talked about how we need to line things up so we can get an accurate reading of our data.

Supporting Reading At Home Strategies:

1. Sounding Out - students identify each sound (segmenting) and then combine them to say the word (blending)
2. Successive Blending - Students decode and blend as they read the word ex: /f/ /fr/ /fro/ frog
3. Connected Phonation - Student holds onto one sound until they begin the next word ex: /sssssssuuuuuuunnnnnn/ *Best with continuous sounds at the beginning of the word such as /s/

Here are the skills we worked on in reading this week:

The Leighton Art Centre was FABULOUS! We learned so much and had a wonderful exploring nature, learning some history and creating a beautiful and unique piece of art. 

Apr. 24 - 28, 2023

Hello, Grade 1 Families, 

Learning Intention: I can develop skills and processes for inquiry, problem-solving, and communication. 

We had a robotics residency with Mr. Newman over the past month where we worked with Ozobots. We learned how to make our Ozobot move at different speeds and turn. We also learned how to code our pathway so our Ozobot would turn in our desired direction. Ask your child what codes they remember. 

Here are the skills we worked on in reading this week. It would be helpful to review these at home and point out these words in books when you are reading with your child. 

This week we said Goodbye to Mrs. G. She is now officially a teacher! Hopefully, we see her at Andrew Sibbald soon. 

Here is a great math game we learned this week. It is called Pyramid and works to build number fluency and flexible thinking within 10. This is a great game to play at home. 

Apr. 17 - 21, 2023

Hello, Grade 1 Families, 

Learning Intention: I can demonstrate a variety of locomotor movements. 

This week was a big week in Grade 1! We went on a bus 5 times! We went swimming with our classmates! We are tired! It was amazing to see how independent our students were getting themselves in the pool and in their lessons. I enjoyed watching them learn to float, flutter, and dive. Students made great progress this week and seeing their confidence increase was incredible. THANK YOU to all of the volunteers who helped this week! Your support is greatly appreciated. 

Daily Home Reading: Please ensure your child reads their home reading book every night, out loud 3 times. Students continue to work on decoding (sounding out words), fluency (reading so it sounds like a conversation) and expression (looking at punctuation). After reading, have them answer WH questions about what they read (ex: Who is the main character? What happened? Where are they?) Students are also encouraged to read any books they have at home. We want to build strong readers!