Feb 6 - 10, 2023

Hello, Grade 1 Families, 

Learning Intention: I can be informed about how financial decision-making contributes to the well-being of individuals, groups, and communities. 

This week we participated in a teacher-led Junior Achievement program called "Our Families". We began our learning by discussing communities and families and what makes a family. This fits well with the writing we are doing about our fantastic families. 

Once we understood the meaning of "family" we discussed what a neighbourhood is and what businesses or buildings we normally find in a neighbourhood. As we progressed, we learned about needs vs wants and some of them can be both. Ask your child to share some different needs vs wants with you. Vocabulary such as "entrepreneur" was discussed and we came up with different examples of businesses we would want to start!  Ask your child what businesses we might find in a community.

We looked at a map and learned about a "key" (or legend) and what the compass rose tells us. 

Reminders:

- Wear PINK on Monday, February 13 for our Kindness assembly

- Wear PINK on Wednesday, February 22 for PINK Shirt Day

January 30 - February 3, 2023

Hello, Grade 1 Families, 

Learning Intention: I can apply particular senses to identify and describe objects or materials provided. 

We had the best time in science this week. Thank you to all the families who helped their child succeed with their at-home science task. We were so excited to share what we brought and have our peers make predictions using their senses of smell, hearing and touch. Ask your child what they predicted during our experiment and what was actually in each of the containers. We used vocabulary such as sticky, cold, gooey, yummy, soft, hard and noisy during our experiment. Next, we will learn how to care for our senses and how people adapt to limited sensory abilities. 

Valentine's Day

A class list was sent home on Wednesday if your child is going to make Valentine's cards. Please note, this is optional. 

January 23 - 27, 2023

Hello, Grade 1 Families, 

Learning Intention: I can participate in physical activity in various contexts to improve my well-being. I can demonstrate multiple ways of moving safely through space during physical activity. 

This week we had the fantastic opportunity to have Coach Dave teach basketball to us. Coach Dave was such a good instructor and taught us many different skills. We started each day with a warm-up that always included warming up our big muscles and often had strange sound effects. Ask your child to show you the sumo squats and the corresponding sound. I love it! After our warm-up, we practiced our skills. We have been learning to pass, dribble and shoot the ball AND all of this can be done from the "triple threat" position. This is another good one to have your child demonstrate at home. Later in the week, we began playing mini-games and one challenge was to shoot the ball on the net but, we couldn't dribble, we had to pass! We can't thank Coach Dave enough for spending this week with us and sharing his knowledge and love of basketball with us. Looking forward to warmer weather where we can show off our skills on the outdoor courts. 

Reminders:

• Library day is Mondays
• We look forward to experiencing the surprise items for science on Monday
• Students bring home decodable books each day. Please have them read them at home each night, x3.