Hello Familes,
It’s been a busy couple days in K/1! On Thursday we... •Learned about the parts of a plant and labelled our plant creations made from blocks. We then completed a booklet to learn the importance of each part of the plant (roots, stem, leaves and flower). •visited the forest •watched the talent show rehearsal On Friday we... •Created Kandinsky Concentric circles where the kids had to pick one dominant colour to represent their circles. See pictures. •Visited the studio •Planted Marigold Flowers •Visited our big Buddies in the forest for a play date •Exploration time
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Its been a busy 3 days...
* Lilly, Coen, and Brielle were the helpers * Started Monday with an Earth Day assembly and cleaned up the school yard - ask what our class is going to start collecting and recycling for the school? (Squishy fruit packs) * Started Truffala Tree Artwork * Watched the Dancers of Damelahamid performance Wednesday -ask what their favourite animal was in the performance * Watch the talent show dress rehearsal * Math groups * Literacy groups * Finished reading all Chocolate Lilly books and the Gift was the most popular * Mrs Bensen and Mrs Wyatt taught during the week and everyone welcomed them and made them feel part of our class. Please make sure to bring water bottles, sun hats, and sunscreen to school. It is hot in the class and outside. Thursday Ms Wyatt taught us. We explored the 4 food groups and read the rest of the Lorax. Popcorn Day tomorrow bring $1.
Wednesday... * Ella was the helper * Ms Wyatt taught for afternoon * Literacy groups (ew, and ue sounds for grade ones) Kindergarten played a new math game “what’s in my cup” * Gym - big equipment * Started the Lorax Tuesday we.... * wrote in our journals using our secret handprint codes to help improve our writing * Met with Ms Lyles class and practiced adding 1 (1 more) and subtracting 1 (1 less) from different numbers * Read Good Pirate from the Choc Lilly books and rated it * Exploration - many finished beading, we started a new 100 piece puzzle, new listen to reading station * Worked on learning the 4 food groups - ask if they can remember any of them? * Studio Monday we.... * Field trip to Independent grocery - Ask what the stars mean on the price tags at the store. Thanks to all the parents who came with us * Working on figuring out 1 less (take away 1) using number lines to help * The new books came to class from the money we raised from our puppet show. Using them in our quiet reading bins. * Outside forest time * Read and rated 2 books to help award a book with the Chocolate Lily award Hello Families,
Today Marlo was our Special Helper! We... •started the day with quiet reading •practiced printing upper case and lower case letters on white boards, working on the aesthetics of printing. •literacy groups •visited the gym and explored games with the parachute. See pictures! •Ms. Wyatt was our TOC for the afternoon while I was at a workshop. The students got to watch the Robin Hood performance in the gym for the afternoon and Owen in our class got to be a performer! Wednesday ....
* Sadie was the helper * morning message Math Question (There are 5 cars. How many tires in total? Do you add or subtract? * all received our secret code for writing - ask if they remember theirs * literacy groups ie and igh sound * finished stained glass art - come in and look * Kaiden in Grade 6 brough tin his Bearded Dragon and taught us all about him * read first Chocolate Lily book- Dojo Surprise - we liked the book with 16 thumbs up Tuesday.... * Casey was the helper * Yellow drill (animal outside) * Build and Draw - ask how this works * worked on stained glass art Monday.... * Lilly was the helper * Adding and writing math sentences * Writers workshop * Literacy Groups - Grade 1's oi and oy * everyone received a new sight word list to work on. One went home as well. These are words we should try and memorize and know quickly * Bead Center opened * Studio - Carnival de Brazil - Dance presentation (see videos) * Circle question today asked if they would rather live in a land Built with Lego or a land made of Cotton Candy * come in and see the beautiful display Ms Branzsen put up (picture below) We have had a great couple days of learning in K/1!
Yesterday we... •Read the Story “It’s Spring.” We brainstormed words that describe SPRING. From that we created a poem/writing piece about Spring. Check out our display of our poems and paintings inside the classroom. •Literacy groups •Gym •Silent Reading- the students are so engaged during independent reading time and are finding their love for reading. It’s so great to see! •Finished up our tulip art from before the break. •Centers •We visited the garden and got to go inside the new green house. The students planted Corn and Peas. Ask your child if they remember what they planted and the difference between soil and dirt. Take a look at the pictures to see the students in action. Today we... •Read the story “What Makes Us Happy.” We then had a circle and everyone shared what makes them happy. Some things included school, friends, playing, swimming, animals, etc. The students then wrote about it in their journals. Ask you child what makes them HAPPY! •Visited the Studio •Literacy Centers- today our focus was on differentiating Upper and Lower case letters. We talked about when we use Upper case letters and lower case letters. We practiced writing, sorting, and stamping both upper and lower case letters. We also worked on printing our first AND last names the school way. •Forest with our big buddies * Owen was the helper
* Library book exchange - exchange will be available Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Fridays first thing in morning from now on * New exploration centers - large checkers, Mini house, beading center (open tomorrow) * Literacy groups Grade 1's working on vowel combinations ai, ay, oa, ow, ee, ea * New books for quiet reading * Shared about our favourite part of Spring Break |
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