Sharing Schedule

Monday 25 April 2016

Family Fun Night

We would like to thank all of our families who were able to join us for Family Fun Night. It was wonderful seeing families enjoying the learning centres together. We hope the evening gave our families some insight into the hands on learning opportunities that your children participate in during their school experiences.






Earth Day Assembly

On, Thursday, Linwood School celebrated Earth Day! The whole school participated in Lights Out, where we worked for the day by natural light and kept most of the lights off to save energy.  We also had an assembly. Caroline was the hostess, introducing the different parts of the assembly. Our class presented different tips to the school on how everyone can help and protect the Earth.  We came up with these tips from all of the information that we have learned in our environment theme. The students  did a fabulous job presenting!






Monday 18 April 2016

Lunch room investigation

The students of Room 8 were Earth detectives today. Miss. Griffith dumped out the lunch room garbage and recycling cans. The children recorded their observations on clipboards, noting the Earth mistakes.
Makayla said, "I saw many Earth mistakes in the garbage and that makes me really sad."
William saw straws in the juice boxes in the recycling bin. He said, "Kids need to put straws in the garbage".
Griffin saw some wasted food in wrappers that he thought that kids should take their food home.
Addison saw an orange peel and Kylie saw a banana peel that could have been composted.
We have decided to write a letter about how to help the Earth and post it on the lunch room fridge.




Wednesday 13 April 2016

Day of Pink

Today Room 8 was a sea of pink for the Red Cross Day of Pink. We learned the difference between a friendship problem and bullying. Bullying is when someone bothers you or is mean again and again and won't stop when you ask them to stop. The children learned to seek help if they are being bullied or if they see someone who is being bullied. We are thankful in Room 8 for all of our kind friends who play nicely and do not bully.

Tuesday 12 April 2016

The Integrated Arts

We had our first visit with Donna Garofalo, a clay artist, as part of The Integrated Arts program. We are making bowls that the children will be able to use at home. We were inspired by our study of protecting the Earth, so many children created bowls decorated with animals or plants. It was so much fun adding interesting details to our bowls. We can't wait until our next visit to glaze them.











Seven Teachings

In April, our Seven Teachings focus was humility, represented by the wolf.  The wolf places the welfare of the wolf pack above its own.  The teaching of humility can be challenging for younger learners, but this group of students has amazed us with all of the ways that they can demonstrate humility.  We read a story that taught us that everyone is equally important. Here are all the ways that we can be humble:


Monday 11 April 2016

Math Problem Solvers

We have been working hard all year on our problem solving! We practice by doing a math problem every day! We do routine problems like addition and subtraction  problems and non - routine problems where we have to solve the problems using different strategies.  
By the end of Grade 1, the goal is for students to be able to solve addition and subtraction problems with answers to 20 and to use the strategies of drawing a picture, looking for a pattern, acting out or using manipulatives and using logical reasoning to solve non-routine problems.
Robert says that problem solving helps him be a good thinker and learner.  Chantel says problem solving gets her smarter! Evelyn says it helps her get better at numbers and Atley says he is good at solving problems now!
If you have any questions about Grade 1 problem solving, please feel free to ask.

Tuesday 5 April 2016

Family Gift

Our classroom is comprised of students from a diverse and special blend of families, each one unique. In room 8, we choose to recognize and celebrate the special people that make up our different families. For this reason, we do not celebrate Mother's Day and Father's Day as individual holidays in our classroom. We leave it to families to acknowledge these holidays in their home as they see fit. We will be recognizing the important people in our lives with a special "family" gift, which will be lovingly created sometime in late May.